(2024-04-30, 04:13 PM)velocity Wrote: What's the source on the Blu-ray? Is the film lost, with only old tape transfers left?
Blu-ray.com Wrote:Original Roadshow Version (480i; 3:08:56). Oh, the horror. Did my old 2 VHS set really look this horrible? One has to assume so, for this has the look of having been taken directly off of an old video master. It's window boxed (i.e., it's not anamorphically enhanced) and there are recurrent video anomalies like aliasing and pixellation in abundance. Still, for completists (like yours truly), it's nice to be able to at least see some of the excised material, as well as to hear even more of Elmer Bernstein's gorgeous score.
I know someone on MySpleen had posted a copy of the laserdisc, but that's dead. I understand those to be from an old print of the film, not any real master.
TCM supposedly plays that cut occasionally. Don't know if their version is any better.