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Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:01 pm
by colinr0380
JamesF wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 7:18 am Reviews on Letterboxd and elsewhere state that Jackson asked the audience to stand for the God Save The Queen intro, which was only on uncut Braindead prints, not Dead Alive in either R-rated or unrated form. Of course, that doesn’t stop him from having made further changes…
Since we were speaking of soundtrack clearances on the other thread, I have my fingers crossed that whatever happens the film will still be able to include the Archers theme playing on the radio during the initial zombie mother attack sequence in Braindead! That's definitely important for the comedic value of that scene!

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2025 10:08 pm
by beamish14
It’s amazing that the original New Zealand release-version of Heavenly Creatures has never been seen again since 1994. Presumably, that’s the cut he’ll also be restoring in 4K

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:20 pm
by dwk
What is the difference between the 109-minute cut of Heavenly Creatures that Lionsgate (licensed from Miramax) released on Blu-ray and the original New Zealand release?

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:36 pm
by Stefan Andersson
Restored Patrice Chéreau films:
Judith Therpauve
L´homme blessé
Hôtel de France
Ceux qui m´aiment prendront le train
Gabrielle
https://www.malavidafilms.com/cinema/pa ... aucineaste

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:58 pm
by Lowry_Sam
More great news! I gave up on an English friendly blu-ray of Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train over a decade ago. Maybe there’s still hope.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:02 pm
by Stefan Andersson

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 8:55 pm
by Matt
Lowry_Sam wrote: Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:58 pm More great news! I gave up on an English friendly blu-ray of Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train over a decade ago. Maybe there’s still hope.
One of my most-hoped-for rescues. This year has already given me In My Skin and Read My Lips, so let's keep them coming!

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 8:04 am
by Lowry_Sam
Well that's a start, but I would've thought Jesus Of Montreal & The Decline Of The American Empire would've garnered some attention by now. I picked up Barbarian Invasions in the early days of blu-ray, but it could probably use an upgrade.

A few more I'd love to see:

Laurent Cantet:
Time Out/L'emploi du temps
Human Resources/Resources Humaines

Francois Ozon: 8 femmes UHD or at least a blu-ray with English subtitles (with at least some of the extras from the 3-disc special edition)

Andre Techine:
J'embrasse pas
Ma saison préférée

Emilie Deleuze:
Peau Neuve

Denis Villenue:
Maelstrom
Un 32 août sur terre
Cosmos

Sébastien Lifshitz:
Presque Rien

Christian Faure:
Un amour à taire

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 2:56 pm
by beamish14
A 4K restoration of Robert Altman’s Popeye is making the rounds

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 1:33 am
by zedz
beamish14 wrote:It’s amazing that the original New Zealand release-version of Heavenly Creatures has never been seen again since 1994. Presumably, that’s the cut he’ll also be restoring in 4K
Heavenly Creatures restoration was screened last year. I don’t know what’s happened to it since.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 4:08 am
by beamish14
Lowry_Sam wrote: Thu Jul 31, 2025 8:04 am
Well that's a start, but I would've thought Jesus Of Montreal & The Decline Of The American Empire would've garnered some attention by now. I picked up Barbarian Invasions in the early days of blu-ray, but it could probably use an upgrade.

A few more I'd love to see:

Laurent Cantet:
Time Out/L'emploi du temps
Human Resources/Resources Humaines

Francois Ozon: 8 femmes UHD or at least a blu-ray with English subtitles (with at least some of the extras from the 3-disc special edition)

Andre Techine:
J'embrasse pas
Ma saison préférée

Emilie Deleuze:
Peau Neuve

Denis Villenue:
Maelstrom
Un 32 août sur terre
Cosmos

Sébastien Lifshitz:
Presque Rien

Christian Faure:
Un amour à taire

4K restorations of both Decline of the American Empire and Jesus of Montreal have screened in the last few years. Canadian cinema in general is just horribly neglected, even within Canada

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 6:12 am
by brundlefly
Stefan Andersson wrote: Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:04 am Restoring Do Bigha Zamin (Bimal Roy), in cooperation with Criterion/Janus:
https://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/th ... s-of-land/

"other classics of Bimal Roy like “Devdas”, “Madhumati” and “Bandini” /.../ are in the process of being restored.” (with Criterion/Janus).
Just seeing this great news. Of these, I've only seen Madhumati as I was going through a series of reincarnation films, one of those depressing experiences where you could see that the film was beautiful and atmospheric and had survived as anything but. Criterion will take an eternity to dribble them to disc, if they ever even bother, but the hope they might land and stay on the channel to stream (and without a watermark!) is good enough for now.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 6:49 am
by dwk
It may have changed, but the initial word on the Bimal Roy titles was that the films' rightsholder kept the streaming rights. If that is still the case, then I'd expect Criterion to get them out on disc faster than they normally do.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 7:23 am
by brundlefly
<shakes fist at sky> Shemarooooo!!!!!

Thanks. Can't imagine we'll get a box from this, though there is the Sembène/Widerberg/Zetterling route. Because Janus is involved, I guess the FHF-Second Run connection's out.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 5:57 pm
by beamish14
Araki’s Mysterious Skin in 4K

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 6:53 pm
by Mr.DarjeelingLimited
brundlefly wrote: Sat Aug 02, 2025 6:12 am
Stefan Andersson wrote: Fri Jul 25, 2025 9:04 am Restoring Do Bigha Zamin (Bimal Roy), in cooperation with Criterion/Janus:
https://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/th ... s-of-land/

"other classics of Bimal Roy like “Devdas”, “Madhumati” and “Bandini” /.../ are in the process of being restored.” (with Criterion/Janus).
Just seeing this great news. Of these, I've only seen Madhumati as I was going through a series of reincarnation films, one of those depressing experiences where you could see that the film was beautiful and atmospheric and had survived as anything but. Criterion will take an eternity to dribble them to disc, if they ever even bother, but the hope they might land and stay on the channel to stream (and without a watermark!) is good enough for now.
Madhumati stars Vyjayanthimala who is the most underrated actress of all time in my eyes. She’s insanely good in Amrapali from 1966 which I saw on Netflix and might still be on there.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2025 4:26 pm
by Stefan Andersson
The Cat and the Canary (1927), new UHD/SDR master from Photoplay. 4K restoration from original nitrate prints:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... 4/page-864 - see post 17,279

Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt, Ruttmann, "Preserved and restored by The Museum of Modern Art":
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/10735

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 10:04 am
by Stefan Andersson
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2, Kit Parker:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic. ... 9b#p306590
8 restored shorts, plus silent and alternate versions.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 7:05 pm
by Stefan Andersson

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:30 am
by A Tempted Christ

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 1:56 pm
by Stefan Andersson

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 2:27 pm
by Calvin
Stefan Andersson wrote:Batang West Side:
https://www.bam.org/film/2025/retored-a ... -west-side
Kani have already released it on Blu-Ray

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2025 4:17 pm
by criterionsnob
Manoel de Oliveira's first film Aniki-Bóbó 4K Restoration Trailer.

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 1:36 pm
by Stefan Andersson
The Maltese Film Works, upcoming restorations:
His Glorious Night, Affairs of Anatol, Beau Geste, Miss Lulu Bett, The New Klondike
https://www.maltesefilm.com/current-projects

Videos:
https://www.maltesefilm.com/videos-2-1

Re: Recent Film Restorations

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:17 pm
by Stefan Andersson