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Post #579141

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TServo2049
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Info: Re-mixed audio tracks on video releases
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Date created
28-May-2012, 12:21 AM

Were the vertical emulsion scratchlines removed like on the Lowry DVD cleanup, or intact like on the HDTV master?

For those who don't know, some 35,000 feet of the negative (during the Tanis scenes) has an emulsion scratch running down the center; this shows up as a blue line. I've also noticed that some other shots have dark purple lines running down the left side. It was intact in the HDTV version (at least, the one with the CGI truck that shows up on American TV - not sure about the WOWOW version), but removed by Lowry for the DVD.

I think the negative may have been A-roll/B-roll/C-roll; get a version which has the blue line, and watch the scene where they open the entrance to the Well of Souls. It will show one angle and there will be the blue line, then another angle and there will be the purple lines, then another angle and there will be nothing. Which damage shows up seems to correspond to specific camera angles.