Tv daria restoration project4/7/2024 They do routinely use prints as a comparison, even running the print alongside a digital projector to show how close (or how far away) the two images look. I'm just saying that compared to the awful, dirty, dull, worn print used for the 1997 MGM DVD release, the current DVD is nothing short of a miracle to my eyes.Ĭlick to expand.A print cannot be used for digital scanning because it's too dark and dense and won't have the detail needed for video. I've only ever seen the movie through various VHS/DVD releases and the 1999 theatrical re-release so I've never seen an original (or pre-restoration) print in the theater. I admit the 1999 restoration that was sent to theaters had some problems (the individual elements of the 3-strip technicolor weren't re-aligned properly, creating a "3-D without the 3-D glasses" sort of look to some scenes for a few seconds) but there have now been two separate restorations done since then. I mean that print might have been great for screening it on a big screen from time to time (and I would've loved to have seen it) but it might not have suited their needs for the restoration because they had home media in mind, not a theatrical re-release.įrom what I know (based on the documentary on the DVD) they used the best available sources they had to restore from. Click to expand.If they would have used your print they would have still probably had to do some digital restoration to it to clean it up (color correction, dirt and scratch removal, etc), no? They couldn't have just done a direct transfer of the print and put it on DVD as is (right?).
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