Douglas Monce
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Charles,
I've spent the last week or so obsessively going back and forth watching the different version of Blade Runner on the new set. I'm curious about the source material for the different versions.
For instance on the theatrical/international/director's cuts I notice quite a bit of gate weave in the Ladd Company logo. There is little to no gate weave in the final cut version.
In the scene where Decard first walks up to the noodle bar, the theatrical/international/director's cuts have a slightly green cast to the florescent lights, the final cut is timed to make the light more white or even slightly blue.
Was this a case of different actual film elements being used for the different versions. or was it simply that the final cut had things like gate weave digitally removed and color timed a little more carefully?
And obviously the effects shots are noticeably more grainy in the original versions of the film than the final cut.
Were the original versions of the film taken from a good quality print or were they the same elements that made up the final cut?
Thanks and thanks for what I consider the high water mark of home video presentations. I think it will be quite some time before anyone tops this Blade Runner set.
Doug
I've spent the last week or so obsessively going back and forth watching the different version of Blade Runner on the new set. I'm curious about the source material for the different versions.
For instance on the theatrical/international/director's cuts I notice quite a bit of gate weave in the Ladd Company logo. There is little to no gate weave in the final cut version.
In the scene where Decard first walks up to the noodle bar, the theatrical/international/director's cuts have a slightly green cast to the florescent lights, the final cut is timed to make the light more white or even slightly blue.
Was this a case of different actual film elements being used for the different versions. or was it simply that the final cut had things like gate weave digitally removed and color timed a little more carefully?
And obviously the effects shots are noticeably more grainy in the original versions of the film than the final cut.
Were the original versions of the film taken from a good quality print or were they the same elements that made up the final cut?
Thanks and thanks for what I consider the high water mark of home video presentations. I think it will be quite some time before anyone tops this Blade Runner set.
Doug