For the negatives apparently being so faded and in such rough shape, I’m amazed they were able to clean them up so well.
The raw scans are interesting to see: streamable. com/8xxg9h
They also had the option of scanning the separation masters, which are pretty much pristine and don’t fade at all, but that’s more work/time/money and apparently the negatives were still salvageable.
If you watch the behind the scenes bonus feature about the 1997 restoration, they claimed the negatives even back then were already badly faded and in rough shape, and they said “If we don’t do it now, we’ll never be able to scan the negatives ever again!”
youtu. be/VhLUdy3RDpM
Well… thankfully that wasn’t true lol