the seventh seal revisited

Last night's showing of Bergman's masterpiece The Seventh Seal was nothing short of astonishing. I have seen hundreds of black and white prints projected with varying degrees of quality, but I can say with all certainty that I have never seen anything look like the brand new 35mm print that was shown. A person could pay no attention to the narrative whatsoever and be very content simply with the beauty of the cinematography as it is projected from film. Seeing this reminded me of just how far we still have to go in the home theater industry to replace the majesty of theatrical projection. The Webster Film Series should be immensely proud.

So we are going back to see it again tonight.