Tsui Hark's 'Peking Opera Blues' Premieres in 4K Dolby Atmos Restoration at Shanghai Film Festival
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Naman Ramachandran
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Summary
Tsui Hark's 1986 Hong Kong classic "Peking Opera Blues" has been restored in 4K with Dolby Atmos sound, premiering at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival. The restoration was performed by Bologna-based L'Immagine Ritrovata, involving a full 4K scan and 150 hours of frame-by-frame digital work to preserve original film grain and texture. The event was sponsored by Italian jeweler Bvlgari in partnership with SIFF.
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· 4 pulledTsui Hark's 'Peking Opera Blues' returned to the big screen in a new 4K Dolby Atmos restoration
The restoration was carried out by Bologna-based film archive L'Immagine Ritrovata
The lab completed a full 4K scan followed by 150 hours of painstaking digital work on individual frames
The process preserved the original film grain and cinematic texture
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