When an informal network of amateurs questions the work of industry standard-bearers, it is rarely a matter of raw technical superiority but rather a fundamental difference in constraints. While restoration entities often operate on strict budgets and tight deadlines, preservationists can spend years cross-referencing decades of older releases.

Great piece on the labor and vision of amateur restoration film -- which, in this writer's opinion, is some of the most important work happening in historical preservation today, and it's all entirely illegal.