The Aluminum Falcon said:
Chewtobacca said:
I agree but am happy enough with the Italian BD. The DE BD looks awful.
I think you may have misunderstood my post. I agree, I'd rather go with the more film-like IT BD than the DE. I'll not lose any sleep over one second of Eastwood being beaten.
Synchronizing the English mono from the DE BD to the Italian BD is very difficult. It's not like other films in which a few edits here are there are required.
Yeah, that seems to be the issue with most of the Dollars movies.
Interestingly, there is a scene in the Italian BD that lacks the night filter that was applied to the other releases. It's the one in which Indio's gang break him out of prison.
Interesting... Wonder which one is right. Anyone here have a print? :)
You may be right on the Italian disc as far as matching the source material. The Triage-MGM restoration from the Techniscope negative would have been done in 2003-2004 after the GBU SE and before the first SE release of the initial Dollars films in 2005. (R2)
That night filter is an odd issue. The scene is Indio's breakout escape from the jail, and I've seen it both included and completely missing depending on the source viewed. What it is supposed to be is a night filter that begins dark and gradually lightens throughout the sequence until the time of the cutaway with Indio laughing. When correct the Indio laughing shot is supposed to be mostly lit but still overcast as if the sun hadn't fully risen.
That is how it was in the MGM/UA uncut print (the single print the studio had, worn 35mm and almost 100% complete)
If you want to see what the film should look like, the initial MGM DVD releases of FAFDM and GBU are correct. Fistful looks like all the US prints which were sourced differently due to rights issues.
And if you really want to see a poor washed out scope print transferred to LD, try the original Image LD of Duck You Sucker.
The Alien material shown above seems to follow the template for coloring set by the Blade Runner Final Cut. That's one I'd love to correct back to the original, because though nice looking at first it doesn't really fit. Plus in the home it looks weird whereas in 35mm it looked stupendous because it didn't stick out so much.