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Inside the Painstaking Restoration of John Woo’s ‘Hard Boiled’ Set for Cannes Classics Spotlight (EXCLUSIVE)
Experts reveal the painstaking restoration behind John Woo's action classic 'Hard Boiled' ahead of its Cannes Classics screening.
As John Woo ‘s landmark 1992 action spectacle “ Hard Boiled ” prepares for its spotlight screening at this year’s Cannes Classics, Variety has uncovered the blood, sweat and digital wizardry behind saving the bullet-riddled masterpiece from cinematic extinction. “One of the challenges in restoring ‘Hard Boiled’ was the film’s intense action sequences characterized by explosions, gunfire, and rapid motion, which significantly limited automated dirt removal,” Coronado notes. The restoration’s selection for Cannes Classics represents a fitting homecoming for a film widely considered one of the greatest action movies ever made, finally allowing new audiences to experience Woo’s balletic violence and technical virtuosity on the big screen as originally intended.
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