Robert Harris ha actualizado su opinión.
30 March 2022
Updating these words, based upon what I perceive as a bit of confusion at either the studio or replication level.
Comments from two members of the studio team tell us that this is a definitive restoration, using the 2007 Digital Cinema Package as a basis of color, density, black and white levels as well as grain structure.
This is an absolute. Something either matches the version approved by Mr. Willis, or it does not.
The 2022 release does not match in any way, although as I’ve noted in the past, I support the right of filmmakers and the studio to affect changes in their film, and have taken a position of it being a new work for a new generation. The excellence that is The Godfather can bring pleasure to new viewers, who may have a different mindset as to the original look of the film.
The important factor is that new audiences see and appreciate the film(s).
The colorist has spoken, and has made note of his changes to the earlier version, based upon new technology, HDR, and experimentation in the color suite.
Presumably, the new master was approved by the studio, but the comments of the studio reps vs the colorist bring into question precisely what the final product on 4k Blu-ray actually is, and whether it is, in fact correct as opposed to, for example, the new DCP, and what it is that has been released.
Was this predestined to match the ‘07 DCP as reported by the studio reps?
Did the colorist decide (during Covid) to make personal changes?
I’m now a bit confused as to intent vs final released product, which is not as discussed on camera.