Thanks so much, everyone, very helpful!
2015-02-01 3:23 GMT-05:00 Ingo Petzke <[email protected]>: > That's perhaps already been answered but OPUS 1 was restored by Filmmuseum > Munich and they worked for years on it so it should be a serious result. If > I remember correctly they based their efforts on both a few feet of > coloured film in a forgotten tin and on a colouring chart. Stockholm and > Moscow were the two places of the sources. Once again: if I remember > correctly... > Ingo > > Am 31. Januar 2015 23:08:45 MEZ, schrieb Laura Trager < > [email protected]>: >> >> Hello Frameworkers, >> >> I have a question regarding color preservation of Walter Ruttmann's >> "Opus" films, and was hoping you might be able to point me in the right >> direction or share your insights with me. I am currently researching the >> use of color (or lack thereof) in the early "absolute" animations by Viking >> Eggeling, Hans Richter and Walter Ruttmann, and recently came across an >> essay by William Moritz titled "Non-Objective Film - The Second Generation" >> (1979). He states that "we have only fragmentary black-and-white silent >> prints of Ruttmann's originally hand-coloured films" - and yet, these >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od0MxuD4xxQ> digital color versions of >> his films are widespread online. >> >> So, my question is: What do we actually know about the use of color in >> Walter Ruttmann's Opus films, and what sources is this knowledge based on >> if his colorized films are not preserved? Have there been any new insights >> since Moritz' essay was published? And who made these digital color >> versions of his films - are they just amateur work, or are they a legit >> institutional reconstruction project? >> >> Any leads you might have regarding the use and preservation of color in >> Ruttmann's films or in early abstract films in general will be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks so much! >> Laura >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > -- > Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail > gesendet. > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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