From what I’ve been working on so far, the European DVD is in 25fps and widescreen but has less details than its bluray counterpart, which is indeed in 23.976fps. On the other side, the original fullscreen DVD is in 29,97fps so there is no proper way to get back the original framerate without losing quality or tweaking sources for this project.
I don’t know what would work best between those two options :
- Change framerate to fit original pitch
- Change pitch to fit both framerate and pitch
My understanding is that the dialogue is pitched down due to the conversion from 25 to 24fps, but the score was created for the 24fps version of the film, so you have a choice to either hear the dialogue in the correct pitch or hear the score as it was written and performed… I watched it both ways years ago, and I think I preferred the 24fps version at that time.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your work here. From the screenshots, I’d say your version looks better than the blu-ray, so I’ll be interested in checking it out when it’s finished!