


Silver screen look movie#
Silver is a restoration project based off of a single 35mm film print of the original movie that's taken Negative1 over four years to create, according to a lengthy interview over at Movie Mezzanine. While on paper both projects sound pretty similar, it's the methodology used that sets the two available-via-torrent projects apart. Hence The Silver Screen Edition (above) and Despecialized Edition (below) from Team Negative1 and Petr "Harmy" Harmecek, respectively. Subsequent versions suffer from altered color saturation in an effort to make the classic movies look more in line with the prequel trilogy when it was released on Blu-ray, for example. The original version of Star Wars versus the one most of us are probably the most familiar with, however, has differences that extend way beyond the events leading to bounty hunter Greedo's death. And until there's an official release of the unaltered trilogy on Blu-ray (keep the hope alive!), it's probably the best way to watch Han shoot first. If you're willing to bend the law a little bit, though, a fan-restored 35mm print of the original has been floating around the web and garnered a solid amount of interest recently. George Lucas has infamously disowned the original theatrical releases, standing by his CGI-filled Special Editions from the late '90s. If you want to watch the original, unaltered version of Star Wars from 1977 legally your options are essentially nonexistent.
