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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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Technicolor No. V: Dye transfer prints from chromogenic negative

Comparison of three Technicolor No. V dye-transfer safety prints of Lawrence of Arabia (GBR/USA 1962, David Lean).

Credits: Academy Film Archive, Library of Congress, and BFI National Film Archive.

Photographs of the Technicolor No. V dye-transfer safety prints by Barbara Flueckiger and Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.

 

 

Restoration:

Frumkes, Roy (1989): The Restoration of Lawrence Of Arabia. In: Films in Review, 40,5, 1989, pp. 285-291, on p. 285 View Quote, on p. 288 View Quote, on pp. 288-290 View Quote and on p. 291. View Quote

 

 

Contemporary Reception:

Anonymous (1963): Making an Academy Award Winning Picture. In: American Cinematographer, May, p. 263. View Quote
Full text on the Media History Digital Library website. View Link

Leyendecker, Frank (1962): Feature Review Lawrence of Arabia. In: Boxoffice, Dec., on p. 7. View Quote
Full text on the Media History Digital Library website. View Link

Thompson, Howard (1962): Producer on the long trek with Lawrence of Arabia. In: The New York Times, Jul., on p. X5. View Quote
Full text on The New York Times website. View Link

 

 

Selected Analyses:

Kennedy, Christina B. (1994): The Myth of Heroism. Man and Desert in Lawrence of Arabia. In: Stuart C. Aitken and Leo E. Zonn (eds.): Place, Power, Situation, and Spectacle. A Geography of Film. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, pp. 161–179, on pp. 168-173. View Quote

 

 

Production Reports:

Cleveland, David; Pritchard, Brian (2015): In: How Films were Made and Shown. Some Aspects of the Technical Side of Motion Picture Film 1895–2015, Manningtree, Essex: David Cleveland, on p. 318. View Quote

 

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