クイーンの主題歌にのせて4Kで登場『フラッシュ･ゴードン』【海外盤Blu-ray発売情報】

UK盤『フラッシュ･ゴードン』 8月3日リリース（米国盤／発売日=TBA）

FLASH GORDON - 4K UHD BLU-RAY with BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION

UKスタジオカナルから、ディノ･デ･ラウレンティス製作カルトSF大作『フラッシュ･ゴードン』（80）の4K UHD BLU-RAYリリース･アナウンスが届きました。製作40周年を記念した、35mmオリジナルネガからの4Kデジタルレストア版。監修と最終承認は監督のマイク･ホッジス。HDRはHDR10とドルビービジョンを採用。UHD BLU-RAYとBLU-RAY（UK BLU-RAYはR-B仕様の予定）所収のスタンダード･エディション、スチールブック･エディション（3枚組）、映像特典やメモラビア満載のコレクターズ･エディション（5枚組）での登場予定となります。米国盤発売日は現時点で未アナウンス（TBA）（Based on information as of May 06, 2020）

かのジョージ･ルーカスも映画化を熱望したスペース･オペラ！原作はアレックス･レイモンドによる新聞連載マンガ。監督は『狙撃者』『電子頭脳人間』のマイク･ホッジス。主演はサム･ジョーンズ。共演にメロディ･アンダーソン、オルネラ･ムーティ、マックス･フォン･シドー、トポル、ティモシー･ダルトン、マリアンジェラ･メラート。

撮影は『ビートルズがやって来る／ヤァ！ヤァ！ヤァ！』『博士の異常な愛情』『オーメン』『スター･ウォーズ』の名撮影監督ギルバート･テイラー。トッドAO 35／35mmアナモフィック撮影。音楽は我らがクイーンと『デュエリスト／決闘者』『失われた航海』のハワード･ブレイク。

For the new 40th Anniversary 4k restoration, Flash Gordon was scanned from the original 35mm negative to produce 4K files. Over 500 hours of manual restoration repaired serious damage that included image instability, scratches and intermittent flicker. The sound was scanned from the original track negative and underwent restoration to improve issues ranging from audio drop-outs throughout the feature and during reel changes, digital clicks and optical distortion. The film was colour graded for theatrical, home entertainment and 4K HDR release, using previous digital releases and 35mm prints as a reference. In line with the Director's vision and the original 35mm cinema release, VFX work was applied to remove the strings in all scenes where visible. This restoration was approved by Director Mike Hodges in May 2020, and will include the first 4K HDR Dolby Vision master of Flash Gordon.

"I'm very grateful to STUDIOCANAL for this brilliant 4k restoration. The restoration captures perfectly the vivid colours of the sets, skies and costumes. It also corrects some of the problems encountered with the special effects system we used. With Chroma key compositing we could insert skies, rocket ships, hawk-men, pretty well whatever we wanted, into the blue backing built into the studio sets. The problems came later when we had to eliminate, for example, the wires used on the hawk-men. We were eventually successful but even then some 35mm prints were variable and the wires would be back again. With this new restoration that problem is thankfully laid to rest. Of course Chroma key is primitive by the side of the current process, CGI (Computer Generated Imaging). That said I'm pleased we stuck with the old fashioned system. CGI would have been too slick. After all Flash Gordon was a cartoon strip from the 1930s brought back to life on celluloid some five decades later." Mike Hodges, April 2020

SPECIAL FEATURES

DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY

DISC TWO - BLU-RAY

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