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Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

Best English-friendly release

UHD Blu-ray
Solid
Criterion:

Solid detail improvement over the standard BD, similar grading with the greenish tint removed

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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Strand Releasing Blu-ray vs New Wave Blu-ray?

Additional Info:

New 4K restoration recently screened at Venice Film Festival https://variety.com/2026/film/news/apichatpong-weerasethakuls-4k-restorations-match-factory-1236843949/

Director: Vincente Minnelli

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WB Blu-ray

Additional Info:

New restoration to be shown at TCM Film Fest

Director: Robert De Niro

4K · Solid
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MVD 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

2027 FreeWind Media UK 4K Blu-ray 

Director: Chuck Russell

4K · Excellent
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Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps & impressions

Director: Joel Coen

4K · Excellent
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UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Shout is still very good but Arrow has the edge due to better handling of highlights and less chroma noise, comparison

Best Audio:

All the same

Director: Joseph Losey

4K · Solid
Best Video & English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Terence Young

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Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé

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Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Director: Mario Bava

4K · Excellent
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UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Original Italian/English dubs: UK Masters of Cinema 4K Blu-ray
Export English dub: Paramount LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

MoC ported the export dub from LaserDisc, but used a low quality transfer, with poor lossy encoding.

Additional Info:

MST3K version: Vol XXXIX DVD / episode 1013: series finale of the original show.

Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

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Korea Blu-ray

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France/Italy

Video Notes:

France/Italy has Blu-ray, no US/UK releases

Director: Terry Jones

4K · Excellent
Best Video & English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Universal Region 2 PAL DVD (original Dolby Stereo), Region 1 NTSC is minimally worse

The DTS:X remix is very revisionist with a lot of sound effect changes

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