Ultimately, the clip I just posted is as about as clear a demonstration of what this project's goal is as any.

Print preservation is a different project - sort of like preserving a cassette recording you made off the radio of "Beat It" in 1985. It would certainly be no more representative of the actual fsource; it would just be a different kind of different - especially Kodak prints, which are not as detailed as a Tech print. And no two prints are the same. So which do you use? That said, my process here is labor-intensive but fairly straightforward. I'm not creating any new elements, merely finding some detail in adjacent (and vertical) frames within a print or from other prints. The goal is to get as close to the source as possible, and I honestly don't know how else to do that. I also know that there is absolutely no way in hell this project is going to make everyone happy; that's impossible. But I do know that the final product will not draw attention to itself as a restoration save for the few of us who know every frame and will delight or bristle at the quality. Rather, the goal is to see the film, take every frame for granted, and become lost in the experience of watching it, which was the film's goal from the very beginning. Let that be preserved.