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

[QUOTE] [b]Miklos wrote:[/b]

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[/QUOTE]

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WOW, thank you very much Miklos for this footage. Still hard to believe and it made me so angy these stupid QP goons left all these tapes rotten in the Hungarian State archive till 1996. What a bunch of tossers. 16 camera's and endless reels... and now probably lost forever….ARGHHHHHH

It's absolutely amazing to see something like that, and all thanks to you Miklos!!!! Now lots of things make sense!!!

Big big thanks for being so generous with your time and for showing us that footage. For me, this is so exciting...

Now there are questions: how could that 16 cameras footage survived all this years? Who could have sold this originally? Or was the film found in a trash can, then maybe sold by bootleggers? (lots of times things like that happened). Some of the guys we see in that video, could be the main characters in this situation? Was it stolen, then?

New questions arise, that makes this story quite interesting. If there's a VHS low quality version being sold, somebody must have the original film where all 16 cams were shown (I assume it was film given the quality the 16 cam shows in that video, far superior than our copies).

He says the 16 camera edit was compiled straight to videotape, presumably the editor has the master (probably a betamax) and copies were made for the director and assistants etc.

Are you confusing betamax with betacam?

Betamax in Hungary? Was that even a thing? It certainly wasn't "up here".

Just saw the youtube clip and GODDAMN! So this is how the 16 cameras version came to be.

[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]
New questions arise, that makes this story quite interesting. If there's a VHS low quality version being sold, somebody must have the original film where all 16 cams were shown (I assume it was film given the quality the 16 cam shows in that video, far superior than our copies).[/QUOTE]

Now that's a good question. The thing is: Do they still have it? Is the tape still intact after all these years?