david hare wrote:BigP is it ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN That the Lola is the restored version? There seems to be some uncertainty at the Beaver. I frankly have no idea why or how SS would even bother with the old Braunberger version. I also thought this might be doubling on Bluray, but maybe that's only for Criterion. Now apparently MUCH later this year.
Hey David. At the moment I can't say anything for certain as Second Sight have yet to update their website.
Moviemail is advertising it as The Restored Edition, and have been the first to include - what I assume to be - the DVD cover to accompany the page (though, I can't see "Restored Version" anywhere, though it is a very small image). Both Moviemail and Amazon.co.uk have also now reached a happy union on the release date, being May 25th. They both list the runtime as 110 minutes which matches the IMDB runtime, but,
Filmlinc lists the restored New York Film Festival as 115 minutes. I'm really not quite sure what to make of this, would it be simply a case of conversion (I'm a layman when it comes to film and dvd technicalities).
I guess until they update their site, or respond to an email it's anyone's guess at the moment, but, I agree that it would be a pretty dumb move to release any other version.