Justine Barbe

Week 7

The Universal's century

Universal Pictures is one of the biggest movie productions in the world and it’s the oldest American studio, created in 1912. It made possible the creation of the famous classics and blockbusters of the American cinema. Its catalogue is a treasure for many movie fans generations.

Hitchcock, Spielberg and other major directors of Hollywood created their works in Universal Pictures’ studios.

Universal Pictures conserves the original versions of all its movies. It restores also several films, like Jaws by Steven Spielberg. The objectives are to retouch pictures which are damaged by the time with the new technologies and to adapt the movies for the new formats of distribution.

But it’s very important to protect the original works, to conserve the characteristics of these Hollywood’s masterpieces.

The BBC's video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17866003

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