Dawn of the Dead 4K UHD (1978)

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Streetlight

So was the OCN used for the Theatrical Cut

I'm not trying to be rude but I answered your question already. That's what I said in the post you quoted but you removed the bit where I said it.

[Jompa]

I'm watching it now. Looks very good in 4K and HDR10+.

[JRcanReid]

I want "DAY" dammit!

[The Mole]

Originally Posted by JRcanReid

I want "DAY" dammit!

Won't happen in the forseable future. It seems the original materials (camera negative, interpositive) are lost at the moment.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by The Mole

Won't happen in the forseable future. It seems the original materials (camera negative, interpositive) are lost at the moment.

I read somewhere its down to complicated rights issues. Everyone thought 'The Hitcher' negative was lost forever but........

[Rayjg]

Unfortunately, as in the film, the abandoned salt mine where the negative was last known to be stored has been overrun by zombies.

[Verisimilitude1984]

I still have the Arrow 25th Anniversary Blu-ray of Day of the Dead. I would have thought it would have been re-released by now.

[Telemachus]

I still watch the Anchor Bay Day disc dat real mono!

[JRcanReid]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Unfortunately, as in the film, the abandoned salt mine where the negative was last known to be stored has been overrun by zombies.

Don't we have temps to handle that sort of task? Get 'em in there!

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by The Mole

Won't happen in the forseable future. It seems the original materials (camera negative, interpositive) are lost at the moment.

Again, unfortunate but why should that mean it doesn't get a new release?

The Changeling doesn't have OCN or IP but still was a nice 4K boost.

[lilboyblu]

Kind of surprised that it took over three years to get a site review of this set:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dawn-...284522/#Review


In summary, Randy is singing the praises that all of us who own it already knew.

[David M]

Nice to see. This project was a huge undertaking. What Chris at Second Sight managed to pull together is kind of astonishing in hindsight. (I'm pretty sure he's also responsibile at least in part for getting The Hitcher's camera negative unearthed, so...)

I'm not sure if it was credited on the final release, but Fidelity in Motion actually did some restoration work on the OCN version (which is used on the non-Argento cuts) to reduce image warping at the end of one of the reels.

One of my enduring memories of 2020, and probably one of the only semi-positive ones, was sitting at JFK Airport's Alaska Air lounge (which didn't survive the events of that year) in mid-March, killing time before a flight, rotoscoping one of said scenes to isolate moving areas. I remember thinking it was darkly appropriate to be working on a film about a zombie apocalypse when the airport was nearly empty.

[BladeRunner2007]

This is still the absolute best release of any film in my collection. I can't thank anyone involved with this set enough. Infinite gratitude.

[joshinminn]

Wish there was a solid US release of this.

[gj217]

Originally Posted by joshinminn

Wish there was a solid US release of this.

If I were you, I’d go for the Second Sight release… The UHDs are completely US-friendly, and there are no BBFC ratings on the actual case.

I only say this because I don’t see a US release happening. No one wants to pay Rubinstein’s exorbitant prices to license it.

[Brian81]

I'd LOVE to downgrade from the big box set to the downscaled edition. The only reason I can't is because I want someone to release the 3-CD set by itself.

[VIDEOgameDROME]

Pulled the trigger on the standard set 4 disc off of Rarewaves along with The Hitcher.

[VIDEOgameDROME]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

I can't imagine a world in which I didn't stand pat with Second Sight's superlative release, but there are some reasons people might get a different release. Better elements for the Cannes and Argento cuts, 3D version, Dolby Vision, different special features, etc.

A warmer colour grading would also be another reason for another release.

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

I can't imagine a world in which I didn't stand pat with Second Sight's superlative release, but there are some reasons people might get a different release. Better elements for the Cannes and Argento cuts, 3D version, Dolby Vision, different special features, etc.

Since the Argento and Cannes cuts only exist as 1st generation dupes (an Interpositive and a CRI), there are no "better elements" available for them. I mean, I suppose one could cobble together a composite of the negative & IP for the Argento cut, but the differences in that cut are so expansive (i.e., there are many shots in the Argento cut that are just a few frames longer, etc.), I'm not sure how feasible it would be. The Cannes/U.S. theatrical cut are much closer, thus it was a much simpler proposition in that case (and exactly what Second Sight did in the case of the Cannes cut- mixed the 4K negative scan of the theatrical cut with 4K scans of the Cannes cut CRI for the extra footage).

Chris

[The Mole]

Originally Posted by VIDEOgameDROME

A warmer colour grading would also be another reason for another release.

The color grading was supervised and approved by DOP Michael Gornick. If he would have wanted it warmer he would have said so.