If you think that looks like shit, I don't know how many private prints you've seen. This is pretty immaculate looking, I would say. The fade is fairly mild, with easily recoverable colours, there's very little damage and only mild dirt. It would be a lot of work to clean up, of course, but that is a given--most pro scans clean the film before they telecine, and if this print got a pro cleaning before telecine it would look as good as anything Criterion would do. The only thing remaining would be to hand-paint out the scatches, which probably would be a couple hundred hours of labour for the film, but something that could be completed within three or four months with some dedication.
Post #482210
- Author
- zombie84
- Parent topic
- Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/482210/action/topic#482210
- Date created
- 9-Mar-2011, 8:45 PM