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Posted by Steve on 09/23/06 20:55
On 22 Sep 2006 22:29:57 -0700, "gerry" <gerrytwo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Yes all clearances have been secured but it will probably not be
>remastered since many of the interviews were shot in standard PAL and
>can not be upgraded to
>HD."
>
>If Warners is releasing a DVD of "Hollywood," Warners almost certainly
>will create a digital intermediate master that will not be in either
>PAL or NTSC, but will be stored as terabytes of data. Kevin Brownlow
>has to sign off on any release of "Hollywood." I doubt that he will
>allow the release of any new version that is not in better shape than
>the original release in 1980.
Well I guess they would try to make HD transfers of the film material,
for some titles that's already been done for pending DVD release; but
there's nothing much to do with PAL video except try to upsample,
create intermediate scan lines etc. It CAN be improved no doubt.
Ironically the oldest interview segments, such as of Harold Lloyd,
shot on 16mm, could gain the most from a new master.
... Steve ..
>
>Jason Liller wrote:
>> Steve wrote:
>> > On 21 Sep 2006 22:12:42 -0700, "gerry" <gerrytwo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Brownlow's "Hollywood" is or will be released in Region2 this year.
>> > Warner will release it in Region 1 Q1 or Q2 2007. Yes all clearances
>> > have been secured but it will probably not be remastered since many of
>> > the interviews were shot in standard PAL and can not be upgraded to
>> > HD.
>>
>> How do you know this? I'm tempted to shrug this off, but I already know
>> that Warner intends to release several major silents late this year or
>> early next. It would make sense for them to release "Hollywood" at the
>> same time.
>>
>> --Jason Liller
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