John Sayles

6 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K1 in HD1 in SD

Also a director: 3 films

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John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Sayles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Matinee (1993)

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.7

The Howling (1981)

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Scream Factory US 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Scream Factory US 4K Blu-ray > StudioCanal UK for the inclusion of original mono, more extras

Best Audio:

Scream Factory US includes original mono

For the director/actor commentary, the 1995 Image Entertainment LaserDisc is uncut, subsequent releases are cut

3.3

Piranha (1978)

Small role · Director: Joe Dante

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray

2.9

Malcolm X (1992)

Small role · Director: Spike Lee

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Imprint 4K Blu-ray > UK ICON > Criterion.

Imprint is same master as Criterion but encoded by Fidelity in Motion without Pixelogic’s filtering.
See: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23389310&postcount=10 and https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=844792#p844792

4.3

1 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Matewan (1987)

Small role · Director: John Sayles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion or UK 88 Films Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion or UK 88 Films Blu-ray are from director-approved 4K restoration with minimal differences see caps

Additional Info:

Both Criterion and 88 Films have the same audio

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

Supporting role · Director: John Sayles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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