The Italian neorealist classic Open City is currently screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center in a new 4K DCP digital restoration, said to be a marked improvement on the previously distributed 35mm prints. (As of this writing, I haven't seen the new digital version, so I obviously can't say that it is in fact an improvement, but at the risk of inciting the ongoing film-versus-digital argument, I will say that I'll take anything over the shoddy, barely visible print I saw a few years ago.)…
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