Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Kevy Baby]

That’s a Big Boulder, Indy: Steven Spielberg on the Imax Rerelease of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’

...“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the 1981 adventure film that introduced that globe-trotting archaeologist, will receive a one-week Imax release next month, Lucasfilm said on Tuesday.

And yes, it is being converted to Imax, not just being shown on a bigger screen.

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[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

That’s a Big Boulder, Indy: Steven Spielberg on the Imax Rerelease of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’And yes, it is being converted to Imax, not just being shown on a bigger screen.

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Originally Posted by Steven Spielberg

When “E.T.” was reissued for the third time and I made some digital changes in the picture. I’m not doing that any more. I’ve resigned myself to accepting that what the film was at the time of its creation is what it always should be for future generations. I’m no longer a digital revisionist.

So Indy will still shoot first, just on a digitally enhanced print with re-engineered sound.

[innerSpaceman]

Then it will be interesting to note if they restore such things as the reflection of the cobra in the glass that separated H. Ford from the deadly snake.

If they don't, I call shenanigans on Spielberg's pledge.

[Moonliner]

So exactly how do you convert a film to Imax?

"Digital Enhancement" is just a fancy term for drawing stuff in. So do they go in frame by frame, blow it up to Imax size and then draw in all the missing details?

[Snowflake]

I can't remember if I posted about this or not. I recently caught up with a few foreign language Oscar films. The most recent was 2008 Japanese film Departures. It was wonderful, touching, sweet, and funny. The arc of the story was somewhat predictable, but in the end, I did not care, it's a beautiful film. A quiet film and I absolutely loved it.

Trailer can be seen here

[Moonliner]

Raiders of the Lost Ark is finally out on Blu-ray. However it looks like you can only get it by purchasing the "Complete Adventures" set including all four movies for $64,999.00

Yeah, I get it. Two and Four were so stinking bad few people in their right mind would ever purchase them so you are trying to force feed them on people. Sorry, but I'm not going for it. I'll just keep waiting until I can add 1 and 3 by themselves.




* OK, I might have fudged the price a bit to make my point but still... This is BS.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Raiders of the Lost Ark is finally out on Blu-ray. However it looks like you can only get it by purchasing the "Complete Adventures" set including all four movies for $64,999.00

Yeah, I get it. Two and Four were so stinking bad few people in their right mind would ever purchase them so you are trying to force feed them on people. Sorry, but I'm not going for it. I'll just keep waiting until I can add 1 and 3 by themselves.




* OK, I might have fudged the price a bit to make my point but still... This is BS.

Good things come to those who wait. I was able to pick up Raiders Of The Lost Ark plus Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade from Amazon today.

[Alex]

Not by hand most of the time, but essentially yes.

[Kevy Baby]

Oh, I thought he was going to reshoot the movie frame-by-frame in 70mm Imax format.

[innerSpaceman]

Alas, Raiders won't be playing in the L.A. area at the real IMAX or the two fake IMAX's, but only at the tiny "digital IMAX" neighborhood AMC theaters. Raiders plays often enough in L.A. on much bigger screens. Bah.