Last night was Classic Tuesday at the Bedford Playhouse where we saw the best presentation ever of CHINATOWN in a new 4k scan and "print".
Had a delightful chat first with Mr. Robert Harris who was also seeing this 4k for the first time. We talked about the film for a bit, then he said the color will determine how good a job they did. If it looks cold, it's wrong. If it looks natural, it's wrong. It's got to have just the right warmth, and not too much. And guess what? It was perfect. (To my eyes it results in a sepia kind of tint. But subtle. Really beautiful. Every scene is the richer for it.) But he wasn't sure afterward that they scanned off the original negative. He had things to do so I didn't have a chance to ask more about that.