Recent Film Restorations

[Stefan Andersson]

Detailed technical discussion about The Third Man 4k UHD Combo; including posts by tenia re: problematic audio remastering on Ozu and Mizoguchi titles:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... 908/page-2

[Stefan Andersson]

Japanese classics by Masumura and others at Tokyo International Film Festival:
https://2024.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/list ... rtments=10

Includes Japanese Yakuza (Makino Masahiro, 1964) and a 4K of Nomugi Pass (Yamamoto Satsuo, 1979)

[Stefan Andersson]

Pordenone 2024 programme:
https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en ... obre-2024/

includes;
Raskolnikow (Wiene) at 142 mins
Vanini, Gerlach
Three Women, Lubitsch
Dagfin, Joe May
Forgotten Faces, Schertzinger
Red Dance, Walsh
La Boheme, Vidor
Song, Eichberg
Leaves from Satans Book, Dreyer, 133 mins., 2023 restoration; Danish DVD runs 157 mins: https://www.carlthdreyer.dk/en/carlthdr ... atans-book

Dagfin restoration, world premiere Oct. 3:
https://www.filmportal.de/nachrichten/w ... no-des-dff
https://www.dhm.de/zeughauskino/vorfueh ... fin-12439/
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... -livemusik

Also restored: Adieu Mascotte (Wilhelm Thiele) w/ Lilian Harvey:
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/termin ... -livemusik
https://franzoesische.filmtage-tuebinge ... neconcert/
https://www.filmportal.de/node/19971/video/1843193

[Stefan Andersson]

Northern Lights (1979), the film and the restoration:
https://filmmakermagazine.com/127545-in ... ghts-2024/

Pordenone 2024 catalogue now available online, under heading Giornate:
https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en ... V-TB6_lGJk

[Stefan Andersson]

Article about 139 Walter Lantz cartoons in DolbyVision HDR workflow for a broadcast distribution deal, in Journal of Digital Media Management, Vol. 12, issue 4 (subscription required):
https://www.henrystewartpublications.com/jdmm/v12

https://walterlantz.fandom.com/wiki/MeTV

[Stefan Andersson]

Ghatashraddha, plus mention of upcoming restoration of Iruvar:
https://www.film-foundation.org/variety-ghatashraddha

[Stefan Andersson]

Discussion of new Redwood/Kickstarter resto of Phantom of the Opera (1925):
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re ... nd-blu-ray

[Stefan Andersson]

The Jester (O Bobo), 1987, José Álvaro Morais, 4k:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9959

The Other One (Conversa Acabada),1981, João Botelho, 4k:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9967

Change of Life (Mudar de Vida), 1966, Paulo Rocha, 4k:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9943

[Stefan Andersson]

Hammer Films buys Silver Salt Restoration; Hammer films to be restored, no titles mentioned:
https://bleedingcool.com/movies/hammer- ... or-movies/

[Yakushima]

This was posted by Brianna Toth on Twitter today:
"Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America.
Many of the people who were axed were pivotal in making the collections what they are today. None of them deserved this. The decision was “effective immediately” and they had no time to pass on work or institutional knowledge. They were simply told to leave.
Bill Kramer has been pivotal in this “restructuring”. He does not care about or understand cultural heritage or the people who work with it. DO NOT APPLY here if jobs are posted! Reach out to your friends and colleagues if they work here. They need you."

[beamish14]

This was posted by Brianna Toth on Twitter today:
"Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America.
Many of the people who were axed were pivotal in making the collections what they are today. None of them deserved this. The decision was “effective immediately” and they had no time to pass on work or institutional knowledge. They were simply told to leave.
Bill Kramer has been pivotal in this “restructuring”. He does not care about or understand cultural heritage or the people who work with it. DO NOT APPLY here if jobs are posted! Reach out to your friends and colleagues if they work here. They need you."

Oh my god. The Museum seems to be hemorrhaging money. I wonder if this includes KJ Relth-Miller, head of public programs, who is a joy to hear speak at screenings

[Stefan Andersson]

The Film Foundation´s 2023 report now online. 2023 restorations include:
Spellbound
Yam Daabo
A Midsummer Night´s Dream, 1925
Macario
Adventures of Casanova, Gavaldón
Down and out in America
Il Grido, w/ censored scenes restored
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938
A House Divided, Wyler
Incendiary Blonde
Love Parade, Lubitsch
Texas Rangers, Vidor
Helen of Troy, 1955
One Way Passage, 1932
Rachel, Rachel
Safe in Hell, 1931
https://www.film-foundation.org/annual-reports

[TechnicolorAcid]

Please somebody just release Macario, I’m begging here.

