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His quotes are pretty vague, confusing and contradictory. I was going by him saying "The 2K is enough, 4K is just bullsh*t. You know, 4K is an invention from the TV sellers." That's a pretty stark denunciation of the entire format.

Hmm, that's not how I read his comments. I know some of his older films that were finished photochemically are on UHD, but he seems pretty clear about dismissing 4K as a format entirely.

There's a fascinating documentary on the new UHD for The Pianist, a digitally finished European film of similar vintage, about how they rebuilt it. That film was digitally edited at 1080p and then upscaled slightly to 2K for the final master. Instead of upscaling the original master for the...

It was finished digitally, so there wouldn't be a cut, conformed negative. And it sounds likely that the 35mm raw film footage may no longer exist, depressingly.

Jeunet also said in this interview that the film will be presented in its native 2K, NOT 4K. There will also be no 4K UHD, upscaled or not, because he thinks they're just a gimmick. Sigh. :( Tech talk starts at 9:00 Direct quote at 9:38 "The 2K is enough, 4K is just bullsh*t. You know, 4K is...