Artisan / Republic's beautiful DVD — mastered in THX from
the original film negative — is still the one I have in my library.
The new 2K scan was made from
the original film negative and retains the grain and softness you would have seen during its original release in 1974, as Scream Factory has not applied any digital noise reduction and restored the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio used in U.S. theaters.
The great news, however, is that all 9 of these shorts are also available here as originally produced in their 1.33:1 TV broadcast aspect ratio... and these are indeed native 4K scans of
the original film negatives that were completed in 2014 by Ron Smith and his team at Technicolor.
Not exact matches
First, the transfer, which looks amazing, scanned from the
original negative in a way that almost looks like
film.
Blu - ray extras include a piece in which Renoir expert Olivier Curchod discusses the
film's history and controversy; a discussion about the movie with
film professor and critic Ginette Vincendeau; a featurette on the remarkable tale behind the discovery of the
original negative; a look at the restoration; and the theatrical trailers from 1937 and 1958.
Criterion's BD release, sourced from the
original camera
negative, puts the lie to all of those earlier versions with its richly - textured shadows, searing whites, and twinkling 35 mm
film grain.
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.
Rare Video really did this
film a solid and gave it a very impressive new high - definition transfer which was taken from the
original 35 mm
negative.
The
film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the
original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn't reconstructed until 1959.
2K
film restoration from
original colour 35 mm
negative.
Two alternate versions of the
film: director Jacques Tati's 1964 reedit, featuring hand - colored objects and newly incorporated footage, and the full - color 1995 rerelease, completed from Tati's
original color
negatives
Criterion presents the US home video debut of the
film in a new 2K digital restoration mastered from the
original camera
negative.
In 2011 the Cineteca di Bologna commissioned a new restoration of the
film, mastered from the
original negative in 2K for digital screenings and for disc.
Formats: Blu - ray with new 4K restoration of the
film from the camera
negative in its
original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release; with
original mono Italian and English soundtracks.
Special Features: • Brand new 2K transfer from the
original camera negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam, make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and
original camera
negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam, make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the
film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper •
Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and
Original theatrical trailers for the
film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring
original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and
original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the
film, illustrated with
original archive stills and
original archive stills and posters
The
film has also been re-mastered from the high - res
original negative scans and converted to 3D, but most poignantly of all, under the supervision of the
film's late director, Tony Scott.
The Lucio Fulci
film Zombie Flesh - Eaters went through a long restoration process from the
original Techniscope
negatives and was able to show just how beautifully it was shot by cinematographer Sergio Salvati.
A true photochemical
film recreation, this print was struck from new printing elements made from the
original camera
negative.
Limited Edition box set (3000 copies) containing The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times Brand new 2K restorations of the
films from the
original camera negatives High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (lossless DTS - HD Master Audio on the Blu - ray Discs) Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Limited Edition 60 - page booklet containing new writing by James Blackford, Kat Ellinger, Leonard Jacobs and Rachae
original camera
negatives High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (lossless DTS - HD Master Audio on the Blu - ray Discs) Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Limited Edition 60 - page booklet containing new writing by James Blackford, Kat Ellinger, Leonard Jacobs and Rachae
Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (lossless DTS - HD Master Audio on the Blu - ray Discs) Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Limited Edition 60 - page booklet containing new writing by James Blackford, Kat Ellinger, Leonard Jacobs and Rachael Nisbet
These episodes haven't been just remastered from the existing
film masters, they actually went back to the
original 35 mm camera
negatives and redone all the visual effects, all in high definition.
Features both Blu - ray and DVD editions of the
films, newly remastered from a 2K restoration from
original camera
negatives and featuring both Italian and English language soundtracks with optional English subtitles.
Would've placed higher but Cohen's 4K restoration has a weird aspect ratio (2.47:1) and appears to these eyes to be undersaturated and lacking in contrast, although I trust James Ivory's on - board director's statement that the
film has never looked better, since a 70 mm blowup resulted in previous transfers being too many steps removed from the
original negative.
Arrow gives the
film its American Blu - ray debut in a transfer newly mastered from a 2K restoration from the
original camera
negative, with both the Italian and English language soundtracks (note that American actor Mitchell's voice in the English version is one of many dubbed by Paul Frees) and newly translated subtitles for the Italian version.
Luckily, a 35 mm blow - up
negative, made for the
film's
original theatrical released in 1975, was located among the holdings at the lab.
Presented and remastered in 4K from the
original camera
negative, the 1080p presentation of the classic
film has a 1.66:1 widescreen aspect ratio and a restored LPCM Mono track, both of which are of very high quality.
The 1080p 1.66 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer on Virgin Suicides has stunning color grading (also a 4K scan from the
original 35 mm camera
negative), making the
film look as great as it ever has and not only increases its smooth density, but its realism and naturalism, no matter how dream - like it gets.
The
film's low cost doesn't help — and it draws another
negative comparison with the
original film.
As stated in the included booklet: «Supervised by director of photography Yorick Le Saux and approved by director Olivier Assayas, this new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN
film scanner from the 35 mm
original camera
negative.»
Though it's been on disc before, this edition is mastered from a 2013 restoration, which uses numerous sources (including the
original negative) to create a mostly beautiful and fully complete version of the
film.
Gorgeous and expertly calibrated, this Blu - ray features a restoration created in 4K resolution from several of the
film's
original, duplicate safety
negatives.
THE BLU - RAY DISC Likewise amazing, Criterion's Blu - ray release presents The Innocents in its
original CinemaScope aspect ratio of 2.35:1, in a 1080p transfer the liner notes describe as «created in 4K resolution on an Oxbery wet-gate
film scanner from the 35 mm
original camera
negative.»
Arrow Academy presents Orchestra Rehearsal utilizing a recent 2K restoration of the
film from the
original 35 mm camera
negative.
(Rather than the familiar Paramount mountain, most of the surviving copies of the Fleischer shorts still bear the U.M. & M. logo, which the television company spliced into the
original negatives of the
films when they were acquired.)
The first of several
films to be adapted from Barker's seminal Books of Blood series, Rawhead Rex has garnered a strong cult following over the years — now clawing its way to the surface in a stunning new 4K restoration from the
original camera
negative.
Mastered from the
original 35 mm camera
negative, it's almost flawless (with a touch of fluctuating pixels in the neutral skies) and so clean that the hard vertical scratches 65 minutes into the
film — the only blemishes on the print — are jarring.
The
film itself has been recently given a spectacular 4K restoration from the
original camera
negative for this Blu - ray.
The 4K release has been produced from a new 4K scan of the
original camera
negative, a remaster supervised by the
film's director of photography, Bill Pope.
from the
original 16 mm AB camera
negative with 35 mm interpositive inserts and final approval by Frank Henenlotter himself, the
film now looks better than ever.
Presented as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival: Reiner Riedler's portraits of
film reels and
original negatives of classic
films from the archive of the Deutsche Kinemathek.