[escepticos] Reestreno 2001

[Jesús Cancillo <cancillo@...>]

Algunos recordarán que en varias ocasiones he mencionado mi pasión por
"2001, una odisea del espacio" y claro, estando a las puertas del año
2000 yo esperaba un detalle de la productora (Metro Goldwin Mayer) pues
bien, ya es oficial. Habrá reestreno. Adjunto la noticia aparecida en
The Hollywood Reporter, March 11, 1999 

Warner Bros. is planning to rerelease Stanley Kubrick's best-known film,
"2001: A Space Odyssey," on New Year's Eve 2000 -- in accordance with
the wishes of the late filmmaker.
"This is something Stanley himself was very, very desirous of," said
Turner Entertainment Co. president Roger Mayer, who is working on the
project.
Print elements of the 1968 film have been kept in pristine condition,
and new protection elements were pulled from Kubrick's negative in 1982.
"At Stanley's instigation, the color timing was freshened up a few years
ago, with new 35mm and 70mm prints made," said Dick May, vp film
preservation at Warners, which holds "Odyssey" through its acquisition
of Ted Turner's MGM/UA library. At that time, the sound was digitally
remastered, May said.
As many Kubrick fans are aware, after the movie opened to tepid audience
response, the director had 20 minutes excised while the picture was in
limited release.
"He never actually pulled (the film); he had MGM send out editors with
an instruction list, and they cut it right there in the theaters," May
said. That footage will not be restored. "This did come up a few years
ago in regard to a video rerelease, and Stanley said no," May said. "The
cut he ended up with was the cut he was happiest with." 

Ya me estoy relamiendo de gusto. Sólo falta que la podamos ver en
pantalla panorámica y con buen sonido. Porque  hoy día se encuentra uno
cada sala... :-(

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