BrikoX@lemmy.zip to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 6 days agoOriginal 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decadespetapixel.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareGoretantath@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 days agoI knew he was a lying fuck, no way in hell the process would destroy the originals unless he was a complete idiot or purposefully did so with the intent to hide history.
minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoAs the article says, there are still original distribution prints from 1977 out there, squirreled away in private print collections. So they might be dragging one of those out for this showing. As for the original negatives… only Lucas knows.
I knew he was a lying fuck, no way in hell the process would destroy the originals unless he was a complete idiot or purposefully did so with the intent to hide history.
As the article says, there are still original distribution prints from 1977 out there, squirreled away in private print collections.
So they might be dragging one of those out for this showing.
As for the original negatives… only Lucas knows.