Disney films restored to original beauty
Disney historian J.B. Kaufman is over-the-moon about the restoration of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for its Blu-ray debut today.
"It just look spectacular," Kaufman tells Sun Media about the dust-and-dirt removal as well as the brightening of the Technicolor picture to conform with the original intentions of Walt Disney's artists.
"As an historian and loving these films," Kaufman says from Wichita, Kan., "one of my pet peeves is not being able to see them in a form that does justice to them -- and I think we're finally getting into a form that does."
Kaufman is referring not only to Snow White -- the subject of his next Disney book, due in 2010 or 2011 -- but all the early Disney animation features.
"These were some of the most beautifully crafted films ever made," he says...
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"It just look spectacular," Kaufman tells Sun Media about the dust-and-dirt removal as well as the brightening of the Technicolor picture to conform with the original intentions of Walt Disney's artists.
"As an historian and loving these films," Kaufman says from Wichita, Kan., "one of my pet peeves is not being able to see them in a form that does justice to them -- and I think we're finally getting into a form that does."
Kaufman is referring not only to Snow White -- the subject of his next Disney book, due in 2010 or 2011 -- but all the early Disney animation features.
"These were some of the most beautifully crafted films ever made," he says...