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NOVEMBER 09

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density shifts in the other two much less degradation." VistaVision negative with Northlight scanner, then oversam- gave them a high-resolution VistaVision negative. "A VistaVision exposed area of a standard making it capable of captur- finite detail," Yarbrough ex- we have the means of cap- the restoration and have a the camera source." existing source element Non-final elements were discov- which interestingly revealed stages of completion.When Grant) flees the UN where it diplomat, the non-final aerial grass while the final shot discovered from using an 8K seen in film prints or stan- the famous crop duster ultimately crashes into a audiences have traditionally story that they failed to no- live-action plane pursuit to a scenes are more critical to says. "Due to the increased glinting all over the place We asked ourselves what could, resulting in detun- distracting." Using FilmLight's Baselight 8 system, which gets high praise from Yarbrough for its capabilities, Warner Bros. color corrected the film. "The versatility of the BL8 gave us the tools to not only improve on the basics, such as density and saturation, but also easily correct shading errors and splice distortions," he notes. At the conclusion of the process they filmed out the new color negative with corrections and, for archiving, made new separation masters without any corrections. Criterion restored a number of director Roberto Rossellini's films, including Germany Year Zero.

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