2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
The last thing 2001 needs is a digital transfer. Gorgeous prints exist, whether 35mm or 70mm. This film needs to BREATHE. I would never consider watching a DCP.
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Well you're on a digital media enthusiast site. A digital transfer is required to create that media. As for a 4k DCP....its probably inevitable, but 2001 seems to be a staple of 70mm reperatory showings. I imagine it will live on celluloid about as long as anything might.J Adams wrote:The last thing 2001 needs is a digital transfer. Gorgeous prints exist, whether 35mm or 70mm. This film needs to BREATHE. I would never consider watching a DCP.
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Release date TBD
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If this is from a new 4k restoration, presumably the blu-ray will be updated? Unforgiven utilized a new master where Blade Runner didn't?
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It would be a big missed opportunity not to take advantage of the original resolution of the film and put a good deal of resources into this, but who knows
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
If I'm not mistaken, the current master isn't from a 4K scan (while Blade Runner was). So it would be closer to Unforgiven's case than Blade Runner's.
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I like that cover. You can't go wrong with virtually anything that was actually in the movie.
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All analog workflow and restoration?For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. The original version will be presented to recreate the cinematic event audiences experienced 50 years ago. A longtime admirer of the late American auteur, Nolan worked closely with the team at Warner Bros. Pictures throughout the mastering process.
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Interesting to note than when WB was preparing for the 70mm release of Interstellar, they provided some theaters with a single reel of 2001 to help projectionists ensure that their equipment was in working order.
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I wonder if the new Blu-ray and UHD release will have any digital clean-up done to repair damage sustained by the negative? I saw a newly-struck 70mm print screened in Toronto in 2014 which looked very good, but there was some minor damage that I thought could be fixed quite easily in the digital realm.Drucker wrote:All analog workflow and restoration?For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. The original version will be presented to recreate the cinematic event audiences experienced 50 years ago. A longtime admirer of the late American auteur, Nolan worked closely with the team at Warner Bros. Pictures throughout the mastering process.
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Robert Harris’ thoughts on the new print, via Jeffrey Wells (unclear if Wells got these quotes from Harris directly or from another unlinked source that I wasn’t able to find).
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WB has delayed the release of the new Blu-ray, now to come out in September.
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Just listened to a On Point podcast from this week about the 50th anniversary. Has anyone heard whether there will be any Cinerama screenings of it this year (Seattle or LA)?
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Showtimes for L.A. [click on "See More Dates" for all scheduled dates]. Hopefully they'll add some more dates through the next weekend (leading in to Memorial Day), so I can actually take time off to get down there. So far, only 2 of the screenings are in the actual Cinerama Dome. I would have thought they'd at least screen it daily for a week, as I don't think there's any blockbuster CGI fest out that week.
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Seems to be playing at the Village East in NYC.
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Is it just me who finds this article confusing ? It announces a ”new restored 70mm print” of the unrestored presentation.Lachino wrote:Here's Nolan on 2001 at Cannes
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Agreed! That article told me next to nothing about this restoration (though I'm not knocking Lachino for posting it).Lost Highway wrote:Is it just me who finds this article confusing ? It announces a ”new restored 70mm print” of the unrestored presentation.Lachino wrote:Here's Nolan on 2001 at Cannes
I'm very curious about how these new prints differ from other fairly recently struck 70mm prints.
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I’m not knocking Lachino either, I’m knocking The Guardian, a paper that has a long history of terrible film writing and comical lack of understanding of film technology. This one is a classic: https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmbl ... television" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;StevenJ0001 wrote:Agreed! That article told me next to nothing about this restoration (though I'm not knocking Lachino for posting it!)Lost Highway wrote:Is it just me who finds this article confusing ? It announces a ”new restored 70mm print” of the unrestored presentation.Lachino wrote:Here's Nolan on 2001 at Cannes
I'm very curious about how these new prints differ from other fairly recently struck 70mm prints.
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Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
I didn't even need to read the article to know that article was trash. Holy moly that's a nuclear take. Films don't need to be in High Definition? What?!?
Anyway regardless of what the forum may think of Nolan or his films I do trust him to treat these films with care.
Anyway regardless of what the forum may think of Nolan or his films I do trust him to treat these films with care.
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The funny thing is that Peter Bradshaw has no clue what high definition actually is and yet decided to write an entire article about it.Big Ben wrote:I didn't even need to read the article to know that article was trash. Holy moly that's a nuclear take. Films don't need to be in High Definition? What?!?
Anyway regardless of what the forum may think of Nolan or his films I do trust him to treat these films with care.