Process Blue has been working closely with Distribpix Inc. to begin the the restoration and preservation of their library of over 300 feature films. Most recently, work was completed on Radley Metzger’s 1975 title, THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN, which was scanned in 2k using a combination of 35mm camera negatives and blow-up internegatives for portions of the film which were shot on 16mm. Dozens of hours of manual, frame-by-frame, restoration was performed, as well as shot by shot color grading, to ensure that the preserved version would fully recapture director Metzger and cinematographer Paul Glickman’s vision. Both have been overjoyed with the results, with Glickman stating that “they’ve captured the colors beautifully. The framing is right, the matting is right…” Read more →

HANGS UPON NOTHING, a surf film odyssey shot entirely on 16mm film, chooses Process Blue for 2k scanning, color and restoration. Mostly shot in Indonesia over the course of five years, HANGS UPON NOTHING is a bolex-driven documentary described as “a film about experiencing life on earth” by filmmaker Jeremy Rumas. Read more →

Process Blue recently completed scanning, color and restoration work on two rare 35mm films for the 3D Film Archive. Both titles benefited from the archival-centric film scanner The Golden Eye III. After scanning, the films underwent automatic dust-busting, stabilization and color grading on the Phoenix Finish restoration suite. Read more →