[beamish14]

This was posted by Brianna Toth on Twitter today:
"Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America.
Many of the people who were axed were pivotal in making the collections what they are today. None of them deserved this. The decision was “effective immediately” and they had no time to pass on work or institutional knowledge. They were simply told to leave.
Bill Kramer has been pivotal in this “restructuring”. He does not care about or understand cultural heritage or the people who work with it. DO NOT APPLY here if jobs are posted! Reach out to your friends and colleagues if they work here. They need you."

Missing Movies shared a survey to support the Academy 16

[Stefan Andersson]

Breakfast for Champions, 4K, theatrical re-release from Shout:
https://thefilmstage.com/nobody-ever-ga ... champions/

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

This was posted by Brianna Toth on Twitter today:
"Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America.
Many of the people who were axed were pivotal in making the collections what they are today. None of them deserved this. The decision was “effective immediately” and they had no time to pass on work or institutional knowledge. They were simply told to leave.
Bill Kramer has been pivotal in this “restructuring”. He does not care about or understand cultural heritage or the people who work with it. DO NOT APPLY here if jobs are posted! Reach out to your friends and colleagues if they work here. They need you."

Oh my god. The Museum seems to be hemorrhaging money. I wonder if this includes KJ Relth-Miller, head of public programs, who is a joy to hear speak at screenings

From my understanding, it's not museum employees, it's only employees who work for the archive itself. She is still around and I don't think will go anywhere.

[Mr.DarjeelingLimited]

Please somebody just release Macario, I’m begging here.

Macario is with the Film Foundation and WCP and considering that many more Mexican films are in development from Criterion, this is most likely high priority.

[beamish14]

Breakfast for Champions, 4K, theatrical re-release from Shout:
https://thefilmstage.com/nobody-ever-ga ... champions/

Oh my god. Yes, this movie is definitely in need of a reappraisal

[Stefan Andersson]

Le notte bianche (1957), plus other unnamed Cinecittà restorations of Mastroianni films:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5776

[Stefan Andersson]

tenia comments on restorations at the 2024 Lumière festival, and on the international classic film market there:

https://testsbluray.com/2024/11/10/reto ... iere-2024/

https://testsbluray.com/2024/11/10/reto ... mifc-2024/

French theatrical rerelease of Four Nights of a Dreamer upcoming.
Lumet´s The Wiz being restored, w/ new Atmos mix from original tracks.
Sugarland Express has a new sound mix approved by Spielberg.

[Stefan Andersson]

For the record -- info about the two-color Technicolor scene in Seven Chances:
http://www.silentera.com/video/sevenCha ... l#Kino2024
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=61
https://www.drfilm.net/blog/?p=157
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/a-few- ... n-blu-ray/
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/seven- ... ay-review/
http://www.silentera.com/video/sevenCha ... l#Kino2024

[Aunt Peg]

Palindromes 4K: https://www.monumentreleasing.com/palindromes

[Stefan Andersson]

New German restoration financing in place:
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... geschichte
https://www.ffa.de/pressemitteilungen-d ... ichte.html

"sponsored titles include silent works such as Richard Oswald's "May we be silent?" (Germany 1926), G. W. Pabst's "Secrets of a Soul" (Germany 1926), Carl Boese's "The Last Cab of Berlin" (Germany 1926), Carl Froelich's "Luise Millerin" (Germany 1922) and the documentary "The Long Holidays of Lotte H. Eisner" (Germany 1979) by Sohrab Shahid Saless."

Also
The Bartered Bride, 1932, Ophüls
Urban Gad's "Der fremde Vogel" with Asta Nielsen, 1911
Konrad Wolf's "Solo Sunny", 1978
"The Party – Nature Morte" with Tilda Swinton, 1991
The Willow Tree, 1984, Saless
Wechselbalg, 1985–1987, Saless
Recipient Unknown, 1983, Saless
Mazurka, 1935, Willi Forst
The Dreaming Mouth, 1932, Czinner
Epilogue, 1950, Käutner
Harlis, 1972, Robert van Ackeren
If you once give away your heart, 1929, Johannes Guter
Whenever the Day Begins, 1957, Liebeneiner

[Mr.DarjeelingLimited]

Palindromes 4K: https://www.monumentreleasing.com/palindromes

Solondz says this is hopefully coming to Criterion, the same time he said Happiness was. https://youtu.be/U7Sugup9do4?si=st5J2-Dmmf255yEX

[Stefan Andersson]

Le notte bianche (1957), plus other unnamed Cinecittà restorations of Mastroianni films:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5776

Update - in 4K:
Peccato che Sia una Canaglia (Too Bad She’s Bad)
La Fortuna di essere donna (Lucky to be a Woman)
Matrimonio all’italiana (Marriage, Italian Style)
Una giornata particolare (A Special Day)
Il bell’Antonio (Handsome Antonio)
Todo Modo
Ieri, oggi e domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)