An Affair to Remember (1957) - Feb. 1

[kashif]

Originally Posted by 42041

1. White Christmas was shot in Vistavision, a format that used sharp spherical lenses and a larger negative (and thus, higher resolution and finer grain). This was shot in CinemaScope, the anamorphic lenses were not very good at the time.
2. According to Robert Harris, films shot on Eastman color negative made in the late 50s and the early 60s exhibit far more serious color fading/yellow layer failure issues than early ones, like White Christmas.
3. This film is loaded with optical dissolves, which look pretty awful.

Well the things u mentioned make sense. I was not aware about any of the above mentioned facts. Oh boy I am learning a lot from you guys!

Originally Posted by Strevlac

I would hesitate saying optical dissolves look "awful". They merely are what they are and are a reminder that the film is a physical thing and was made with human hands. Personally I love seeing how a film would have appeared to audiences of the time no matter how "awful" they might look . I only wish American Graffiti had been handled as faithfully.

As far as the color goes, I thought the colors looked fine if slightly subdued. I have no idea if that is a result of fading or not though.

Thanks for the reply. So did anyone of you have wathced this movie on DVD before? I want to know that is it a major improvement over the DVD or the changes are just minor?

PS: and what do u guys mean by the term "optical dissolves" ?