Elizabeth and Essex looks like it was made Yesterday ! Yes, it looks that Good. As soon as that Special WB shield came on the screen I got Chills all over. WOW ! is this ever a Gorgeous transfer. The Technicolor is just Amazing !! Yesterday I got The Sting 4K UHD. It looks like a VHS videotape compared to Eliz & Essex. Fort Bravo looks very Nice also. Very Good western directed by John Sturges. Here are some photos.
Warner Archive Blu-rays come with inserts now??? Are they booklets or just cards?I got mine today with Escape From Fort Bravo.
I print them myself to decorate the inside of the case with the Poster Art. Been doing it for a few years now. I Love my movie collection and I like to make them look special.
I also do the covers and make Slipcases for certain ones.
I can't wait to read your thoughts. If you're not blown away I'd be surprised.
Original prints were muted and warm.
Yeah. I know. I would have preferred that, as I thought I made clear. I never saw a nitrate print of this, but I've seen enough to know what it might have looked like. It should have the quality of a 18th Century French landscape, subtle in tone but rich in detail. The longer you look, the more you see. But it didn't hit you over the head with brightness and shimmer, the way this does. AS the Zen Master says to Mifune in "Samurai II", "You are decidedly too strong." This Blu is too bright considering the way the prints must have looked. People dismiss Natalie Kalmus, and her obsession with muted colors, but I think she had the right idea. It's more painterly, the colors take root inside you, tonalities are revealed as the scene progresses. Beauty is subtle. That said, this Blu-Ray has its own kind of beauty, but I would have preferred it looking golden and muted, like an original nitrate three-strip print.
