Was the Live in Budapest release originally set to be released in 4:3?

Incidentally, did anyone see the recent '4K theatrical' release in the cinema? I assume this would have been shown in 1.85:1 ?
Had any restoration been done on it? Would love to see a 4K UHD HDR Atmos release of this and Montreal (which also has a 4:3 VHS/DVD version).

[QUOTE] [b]KevoM wrote:[/b]

Incidentally, did anyone see the recent '4K theatrical' release in the cinema? I assume this would have been shown in 1.85:1 ?
Had any restoration been done on it? Would love to see a 4K UHD HDR Atmos release of this and Montreal (which also has a 4:3 VHS/DVD version).[/QUOTE]

There was a recent 4K theatrical run of Hungarian Rhapsody???

[QUOTE] [b]Queenman!! wrote:[/b]

Any updates from the Hungarian Filmarchive that found a lot of reels in a underground shed/bunker?
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Not yet.

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[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]
Well the 16 camera bootleg starts with lots of information, one of them is 1.85:1, and the screens are definitely wide. Of course the frame size is not 1.85, so what exactly does the aspect ratio seen in the 16 camera version mean? And apologies if I'm the only person who is fascinated by this stuff[/QUOTE]

The 16 camera version is showing the monitor feeds from the cameras. They are independant of the image being captured on the 35mm film.[/QUOTE]

no its not a monitor feed, these old school 35mm cameras had no monitor feed at all, where did you get that from.. it's year 1986 with 10-30 year old cameras used.. What you see in the 16 camera is the first positive copies of the negative film transfered into a video format with very basic technique used.

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[QUOTE] [b]Queenman!! wrote:[/b]

Any updates from the Hungarian Filmarchive that found a lot of reels in a underground shed/bunker?
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Not yet.
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Thanks Miklos for the update.

What update?

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[QUOTE] [b]Nitroboy wrote:[/b]



[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]
Well the 16 camera bootleg starts with lots of information, one of them is 1.85:1, and the screens are definitely wide. Of course the frame size is not 1.85, so what exactly does the aspect ratio seen in the 16 camera version mean? And apologies if I'm the only person who is fascinated by this stuff[/QUOTE]

The 16 camera version is showing the monitor feeds from the cameras. They are independant of the image being captured on the 35mm film.[/QUOTE]

What you see in the 16 camera is the first positive copies of the negative film transfered into a video format with very basic technique used.
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Ah yes, that makes sense as well!

[QUOTE] [b]The Kurgan wrote:[/b]

What update?[/QUOTE]

check the other topic about the recent outtakes findings ...

It was meant as a quip, because there is no actual update ;-)

Kurgan, if and when the CEO of the Hungarian National Film Archive replies to my facebook post , after I enquired about the Queen 86 outtakes, - following the news of the recently found storage, full of thousands of Mafilm outtakes from the last 40 years-, saying "THERE IS HOPE", if it is not an update for you than I apologise. I did more for this original film and the outtakes than Greg, Simon, Jim and the rest of the Queen machine, who were never ever supportive or interested in my findings (apart from saying "if you find it tell us") - too bad they never gave a damn about actually taking steps to find more stuff (ie more than words...) !

but to please you, I found a news bit which I recorded exactly 33 years ago and it was long lost for me (cause i actually recorded it on my father's opera collection haha)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VT0tMqzJyY

you will all like it. someone will translate it soon.

I just saw this! Thanks so much for posting this! Very interesting! Translation would be very nice!

nothing too exciting : rough guide:

anchor: blabla... the film is in progress

interviewer: The film is on the editing desk, it is in the making - how much you shot?

zsombolyai: total of 30 - 32 thousand meters of raw film were used

i: and how much will be in the final film?

zs: i would not like it to be more than 1,5 hours

I: are you satisfied?

zs: with the editing yes, very much - it could speed up a bit though . We found out a method, transfered everything to video and mixed 16 cameras into one screen, and now trying to decide which one to use -

I: when will the viewers see the movie in cinemas?

zs: we really hope to finish it before xmas or the new year -

back to anchor: "see you around xmas" .

watch out for the tower of paper boxes full of ALL THE outtakes from REEL 1 of all 16 cameras , labeled as " QUEEN 1.TEK "KIV" "

and the tin cans of all "reel 4" negatives from 16 cameras -

- the holy grail :D

https://index.hu/kultur/2017/11/04/queen_bohemian_editors/

there was this long interview in Hungarian, 2 years ago about the film ... use google translate , its too long to do it , and i am not too good in translations -- maybe someone will translate it -

Holy Grail, indeed.