Of course I'm happy to read that Silent Running will get a new DVD release, with 16x9 enhancement and some other cleanup (plus some extras).
But this makes me wonder: why won't the people involved do something similar (new xfer, 16x9, etc.--no fancy extras really needed) for other SF films that desperately need it?
Of course, I don't know how much money (e.g., for restoration work) would be required for each different film, but I would guess that the markets for the films would be of similar depth--I think the sort of people who would buy Silent Running would also buy a clean version of Rollerball,
for example.
Don't even get me started on non-SF movies that deserve proper DVD releases...
Can anybody tell me what the hangup is? Or is it just that some old filmmakers still care about their movies and champion them to new releases, while others don't?
But this makes me wonder: why won't the people involved do something similar (new xfer, 16x9, etc.--no fancy extras really needed) for other SF films that desperately need it?
Of course, I don't know how much money (e.g., for restoration work) would be required for each different film, but I would guess that the markets for the films would be of similar depth--I think the sort of people who would buy Silent Running would also buy a clean version of Rollerball,
for example.
Don't even get me started on non-SF movies that deserve proper DVD releases...
Can anybody tell me what the hangup is? Or is it just that some old filmmakers still care about their movies and champion them to new releases, while others don't?