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poita
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THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
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Date created
31-Aug-2015, 7:45 PM

ZkinandBonez said:

poita said:

For anyone that would like to see some more of the 16mm THX:

https://www.wetransfer.com/downloads/3ba0ed5b4898a4bd62093b1adcd05c6c20150830045451/d8fcd8d75941a69340e149c1e80f13fe20150830045451/3d87ac

Wow, this is actually the first time I've seen the entire film in its unaltered state. It's held up incredibly well.
(And is surprisingly view-able without any sound.)

Also what version of the film is this?
I haven't visited this thread in a couple of months, and last time I checked the scene where SEN talks with the children was partially in black-and-white.
This version also didn't have the Things to Come / Buck Rogers scene at the beginning. Wasn't one of these in the theatrical release?  

(Again, I'm sorry if this has already been discussed/explained, but I'm not quite up to speed with the progress of this project.)

 This is the entire THX1138 1971 version, as it was when originally released in Cinemas. It is a 16mm print, that is faded very heavily to red. This file is an attempt to rescan the print with a different technique to recover whatever colour still remains on the print. It will need cleanup, colour correction, stabilisation, sound sync etc. It is the only record so far of how the film was originally presented to audiences in 1971. I have also viewed a 1971 35mm Tech-IB and it is the same as far as content goes, so this is how the film was in 1971.

I think this is the first time since then that we can see that version of the film.

The posted file is silent, and has timecode burned in, if referencing scenes for discussion then mentioning the time-code or posting an image with the time-code included will make it easier for anyone to find the particular scene in question.

The Buck Rogers sequence is also on this print, I left it off to keep the filesize down, but it is complete, and the entire print does have sound, just not the preview file. For anyone wishing to do a complete restoration, the entire thing is captured in 2K, raw 16bpp format, so drop me a line if you are going to tackle it, but it is multiple terrabytes in size.