Jonno said:
It's quite hard to say at the moment - the only proper review so far skips the issue of the film's history of revisions entirely, and just gives a neutral commentary on this disc's AV qualities. From comments on the angry HTF thread it sounds as if this might be derived from the same HD master prepared for the previous DVD, so content-wise it will in all probability be the same.
Well, I recently watched the new blu-ray and I can confirm that no further tweaks have been done as far as I can see, it's the extended 25th anniversary edition and it looks fantastic IMO, the warmer color pallette is back and the great audio mix is left untouched. :)
Here's a nice blu-ray vs DVD comparison: http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/index.php?vergleich=american_graffiti
Do anyone know if the original opening shot was part matte painting?
The reason I'm asking is that I recently noticed that some objects on the background building in the opening shot isn't visible later on in the film:
The angle is of course different but I think you would at least see the sign back there, was a matte used in this shot or could it be another 1998 digital tweak?
The tweaked opening shot removed more than that sign though: