This screened as part of a series on digital restoration, and opened with a talk by Sony's head of that explaining the process and whatnot. The most noteworthy thing about this one is that the original tone of black and white parts hasn't been seen since the 50s because all the restorations since then have been printed on color stock which blue-ifies the greyscale (apparently some dye process peculiar to the time mitigated this problem in the original prints). Like most people I'm not too hot on digital projection but at least it was great to see one of my favorite movies on the big screen. Apropos, this most definitely holds up! Could there ever be anything like it? It's a French New Wave movie made within the studio system, but more than that it's like watching the golden age of Hollywood collapse under the weight of its own bullshit. It's also, along with The Graduate, something that I think every highschooler should see. It's more on the nose than that one, but it's also more pessimistic and probably better. Truly unique shit.
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