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Originally Posted by StingingVelvet
Better than Arrow?
I agree they mostly do great work. I was disappointed by Superfly, but everything else I have of theirs looks really nice. Hope they start doing UHD sometime.
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Without a doubt, as with most other companies/labels Arrow are more "interpretive" rather than accurate, which is fair enough since that's essentailly the standard for home video and always has been.
Warner (especially the Archive) are doing something different which some perceive as "radical" because their results look different to what consumers have been conditioned to believe is "film-like" and "natural". Don't think this is limited to just the consumers either, there are heads of labels who have the same beliefs and believe that the work they are doing is accurate.
Not dropping names but there was label I was in contact with who didn't even think to ask for a framing guide, lab notes or access to an answer print for a film they were working on. When I made an inquiry regarding a certain stylistic color choice (that was added after initial photography, hence not on the negative), they insisted that they would study the negative to see how it appeared on there so they'd know what is "correct". I wish I was kidding but I'm not.