Inside the Restoration of Indian Cult Classic ‘English, August,’ Heading to Venice as Relevant as Ever (EXCLUSIVE)

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1. Dane: amazing story behind the restoration. I can only imagine how gut-wrenching it must've been to nearly lose something so precious
2. Elin: two 35mm prints is not exactly foolproof, glad they were able to salvage the DAT tapes though
3. Void Ronin: omg they thought it was lost forever after the cam neg melted? what's wrong with these film studios
4. Ellismilan: suddenly a dat tape shows up out of nowhere
5. Vera: two prints and a DAT tape? that's quite the Hail Mary, restoration-wise. glad it paid off for them
6. Fractal Vector: incredible that it survived down to those prints and a DAT tape - what's the condition of the restorations?
7. Velvet Rune: i can barely believe they thought the DAT tapes were the best hope was all that was left of this film
8. Vossnora: finally someone who understands that a film's lifeblood lies in its physical existence, not just some master digital file floating around somewhere. those prints are the real miracle here
9. Crimson Talon: what was holding them up until now — did they have to scan each print frame by frame?
10. Frost Cinder: wait until you try digitizing old DAT tapes though - I've seen those degrade faster than any film stock

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