The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

[jsteffe]

Out of curiosity, how did the color timing of the 35mm print compare to the Blu-ray?

[hearthesilence]

It was actually very close. Don't know where the print came from though. FWIW, they had a handful of shots that looked 'reddish,' like they spliced a few shots in from a print that was missing one of the matrices. Weird.

(Also, from what I understand, the Blu-Ray disc doesn't have the 'yellow' problems found on the last DVD - I can't personally confirm because I haven't compared the two myself, but screen caps were put up on DVD Beaver.)

[movielocke]

The print I saw in 2005 was awful. Pinkish and Beat To Hell. The bluray colors definitely look better but that's only an illustration of the caveats inherent in celluloid.

[hearthesilence]

Jesus, and virtually TEN years later to the day (time really flies!) I once again saw The Searchers at MoMI for the East Coast premiere of the new Film Foundation restoration, projected in 70mm. (This may be only the second time I've seen it projected in film, so the repetition is amusing.) MoMI's curator Edo Choi pointed out that it was a film output from a digital restoration, acknowledging there's different schools of thought regarding reproducing color in the film and digital domains. He thought the color was fine and so do I - in fact, I looked at the same caps I mentioned ten years ago (still there on DVD Beaver) and it looks generally like the Blu-ray's color scheme, which for the most part matched the 35mm print I saw back then too.

[domino harvey]

For those missed it in the WA thread, the new resto will be getting both UHD/Blu-ray combos and Blu-ray only releases via Warner Archives in December

Full details here