Restoration

The supplemental disc include a host of new features mixed in with older ones that were previously created for the 2001 release. As if the restored films alone would be reason enough to own this set, the extra features are plentiful and mostly informative.

The Landmark Trust transform a ruined Georgian dairy in the Kent countryside into a miniature Gothic masterpiece, from its stained glass windows to its marble shelves

The restoration of Leonardo's final masterpiece, 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne' was completed and exhibited in the Louvre in March 2012. Viewers and critics were astounded by its new life and luminosity, allowing details to be seen again for the first time in 500 years. Nevertheless, the pain-staking restoration process caused ructions and controversy amongst the panel of international experts and the restorer chosen to undertake the work.

On 15 April 2019, during Holy Week, a fire broke out in Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral. Just before 7pm, smoke appeared above the roof of the world-famous landmark. The fire had started in the attic underneath the spire during mass, but there were delays in discovering it, and then evacuating the building.

In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman found herself so stirred by the revolutionary neorealist films of Roberto Rossellini that she sent the director a letter, introducing herself and offering her talents. The resulting collaboration produced a series of films that are works of both sociopolitical concern and metaphysical melodrama, each starring Bergman as a woman experiencing physical dislocation and psychic torment in postwar Italy. It also famously led to a scandalous affair and eventual marriage between filmmaker and star, and the focus on their personal lives in the press unfortunately overshadowed the extraordinary films they made together. Stromboli, Europe ’51, and Journey to Italy are intensely moving portraits that reveal the director at his most emotional and the glamorous actress at her most anguished, and that capture them and the world around them in transition.

Historian Dr Lucy Worsley immerses herself in the world of Restoration England, exploring the captivating lives of the women of the period.

An antidote to throwaway culture, The Repair Shop shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.

An antidote to throwaway culture, The Repair Shop’s second series shines a light on the wonderful treasures to be found in homes across the country.

Beginning in 2008, with the release of the award-winning Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema: First Wizard of Cinema, Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films® have featured and celebrated the extraordinary work of Georges Méliès in various Blu-ray, DVD, and digital editions. Now, thanks to the extensive restoration efforts of Lobster Films, viewers will be equally delighted by the clarity, creativity and compositions of this new HD collection.This set features music scores from seven talented musicians, and English narration tracks for select titles, along with a booklet that includes optional read-along narration to select shorts in the collection.

Taro Okamoto gained national attention with his Tower of the Sun, which debuted at the 1970 Osaka Expo. The theme of the event was "progress and harmony", but Okamoto believed Japanese were losing their humanity and becoming slaves to machines as their economy boomed. This tower was an important entity considering the existence of humanity. After the Expo closed, the Tower fell into disrepair. Having passed nearly half a century now, Mr. Akiomi Hirano, the leader of the restoration project, is working hard to revive the Tower, believing the artwork's message is even more important today. The restoration of the Tower is to revive the "Monster of Japanese ancient Jomon period".