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  • new Digital SPARTACUS(1960) Restoration?

    From cinemad@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 14 02:46:53 2016
    Does anybody know if they used the original Eastman Color Technirama negative which Robert Harris
    did not use in 1991 or did they scan the B/W separations?

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  • From Krzysztof Gajdemski@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 14 10:57:30 2016
    Jest Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:46:53 -0700 (PDT), cinemad pisze:
    Does anybody know if they used the original Eastman Color Technirama negative which Robert Harris
    did not use in 1991 or did they scan the B/W separations?

    They used both, AFAIK.
    See:
    [ ... ]
    Having been scanned at 6K and finished at 4K for optimal quality,
    they've used the latest techniques to marry the faded original with the separate colour records, breathing new life into the waning negative.
    [ ... ]

    http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/78719/spartacus-55th-anniversary-restoration.html

    k.
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  • From cinemad@21:1/5 to Krzysztof Gajdemski on Mon Apr 18 23:16:50 2016
    On Thursday, 14 April 2016 20:57:31 UTC+10, Krzysztof Gajdemski wrote:
    Jest Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:46:53 -0700 (PDT), cinemad pisze:
    Does anybody know if they used the original Eastman Color Technirama negative which Robert Harris
    did not use in 1991 or did they scan the B/W separations?

    They used both, AFAIK.
    See:
    [ ... ]
    Having been scanned at 6K and finished at 4K for optimal quality,
    they've used the latest techniques to marry the faded original with the separate colour records, breathing new life into the waning negative.

    Interesting article. Thanks for that. I see that its a Region Free Blu-ray
    so that I can view it here in Australia.
    I'll see if I can obtain further information about how they combined the original Negative with the b/w separations.

    Best regards,
    Peter Mason

































    [ ... ]

    http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/78719/spartacus-55th-anniversary-restoration.html

    k.
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  • From cinemad@21:1/5 to cinemad on Fri Apr 22 22:47:47 2016
    On Thursday, 14 April 2016 19:46:54 UTC+10, cinemad wrote:
    Does anybody know if they used the original Eastman Color Technirama negative which Robert Harris
    did not use in 1991 or did they scan the B/W separations?



    According to Robert Harris they used the original camera negative plus the yellow b/w separation for the majority of the film. Occasional scenes where the original negative did not exist they used the three separations.

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  • From Krzysztof Gajdemski@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 15:13:08 2016
    Jest Fri, 22 Apr 2016 22:47:47 -0700 (PDT), cinemad pisze:
    On Thursday, 14 April 2016 19:46:54 UTC+10, cinemad wrote:
    Does anybody know if they used the original Eastman Color Technirama negative which Robert Harris
    did not use in 1991 or did they scan the B/W separations?
    According to Robert Harris they used the original camera negative plus
    the yellow b/w separation for the majority of the film. Occasional
    scenes where the original negative did not exist they used the three separations.

    Very interesting, thanks. It it a pity that it is 4K only. I would like
    to see 70 mm prints made this way.

    k.
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