By playing everything straight, the humor seems even more twisted. It's amazing how well most of this holds up. Nicely rendered colors and strong, impenetrable blacks. Clean negative allows for superior whites and shadows. The colors are strong considering their low-budget origins and time issues.
Flesh tones are realistic, while depth of field is amazing.
No noticeable artifacts or compression noise. The digital soundtrack recreates the original mono soundtrack with perfection. Not much to brag about here except that the soundtrack sounds terrific with little or no hiss or distortion. The dialogue mix is strong and demanding, while the highs and lows show no signs of wear and tear. The only thing missing is a drive-in speaker effect.