Il mago di Oz

Back to Yellow Brick Road and That Long Dusty Trail

Warner Home Video continues to polish the crown jewels in the studio’s library with “The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition.” It is the third release of this beloved family classic on DVD since 1999 and the first on Blu-ray. According to Warner, the film has been completely remastered from the original Technicolor camera negatives, yielding a DVD transfer with twice the resolution of the already excellent 2005 version. With its bright, tight colors and pristine surface — there doesn’t seem to be a single dust speck on the image or a pop on the soundtrack — this “Wizard of Oz” is a magnificent demonstration of digital technology used to preserve and perpetuate a crucial artifact of the analog past. [...]

di Dave Kehr, articolo completo (3777 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 27 settembre 2009