Darling (John Schlesinger)

[Bates_Motel]

Pretty happy with the restoration. there's still a decent amount of print damage. white specks, etc, but the grain looks wonderful and detail is very well rendered. Especially since this was never released anamorphic in the US, it's great to finally have a good copy of the film.

[CinemaScope]

For the price they're asking, I don't think there should be any decent amount of print damage & white specs, that lot should have been cleaned up & fixed.

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

For the price they're asking, I don't think there should be any decent amount of print damage & white specs, that lot should have been cleaned up & fixed.

I bought my copy from Zavvi for £14.99.

[CinemaScope]

It makes you wonder what StudioCanal used for the Blu-ray. Did they scan the original negatives, if so I'm sure it could use a big clean-up, unless it was a wet-gate scan, which would get ride of about 90% of those marks, but wet-gate scanners could be a bit thin on the ground in the UK. A few years ago they could have printed a wet-gate fine grain positive & scanned that, & it would have needed hardly any clean-up...but how many printing machines are there in the UK (or Europe), all the film labs have closed down & printing & processing machines gone for scrap.

[Cinemach]

I watched about 15 minutes or so just to check the transfer the other day, and while I wouldn't say that it's top-tier for black & white titles I wasn't disappointed with it; there's slight grain and lines/specks appear, but that's preferable to waxing all that and further detail away with DNR. Really though, I'm glad that I finally have an anamorphic copy of the film. The only extra is the trailer.

[pro-bassoonist]

Darling Blu-ray REVIEW



A very stylish but very cynical -- for all the right reasons -- film that borrows quite a few things from Fellini's La Dolce Vita. (And I still think that Julie Christie is actually better in Petulia).

The technical presentation is fine. Big upgrade over the DVD. The transfer comes from a pre-existing master, but I'd much rather have what Canal have here -- if they aren't going to rescan the film -- than have them "repolish" it. (They have done some touch-up work).

Definitely worth picking up



Pro-B

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

Darling Blu-ray REVIEW



A very stylish but very cynical -- for all the right reasons -- film that borrows quite a few things from Fellini's La Dolce Vita. (And I still think that Julie Christie is actually better in Petulia).

The technical presentation is fine. Big upgrade over the DVD. The transfer comes from a pre-existing master, but I'd much rather have what Canal have here -- if they aren't going to rescan the film -- than have them "repolish" it. (They have done some touch-up work).

Definitely worth picking up



Pro-B

Got it and watched it as well, pretty nice presentation short of a full "dirt and scratched" restoration.

Speaking of Petulia, any word of a release on that, in any region?

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Pretty happy with the restoration. there's still a decent amount of print damage. white specks, etc, but the grain looks wonderful and detail is very well rendered. Especially since this was never released anamorphic in the US, it's great to finally have a good copy of the film.

I received my copy last week, I haven't watched the whole film yet, but I've had a good look at the transfer and yes there is a fair amount of print damage present.