Gregg Sandheinrich is thrilled to be joined by Visual Data’s film restoration expert, Theo Gluck, to discuss the joys and challenges of restoring and preserving some of the most legendary titles in the history of cinema for The Walt Disney Studios (3:51).  They discuss ‘where to begin’ when bringing a classic film back to life (8:31), the great lengths studios can go through to track down materials (12:29), what’s it like to bring the original director into the restoration process (15:25), how directors reckon with content that hasn’t aged well ‘culturally’ (22:30), how the explosion of streaming services effect the world of restoration (33:28), the ‘dilemma’ of shooting digitally (52:33), and the ‘weird’ state of cinema in the 2020’s (1:00:58).

The Letterboxd List of all films discussed in today’s ep:

https://letterboxd.com/greggsand/list/xytech-after-dark-ep-21-film-restoration/