The Film Foundation’s efforts to restore Charles Laughton‘s The Night of the Hunter are, to my eyes, exemplary. While a new coat of paint isn’t necessarily a number-one priority, the folks at Il Cinema Ritrovato (guess what country they’re based in) don’t have any poor reputation — so here is the preview for their Night of the Hunter restoration, which, in mere YouTube form, looks mighty fine indeed. Will it replace the Criterion discs that you either do or should own? Probably not. But the opportunity to see this in a theatrical environment would be hard to pass up.
See the preview below: