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It is said that I am glutinous for auto-correct punishment. It has been suggested that I turn it off, but it does occasionally come in handy. Those times do not include situations in which it corrects in error multiple times.

Yes. Everyone should have a comfortable avocation. The words of De Quincey always ring true.

Which is precisely why protective sleeves are sold to ensure the viability of the slipcover. Malco. Protecting since 2016...

If collectors are lucky, PCGS will eventually begin grading First Edition slips. Possibly too esoteric for CAC.

I always took it to be a mystery about Italian restaurants with really bad food. ”The cat won’t eat it…”

Precisely. It’s not about the film.

There’s no purpose, as the film would have protected for 1.37. You want to avoid an optical step. A FGM from the OCN should have been 1.37, as the optical would have been to achieve 2.00

American Sniper is so old that I had to look it up to remind myself who had made it, and it turned out to be Clint Eastwood. My recall of the film was that it was superb. I also didn't recall that it involved an actor named Bradley Cooper as the lead. Turns out that Mr. Cooper, probably best...

Obviously a kink in the HTF systems.

As I recall, there was an earlier film based upon the works of Frank Herbert, which is not considered a classic of it's kind. The new Dune franchise from WB as directed by Denis Villeneuve, with a third part (Dune: Messiah) in the offing, has had a bit more luck with audiences. WB's new 4k UHD...

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I sampled the Arrow 4k of Barbarella, comparing data throughput with OUaTitW. Barbarella tops out in the 90s, while OUaT ends up around 70. Same stock. Different taking mechanism. Grain in Barbarella comes to the fore in a non-objectionable way, while OUaT is reduced. And both look superb...

Is the closing music "wrong," or is this the generic Paramount As you're certainly more than aware, it's far easier for a privately held company to make a decision to highlight one of their releases with over-the-top packaging, while a studio release must abide by internal financial dictates...

No.

Yes, but the methodology of half hiding an actor’s mouth is interesting.

It could not.

The dubbing is interesting, as there a shots with Italian speaking actors turned enough away from camera, to allow an easy dub. As to the longer version, it all comes down to what elements survive. If they do, it’s only a matter of going.

The article is appreciated. From a purely tech perspective, at least until 1974, any physical changes may not have been cuts, but rather reprogramming of the conformed negative. Again, one is best to try to access the original Technicolor sheets, which should illuminate the history. I’m not...

Again, I’m unfamiliar with the details. Who would have made changes in 1969 other than the filmmaker? Who else would have re-edited the end of the opening? If video licensees made changes over the years those attributes should not come into play. The only thing that should matter are negative...

You might wish to research where the OCN is being held, the format of said OCN in terms of conform - presumably single-strand auto-select, and how that element may have been affected over the past 50+ years. Please keep in mind that there would have been no intermediate elements produced in...

Always pleased to have a visit from Mr. Hunt. Back into the trenches. Studios don’t press discs. They deliver masters to qualified post houses that are then given the task of doing (further) QC, compression, authoring, etc. A sample disc then goes to whomever is running the project. In the...

One should never base a restoration on an extant disc. The disc has nothing to do with the mix. Might a 100 disc have allowed for a better product? Possibly. But the film only uses half of the screen, and 66 may work just fine. I recall looking at some examples of data throughput, and unless...

I was just viewing some of the film at 18 as opposed to 20-21, and it's very different. Some seems a bit draggy, but it works nonetheless. I pity the poor orchestra members.

I believe stampers run around 6k.

Of course. Auto-kerrect apparently didn't like the name.

Vitagraph Studios aka Vitagraph Company of America had its roots in Brooklyn, New York, going back to 1897. In 1925, about the time they produced Captain Blood in 1924, they were purchased by and became part of Warner Bros. Most of their catalog remains lost, which is reason enough to highlight...

There are certain film that one just "knows" will never show up on a 4k disc, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space is one of them. This 1988 horror / comedy / sci-fi epic was produced, written and directed by every member of the Chiodo klan. Reportedly produced on a two million dollar budget...

And another interesting companion...

Hardly. Our team is working on seven important silent films.