" . . . which actually destroys classic films, since there are no standards in the 'restoration community,' " as of 2000, when the restoration specialist quoted above was interviewed for REAR WINDOW ETHICS: REMEMBERING AND RESTORING A HITCHCOCK CLASSIC. I seem to remember that Ted Turner (who promoted the outrageously racist "Tomahawk Chop" gesturing and chanting--which persists to this day--during the time that he owned the "Atlanta Native-American-Pejorative-Epithets," an organization much further "beyond the pale" than the Washington, DC, NFL franchise) was an instigator of this sort of "destruction" through his "colorization" of landmark films (such as "fixing" the beginning and ending of THE WIZARD OF OZ--does a copy of OZ even exist today with its original black & white scenes?), so the question addressed by the many moralists pontificating in ETHICS really boils down to: "Whose ox is being gored?" This 55-minute, 12-second documentary is a "must see" for anyone who wishes to understand American culture--"warts and all."
