Criterion 4K director's cut shits the bed at the very end :(
I was SO looking forward to watching Criterion's 4K restoration of this movie with the original ending. The entire movie looks excellent...until you get to that very last shot. It looks so blurry and rough compared to the rest of the movie, it's jarring. And because it's so rough, the final shot overlooking Chicago looks kinda fake too, as if it was shot against a green screen (which it was not). Could Criterion really not clean that footage up a bit better?? It was a big disappointment after watching the prior 1hr30min of glorious 4K DV film, all the while anticipating the new (old) ending. Sad!
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