Suspiria (Dario Argento)

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by BAKA

Torsten doesn't seem to believe to problems were 'baked into' the master. He states that the existing HD Master isn't the problem, and that a lot of the damage was done at various levels during post processing. He also mentions some interesting things regarding the OCN and 35mm film elements too, which has me curious about Synapse's release (Which we know is getting a new scan from the original negative. I wonder what changed the licensors minds?). The full translation of his post is over at Cult Labs courtesy of zane, for anyone interested in reading.

Actually if you read everything Torsten says in that thread, he never mentions "the master", he keeps saying the original scan wasn't the problem. And he's right. The raw 2K scan from 2007 would be a terrific element to work with- the problem is, the raw data no longer exists. ONLY the color-timed HDCAM-SR with all of the baked-in problems exists. Torsten admits this in one of the later posts in the thread where he speculates that maybe Synapse could be getting the 2K data but dismisses that as being highly unlikely.

I actually e-mailed Don May to ask him about what Torsten posted, and Don wrote back saying that 84 Entertainment had actually e-mailed him shortly after the Synapse release was announced! They asked him about possibly participating in their version and were very interested about Synapse making a new scan of the film, as they only have the problematic HDCAM-SR and weren't allowed access to the film elements. Don said the guy from 84 Entertainment told they even inquired about getting access to the raw scans, but were told they hadn't been saved (Don May was told the same thing by the licensors). But, Don says the plan is to utilize the original negative for a new scan either late this year or early next year, when they budget whether they're doing 2K or, hopefully, 4K.

Chris