Guy Maddin

[TechnicolorAcid]

Zeitgeist has officially released a Blu-Ray of Archangel

[willoneill]

Guy Maddin was in Ottawa tonight to introduce a screening of the Archangel restoration, and during the post-screening Q&A he said that Careful is being restored next and should be out later this year.

[therewillbeblus]

Didn't he say that about Brand Upon the Brain! just a few years ago?

[Peacock]

Didn't he say that about Brand Upon the Brain! just a few years ago?

Yeah but you forget who has the rights to that one…

[willoneill]

In the case of Careful, the work is underway. They're using the original negative (which I think TIFF had in storage) and he's working with Zeitgeist to redo the colour timing; I note that because Maddin himself admitted he doesn't trust himself not to over-saturate the colours if left to his own devices. I thought that was an interesting admission considering the many debates over the years between physical media labels honouring a director's wishes vs. releasing an image as close as possible to how the films were originally seen.

[MichaelB]

The late Barney Platts-Mills said something similar about Bronco Bullfrog - he personally vastly preferred the BFI edition to the one that he authored himself because, to quote him directly, “James White knew what he was doing, and I didn’t.”

[Der Ungrund]

In the case of Careful, the work is underway. They're using the original negative (which I think TIFF had in storage) and he's working with Zeitgeist to redo the colour timing; I note that because Maddin himself admitted he doesn't trust himself not to over-saturate the colours if left to his own devices. I thought that was an interesting admission considering the many debates over the years between physical media labels honouring a director's wishes vs. releasing an image as close as possible to how the films were originally seen.

He said on the commentary for the Kino DVD that he experimented with oversaturating the colors and adding an effect where they shimmer like older 2-strip technicolor, but decided against it. I suspect he'll decide against it again.