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Post #498337

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Gaffer Tape
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opinions on film restoration/preservation and how it applies to Star Wars - what do you think should/should not be allowed?
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Date created
11-May-2011, 2:27 PM

CP3S said:

skyjedi2005 said:

For some Reason when Bob Z did the release for Back to the Future on DVD and blu ray however he refused to have the noticeable things like wires holding up marty mcly painted out. 

I didn't know about that. I think I just fell in love with Robert Zemeckis. The first Back to the Future DVD set was fantastic and used to be what I wished the a Star Wars boxset of the OOT would be. Since then Blade Runner has replaced it at the top of my list of most amazing DVD sets of all time. Sounds like the trend is continuing into the BD realm. 

Yep. In the Q&A commentary track, Laurent Bouzereau asks Zemeckis if he would be updating the films for the DVD release, and he point blank says that he hates when filmmakers do that.  And that is the moment that I fell in love with him.  In fact, for the DVD set, the Bobs purposely tried to bring it back closer to the theatrical print than the VHS releases had.  They removed the "To Be Continued..." and subsequently retimed credits from the first film.  There was an ADR of one of Doc's lines instituted for the VHS release that was reinstated to its original reading on the DVD.  And they threw in the trailer for Part III at the end of Part II.  Truly these are guys who know how to properly respect a film.