I hope what I've just heard is wrong.
Someone at the PnP Appreciation Society (who is in regular touch with Thelma Scoonmaker, and has always been kept abreast of the previous restoration of TRS and Blimp) says it is NOT a new restoration, but a new scan "...of the same tired old negatives (or...
Okay, jst heard from a second contact in Ireland who says AMOLAD on iTunes in Ireland is only 1080p, file size 3.2gb, listed as a Carlton release.
First contact says it's 1080p and listed as Rank. He's sending me a screenshot.
Steve W
I saw it at the NFT (I'm pretty sure it was NFT1) back in the early '90s before the restoration, and it was absolutely superb. To date, the only time I've seen it in the big screen.
If this 2K version comes to Bradford I'm all over it - with the whole family if possible.
Steve W
Okay, just for clarity...
- GC did a photochemical restoration about a decade ago (give or take).
- That article (which may or may not be correct) says he was there to have a look at a digital restoration of the film performed by Sony.
- It was projected in 2K (as it has been recently in...
From the TCM Film Festival:
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/a-matter-of-life-and-death/
I note:
"Sony Pictures’ Grover Crisp was on hand to see his company’s splendid digital restoration of A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, which may not have been original Technicolor but gave a very close...