What a lifetime! It's great to be so involved in what we love.
I had thought carelessly that David was talking to me, although we hadn't been talking in the recent past about 'Tales of Hoffman'. But since David and I have known each other for almost 60 years, it was an understandable slip into...
The 60s were a strange time for cinephiles, demented or not!
I remember in Melbourne (and David, you would have seen the same print) the screenings of Bunuel's wonderful 'Un Chien Andalou'. Wonderful ... except in London in 1969 I finally managed to see the even more wonderful 'sonorised'...
I checked my Studio Canal version and it is indeed the complete restored version with all the previously missing footage. So no need to double-dip, fortunately for my wallet! And yes, the transfer is very pleasing.