...would buy Criterion's 4K digital restoration Bluray of David Lean's Summertime ('55) when the images look so dark compared to a previous version? There are beautiful values that have simply been enveloped by shadow. I've been to Venice six or seven times and have savored Jack Hildyard's lensing of Summertime time and again, and there's just no reason to darken the images.
July 6, 2022by Jeffrey Wells23 Comments