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Old 1st December 2014, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs View Post
Basically it costs money to restore a film to look it's best. 88 Films don't want to pay to do it themselves so get punters to pay for the restoration and offer incentives for them to do it.

I know that sounds cynical how i explained it but it's not a lie. Other companies do it. Arrow for example with the WB box set. It gets the product out there and guarantees it doesn't make a loss for the restoring / releasing company.
I suppose you could equally say "88 Films can't pay to do it themselves, so get punters to pay for the restoration and offer incentives for them to do it".
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