Gays and Lesbians of the trade: what exactly is done when you “restore a film”, e.g. Rear Window. What was lost or damaged? How do you do it?
What exactly is a “Film Restoration “?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 30, 2025 10:33 PM |
Here's a short clip from Criterion on the restoration of The Front Page (1931). It's part of a longer featurette on the DVD/BluRay but it gives you a sense of some of the work that goes into restoration.
It doesn't go into the physical/chemical aspects of restoration (color grading and dyes, etc.),
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 30, 2025 7:04 PM |
Thanks R1 there are numerous interesting articles on restoration on that webpage!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 30, 2025 7:10 PM |
The worst is when there’s missing film, but intact audio as is the case with Lost Horizon.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 30, 2025 8:35 PM |
It's painstaking work.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 30, 2025 8:48 PM |
[quote]The worst is when there’s missing film, but intact audio as is the case with Lost Horizon.
and A Star is Born
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 30, 2025 8:50 PM |
Are they smoothening the scratches and reel change dots?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 30, 2025 9:54 PM |
Those two on Hitchcock restoration are as dull as dishwater.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 30, 2025 9:59 PM |
In three words: Bigger, Longer, Uncut.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 30, 2025 10:33 PM |