[Jesse_James]

...These are the Technical details of the New Italian Restoration carried out in 2013 for its 50 Anniversary by the CINETECA NAZIONALE - CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA , and World premiered November 27, 2013, in the Turin Film Festival .

The restoration of Fellini's 8 1/2 marks the beginning of a collaboration between the National Film Archive and RTI-Mediaset Group, which owns one of the most important Italian film library, for the preservation and development of the National Italian film heritage .

...The New Italian BD Edition , will have this new 2K Italian Restoration ...:


""Otto and mezzo - Federico Fellini (1963)

Fifty years after the Italian cinemas CSC-National Film Archive, RTI-Mediaset Group and Medusa Film have carried out the restoration of Fellini's masterpiece, which were no longer available copies in circulation in film good condition .

The film was already in his time preserved by analogy, creating duplicates of conservation and reproduction of 35mm film .

The digital restoration is divided, however, by the original negatives held by Mediaset: the scene was acquired on 2K resolution scanner and then subjected to digital post-production and the restoration image for grading; the column was transcribed and processed digitally too, respecting the original character and morphology, the new digital files sound stage and was made a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) .

The processes were carried out at the laboratory of Rome Deluxe"".




...Anyway, I'm already very happy and satisfied with the STUNNING BD Edition Released by the French Gaumont in the 2011, which she also uses a Magnificent Restoration at 2K Resolution .

...On the contrary, the recent UK edition released by the Argent Films, I do not even get consideration , because I really think the Argent Films took the Supeb and Perfectly Calibrated French Master and manipulated first by firing up the white even more, and then as if that were not enough has exacerbated the contrast and black level with a boost, according to me their intention was to create a middle hybrid between the old (and really bad...) Criterion master and the Perfect New Gaumont, and instead they have messed up more or less obvious enough, in my opinion .

...Anyway, unless you do not have the opportunity to see the actual yield of BD French Gaumont is difficult to notice , and maybe for some eyes the UK Transfer is good, but I can assure you that the yeld of the BD Gaumont is of an entirely and different Magnificent Quality .

...Anyway, I'm very curious to see as will be this new 2K Italian Restoration !