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Telemakhosyesterday at 11:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

I remember seeing In the Mood for Love on the big screen in my local arthouse cinema back around 2000. It was shot with analogue film and projected as such, and the sheer details of the textures were astounding. It's not a bad film on my 4k monitor, but I don't feel the same awe.


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jjmarryesterday at 11:50 PM

Blame lossy compression to save bandwidth. There's no way to legally stream in Blu-ray quality.

danboltyesterday at 11:38 PM

I’ve only seen that movie on an old MacBook about a decade ago, but I can certainly believe it’d be a treat seeing it the way you mention.

Funny enough, I want to see a version of Chungking Express that feels processed to look like an early-2000s digital camera.