100 Years of Universal - Restoring the Classics
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Universal Pictures commemorates its centennial in 2012 with the full restoration and Blu-ray release of select films including "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Jaws," "Dracula," "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein," "The Birds" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." In this video, film preservationists and technicians discuss the painstaking process of restoring these popular films using sophisticated digital technology.
I just love every single thing about restoration.
That 4K HD digital technology came along in time for these movies to be restored and preserved forever is a wonder of the age. The original negatives and prints are deteriorating at a molecular level and there is nothing that can be done to save them. 10,000 years from now The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Metropolis, The Wizard of Oz. The Big Sleep, Dracula, The Bride of Frankenstein, and all the rest will be enjoyed by generations beyond our understanding
If I could have any job, I think it would be film restoration. Looks difficult, but very satisfying.
It is simply amazing what they are doing, all that tedious work and the fantastic result they produce.
Arctic Exposure A dream job of mine.
They even did a kick ass job restoring Spartacus back in 1991.
@Larce89 I imagine it is. You're repairing great works of art, keeping them from deteorating, preserving them for future generations to enjoy. It's an admirable goal.
Wow! Tremendous! What a tool! What power! Let's keep it on the level.
They should keep the grain in the optical push in; too much denoising
Universal films I've seen so far:
The Blues Brothers, Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Psycho, Jaws, Bride of Frankenstein, The Birds, Dracula, Frankenstein, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Apollo 13, Babe, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Fast and the Furious, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Invisible Man, King Kong (2005), The Mummy (1932), The Mummy (1999), Scarface, Schindler's List, and The Wolf Man.
BUT ... the push in was what the Director did and if there was any such thing as an optical zoom back then, it was a stylistic choice.
Greate video! i have 17 blu-ray discs in my collection.
I look forward to getting Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jaws on Blu-Ray
How was Universal able to restore so many classics, even after the 2008 vault fire?
Negative. The vault is located on the studio lot, in which the tram tour stops at various locations on the lot so you can experience what it's like to visit a studio.
@vnisanianisback The prints destroyed in 2008 were high-quality copies, not original masters. Universal stores its masters in a vault in Philadelphia. For many of the films destroyed, other prints already existed.
Luc 89, me too, I've wanted to do it for a long time.
DEAR UNIVERSAL ...
Please restore and release in BluRay / DVD ---- "COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT" in Widescreen.
Thank you,
D.A.
The the vault is located in the studio that is part of the theme park.
@disneytim What about TV show episodes though? What was the fate of them? All I know is that they lost the masters to "Don Adam's Screen Test".
Does anyone know the name of the film at 8:08? 💙🎥
I think Buck privates
Restore the Bela Lugosi Classic, Dark Eyes of London AKA the Human Monster 1939
Magiccasements, I DO hear what you are saying. But, as an educator for 32 years AND a parent, I would differ with you. The place for creating black/white film appreciation should begin at home....like we did with our sons. They laughed as heartily at Laurel and Hardy as they did at Disney. Schools have their hands full.
A most interesting and iimportant service to the back catalogue of one of Hollywood's oldest studios. However, what photographs, motion film and audio media are "green lit" to be preserved, restored and remastered, remains a political "hot potato".
Firstly, it still isn't clear what form of preservation and archiving should best be employed for the longest survival of media. Secondly, it remains a subject for debate whether the choices restorers make in this century (de-noising, re-grading, CG additions, etc) are in the best interest of the original authors of the works, and their audience.
Thirdly, the history of motion picture production has always been broader than the Hollywood film industry would care to acknowledge. It is a given that "Hollywood's Golden Age" will be digitally preserved. However, if we're to be mature about this subject, we need to look beyond the parochial borders of the United States of America, and think of film history/ film preservation globally.
Martin Scorsese has done a good deal to assist the preservation and restoration of films made in the United Kingdom by Powell and Pressburger. Even so, countries throughout the world need similar entrepreneurial assistance to preserve their nation's cultural heritage.
Movies from 1930's looks pretty dirty after restoration.
Yeah universal classic at fucking up films.
I don't want average grain I want al the grain of the content and theatrical mixes not these fucking near filed mixes. And stop tinting the colour leave it original. universal you have the worst fucking bluray track record.