When distributors restore or remaster a film from negative they also have no way of reintroducing the original fonts used for the credits and on-screen text since these elements are usually introduced later on in the post-production chain from negative to final 35mm.
I thought this would be a good place to create a list of official Blu-Ray releases which DO NOT come with theatrical titles but rather with a digital recreation of them where the font used is sometimes close-enough, sometimes not even that, sometimes they are repositioned too and in most cases nobody notices it.
If you have some titles on Blu Ray that fit the criteria, please let me know and I'll add them to the list.
Films on Blu-Ray with new fonts, titles or credits
Atlantic City (original font found on HD stream, new font on Blu-Ray) screenshot here)
The Big Red One (new font on WB Blu-Ray)
Chariots of fire (original font on 20th Century Fox BR from France, new font on WB Blu-Ray from USA screenshot here))
Cobra Verde (new font reported on region B Blu-Ray by BFI, screenshot here)
Deliverance (new font on Blu-Ray and some DVD releases) screenshot here)
L'Enfer (BR by Cohen Media Group screenshot here)
Fantasia screenshot here)
Fedora (new font on French Blu Ray by Carlotta Films screenshot here)
Hard Times (new font on BR screenshot here)
Murder on the Orient express (1974) (original font found on HD stream, new font on StudioCanal Region B Blu-Ray) screenshot here)
1900 new font in Dall'Angelo Pictures BR, original font in Olive Films BR screenshot here)
Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht (new font in all Blu-Ray releases by Shout, Arthaus and BFI screenshot here)
Shaft (new font on Ray screenshot here)
Stripes (new font and new positioning both on Blu-Ray and DVD) more info and some screengrabs here)
Suspiria (for the recent Italian 4k release they digitally recreated the original font and used it for both intro and end credits but originally the end credits had a different font)
More info on this topic and more titles can be found here http://annyas.com/screenshots/updates/re...n-history/
I thought this would be a good place to create a list of official Blu-Ray releases which DO NOT come with theatrical titles but rather with a digital recreation of them where the font used is sometimes close-enough, sometimes not even that, sometimes they are repositioned too and in most cases nobody notices it.
If you have some titles on Blu Ray that fit the criteria, please let me know and I'll add them to the list.
Films on Blu-Ray with new fonts, titles or credits
Atlantic City (original font found on HD stream, new font on Blu-Ray) screenshot here)
The Big Red One (new font on WB Blu-Ray)
Chariots of fire (original font on 20th Century Fox BR from France, new font on WB Blu-Ray from USA screenshot here))
Cobra Verde (new font reported on region B Blu-Ray by BFI, screenshot here)
Deliverance (new font on Blu-Ray and some DVD releases) screenshot here)
L'Enfer (BR by Cohen Media Group screenshot here)
Fantasia screenshot here)
Fedora (new font on French Blu Ray by Carlotta Films screenshot here)
Hard Times (new font on BR screenshot here)
Murder on the Orient express (1974) (original font found on HD stream, new font on StudioCanal Region B Blu-Ray) screenshot here)
1900 new font in Dall'Angelo Pictures BR, original font in Olive Films BR screenshot here)
Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht (new font in all Blu-Ray releases by Shout, Arthaus and BFI screenshot here)
Shaft (new font on Ray screenshot here)
Stripes (new font and new positioning both on Blu-Ray and DVD) more info and some screengrabs here)
Suspiria (for the recent Italian 4k release they digitally recreated the original font and used it for both intro and end credits but originally the end credits had a different font)
More info on this topic and more titles can be found here http://annyas.com/screenshots/updates/re...n-history/
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I preserve movies as they first appeared in Italy.
I preserve movies as they first appeared in Italy.