Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
Hey zombie, in your opinion what is the source of the theatrical version of Apocalypse Now on the new set? I can't tell. It looks pretty excellent to me.

The transfer is not all that great, especially in two particular night scenes but otherwise its decent. Judging by the somewhat muted colours and the many scracthes and flaws in the print itself i would say its either a good-quality print or a deteriorating IP. Redux looks jaw-droppingly gorgeous though due to the fact that its from a newly-sourced Technicolour print from the O-neg. The colours! Too bad Redux sucks. I never noticed how good Redux looked until i got the new DVD set--watched the TE, thought it looked okay, then watched Redux and was blown away. Imagine Star Wars looking like this?? My god. And the exciting thing is that it can--Lucas even has the pristine Technicolour seperation masters still. A newly scanned DI of this would be the best source for a new copy of the original film, even better than the O-neg since it wouldn't require any re-timing effort nor any time-consuming O-neg restoration to reconifigure it.