The picture is enhanced and sharp, but some scenes are contrasty and lacking in detail, as if
the film element were down a generation.
The return of «Riddick» is a strange convoluted mess that mixes various other
film elements and completely loses what the franchise was originally.
The 2.35:1, 1080p presentation definitely represents a new transfer, as
the film elements look cleaner than before in addition to more vibrant, but there is something occasionally electronic about the image, with the fine, Super35 grain turning to noise during a few rogue applications of edge enhancement.
After a number of archival
film elements were scanned at 4K resolution at Warner Bros.» in - house Motion Picture Imaging lab in Burbank, the original camera negative of the film came to light, providing the basis for the majority of the restoration — that is, until the negative's inferior final reel necessitated dipping into another archive altogether.
The Blu - ray edition, newly remastered from original VistaVision
film elements, has a stunning richness and clarity that practically glows in gorgeous overripe Technicolor hues: pure Hollywood gloss.
Extras: New 4K scan from the original
film elements; new audio commentary with writer - director Albert Pyun; new «A Ravaged Future — The Making of Cyborg» featuring interviews with Pyun, actors Vincent Klyn, Deborah Richter and Terrie Batson, director of photography Philip Alan Waters and editor Rozanne Zingal; new «Shoestring Fantasy - The Effects of Cyborg» featuring interviews with visual effects supervisor Gene Warren Jr., Go - Motion technician Christopher Warren and rotoscope artist Bret Mixon; extended interviews from Mark Hartley's documentary «Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films» with Pyun and Sheldon Lettich; theatrical trailer; still gallery.
Extras: New 2K scan of the original
film elements of all three films, commentary by Cohen on all three films, new «Cohen's Alive: Looking Back at the It's Alive Films» featuring interviews with writer - producer - director Larry Cohen, actors James Dixon, Michael Moriarty and Laurene Landon and more; new «It's Alive at the Nuart: The 40th Anniversary Screening» with Larry Cohen; trailers, TV and radio spots, still galleries.
High - definition digital transfer of restored
film elements, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on Blu - ray edition
Given that, three outstanding sets that I did receive and explore deserve recognition: Pee - wee's Playhouse: The Complete Series (Shout Factory, Blu - ray) was remastered almost from scratch, going back to the original
film elements and reconstructing the episodes with the video masters as a guide.
These filmmakers deconstruct cinema to its most powerful images in a way that's so overwhelming it defies standard
film elements like narrative and character.
Formats: Blu - ray with new 2K restoration from original
film elements, with original uncompressed mono audio.
Both «She (1935)» and «H.G. Wells» Things to Come (1936)» have been restored to high definition from their original 35 mm
film elements and for films that are nearly 80 years old they look quite impressive.
THE BLU - RAY DISC Arrow Video's Blu - ray release does the movie justice and then some, delivering it in a 1080p transfer from a new 2K master made from «original
film elements,» slightly letterboxed to a historically accurate 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Where Eagles Dare looks good in its high - def debut: it's a film - like transfer that's clean and sharp, marred only by the occasional distraction of wavering color (a symptom of the available
film elements, I presume).
Presented in 1080p high definition with a 1.65:1 widescreen aspect ratio (original ratio was 1.85:1) and complete with a Spanish DTS - HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 (mono or simple stereo, its hard to tell) track, the film has been nicely restored here from its original 35 mm
film elements and has a detailed sound mix with some interesting design work.
Shorter documentary featurettes cover world news events during Bambi's premiere in 1942; the restoration process performed on the original
film elements; a visit with animator Andreas Deja to the studio animation archives; and a pair of brief storyboarded deleted scenes.
Kino's earlier DVD release features both versions but the Blu - ray includes only the longer, original German - language, newly restored from archival 35 mm
film elements by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, with optional English subtitles.
The convoluted plot and innovative style earned this TV show cult status in the 60s and now that it is being released on Blu - ray with a transfer from the original
film elements and a newly remixed 5.1 surround track, it stands to attract its audience back and maybe pick up some new fans along the way.
The idea for an archive business now sparked, Mr. Parr began bolstering his collection to what would grow to be more than 50,000
film elements in Oddball's Mission District headquarters.
The A Few Good Men: 25th Anniversary Edition will feature the film in full native 4K, scanned from the original
film elements.
