Originally posted by: zombie84
And oftentimes private collectors have been the source for film restorations for material previously thought to be lost or damaged.
The censored scenes that were cut from the 1933 version of King Kong only exist today because a film collector "stole" a complete print that would otherwise would have been trashed by the studios. Film studios have a terrible history with preserving their own films. Many silent films are lost forever because the studios felt no need to house them after their theater runs had ended, and actually burned them to retrieve the silver from the silver nitrate film stock.
That's really interesting- thanks! I had no idea that those documents were up on the Smoking Gun. That's kind of shitty that he ratted out on his friends, though. I mean, I have no idea what I would have done in that situation, maybe he was facing jail time- I don't know. I would have told them who sold me the films, sure, but I don't think I could have fingered other collectors.
Originally posted by: Zion
Don't forget that any OOT film you can find is probably going to look like this when scanned.
And oftentimes private collectors have been the source for film restorations for material previously thought to be lost or damaged.
The censored scenes that were cut from the 1933 version of King Kong only exist today because a film collector "stole" a complete print that would otherwise would have been trashed by the studios. Film studios have a terrible history with preserving their own films. Many silent films are lost forever because the studios felt no need to house them after their theater runs had ended, and actually burned them to retrieve the silver from the silver nitrate film stock.
Originally posted by: SKot
A bunch of the actual documents involved in Roddy's story can be found here.
--SKot
A bunch of the actual documents involved in Roddy's story can be found here.
--SKot
That's really interesting- thanks! I had no idea that those documents were up on the Smoking Gun. That's kind of shitty that he ratted out on his friends, though. I mean, I have no idea what I would have done in that situation, maybe he was facing jail time- I don't know. I would have told them who sold me the films, sure, but I don't think I could have fingered other collectors.
Originally posted by: Zion
Don't forget that any OOT film you can find is probably going to look like this when scanned.
.....or like the 70mm cel in my signature: