[Help] The Keep (Michael Mann, 1983) – 35mm Scan

[Bilbofett]

After the long wait, I present you all the UHD HDR (1000 NIT) release of the 35mm rescan of The Keep!

I'm making the move to try and produce HDR content now since my mindset is it can always be tonemapped down to SDR (recommend linearly downscaling the luminance by 4x if you do) and I want to try and make as much use of the wider color gamut as possible. Granted, that latter point is not something you'd see really here given the scanner used for this, but the next time you see me release something from a higher-end machine, I'm sure it'll be something to behold in HDR.

I tried to adjust each reel to look like the previous scan as far as balancing goes since that was a single continuous light all throughout but I wasn't able to match it exactly, so I apologize for some of the weirder color tintings. I imagine it'd look better if redone on a scanner that doesn't do that stupid reel-to-reel forced rebalancing but I don't think anyone clambering over themselves to fund a re-do.

Anyways, included are numerous audio tracks (along with an English subtitle track):

1. Rescanned optical undecoded
   
2. Rescanned optical Dolby decoded
   
3. Older scan's optical SDU4 dematrixed
   
4. Bit-perfect laserdisc audio provided by @HippieDalek
   
5. An assortment of dub tracks (French, German, Italian, Spanish) provided from Sporv's Fundamental Collection release
   

If you've donated previously, please send me a message as I've been having a hard time keeping track of who helped out years ago.

Stellar! Thank you!

[static14]

After the long wait, I present you all the UHD HDR (1000 NIT) release of the 35mm rescan of The Keep!

I'm making the move to try and produce HDR content now since my mindset is it can always be tonemapped down to SDR (recommend linearly downscaling the luminance by 4x if you do) and I want to try and make as much use of the wider color gamut as possible. Granted, that latter point is not something you'd see really here given the scanner used for this, but the next time you see me release something from a higher-end machine, I'm sure it'll be something to behold in HDR.

I tried to adjust each reel to look like the previous scan as far as balancing goes since that was a single continuous light all throughout but I wasn't able to match it exactly, so I apologize for some of the weirder color tintings. I imagine it'd look better if redone on a scanner that doesn't do that stupid reel-to-reel forced rebalancing but I don't think anyone clambering over themselves to fund a re-do.

Anyways, included are numerous audio tracks (along with an English subtitle track):

1. Rescanned optical undecoded
   
2. Rescanned optical Dolby decoded
   
3. Older scan's optical SDU4 dematrixed
   
4. Bit-perfect laserdisc audio provided by @HippieDalek
   
5. An assortment of dub tracks (French, German, Italian, Spanish) provided from Sporv's Fundamental Collection release
   

If you've donated previously, please send me a message as I've been having a hard time keeping track of who helped out years ago.

Really can't wait to check this out. If it's an improvement over your previous scan I think I'm in for a treat.

[Plissken1138]

of tangential interest -  Roger and Quentin dissect The Keep in The Video Archives Podcast

[Bilbofett]

btw https://thenewbev.com/program/august-27-...the-relic/ I got my ticket and will be attending. Its one of the few times the movie has been screened since 1983, recently in England. I hope Quentin will be around. Maybe some cast&crew could randomly show up?

[dvdmike]

I heard that on Rogers podcast, I think there have been a few showings but very few this is very high profile

[zoidberg]

It's good that the film will get a new audience, I can't see it changing Mann's feelings about the film at all. If anything it will make him madder

[dvdmike]

Unless it magically has the missing 3 hours he and Paramount may not love it

[Bilbofett]

Unless it magically has the missing 3 hours he and Paramount may not love it

90 mis, but yeah

[HippieDalek]

I read the shooting script about a year ago; if the final cut of the film included everything from the script then it would have been 2 hours long tops. All these rumours of a 210 minute cut must have originated with an assembly cut rather than anything even remotely watchable.

[zoidberg]

Unless it magically has the missing 3 hours he and Paramount may not love it

Why would Paramount not love it? They forced the shorter cut of the film