SHOWMANSHIP seems to have gone out the door with this presentation. There was only one way to see MFL and that was in 70mm and not digital - just like the amazing experiences that one use to have in the cinemas of yesteryear. To-day's audiences seem to get what they deserve when they go to...
All seven cinemas in the complex had 70mm projection. MFL was shown in the largest cinema.Bad presentation would not make the film so grainy. It was also possible that they used an old print and advertised it as being the new restored print?
Maybe the 70mm prints shown in the USA were superior to that which was shown at Hoyts Entertainment Centre in Sydney,Australia. That was woeful.Other friends had the same view as mine.
If you only saw MY FAIR LADY for the first time in the nineties then you missed out on seeing the original 70mm film when it was first
released in 1964. The quality was truly amazing. The reissue in 70mm in 1994 was a disaster - extremely grainy and an embarrassment to all those who...