Home Video Notes: Apollo 13: 20th Anniversary Release Date: 2 June 2015 Apollo 13 releases in a 20th Anniversary edition (Blu - ray / Digital Copy) with the following extras: - Blu - ray version of the movie newly restored and re-mastered from high resolution 35 mm original
film elements.
According to Scream Factory's note at the start of the disc, «This new HD master was created with the best surviving
film elements in the vault.»
If the Blu - ray masters were created from
film elements that were used to make theatrical release prints, then this reflects a problem with the Blu - ray transfers.
Preserve your final conformed
film elements, along with prints and access copies, free of charge at the Sundance Collection at UCLA, where they'll be properly maintained and safeguarded in UCLA's state - of - the - art archive.
I'm just being a bit filmic here, but I can definitely see
film elements being injected to video games these days as they get more advanced and broad.
[18] In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with
filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer's hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.
Original
film elements the gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, restored by the Department of Film and Media, The Museum of Modern Art.
David Zwirner is currently presenting Oscar Murillo's first exhibition at the gallery in London, which includes new paintings and drawings as well as sculptural, sound, and
film elements.
Typical duties listed on a Post Production Supervisor resume sample are making sure deadlines are met, liaising with other members of the team, checking if
all film elements are included, and assigning tasks to assistants.
Not exact matches
A standout
element of the
film, about supervillains recruited to go on nearly impossible government missions, is its impressive cast, whose members blend so well into their respective roles that you may not even recognize some of the actors.
The buddy - cop
film, with
elements of «Lord of the Rings» - style fantasy, only got positive reviews from 12 % of top movie critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Schilowitz, an expert in the workings of video technology, had investigated, and he had come back to Jannard with the bad news: Though every
element of this hypothetical camera, from the body to the software, would be tough to develop, the sensor — the light - sensitive chip that replaces
film in capturing an image — was a doozy.
Every
element of
films or drama just be open to ideas and sometimes you get ideas as you're going and it's great to be able to incorporate them because you're not glued into one thing.
«It starts at the point from which the deals are made and continues to how the
films are actually produced, to the way they're positioned for a release date, to the way marketing empowers people to watch — and we've seen all these
elements falling into place.»
They are
filming a capsule, or short clip, to add to the catalogue of images, sounds and interactive
elements that will fill a brand - new terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
In 2013, Eiji Aonuma, a central Zelda designer and producer told Kotaku that he envisioned a Zelda
film with an
element of audience interaction, so it's hard to say what the project could ultimately look like.
A standout
element of the
film is its impressive cast, whose members blend so well into their respective roles that you may not even recognize some of the actors.
And it's hard to find a 3D
film or video game experience that doesn't have an immersive
element.
«Versa Media Capital intends to become the go - to source of capital and expertise for independent
film and TV content creators, and will provide the
elements needed to put projects on the solid footing required to complete a permanent financing package,» said Geoffray in a statement.
Filmmaker Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Doctor Strange comic book has an interesting combination of
elements: a starring role from Benedict Cumberbatch, one of Marvel's creepiest characters and Derrickson's penchant for bringing
elements of Christianity into his
films.
Let's start with the overt religious
elements in the
film, which feel supremely authentic and work incredibly well.
That onrushing reality of contradictory, transient talk — coupled with relentless camera closeups and the
film's minimal formal
elements — eliminates aesthetic distance.
Perhaps the reason then, that
elements of the
film feel so familiar is that it not only retraces the franchise's lineage, but our own.
It has been hailed as one of the most important
films in recent years, for its frightening use of mystery and horror
elements to look at racism in America.
We experience Jesus» message through TV,
film, music, dance, various forms of art and so many other
elements of culture, so why not food?
So that was probably the most surprising
element of making the
film.
Locus Corporation wishes to apologize regarding the first
elements of our marketing campaign (in the form of a Cannes billboard and a trailer) which we realize has had the opposite effect from that which was intended... Our
film, a family comedy, carries a message designed to challenge social prejudices related to standards of physical beauty in society by emphasizing the importance of inner beauty.
But do these
elements — which may or may not fit with the truth — mean Christians should reject the
film as a whole?
The essential plot
elements of Inherit the Wind — the lonely stand of the brave individualist against the small - minded bigotry of the townspeople, Cates» fear and trembling as he waits in his prison cell, the threat of ruin hanging over his head («The Scopes character and his fiancee play each scene as if he were on the way to the electric chair,» wrote one
film reviewer)-- are pure fabrication.
Gauge consistency is an
element of
film quality.