Recent Film Restorations

[ftsoh]

"Archiving TIme" - a 62 minutes documentary by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute available on their Youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/1jcpJWF-I2w

One of the most prominent titles is King Hu's "Raining in the Mountain" which still has no physical release in North America.

By the way, if you dig into their Youtube channel, you will find the original theatrical trainer for "Dragon Inn" and "A Touch of Zen", which is not included in the Criterion discs.
"Dragon Inn" - https://youtu.be/1vFKfjIk97w
"A Touch of Zen" - https://youtu.be/E1cfffe9A58

[Stefan Andersson]

Mutiny (Dmtryk, 1952) upcoming from VCI, "a new restoration re-mastered from the original 35mm negatives in 4K":
https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/87504/mutiny.html

[Stefan Andersson]

Re: the TF1 Video catalogue -- a trailer for some available restorations here (posted in conjunction with the 2020 Lyon film festival):
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGXYhSGKKq ... pcnckg3r88

That films have been restored does not automatically mean a home video release is planned, as pointed out by Tenia and others here:
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... start=1110

Titles in the video / existing or upcoming home video release (info gleaned from the thread linked to above):
Nuit d'ivresse 1986 (Bernard Nauer) DVD TF1
Sous les toits de Paris 1930 (René Clair) DVD LCJ, Blu (?) Coin de mire
Juliette et Juliette 1974 (Rémo Forlani)
La loi c'est la loi 1958 (Christian Jaque) DVD Lancaster, Blu (?) Coin de mire
Les hommes préfèrent les grosses 1981 (Jean-Marie Poiré) DVD Warner
Préparez vos mouchoirs 1978 (Bertrand Blier) DVD Studio Canal
Les grandes manoeuvres 1955 (René Clair) DVD René Chateau, Blu (?) Coin de mire
Le million 1931 (René Clair) Blu (?) Coin de mire
Le mouton à cinq pattes 1954 (Henri Verneuil) DVD René Chateau, Blu (?) Coin de mire
Olivier Olivier 1992 Agnieszka Holland
Porte des Lilas 1957 (René Clair) DVD René Chateau / Blu Coin de Mire
Retour de manivelle 1957 (Denys de la Patellière) DVD René Chateau, Blu (?) Coin de mire
Maxime 1958 (Henri Verneuil) DVD René Chateau / Blu Coin de Mire
Une Parisienne 1957 (Michel Boisrond) DVD René Chateau / DVD TF1
Fanfan la Tulipe 1952 (Christian Jaque) DVD René Chateau, Blu Coin de Mire
Ils vont tous bien 1990 (Guiseppe Tornatorre) DVD LCJ
La vie de Famille 1986 (Jacques Doillon)
Le Zèbre 1992 (Jean Poiret) DVD Lancaster
Callas Forever 2002 (Franco Zefirelli) DVD Studio Canal
Un air de famlille 1996 (Cédric Klapisch) DVD Studio Canal
Les maris, les femmes et les amants 1989 (Pascal Thomas) DVD Studio Canal / DVD TF1
Possession 1981 (Andrej Zulawski) DVD TF1 / BRD Le Chat qui Fume prochainement
Passion d'amour 1981 (Ettore Scola) DVD LCJ
Parfum de femme 1974 (Dino Risi) DVD TF1

[Stefan Andersson]

Restoring Scott of the Antarctic from 3-strip Technicolor:
https://medium.com/pfclean-blog/in-glor ... eb9f7cab81

Restoring Wizard of Oz in 4K HDR, digital remastering of The Sound of Music, restoring Black Angel (Roger Christian):
https://postperspective.com/tag/restoration/

Restored "Il tigre" (Dino Risi) starring Vittorio Gassman and Ann-Margret; re-release in France in December 2020 by Les Acacias:
http://www.acaciasfilms.com/film/lhomme-a-la-ferrari/

[Stefan Andersson]

Catalogue from the European Federation of Film Archives, Oct. 2020:
https://ace-film.eu/wp-content/uploads/ ... alogue.pdf
Includes:
Comizi d´amore, 1965, with outtakes
Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short, 1964, new resto from OCN
She Didn´t Say No!, 1958
Der Kampf ums Matterhorn, 1928
Derborence, 1985
Maria do Mar, 1930
Ung flukt, 1958
Several Czechoslovakian, Yugoslavian, Bulgarian and Albanian films from various decades
Melies shorts

Source: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24503 - discussion about Jugoslovenska Kinoteka Belgrade DVD releases

[Stefan Andersson]

Images from the Eastman Museum´s 2019 resto of Joan the Woman, including Handschiegl color effects:
https://www.eastman.org/recent-restorations

Also a 2019 resto of Sally, Irene and Mary (Goulding, 1925) - scroll down for trailer

There is also a list of restorations, including several Leo Hurwitz films.

[Stefan Andersson]

Trailer for the Lobster resto of Love Affair (1939):
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... &start=300 (scroll down)
DVD+Blu combo release Dec. 11, 2020 (French title: "Elle et lui")

[Michael Kerpan]

Maybe the title for this thread should add ... "and Devastations".

[hearthesilence]

At least the Love Affair trailer looks pretty good, though the contrast feels a touch muted.

[Stefan Andersson]

Michael Verhoeven´s "O.K." (1970) restored by the München Filmmuseum:
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5280

DVD edition upcoming from the Museum, as noted Dec. 07, 2020 in the German Filmmuseum Edition thread:
https://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/prod ... _o-k-.html

UCLA will restore "Hey, Mama" (1967), a documentary on the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice, California:
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archi ... t-hey-mama

[Stefan Andersson]

For the record -- a 2014 interview on the resto of La Grande Illusion:
https://www.nouvelobs.com/cinema/201203 ... enoir.html

[L.A.]

Georgian National Film Center in Tbilisi have completed restoration work of eight cinema classics from the 1920s.

[Calvin]

The CNC's latest go around has financed restorations of Renoir's The Elusive Corporal, Gance's Story of a Poor Young Man, Fejos' Gardez le sourire, and a trio of Jean-Pierre Mocky films amongst others.

[aox]

At least the Love Affair trailer looks pretty good, though the contrast feels a touch muted.

Even with weak contrast, it is almost a revelation compared to the print up on Amazon Prime right now.

[yoloswegmaster]

The CNC's latest go around has financed restorations of Renoir's The Elusive Corporal, Gance's Story of a Poor Young Man, Fejos' Gardez le sourire, and a trio of Jean-Pierre Mocky films amongst others.

Thanks for linking this! Does anyone know if the CNC fully or partially pays for restorations?

[tenia]

It usually is partial funds.

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Surprised to see Can Dialectics Break Bricks? in there, since a restoration premiered at Rotterdam this year and has been making the rounds at other festivals. (Rotterdam also screened an "animated version" that was apparently just the film with a watercolor filter slapped over it.) Reimbursement of money already spent, perhaps?

[Stefan Andersson]

Digitally restored films by John H. Collins, made at the Edison Studios (negatives housed at the MoMA):
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5284
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/6846

[Stefan Andersson]

Dr. X (1932) restoration upcoming:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monster ... l#p1612485 - scroll down for before/after video comparison