Re: How Soon Before Everything Worth Watching is On A DVD

"Mike Kohary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>Just finished reading this - fascinating.  One part that caught my eye was
>near the end:
>
>"Part of the problem, as ever, is money. A typical black-and-white film can
>cost $50,000 to preserve and restore, while a colour film costs $300,000.
>The renewal of David Lean’s epic Lawrence of Arabia took a year and cost $1
>million."
>
>I believe this is the wrong way to go about it, and it doesn't have to cost
>that much.  Forget about restoration for the moment, and focus on
>preservation.  Preserve what you have left by transferring old material to a
>digital format and archiving it on long-lasting media.  You can always go
>back and restore it later, but right now the race is against the clock, and
>preserving what's left is more important than actually restoring the
>material (which is a subjective process anyway and doesn't have much to do
>with preservation).

I don't disagree with you, but, if you watch some of the "restoration"
featurettes (espcially on Alfred Hitchcock films, IIRC, /Vertigo/ was
one) you will find that some film restorers have nothing but scorn for
those who digitize the film and call it restoration. Oh, well.
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