https://vo.rs/tags/film-preservation/Latest from the Film Preservation desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/the-prestige-reissue-and-the-sanding-down-of-genre/<p>A grubby exploitation film shot for the price of a used car, meant to be watched in a fleapit or off a fourth-generation VHS dub, now arrives in a hardcase slipcover with a new 4K restoration, a booklet of scholarly essays, an audio commentary by a film historian and a fold-out poster. This is a genuine golden age for anyone who loves disreputable cinema. It is also, quietly, a process of laundering — because the prestige reissue does not only preserve a film, it <em>reframes</em> it, and the reframing can sand the danger clean off the very films whose danger was the whole point.</p>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000