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Originally Posted by HansEpp
As seen with Criterion's release of Michael Mann's "Thief" (which should be renamed to "Teal....
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I thought this argument ended when Criterion confirmed that Michael Mann's 1981 answer print was used for color reference. Guess some people are still unconvinced. Whatever. Thief looks incredible.
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Originally Posted by nissling
Actually, the whole "Director approved" thing doesn't necessarily mean anything. If a transfer is a restoration from an interpositive and that interpositive was approved by the director, the movie company can say that the transfer was "Director approved". Of course, I want the picture and sound to be represented and not created so if the absolutely final transfer has been approved then I'd go for that one.
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There's also a difference between "Director-approved" and "Director-
supervised." Cronenberg supervised this transfer, rather than just nodding his approval at Criterion's work.
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Originally Posted by MifuneFan
Pro-B, an actual film expert, not one that labels themselves as such in forums, says nothing of the sort in his review of the SS disc
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So by that logic, I guess everyone here should just shut up and accept David Cronenberg's supervised transfer. After all, he
made the film...he doesn't just talk about it on forums.
