Comment on GKIDS announces 4K restoration release of Perfect Blue in U.S. theaters in October

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Everything with a 35mm master is getting a 4k scan with a little scratch and color cleanup and getting re-released as a “4k restoration”. Making these titles available to theaters is cheap. Theaters with over a dozen auditoriums and nobody showing up to every-hour-on-the-hour screenings of this week’s new release are happy to drop something like this in for a week here and there.

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  • ReluctantZen@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean, cheaper than a new film sure, but not as cheap as 4K upscales

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I dont see how a minor touch up is considered a restoration. Must just be a marketing term.

    I mean, I like Perfect Blue so this is all good to me, just not a fan of the wording.

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    • ReluctantZen@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not sure I’d call it a minor touch up. Restoration doesn’t necessarily require the original to be actually damaged. Film/cells fade over time. Digitally restoring that can be pretty intensive, depending on how faded it is.

      Restoration for projects like these is a pretty common term AFAIK.

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