The Gold Rush (1925 Version) Restoration Demo - The Criterion Collection

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[@funexplorer1]

I've gotten to the point in which i'm disappointed that every release isn't a Criterion release. As film fans I think we need to rise up to Criterion so they can branch off, buy rights to every film and TV show ever, and release them in the beautiful way they do. If only..

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

This is such a fascinating process to watch. Both personnel & equipment talent at Criterion to be able to restore these great classics. Films with Charlie Chaplin are (often) the favorite of deaf/hard of hearing people I know. It's great to see these films in even better condition today.

[@SupaflyChimichanga]

Major props to the people that restore old classics! I'm defiantly getting this one for sure :)

[@katford7286]

Bless those miracle workers at Criterion for preserving our important film history.

[@tamsWTFvideos]

Watching this makes me angry that Criterion doesn't have a million subscribers. A lot people don't believe attention really matters; but I don't care, EVERYBODY needs to see what Criterion goes through to restore some of the most important films in history. This video makes me cinegasm.

[@spacemissing]

The amount of work required to restore old films to a high level of quality is incredible, as are the results when it is done well. Keep up the good work, Criterion!

[@peluppe]

In the 1925 version, the soundtrack is presented in 5.1 surround sound and the score for the 1925 version was adapted and expanded by composer Timothy Brock from Chaplin’s score for the 1942 version. It was recorded by Timothy Brock and the Orchestra Citta Aperta in Fossa, near L'Aquila (Italy).

[@Evan.Arapis]

The king of comedy deserves as sure as hell the best treatment possible and so far Criterion delivered the best treatment possible,felicitacions!!!!

[@franzrogar]

My only concern is when they use the 1942 version to restore the 1925 and they just re-frame to whatever they want. I mean: the original scene is being distorted just to avoid placing a black bar on top of the sound, so they end up with things like 2:04 where you can see the "original" silent film, there was a separation between the head and the "scene border" (so to call), making the scene pleasant to view. When restored, 2:28 , the scene is off, really off, and its original intention is warped as the focal point is destroyed.

[@debranchelowtone]

I agree, maybe a simple black bar on the left would have been better.

[@Pro1er]

It make me so angry that most of the silent movies are gone forever. This is *_history_* !

[@IAmJimRetzer]

I agree with all the restoration efforts EXCEPT re-cropping more of the image to make up for the area lost to the sound track. A relatively small slice of the frame is lost to the sound track, so rather than insert a black bar in the already missing area to fill out the aspect ratio, you cut off even MORE of the surviving image? That's as daft as slicing off parts of Gone With The Wind to make it play in 70mm in the 60's. Fortunately, when METROPOLIS was restored the restoration team had the good sense to window box the frame on the sections where the surviving copy had been re-framed oddly. The window boxing preserved both the surviving image within the aspect ratio as well as the continuity without sacrificing more of the image.

[@flaggerify]

Agreed. To hell with the original aspect ratio.

[@FrankClark]

I wish I could get a job working with you guys. The work you do is amazing, and I can see there is passion in restoring this stuff!

[@ednguyen3822]

By golly, I’m going to buy a Criterion disc next time Barnes and Nobles has their biannual sale. Must support these guys and their great effort!

[@BradBolman]

this really is beautiful to see.

[@kacman11]

As if there weren't enough reasons to appreciate and adore The Criterion Collection......

[@lostoverthere]

I absolutely love videos like this. Great work once again, Criterion.

[@apollion888]

If I could have worked with you, I would have stayed in the industry. You guys are the bomb, in the best way possible

[@chitown1782]

You guys are the best, I love the effort you do to restore films! Love you guys!❤

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

What I really like about this restoration, that it maintains the characteristics of the films of the era. I wateched two dvd versions of Vitorio de Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves'. One I got from a basket full of cheap dvds. It had some of the scars, the filme was had a bit of sepia. The second was a new retored copy and it was almos like a digital video. So bright and silver. I found the first one better despite all its flaws.

[@inutonmoms]

The original editors would glue edited scenes together

[@dannydontgoin237]

Amazing, beautiful restoration. Can't wait to pick this one up!!!

[@42kellys]

Amazing! Hats off guys, you are doing a remarkable and very very important job to make the old masterpieces the most enjoyable again. I saw Rashomon and Seven Samurai and some more of your work and the quality is superb and it just gives that repsect to those marvel of films that we keep watching again and again! Thank you, I am sure many people appreciate your hard work as much as I do.

[@Bmayo27]

Thank you soo much Criterion!!! This just made my day!!

[@ryanprince8081]

Great job, Criterion!

[@flaggerify]

I don’t think the original aspect ratio should trump getting as much as the image in as possible.

[@opmmtvvideo7058]

Thank You

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Was there no other ratio you could’ve gone with to keep more of the image in frame? I feel too much was cropped out. I guess you’re always going to loose image when doing these things.

