captainsolo said:

The only thing I've worried about is the sound. The restoration was done and completed in Dolby surround which was the format of 1991. The DVD upped this to a discrete 5.1 but was the same otherwise. I don't know if this faithfully reproduced what the large format presentation would have so I assume they will redo it.

hopefully they stick with the gorgeous Saul Bass artwork Criterion utilized.

Well from the HTF thread it sounds like they remixed the sound from 5 front, 1 surround to 3 front 4 surround and LFE (aka 7.1). So there is a change but I think Harris I think has learned from Vertigo and tries to be a faithful to the original as possible. The man is a saint to film fans.

Even if the original had DS it would of been mixed discretely first before running through a DS encoder.

3. What about the sound? Do we have 5.1 or something else?

7.1

So what does that mean? The original surround was mono. It's now 7.1. So are they sending the mono to all four surrounds or has it been remixed?

And what did they do with LC and RC?

Thanks.

LC and RC are now phantom channels. They would be totally unnecessary in a home theater environment.