El meollo...

(...) is both a big improvement and disappointment at once. The image is sharper, some, with better and more consistent color and contrast (not completely gone, but less intrusive), but still a far cry from the eye-popping splendor of, say, the restored 55 Days at Peking. My best guess is that “from the original negative” is a bit of cheat; I’m certain the original Technirama camera negative was not the source, but rather the original 35 mm reduction negative.