DavidMerrick said:

Tobar said:

If we're going to start altering the film to recreate the original theater going experience why not lose some of the clarity of the picture and add in dirt and scratches to more closely approximate a print of the film that's been running in the theater for a while?

Dude, he's trying to recreate the film as it was shown in theatres in 1980, not some print that's been lying on a shelf for over three decades.

Personally I don't have a problem with having rounded corners or the absence of scratches and dirt. But just for the sake of argument, keep in mind that a given film print can easily go through a projector more than 150 times in its first month of release, and it won't be run through a brand-new projector unboxed specifically for that print. Most of the people who watched a film during its initial theatrical release would have seen noticeable levels of dirt and scratches on the print, especially later in the run.