That’s interesting as I long thought the 1985 Japanese LD (the first letterbox version released) came from a 35mm element as there’s no intermission break. The LDDB says a 70mm print was used.
http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/31594/G158F5509/2001:-A-Space-Odyssey
Long ago I had read that nobody had made a telecine capable of handling 70mm before the 1990’s.
Post #1124808
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- SilverWook
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- Help Wanted: '2001: A Space Odyssey' - 35mm Preservation (original 1968 prints obtained) (* unfinished project *)
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- 2-Nov-2017, 2:53 PM