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I'm puzzled. According to the information cited about the colorization
of FEDERAL HILL, it sounds like theatrical prints of the film are being
colorized, yet I thought that colorization as such only applied to *video*
copies of the original film. One of Turner's arguments for colorization
was that in striking new quality b&W prints for the films he colorized, he
was actually engaging in film preservation.
Does this mean that FEDERAL HILL is being re-processed back on to film
stock from video? That would suggest a loss of image quality as bad or
worse than anything that colorization itself might do. Or is there new
technology I'm unware of?
--Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN