Recent Film Restorations

[beamish14]

The Searchers restored by WB and released in 70mm, Q&A with restoration team

Ongoing discussion re: this restoration:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... mm.382441/

North by Northwest has also received a 6K resto and new 70mm print

[beamish14]

Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg

[Stefan Andersson]

Detailed info about the Filmmuseum Munchen´s Golem restoration, incl. the original score, reconstructed:
https://www.richard-siedhoff.de/upload/ ... Weimar.pdf

[Stefan Andersson]

Cannes web site continually updates restoration info re: Cannes Classics:
https://www.festival-cannes.com/2024/le ... les-vidor/

For example, Gilda is restored from nitrate OCN and a nitrate internegative.

[Stefan Andersson]

Kim Ki-Young’s An Experience To Die For restored in 2k:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdon ... f4efa0130f

https://metrograph.com/category/kim-ki-young-x2/

[eerik]

Death of a Bureaucrat (Alea, 1966) restored:
https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/dea ... ureaucrat/

I'm quite sure this is the same restoration that premiered as part of Venice Classics 2019. I gave up waiting for Criterion to release it and picked up the French Blu-ray recently. Looks good, the disc is region B locked, but the French subtitles are thankfully not forced (can be turned off).

[Stefan Andersson]

Les Miserables (Capellani, 1912) restoration in 4K:
https://web.digitick.com/les-miserables ... 77449.html
https://web.digitick.com/les-miserables ... 77453.html

"La restauration de la Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé a été réalisée en 2022 à partir d'une copie originale nitrate teintée et virée conservée dans ses collections. Travaux 4K menés au laboratoire L'Image Retrouvée, avec le soutien du CNC."


Le Nabab (Capellani, 1913):
https://web.digitick.com/le-nabab-alber ... 77445.html

"Restauré en 4K en 2021 par la Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, au laboratoire L'Image Retrouvée Paris-Bologne avec le soutien du Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée."

[Stefan Andersson]

Umbrellas of Cherbourg, new resto with three-track stereo on magnetic tape, period foley on 35mm magnetic tape and what probably is a live three-track recording of the orchestra only, all newly re-found elements (see p. 3 and 26 onwards):
https://cdn-medias.festival-cannes.com/ ... 174307.pdf

[Stefan Andersson]

4K restorations of Shoot the Piano Player (Hiventy Transperfect) and The End of Violence (Ritrovata/Eclair):
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mk2- ... 236002587/

[Hogfather]

4K restorations of Shoot the Piano Player (Hiventy Transperfect) and The End of Violence (Ritrovata/Eclair):
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/mk2- ... 236002587/

"on the occasion of the 40th anniversary in October 2024 of the disappearance of the leader of the Nouvelle Vague, MK2 Films has now restored all his feature films"