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Revisiting Peter Jackson on giving old WWI footage new life
Last year’s WWI documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" gave new life to some very old film footage. It's a film from Peter Jackson -- the wizard who won three Oscars, including Best Picture for his final "Lord of the Rings" movie.
By Kim Masters • • 1 min readLast year’s WWI documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" gave new life to some very old film footage.
In the midst of awards season, the film is returning to theaters for three nights this December.
While Jackson has built a production empire in his native New Zealand, last year we sat down with him on a visit to Beverly Hills. He told us about hiring forensic lip readers to interpret conversations captured on silent film so actors could perform the lines, and how the techniques used in "They Shall Not Grow Old" could be used on other old films, including some of his own.
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