Thampu (The Circus Tent) 1978 Malayalam film ~ Second Run Blu-Ray

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Special Features

Interview with Ramu Aravindan 8m:26s

The Circus Tent at Cannes 2022 (Interview with Shivendra Singh & Jalaja by Anupama Chopra) 27m:46s

Video : MPEG-4 AVC
Audio : Malayalam LPCM 2.0
Subtitles : English

Disc Size : 43.10GB

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[Siddhu08]

hey hi, do you have this movie print pls send me

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Siddhu08

hey hi, do you have this movie print pls send me

It is available on the blu-ray from Second Sight.



It is also streaming on Youtube:

തമ�പ� Thampu I 1978 I G. Aravindan - YouTube

[CelestialAgent]

I don’t think the YouTube upload is the remaster

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I don’t think the YouTube upload is the remaster

I saw the restored version at a cinema where Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was present, it looked very similar to this. Quoting from my own review:

With regards to the restoration, one thing to note is that Thampu was a low-budget arthouse film shot with natural light, and the restoration was sourced from a dupe negative. So the visuals are not ultra-crisp. There is softness and the blacks can appear somewhat diffuse (I can't say if the hall projection also had any limitations). But the most striking benefit is in how absolutely stable the image is. There is no flickering or warping or prominent scratches. The grayscale is not exceptional, but it is quite solid all the same; I imagine some of the night scenes are looking the best they did since the original release. Similarly, the sound is not absolutely pristine (there is a floor hum and some clipping), but it still sounds very lively when called for, especially in the scenes of the temple festival. Aravindan paid a lot of attention to developing a credible audio atmosphere to complement the scenes and the restoration does the best possible justice to his vision.