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A 2K restoration from the original negative > A 4K restoration from a print (or an 8K one for that matter) |
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Blu-ray Knight
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I was considering finally going for the Japanese release, but now I'll probably hold out for this to come out on disc. I would love to see Scream Factory release this and Dawn of the Dead...
It's surprisingly pretty difficult to find public domain films on Blu-ray. You would think with how easy it was to find them on VHS and DVD, we'd see more. |
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Screw Academy ratio, I want a widescreen transfer of the original NOTLD.
Those widescreen prints floating around indeed show image information not available in full frame prints. The 4K transfer should be like the new Hershell Gordon Lewis set with several films shown in both aspect ratios. |
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#47 | |
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Oct 2016
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The original negative shows that Academy ratio is the proper framing for Night of the Living Dead. |
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Thanks given by: | Lemmy Lugosi (11-16-2017) |
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#48 |
Blu-ray Knight
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If a Blu-ray release of this restoration doesn't include the additional footage in an alternate cut, I'm going to be very disappointed. Unless the footage never actually turned up; was it ever confirmed for sure? I can't remember now whether George had actually seen the footage or if he was repeating what he had heard.
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#49 | |
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That said 4:3 NOTLD is fine by me. |
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Blu-ray Baron
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#51 |
Banned
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No, there were reports that George Romero had stated that when they were digging up the materials for this restoration that they had found a scene in the basement that had been missing for ages and that they intended to restore it to this version.
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#52 |
Junior Member
Nov 2009
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You know, I wouldn't be surprised if this new restoration ultimately lands on the door of the Criterion Collection. For a long time there have been fans lobbying hard for Criterion to do a definitive release of this film, and they've got pretty strong ties to the Film Foundation, having released no fewer than a half dozen of their restorations in the past few years.
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Thanks given by: | jedidarrick (10-21-2016) |
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#53 |
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I have no idea cause I wasn't there when the movie was shot, I don't want to make baseless claims, but it certainly is odd that Romero & co. wouldn't be thinking of widescreen when that's how movies were being shown. It's not like Romero never walked into a cinema before making Night of the Living Dead. He had to have known, but maybe he/they were just more comfortable shooting in academy because that was their background, or that ratio was simply his vision for the movie. It would be nice to see this in multiple aspect ratios, as long as there's no cropped heads or excess headroom. But whichever ratio it is, I'm fine with it.
The Happinet Blu-ray I have yet to purchase, so I might as well wait. I'm just concerned about those extras not being carried over, would be worth it for those. I don't see Arrow picking this up, doesn't really fit their wheelhouse, the type of films they release here in the U.S. I see this going to Criterion, and I'd be over the moon with that so long as they don't screw up the compression. I'd love if this were screening near me within the next month or two, but regardless I can't wait to finally own this classic on Blu-ray! It's been awhile since I've seen it. |
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Thanks given by: | VideoPhonic (10-21-2016) |
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#54 | |
Blu-ray Knight
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#55 | |
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Oct 2016
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Now that MoMA has made the official announcement, Gary is preparing additional information which will answer some of the questions pertaining to the film. I will post his comments here as soon as available. |
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Thanks given by: | Davidian (10-21-2016), donidarko (10-21-2016), emmet otter (10-21-2016), Geoff D (10-21-2016), happydood (06-30-2017), Jar Jar Stinks (10-21-2016), Lemmy Lugosi (11-16-2017), Lionel Horsepackage (10-21-2016), MattPerdue (10-21-2016), Mr. Thomsen (10-21-2016), Partyslammer (10-21-2016), WorkShed (10-21-2016) |
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Jan 2013
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Thanks given by: | Deciazulado (10-21-2016), Lionel Horsepackage (10-21-2016) |
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#57 |
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I gather that the problem is that distributors don't want to spend money to restore a public domain movie to Blu-ray quality and then have low-rent companies steal the transfer and release it because it's a public domain movie. There are few movies that are public domain that are financially worth the headache.
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Nov 2010
Canada
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The fact that the negative is at 1.37:1 does not mean it was framed for that. Most movies are soft-matted, the whole frame exposed for tv showings. The titles are clearly blocked for matting. And it was filmed in 1967, not 1957! Romero must have been aware of the fact that everything was shown matted by then and to be aware means he must have composed accordingly. He may prefer it at academy (wouldn't be the only one) but I truly doubt he composed on purpose so it couldn't be shown theatrically. NOTLD would have never been shown on TV back then. It would have been deemed too scary and this is no case where cutting a few scenes would do the trick. Also, as we can now seen on blu-ray, 1.37:1 does show quite a bit more than 1.33:1. The 4x3 transfers floating around do not show all horizontal image. |
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#60 |
Active Member
Sep 2014
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If the eventual release is open matte 1.37:1 and people want to watch it 1.66:1, just zoom in with your remote. Literally the same result as what you'd get in a theater in 1968 showing this movie widescreen. Release the disc open matte and everybody can watch the film how they want.
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