103 The Lady Eve
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Turns out this coming to Blu was the most unpredictable side effect of the Coronavirus yet
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I'd be fine if we just get a month of upgrades if it includes titles like this.
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I like how the current/old specs simply say "sparkling new transfer".
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Oh, sweet. I’ve been holding off on buying the DVD on the off chance an upgrade was coming — for once, it’s worked.
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Re: 103 The Lady Eve
Just need someone to put out Hail the Conquering Hero now so I can toss my Universal set
- domino harvey
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Kino Lorber said they couldn’t get the rights. What if Criterion is about to drop both the upgrade of this and Blu debut of that? Could we handle that much good news at once?
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My head may explode, but a risk I'm willing to take. Hail on blu is all I want right now.
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That was my recollection - I googled “the lady eve restoration” this morning when it was mentioned in the guessing thread - there was a “digital restoration” (don’t know what that means) advertised - iirc as through the BFI - that played in the UK early last year.. I can find the link, there was a trailer in a very small window, it didn’t look mind blowing, kind of soft, and looked like it had done some (too much) DNR.. hope that isn’t what “digital restoration” means.. but an ok upgrade is still better than a revelatory one.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pmDidn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
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Who has Miracle of Morgan’s Creek? And to be as greedy as any other annoying Criterion fan, now that I think of it, Unfaithfully Yours is just as due for an upgrade as Eve
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Paramount unfortunately. Unfaithfully Yours is Fox/Disney.
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It was from the HTF visit podcast, and IIRC, he stated that it was more of a dilemma of choice: releasing a new master based on the compromised elements, or waiting for Universal to spend the resources on restoration. The podcast is here is someone wants to try and track down where in the 100 minutes it's discussed.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pmDidn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
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Sounds much more like there are no good materials to work with , so the digitally restored version will be better but not a home run.
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The "Lux Radio Theatre" was on the original DVD release, but I think the Audio recording of “Up the Amazon” extra feature is new.
Also new, besides the 4k digital restoration, are: the Interviews (Tom Sturges and others); and the David Cairns video essay.
It seems that the Essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a 1946 profile of Preston Sturges from LIFE magazine are new to this edition. Can anyone confirm?
DVD Beaver's review of the original release lists one of the special features as a Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills. Can anyone provide info about this?
Also new, besides the 4k digital restoration, are: the Interviews (Tom Sturges and others); and the David Cairns video essay.
It seems that the Essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a 1946 profile of Preston Sturges from LIFE magazine are new to this edition. Can anyone confirm?
DVD Beaver's review of the original release lists one of the special features as a Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills. Can anyone provide info about this?
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Re: 103 The Lady Eve
I saw it at the cinema last year. It's fine, but no exemplar restoration. I'll be buying this if it comes to the UK.onedimension wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:04 amThat was my recollection - I googled “the lady eve restoration” this morning when it was mentioned in the guessing thread - there was a “digital restoration” (don’t know what that means) advertised - iirc as through the BFI - that played in the UK early last year.. I can find the link, there was a trailer in a very small window, it didn’t look mind blowing, kind of soft, and looked like it had done some (too much) DNR.. hope that isn’t what “digital restoration” means.. but an ok upgrade is still better than a revelatory one.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pmDidn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
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This:
- Interview from 2020 with writer-director Preston Sturges's biographer and son Tom Sturges and friends
- New conversation among writer-director Preston Sturges’s biographer and son Tom Sturges; Bogdanovich; filmmakers James L. Brooks and Ron Shelton; and critics Susan King, Leonard Maltin, and Kenneth Turan
- domino harvey
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I mean, those are good friends to have. Leonard Maltin alone could keep you in Disney pins for the rest of your days
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Mr Maltin is the clean up hitter of the group
- yoloswegmaster
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On the recent podcast with Roger Deakins, Lee Kline talks a bit about the restoration for this. He says that he spent 2+ years looking for a good print of it and had to look through 8 different prints of the film just to see which one had the least damage. He states that it took 4 months to restore and that "it looks pretty good" but wishes it looked like the original negatives.
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I was expecting a disaster based on how Lee Kline's been talking about it. It's definitely soft, but still looks pretty good to these eyes.
- domino harvey
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The menu art... seriously, has this artist ever seen these actors before?
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Is the "new conversation" featurette literally a Zoom call? Because that's what it looks like on DVDBeaver.