Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Just watched the 35mm version, and it was great! I really hope they can get the other print scanned so that it can be filled in, cleaned and polished.
What is the difference between that and the original? I could have sworn there were screenings of TFA that were in 35mm.
That is the original. A scan of a 1982 35mm LPP was done and was released on the spleen. None of the digital home video releases to this date represent the original version of the film.
I don’t know what you mean by “represent[ing] the original version of the film,” but a 35 year-old LPP can’t be too trustworthy either, unless there are special-edition-like changes on the blu-ray of Raiders of the Lost Ark that I’m unaware of. Supposedly the reflection of the snake has been touched up, but I see no reason to watch a beat-up film print over the pristine blu ray copy for that alone.
The reflections on the glass in the snake scene have been digitally removed, and a light that was off has been digitally turned on at the end of the film. Not to mention the horrible DNR done to the BD. Over all, I would never call the official BD a pristine copy.
Spielberg claims that the coloring on the blu ray is closer to the theatrical look, and I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt now that he’s denounced the ET changes.
He lied. The BD has a rather disgusting looking orange filter, and also has a lot of highlights that are blown out and then dulled.
It looks terrible, and I refuse to watch it that way.
EDIT: And why wouldn’t the LPP be trustworthy? Do you even know what an LPP is? The color on that print is still intact with minimal anomalies.