Open Culture:
In the interviews and behind the scenes videos here, we learn how Jackson and his team solved the film speed problem to make the old reels look natural, how they created a color palette and removed blurriness and blemishes. Jackson also talks about his own personal stake in the project, imagining what his grandfather endured in the Great War. This connection seems to have spurred him all the more in the effort.
The videos in this piece show the amazing amount of work that went into creating “They Shall Not Grow Old”.
Looking forward to watching this. The conversion makes that event more intelligible than ever. It removes layers of obscurity for me.
I think it’s important to understand what started that war and how it became just a stepping stone on the way to WWII. This will help humanize that WWI and make it more relevant.