How are they able to release older movies in 4k?

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Were they shot in 4k or something we just didn’t have TV’s that could see 4k back in the day?

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If the movie was shot on film and the originals exist in good condition, the film can be scanned and turned into a digital file. The picture quality you get relies more on the scanner itself rather than the film since film doesn’t exactly have a resolution. There is a point past which film may appear fuzzy, but generally speaking most film can be scanned at much higher resolutions than what is commercially available for displays.

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