A job that no one has seen in its original version. In 1942, just after Kane citizenOrson Welles directed his second film. Baptized The splendor of AmbersonThe characteristic was planned in a 131 -minute version.
After poorly conclusive proof projections, the RKO Studio takes draconian measures. The film is amputated for 43 minutes, and a large part of the negative aspects of the original scenes are destroyed. The capture, Orson Welles has already sold the rights of the final assembly and, therefore, has no voice. He ends up leaving the project, “absolutely betrayed” by the studio … that does not end up rewriting the end of the film.
Bring the movie to life thanks to AI
But according to The Hollywood Reporter, the Transmission Platform promoted with artificial intelligence Showrunner, with the support of Amazon, today aims to rebuild the 43 minutes destroyed from the film. The objective? “It brings to life” This “masterpiece in ruins” using AI “, assures Edward Saatchi, CEO of the CNBC platform.
This Friday, September 5, Showrunner presented a new model designed to generate long and complex stories. This model allows users in particular to create their own television series episodes in just a few words. But it will also be used for two years to rebuild the film.
In detail, Showrunner plans to combine traditional film techniques to rebuild lost images. Some sequences will be filmed with actors. AI will rework these scenes to reveal the old actors of the original film thanks to the exchange side, a process that uses AI to exchange the faces of two people in a photo or a video.
The platform will also see Brian Rose’s work. For five years, the filmmaker and co -author of the project recreated 30,000 missing images of the film. Digitally reconstituted the sets with 3D models and then used them to locate each camera movement and combine them with the particularly detailed scenario of Orson Welles, filming photos and the director’s filed notes on the assembly.
“Advertising about Welles creative genius”
Warner Bros. Discovery has the rights to The splendor of Amberson. Showrunner, therefore, will not be able to market this reconstruction. The platform hopes to use this work for demonstrative or academic purposes. “The objective is not to market the 43 minutes, but to see them exist in the world after 80 years of questions: ‘Is this the best film made in its original form?'” He assures Edward Saatchi.
But the project is not unanimous. As Variety reports, if some see a tribute to the director, the beneficiaries are not of this opinion. They claim not to have been consulted and denounce an attempt to capitalize on Orson Welles’s work without his agreement.
But The splendor of Amberson It is not the only Showrunner project. The AI of the platform has already generated “New South Park Episodes according to Edward Saatchi. It also created an animated reconstruction by an episode of” Squawk Box “, a show of interviews in CNBC, in which the animators interview a robot that resembles a terminator.
Source: BFM TV
