Years back Peter Becker confirmed that they want to update it and understand the desire for an update, but that the materials aren't there for it.aox wrote:I see this thread pop up month to month over the many years, so I am sorry if this question has been addressed and lost in the shuffle, but is there any evidence whatsoever that CC is going to upgrade this to Blu? Where are we at in April 2016 on this?
Martin Scorsese had to spirit the longer cut out of Russia when (I believe) they were still the USSR. I hold hope that somewhere, negatives of the long cut are available. But I also doubt it.
It's been quite a while since I've researched this, but isn't the notion that Tarkovsky preferred the shorter cut a bit assumptive? If I remember right, it's been strongly implied that he praised the shorter cut to appease Russian censors to try and get it released domestically.