[@rockabillycat1954]

You and Kino Lorber do fantastic work restoring these films. Thank you for the hard work.

[@Psergiorivera]

Amazing. Brought me to tears.

[@debbyharrison9198]

I have it on VHS. PRETTY ROUGH,,BUT STILL LOVE IT

[@christopherd.1200]

Hello- its interesting that long before George Lucas "restored" the original Star Wars trilogy for their theatrical re-releases from Feb to May 1997 Chaplin was doing the same thing. the current available silent features Chaplin directed are available only in the "restored" sound versions supervised by Chaplin himself and not the original silent prints.

Hermoso trabajo, bella película.

[@christoohunders5316]

Great Job C !

[@petersolomon5227]

And digital film restoration software has come a way since this was posted by Criterion in 2012

[@t-mac2791]

Great work!................

[@igormicro]

love this movie

[@loubuninalice]

Fantastic!

[@westfield90]

Fantastic

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[@SuperCartoonist]

0:32 Optical sound? What type of audio is on the film? I know it wasn't a talkie film, but I'm curious of what sound is on the film.

[@derekdaniher2960]

The 1942 version included narration by Chaplin and an optical music soundtrack.

[@apanapane]

I love you guys.

[@MrRazorblade999]

Great job!

[@TaffyRaphie]

How do I get a job restoring these old films? Sounds like hard work, but tons of fun.

[@AndrewKarczewski]

Tell me about it...I would love to work for the criterion collection, restoring old films...

[@Freetrumental]

thanks too much for technology for saving chaplin's legacy

[@phonotical]

So zoomed in rather than working with the affected area? Poor form

[@Psergiorivera]

These movies are decades old. That they have existing prints workable enough to salvage and clean is a miracle in and of itself.

[@phonotical]

@@Psergiorivera replying to a 3 year old comment there, no excuse for poor workmanship

[@frenchjr25]

I wonder if, in 2021, we are at the point where the missing pieces can be digitally recreated without. For example, can the visual information that had been replaced by the audio strip in 1942 be digitally recreated? It would be interesting to let digital effects artists have a go at something like this - same with fully fixing the scratches that couldn't be completely removed before.

[@dunebasher1971]

It would be possible, but it would take a long time and be hugely expensive - far too expensive to be justifiable.

[@frenchjr25]

@@dunebasher1971 Yes it would take time - like all film restoration. But what is really expesnive about it? Criterion could even partner with a universities - thus cutting costs. It's wrong to poo-poo things so quickly as "taking too much time" or "costing too much". Usually neither of those are actually true.

[@frenchjr25]

@@dunebasher1971 let's remember that CBS thought putting 'I Love Lucy' on film was "far too expensive to be justifiable". The series turns 70 on October and has made CBS more than $1 billion.

[@tom0900060]

Criterion is fucking awesome

[@Nueztoy]

Amazing job. Im thankful , but this is the internet, sooo.. here's my unconstructive comment: You're shaving a little too much of the original image with that aspect ratio for my taste. And that digital stabilization doesn't hold up for today standards. I wonder if there will be a second pass of the scanned film in the future using new advances in digital restoration technology.

[@Zoza15]

Just wait Until machine learning gets involved in restoring footage, it would make any frame sharper and better looking based on the training data and understanding of what it´s looking at.

[@chomsky88]

Thank you Criterion for preserving the work of one of the very few geniuses who ever worked in the field of cinema; I look at the preview for the next Adam Sandler movie and wonder how things have deteriorated this much.

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Great

[@TrueBoricua]

bravo

[@basilwhite]

Glue mark?

[@smilertoo]

Think of what they could do now with AI reconstruction.

[@tardiskeeper6]

How did a glue mark end up on the film?

[@debranchelowtone]

Because when film is broken it have to be glued back for exemple.

[@Kalle72]

So far so good. Still needs tweaking.

[@juanjosenamnuntavarez7553]

Celuloide es celuloide

[@BlueNeon81]

still dirty... next time try studio 727 for cleaning... 727.sk

[@JohnMGilbert]

But the dirt and scratches give the film character. I shot a 16 mm silent film on reversal B&W and edited it in my barn just so I could get dirt on the film. I am about to shoot 35 mm B&W film in an original hand-cranked camera and I want the dirt and scratches. I don't want someone 100 years from now taking the dirt off my film.

[@sgtpepper1138]

+John Gilbert Well, when 70% of silent films are lost, you want to make the ones we DO have look as good as possible. You adding scratches and what not is an artistic choice.

[@JohnMGilbert]

I'm not an artist.

[@ajurieu]

I'm pretty sure Chaplin didn't want a dirty and scratched film...

[@debranchelowtone]

The old films looked pristine back then.