103 The Lady Eve

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#26 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:15 pm

Turns out this coming to Blu was the most unpredictable side effect of the Coronavirus yet

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#27 Post by Glowingwabbit » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:19 pm

I'd be fine if we just get a month of upgrades if it includes titles like this.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#28 Post by black&huge » Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:21 pm

I like how the current/old specs simply say "sparkling new transfer".

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#29 Post by soundchaser » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:04 pm

Oh, sweet. I’ve been holding off on buying the DVD on the off chance an upgrade was coming — for once, it’s worked.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#30 Post by swo17 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:09 pm

Just need someone to put out Hail the Conquering Hero now so I can toss my Universal set

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#31 Post by domino harvey » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:19 pm

Kino Lorber said they couldn’t get the rights. What if Criterion is about to drop both the upgrade of this and Blu debut of that? Could we handle that much good news at once?

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#32 Post by therewillbeblus » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:51 pm

My head may explode, but a risk I'm willing to take. Hail on blu is all I want right now.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#33 Post by onedimension » Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:04 am

yoloswegmaster wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pm
Didn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
That was my recollection - I googled “the lady eve restoration” this morning when it was mentioned in the guessing thread - there was a “digital restoration” (don’t know what that means) advertised - iirc as through the BFI - that played in the UK early last year.. I can find the link, there was a trailer in a very small window, it didn’t look mind blowing, kind of soft, and looked like it had done some (too much) DNR.. hope that isn’t what “digital restoration” means.. but an ok upgrade is still better than a revelatory one.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#34 Post by onedimension » Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:07 am

Who has Miracle of Morgan’s Creek? And to be as greedy as any other annoying Criterion fan, now that I think of it, Unfaithfully Yours is just as due for an upgrade as Eve

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#35 Post by nitin » Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:27 am

Paramount unfortunately. Unfaithfully Yours is Fox/Disney.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#36 Post by captveg » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:44 am

yoloswegmaster wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pm
Didn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
It was from the HTF visit podcast, and IIRC, he stated that it was more of a dilemma of choice: releasing a new master based on the compromised elements, or waiting for Universal to spend the resources on restoration. The podcast is here is someone wants to try and track down where in the 100 minutes it's discussed.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#37 Post by Malickite » Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:19 am

52:20

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#39 Post by agnamaracs » Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:10 pm

nitin wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:27 am
Paramount unfortunately. Unfaithfully Yours is Fox/Disney.
With War of the Worlds announced this month, I think we can remove that "unfortunately." Or at least put it at the other end.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#40 Post by onedimension » Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:55 pm

Sounds much more like there are no good materials to work with , so the digitally restored version will be better but not a home run.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#41 Post by Close The Door, Raymond » Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:37 am

The "Lux Radio Theatre" was on the original DVD release, but I think the Audio recording of “Up the Amazon” extra feature is new.

Also new, besides the 4k digital restoration, are: the Interviews (Tom Sturges and others); and the David Cairns video essay.

It seems that the Essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a 1946 profile of Preston Sturges from LIFE magazine are new to this edition. Can anyone confirm?

DVD Beaver's review of the original release lists one of the special features as a Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills. Can anyone provide info about this?

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#42 Post by TMDaines » Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:27 am

onedimension wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:04 am
yoloswegmaster wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:12 pm
Didn't Lee Kline say in a podcast last year that this wasn't going to happen for a while due to poor material source?
That was my recollection - I googled “the lady eve restoration” this morning when it was mentioned in the guessing thread - there was a “digital restoration” (don’t know what that means) advertised - iirc as through the BFI - that played in the UK early last year.. I can find the link, there was a trailer in a very small window, it didn’t look mind blowing, kind of soft, and looked like it had done some (too much) DNR.. hope that isn’t what “digital restoration” means.. but an ok upgrade is still better than a revelatory one.
I saw it at the cinema last year. It's fine, but no exemplar restoration. I'll be buying this if it comes to the UK.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#43 Post by dwk » Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:14 am

This:
  • Interview from 2020 with writer-director Preston Sturges's biographer and son Tom Sturges and friends
has been updated to let you know who Tom Sturges' friends are:
  • New conversation among writer-director Preston Sturges’s biographer and son Tom Sturges; Bogdanovich; filmmakers James L. Brooks and Ron Shelton; and critics Susan King, Leonard Maltin, and Kenneth Turan

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#44 Post by domino harvey » Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:16 am

I mean, those are good friends to have. Leonard Maltin alone could keep you in Disney pins for the rest of your days

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#45 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Apr 27, 2020 5:58 pm

Mr Maltin is the clean up hitter of the group

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#46 Post by yoloswegmaster » Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:59 pm

On the recent podcast with Roger Deakins, Lee Kline talks a bit about the restoration for this. He says that he spent 2+ years looking for a good print of it and had to look through 8 different prints of the film just to see which one had the least damage. He states that it took 4 months to restore and that "it looks pretty good" but wishes it looked like the original negatives.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#48 Post by soundchaser » Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:28 pm

I was expecting a disaster based on how Lee Kline's been talking about it. It's definitely soft, but still looks pretty good to these eyes.

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#49 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:58 pm

The menu art... seriously, has this artist ever seen these actors before?

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Re: 103 The Lady Eve

#50 Post by ianthemovie » Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:01 pm

Is the "new conversation" featurette literally a Zoom call? Because that's what it looks like on DVDBeaver.

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