This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice

12 Feb – 19 March 2015

Hollywood Studios: Sony’s restoration work and the case of Dr. Strangelove

A few basic principles about film restoration: - a new copy - analog/photochemical duplication - digitization and digital restoration - resolution: 2K, 4K, 8K

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Sony’s restorations include: The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953), Matinee Idol (Frank Capra, 1928), In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950), From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, 1953), On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954), In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967), Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964), Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969), Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976), Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962), and other approx. 1500 title.

Grover Crisp Executive Vice President, Asset Management, Film Restoration & Digital Mastering at Sony Pictures Entertainment Founder and Curator of The Reel Thing Film Symposium

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