Comments on: Night Of The Living Dead (1968): 3 different prints at Archive.org http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656640 Donald Petersen Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656640 Aw, come now.  He did try.  <i>Creepshow, Martin, Knight Riders, The Dark Half</i>. Weird how rarely he got out of Pittsburgh, though. Aw, come now.  He did try.  Creepshow, Martin, Knight Riders, The Dark Half.

Weird how rarely he got out of Pittsburgh, though.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656512 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656512 Of course, George Romero might have tried making some new films that weren't just rehashes of NOTLD. Of course, George Romero might have tried making some new films that weren’t just rehashes of NOTLD.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656506 Donald Petersen Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656506 Yeah, shame.  A couple dozen distributors have sold that movie on video, DVD, and Blu-Ray over the years without paying Romero a nickel.  <i>NOTLD</i> essentially entered the public domain when its original title was changed from <i>Night of the Flesh Eaters</i> to <i>Night of the Living Dead</i> and the distributor neglected to include the copyright notice in the new title card. Oops. Yeah, shame.  A couple dozen distributors have sold that movie on video, DVD, and Blu-Ray over the years without paying Romero a nickel.  NOTLD essentially entered the public domain when its original title was changed from Night of the Flesh Eaters to Night of the Living Dead and the distributor neglected to include the copyright notice in the new title card.

Oops.

]]> By: Allan Hughes http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656352 Allan Hughes Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656352 It would be good if the uploader had given some provenance to the HD version, did they get a full HD telecine made from negative/print or have they ripped from one of the many extant Blu-Ray Discs? It would be good if the uploader had given some provenance to the HD version, did they get a full HD telecine made from negative/print or have they ripped from one of the many extant Blu-Ray Discs?

]]> By: Brad Bell http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656264 Brad Bell Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656264 You are correct. I just compared the 16x9 version with the "remastered HD" version - which I also doubt, incidentally is HD. It's not. It's 1024x744. However, it looks like a much better copy and it's the largest version. The 16x9 version (1024x576) is overexposed, scratched and dirty. The one called "Original Video" is 640x480. It is also overexposed, scratched and dirty, but in a different way from the 16x9 version. Advice: download the "Remastered HD" version which is 1.8GB. From the initial images it looks like a marvellous print. It's so clean you can't tell whether it's playing or not. You are correct. I just compared the 16×9 version with the “remastered HD” version – which I also doubt, incidentally is HD. It’s not. It’s 1024×744. However, it looks like a much better copy and it’s the largest version.

The 16×9 version (1024×576) is overexposed, scratched and dirty.

The one called “Original Video” is 640×480. It is also overexposed, scratched and dirty, but in a different way from the 16×9 version.

Advice: download the “Remastered HD” version which is 1.8GB. From the initial images it looks like a marvellous print. It’s so clean you can’t tell whether it’s playing or not.

]]> By: Dennis Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656226 Dennis Smith Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656226 Shame? Films have to wait way too long before being made PD, and the studios are doing everything that they can to make it longer. This is not acceptable.  Shame? Films have to wait way too long before being made PD, and the studios are doing everything that they can to make it longer. This is not acceptable. 

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1656023 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1656023 It's a shame that film is in the public domain now due to some legal mixup.  It was one of the most profitable horror movies of all time It’s a shame that film is in the public domain now due to some legal mixup.  It was one of the most profitable horror movies of all time

]]> By: kernunrex http://boingboing.net/2013/02/14/night-of-the-living-dead-1968.html#comment-1655977 kernunrex Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212964#comment-1655977 Very cool, but... gah... the widescreen print should be eradicated.  That ain't the shape George shot it for, so all you're doing is chopping off the top and bottom of the image to fit new TVs.  At least the colorized atrocity isn't being preserved there. Very cool, but… gah… the widescreen print should be eradicated.  That ain’t the shape George shot it for, so all you’re doing is chopping off the top and bottom of the image to fit new TVs.  At least the colorized atrocity isn’t being preserved there.

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