I do however know that Russell heard about it and/or saw it just before he died and was apparently very happy with the result.

That's really cool! (Otherwise, dammit.)

The print we saw last night was in decent condition: it had the usual flaws and crackles and one reel had decayed enough to shade into red for Grandier's trial, but I've seen much worse in theaters. Up on a big screen, no matter what, it was amazing. Just visually, staging-wise, incredible things with color and space.