Does the high-definition reworking violate the sanctity of the original work, or is it in keeping with the original intent of the pioneering filmmakers?
A video uploaded to YouTube has triggered a fervent debate among cinephiles, techno-geeks and filmmakers on different social media platforms. The video, a 4K high definition, upscaled ‘restoration’ of the short film Train Arriving at the Station at La Ciotat (popularly known as “Train arriving at the station”) – shot by the “fathers” of filmmaking – the Lumiere brothers.
Source: Whose train is it anyway? A debate rages over ‘upscaled’ version of the Lumiere brothers’ film