The unrestored print isn’t quite as sharp as the one on my Blu-ray, and the colors were more muted and more weathered.
To complete the illusion of a vintage screening, the Village East theater in New York City presented 2001 without commercials or trailers.
I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time 20 years ago on a pan-and-scan VHS.
This 50th anniversary re-release of 2001 is being billed as an “unrestored” print, “struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative.”