Everything with a 35mm master is getting a 4k scan with a little scratch and color cleanup and getting re-released as a “4k restoration”. Making these titles available to theaters is cheap. Theaters with over a dozen auditoriums and nobody showing up to every-hour-on-the-hour screenings of this week’s new release are happy to drop something like this in for a week here and there.
Not sure I’d call it a minor touch up.
Restoration doesn’t necessarily require the original to be actually damaged. Film/cells fade over time. Digitally restoring that can be pretty intensive, depending on how faded it is.
Restoration for projects like these is a pretty common term AFAIK.
Restoration? What happened? Was the original damaged?
Everything with a 35mm master is getting a 4k scan with a little scratch and color cleanup and getting re-released as a “4k restoration”. Making these titles available to theaters is cheap. Theaters with over a dozen auditoriums and nobody showing up to every-hour-on-the-hour screenings of this week’s new release are happy to drop something like this in for a week here and there.
I dont see how a minor touch-up is considered a restoration. Must just be a marketing term.
I mean, I like Perfect Blue so this is all good to me, just not a fan of the wording.
Not sure I’d call it a minor touch up. Restoration doesn’t necessarily require the original to be actually damaged. Film/cells fade over time. Digitally restoring that can be pretty intensive, depending on how faded it is.
Restoration for projects like these is a pretty common term AFAIK.
I mean, cheaper than a new film sure, but not as cheap as 4K upscales