I've said this on Twitter and Blue Sky but the new restorations of the classic THE MONKEY KING UPROAR IN HEAVEN and THE LEGEND OF THE SEALED BOOK were done by A.I.. I say this because based upon what I've seen on line the transfers do not look good, the details in the original images are washed out since it appears that the AI was trained on modern TV animation.
While I admit that the clips and in the case of SEALED BOOK, the whole film, what is on You Tube and elsewhere may not be the transfers at NYAFF, I'm reasonably certain that is the case owing to seeing come complaints on line.
The one advantage to seeing THE MONKEY KING would be to see the entre film, a restoration and 3D conversion in 2012 (which was spectactular) removed 15 or 20 minutes. That may sound like heresy but it was done with input of the original filmmakers who realized that there were problems with the original film. The current restoration was done by the studio with no input from anyone.
I like the films, so I am not going to say don't go, I'm just saying some times a restoration is not a good thing.
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