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Author Topic: Robin Hood Edward Jurich Master Film Handler Posts: 305 From: Las Vegas USA Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-27-2003 09:31 AM                     Has anyone seen the recently restored release of Robin Hood. The trailer had really soft focus and what little I saw of the print, the beginning looked soft focus too. It was originally technicolor and I would have expected a nice sharp picture even on the trailer. The Bugs Bunny cartoon they sent with the feature has a nice sharp image however ----added---- It's a shame the originals were not sharp. The lack of sharpness was kind of distracting for me on the large screen I saw. The colors do look good and on a smaller screen this should look outstanding. [ 09-28-2003, 09:14 AM: Message edited by: Edward Jurich ]  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-27-2003 08:35 PM                        It is a digital restoration, very well done, but limited by today's technology: http://www.filmforum.com/films/robinhood.html The red record on 3-strip was surprisingly unsharp compared to modern films -- the image had to go through another piece of film, and so was diffused: http://widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/technicolor7.htm  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-28-2003 03:39 AM                        A special two disc edition on DVD of "ROBIN HOOD" will be released on Tuesday and word is out at the various DVD websites that the picture quality is awesome. Beside the movie, there will be a very interesting documentary on the history of three strip Technicolor. Another nice feature the DVD will have is 'A night at the movies' mode where you can select this feature and watch the movie exactly as it was presented in theatres with an actual newsreel, animated short(s) and trailers of films that were released about the same time as "ROBIN HOOD". Warner Brothers also did this many years ago with some of their VHS tapes of classic movies and I enjoyed the concept very much. -Claude [ 09-28-2003, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Claude S. Ayakawa ]  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-28-2003 07:28 AM                     That documentary on Technicolor will also include processes leading up to the 3 strip, including an amazing clip of the Marx Brothers filmed in Multicolor during a rehearsal for the film version of Animal Crackers! It originally aired on TCM. I can't wait!  |  IP: Logged

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