> The only movies which would require upscaling to 4K are those released between about mid-2000s to mid-2010s, the advent of native digital cinema, but filmed in 2K. Everything before was filmed in 35mm film, which can be scanned to 4K with information to spare; everything after is filmed in native digital 4K or more.
Good to call this out, I think this is something that's really lost on people.
It really blows my mind that George Lucas, for all of his apparent obsessive concern about his films supposedly looking dated, chose to shoot Star Wars Episode 2 in 1080p in contrast to Episode I on 35mm film.
I guess 1080p was the big shiny edge thing back at the time. 35mm can supposedly be scanned beyond 8K, so you could theoretically consider 4K filming not good enough neither.
Good to call this out, I think this is something that's really lost on people.
It really blows my mind that George Lucas, for all of his apparent obsessive concern about his films supposedly looking dated, chose to shoot Star Wars Episode 2 in 1080p in contrast to Episode I on 35mm film.