OliverK
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80 Days is not a Warner film.
Yet we depend on Warner to release it on Blu-ray.
80 Days is not a Warner film.
That warners policy only leads to many great films not being released. Shame.
The Warner policy does not lead only to that. It also leads to a torrent of extremely high quality discs available at moderate prices.
I agree with that! The output of Warner Archive Blu-rays in the past year is absolutely nothing to complain about.The Warner policy does not lead only to that. It also leads to a torrent of extremely high quality discs available at moderate prices.
I agree with that! The output of Warner Archive Blu-rays in the past year is absolutely nothing to complain about.
The LoC materials do not solve the problems.
Would love to see any of these released on Blu-ray by WB. If it's too expensive to digitally restore them for WB please let someone else do it for a lot less.
I meant in regard to supplemental content. Seems like there's some fascinating stuff in their holdings, even if it doesn't help the film proper.
I recently picked up the UK Indicator release of The Lady from Shanghai. The liner notes point out that not only was Sony's 4K restoration used to create a DCP and home video masters, it was output back to 35mm to make a new negative and 35mm prints.
That's kind of the elephant in the room for a lot of these 4K restorations and remasters. Studios are doing an incredible job for DCP and Blu-ray, but is anything being done to actually preserve them? I understand it when it's an obscure film with heavily compromised elements (like the Cinerama travelogues), but it certainly seems like a lot of this work never leaves the digital realm. Even Manos: The Hands of Fate got a new 35mm preservation negative and prints out of its restoration.
It's on TCM HD right now. Looks strange though. Very clear and sharp but looks like 30 frames per sec shown at 24.
Now it looks OK. It was the the flamenco dancing and bullfight scenes that looked strange.
Edit: Train shots now look strange.
Best note to watch the 24fps version. There is currently a documentary in production, concerning the thousands who have gone missing after doing precisely that.
It is probably the same version that you could buy for some time already from various streaming services. Apart from the frame rate issues it looks pretty good especially with regard to detail.I was impressed with a majority of the presentation. Is this a new transfer?