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The problem with this 4k is not simply grain removal.

While de-graining used to mean a loss of high frequency information, this hasn’t been true since John Lowry arrived on the scene. One can de-grain, lose no information, and then add noise back to an image, if desired. Back when we were testing The Godfather(s) at half a dozen post houses, I...

One gets into some interesting turf, if & when a filmmaker chooses to modify their work - if that’s what has occurred here. Does a filmmaker have the aesthetic right to modify their work? Yes. Does the audience have to like, or approve of such modification? No. I’m generally for...

Why would there be a need, or desire, to reduce grain toward 3D exhibition. Problem is that there isn’t 4k information in the image. That said, this master would probably be a superb basis for a DVD, or lower rez streaming.

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