Vacanze Romane!
Dagen är äntligen här! Paramount Pictures har gått ut med nyheten att man kommer släppa Roman Holiday på Blu-ray! Filmen har ända sedan jag började samla på Blu-ray varit på min lista över filmer jag helst vill ha på formatet och har nämnts i Topp 10-listan här på bloggen.
FIlmen har en speciell plats i mitt hjärta. Det är den bästa romantiska komedin som gjorts, Gregory Peck är en av mina favoritskådespelare, Audrey Hepburn är fantastisk och när jag och min ex-fru var på vår bröllopsresa i Rom tog vi en Roman Holiday-tour på egen hand och besökte inspelningsplatser från filmen, något jag tänkt skriva ett inlägg om, men inte fått tummen ur än. Jag köpte också all merch till filmen jag fick tag på i turistaffärerna, bland annat en massa magneter och en kalender. Nedan är jag på adressen där Joe Bradley bodde, Via Margutta 51
Att en så stor klassiker dröjt så länge att släppas på Blu-ray, visade sig, ha sina orsaker. Från Paramount själva:
The original negative was processed at a local film lab in Rome and was unfortunately badly scratched and damaged. The film had to be pieced back together, but the splices were so weak due to the damage that extensive amounts of tape had to be used to allow the negative to make it through a printing machine. Because of the fragile state of the negative, a Dupe Negative was made and then blown up a few thousandths of an inch to cover all the splice tape that held the original negative together.
In anticipation of this new Blu-ray release, the film was digitally restored using the Dupe Negative and a Fine Grain element to capture the best possible image. Every frame was reviewed, and the film received extensive clean up to remove thousands of scratches, bits of dirt, and other damage. Because audio elements to properly up-mix to 5.1 do not exist, the original mono track was remastered, and minor anomalies were corrected. The result is a film returned to its original vibrancy and beauty that remains true to director William Wyler's vision.
The original negative was processed at a local film lab in Rome and was unfortunately badly scratched and damaged. The film had to be pieced back together, but the splices were so weak due to the damage that extensive amounts of tape had to be used to allow the negative to make it through a printing machine. Because of the fragile state of the negative, a Dupe Negative was made and then blown up a few thousandths of an inch to cover all the splice tape that held the original negative together.
In anticipation of this new Blu-ray release, the film was digitally restored using the Dupe Negative and a Fine Grain element to capture the best possible image. Every frame was reviewed, and the film received extensive clean up to remove thousands of scratches, bits of dirt, and other damage. Because audio elements to properly up-mix to 5.1 do not exist, the original mono track was remastered, and minor anomalies were corrected. The result is a film returned to its original vibrancy and beauty that remains true to director William Wyler's vision.
Men nu kommer den i alla fall, i en vacker utgåva med följande extramaterial:
- Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on Roman Holiday
- Filmmaker Focus: Leonard Maltin on Roman Holiday
- Behind the Gates: Costumes
- Rome with a Princess
- Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years
- Dalton Trumbo: From A-List to Blacklist
- Paramount in the '50s: Remembering Audrey
- Theatrical Trailers
- Four Photo Galleries: Production, The Movie, Publicity, The Premiere
Releasedatum är satt till den 15:e september och den går nu att beställa på Amazon.
