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The grain?

posted 4 years ago by Ed (527)
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When I saw EWS in theater, one of the things I noticed was how intentionally grainy the film appeared. The dvd / blu ray release removes this effect. I wonder why, and I also wonder if there is a way to watch the film as it originally appeared?

[–] AP (5291) 4 years ago

I saw it in theatres and didn't think it looked grainy. Do you think it might've been the theater itself?

[–] Ed (527) 4 years ago

No, it was deliberate on Kubrick’s part. It also made the imagery look more like 70’s cinema. I saw it back in the 90’s, when movies were still projected on film.

[–] AP (5291) 4 years ago

Hm. I didn't notice, but then, I was a teenager.

[–] darkpast (8859) 3 years ago

all wb films on home video have same grain structure no matter what decade

[–] Melton (4916) 8 months ago

The blu-ray is kinda grainy, has a warm ‘haze’ over the whole image. It looks nice but this film urgently needs a 4K UHD sourced from the original camera negative.

Get on it, WB…

[–] pazuzu9 (400) 8 months ago

It's a shame that Leon Vitali isn't around to oversee that sort of thing any more.