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Just for fun, what movies or TV shows would you totally love to obtain in high definition format, ones which haven't already been released or announced for future release, and which have at least a halfway decent chance of actually looking good enough to justify the hi-def treatment?
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Kidding! Kidding! (sorta ;-)
- DeeCee
Surely Criterion must already have hi-def scans of some of their most recent works?
Yojimbo (Criterion)
Sanjuro (Criterion)
Seven Samurai (Criterion)
K-Pax
Monsters Inc
The Incredibles
The Life Aquatic (Criterion)
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra kjøkkenet)
Das Boot
Chocolat
Playtime (Criterion)
The Blues Brothers
Various Woody Allens incl. "Sleeper"
Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood "spaghetti westerns"
Architectures (French TV series)
Spirited Away
The Eye X
Off the top of my head, and in no particular order:So Close
Sky High (the Japanese movie, not the Disney one)
Returner
Hero
Mirror Mask
My Sassy Girl
Arahan
A Bittersweet Life
Medium (all 3 seasons)
Uzumaki
Juon:the Grudge (first Japanese theatrical release)
Lots of others too.
Jack
...
LoTR Trilogy (Extended)
Starship Troopers
Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones ('72 tour film; shot WS & surround)
Jurassic Park Trilogy
AI - Artificial Intelligence
Alien
Aliens
Brazil (Dir. cut)
Citizen Kane (remastered with corrected contrast & digital clean-up)
Jimi Hendrix films (complete Atlanta & Miami Pop Festivals, RAH, etc.)
Stargate orig. film (Ext.) & series (SG-1 & Atlantis)
There are so many, and lots of obscure early classics, TV series & music related titles I'd like to see in HD transfers, but this is a good start. :o)
Cheers,
AuPh
I realize that a high def trabsfer would be an improvement but are you implying that the current standard Criterion release needs contrast correction and digital cleanup? I thought they did a good job on this.
The two most discussed ones are the fact that by accident Lowry Digital's clean-up removed rain drops running down a window (misinterpreting them as artifacts) and the removal of too much film grain. In respect to the film grain issue, removal of film grain during the restoration process was intentional, but afterwards it was concluded that this made the film look too clean and video-like, exposing the budgetary limitations of Welle's production (Kane was originally produced for under $1,000,000).Then of course there's the famous early sequence of the reporters in the projection room that should be in heavy shadow. In the original release the contrast was kept low enough that the viewer couldn't make out that Joseph Cotten was doubling as one of the reporters assigned to investigate Kane's death, but not so in the restoration.
In spite of the nitpicking (including the discussion of a 'wild hair' in the linked interview below), this is a wonderful film restoration and transfer for standard definition DVD, but another restoration will be required for HD. Citizen Kane was one of Lowry Digital's earliest major film projects and by their own reckoning they acknowledge that they've learned a lot in the interim.
Thanks, that was helpful. Now I do recall them saying that what they learned on "...Kane" allowed them to do such a fantastic job on "Casablance" (which really IS stunning).
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