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How I Met My Doppelganger at "Twilight," And What He Taught Me.

  • By Eric Kohn
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  • November 18, 2011 6:45 PM
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The information age has made identity theft more commonplace than ever before. Digital Dream Space
Much as I enjoy reading about movies, tales from behind the scenes of film journalism usually put me to sleep. But an experience I had the other night was simply too odd not to share. So if you're bored by the life of a journalist and would prefer only to read the end result, believe me, I feel your pain. Just bear with me on this one.
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More: Twilight: Breaking Dawn, New Media, Summit Entertainment, Identity Theft

Serge Bromberg Premieres Colorized "A Trip to the Moon" & Behind-the-Scenes Doc

  • By Eric Kohn
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  • November 13, 2011 3:39 PM
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The iconic moment from "A Trip to the Moon." Lobster Films
Usually, the prospects of digital colorization make a large contingency of movie buffs instantly livid. The recent color restoration of George Méliès's seminal 1902 "A Trip to the Moon" provides a rare exception. Exhumed from the archives of a private collection in 1993, the ultra-rare nitrate print fell into the hands of committed restoration expert Serge Bromberg at Lobster Films around 10 years ago. It took a long time to get the print back in shape, and some images were unsalvageable, necessitating the aid of a computer on numerous frames to mimic the hand-colored images that remained. Twenty-first century technology became the crutch, not an update, bringing Méliès' playfully surreal sci-fi snapshot to vivid life in the way he always intended it.
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More: Serge Bromberg, Features, A Trip to the Moon, George Melies, Martin Scorsese, Extraordinary Voyage

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