3D MAN IN THE DARK in 3-D on the Big Screen! (1 Viewer)

[Bob Furmanek]

I'll be introducing this film at the Museum of Modern Art on Friday, August 1 at 4:30. If you're at the show, please introduce yourself and say hello. I'd like to meet you.

I'll be bringing a sample of an original 1953 sepia-toned print!

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/21461

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Are they showing it via DCP or film?

 

[Bob Furmanek]

It's the newly restored master via DCP.

As much as I'm a film purist, digital is better for the 35mm 3-D titles. There are no issues with alignment, framing, light balance, etc.

So long as the mastering is done properly (and this one is excellent) it's a flawless presentation.

 

[bujaki]

This was sepia-toned when it was released? Why couldn't the elements given to TT by Sony replicate that? Warners can do it with OZ. I feel the same way about all the other films I have seen in sepia-toned prints that have been sadly released for home viewing only in B&W.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

For some reason, Sony did not restore the sepia when they did their restoration.

The only other Golden Age 3-D title to have a sepia release was SPOOKS. Here's a frame from the left side of a 3-D pair:

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[Bob Furmanek]

I should mention that IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and CAT WOMEN OF THE MOON were planned for a sepia release but they went out in black and white.

 

[bujaki]

Thanks, Bob. I always feel it's a missed opportunity not to release the films to us the way they were originally presented. I do believe that our current TVs and projectors can handle sepia tones.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

I agree 100% and certainly would have made that recommendation to Sony.

Hopefully, SPOOKS will be mastered in sepia when it appears on 3-D Blu-ray.