“Help!” Film Restored to Brilliant Best
According to British magazine The Observer, The Beatles company Apple Corps has spent £700,000 to give "Help!", the 1965 film, a makeover. While the film was originally made in colour, over the years the shine has faded from the original reels.
Scratches and dirt had to be removed and colour distortion needed correcting. Film restorer Claire Ferguson credits scenes with a red telephone box with setting the colour levels.
"A pillar box doesn’t change colour. We all know that. It was bright red then and it is bright red now. We knew from looking at this and from looking at the de-graded grey of the policemen’s helmets in the film, which should be pure black, that the rest of the colour had to be adjusted to fit." - Ferguson
The restored version was first broadcast on BBC4 tonight. I can’t wait to see it.
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