SpookyDollhouse

timemeddler said:

So they botched the bluray of this one?

Pretty much. It wasn’t handled very well and looked meh even back when it came out. The soundtrack is revisionist nonsense as well.

DarthKenobi said:

Botched isn’t the right term. It’s more of a case of the transfer looking dated, similar to the early blu ray transfers of 2001 and The Shining compared to their recent 4K counterparts.

2001 and The Shining’s old masters (even with the wrongly colored tennis ball) are excellent compared to what WB pulled on Clockwork Orange tbh.

This was very obviously shot to have that grim French look going on somewhat, like a lighter hearted City of Lost Children. I did see it in the theater way back when and recall it having a dark warm look. My memory of it is not as vivid as say, The Lost World though.

I’m not sure what your TV’s settings are but it shouldn’t look blue at all.

I’d appreciate an invite to the forum, please!

It doesn’t appear to have ever been subtitled unfortunately. You can find it raw easily if you know where to look.

From what I can see, it was only released in Japan on VHS. It remains unreleased on any other format in the country. The copy on Youtube comes from its Polish DVD release which is as far as I know, the uncut Japanese version with Japanese credits. It has no English subtitles but the Japanese audio is there.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ozu-mahôtsukai-Region-English-version/dp/B0086D4IN8

I hope y’all do Hunchback of Notre Dame at some point. THat’s my favorite 90s Disney film, and I’d love to revisit it how I saw back in the theater.

I’d like to donate toward this, I’d been meaning to and forgot it was happening.

I recommend using the Italian Dybex Bluray for video. The 4k master is heavily filtered. A go-to using the best audio and video would be great, but the 4k isn’t it imo.

One could rip the laserdisc audio and then sync it to the Bluray, yes. I don’t have the LD but I can look into seeing if anyone has it.

Screencaps of HDR content pulled from disc is not 100% accurate representation of how said content should look when properly played back on an HDR display. Caps are okay for a thin frame of reference and nothing more.

The DVD and Laserdisc are the same master I’m fairly certain

LucasGodzilla said:

I’d love to check this out! If you’re still taking donations for it or anything else please let me know.

Chewielewis said:

It was this logo btw

That’s just the logo Saul Bass designed which was also used on The Shining and The Exorcist. Very cool!

Still need any cash for this?

I too would like to donate toward it or any related project. I’d love to see this!

I’d like to put $15 towards this! Absolutely elated at the thought of watching a print!

TomArrow said:

SpookyDollhouse said:

I’d like to donate if it’s not too late!

Not too late at all. How much would you like to donate?

I’ll do $15. I can do another $15 on the first of June also.

It was shown on one night, it’s highly unlikely anyone managed to record any of it. There’s at least one print out in theater hands who tried showing it once but WB put a can on it. Maybe someday!

I’d like to donate if it’s not too late!

TomArrow said:

If I may chip in my two cents, that seems like a mighty steep price to me for an incomplete fading print of a movie that doesn’t seem to have much going for it aside from being an obscure meme with 370 ratings on imdb that average out at 4.6/10. I might be wrong, but I doubt this would go away for more than 100 bucks on ebay.

Accumulated rating scores on a catalogue website means nothing, really. It literally is what it is. If anyone wants to see this movie enough they’ll make it happen.

Sorry to bump again, but has anyone had any luck syncing this to the 4k disc? I’ve tried it and the timing is all over the place and I lack patience in cutting it all. If anybody has attempted please let me know!

The sepia scenes were lost in a fire. A black and white dupe has been used since and re-colored.

Can you send me a link to the audio please? Thanks!

Has anyone ripped and synced The Shining’s original mono yet? It looks like it’s not gonna be on the new 4k (surprise surprise) and I’m hoping someone’s done it already.

BUMPIN AGAIN!! This needs to happen!