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Originally Posted by Boo Radley  The restorers are given an item to restore. Their job is to restore what is given to them, not to check that the version given to them is the longest cut available before they do their job. It has absolutely nothing to do with them. If someone sends them a 55 minute cut of a 2 hour film and tells them to restore it, that is what they will do, not question that there is a longer cut out there. Really? Get a grip!
Cronenburg approved his film Shivers to be remastered and put out. His film, the one he made. It is stated that he didn't watch the version as he presumed it was his version of the film going out not some PG rated version. Why would he watch it, he made the bloody thing!
Arrow then receives the film to put out. What? Did no one watch it? This is quality control? Even if you decide that the restorers should take over Arrows job it still comes down to Arrow to check the product they are then selling. No?
No! Poor Arrow... not their fault at all.... |
TIFF started the restoration themsleves, with materials from their own vault, which is almost like a musuem of Canadian film. So if anyone should have had the right print, the knowledge of the content of the print, and the knowledge of the films original running time, it was them.
Cronenberg also shouldn't have approved a transfer he hadn't watched the whole way through, as it's not properly approved.
Yes, Arrow could have checked it against an older copy, and probably should have, but they possibly did a runtime check, as their copy, whilst missing some snippets, also has extra snippets not on the DVDs.
Either way, one bum supplied print amidst a fantastic edition from a fantastic year doesn't give them a bad rep.