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Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

11 Films

Gaston Modot

11 Included Films

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray or unreleased 4K restoration

Best Video:

4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/ 

L'Âge d'or poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray or unreleased 4K restoration

Best Video:

4k transfer, no disc https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/lage-dor/ 

1080p Blu-ray
Best Video:

Japan and France has 4k restoration in Blu-ray but no EN subs

Best Video:

Japan and France has 4k restoration in Blu-ray but no EN subs

1080p Blu-ray
Best Video:

France and Japan has 4k restoration in Blu-ray but no EN subs

July 14 poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best Video:

France and Japan has 4k restoration in Blu-ray but no EN subs

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray has better encode and gamma levels compared to older StudioCanal Blu-ray caps

Best English-Friendly:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Video:

2021 StudioCanal Blu-ray has better encode and gamma levels compared to older StudioCanal Blu-ray caps

The Rules of the Game poster
Letterboxd
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray

The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.

Best Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray has the least tampered with audio of the DVD era, but it's possible the 1993 Criterion LaserDisc or the 1998 Japan LaserDisc are preferable.

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray

The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.

Best Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray has the least tampered with audio of the DVD era, but it's possible the 1993 Criterion LaserDisc or the 1998 Japan LaserDisc are preferable.

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

New 2016 Pathé France 4K transfer Blu-ray

Best Video:

New 2016 Pathé France 4K transfer > Criterion/Second Sight with old transfer heavy DNR https://slow.pics/c/z8p3fR0G

Best English-Friendly:

New 2016 Pathé France 4K transfer Blu-ray

Best Video:

New 2016 Pathé France 4K transfer > Criterion/Second Sight with old transfer heavy DNR https://slow.pics/c/z8p3fR0G

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Gaumont Blu-ray

Best Video:

Gaumont Blu-ray is Enlgish-friendly, Japan IVC Blu-ray isn't, and no comparisons

Best English-Friendly:

Gaumont Blu-ray

Best Video:

Gaumont Blu-ray is Enlgish-friendly, Japan IVC Blu-ray isn't, and no comparisons

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Pathé France Blu-ray

Best Video:

Pathé France has 4k restoration in Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Pathé France Blu-ray

Best Video:

Pathé France has 4k restoration in Blu-ray

1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Cohen Blu-ray

Best Video:

Cohen Blu-ray or Gaumont (no EN subs)

Best English-Friendly:

Cohen Blu-ray

Best Video:

Cohen Blu-ray or Gaumont (no EN subs)

UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

French Cancan poster
Letterboxd
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray (flawed restoration)

Best Video:

BFI or Gaumont Blu-ray (both from the same flawed restoration)

Best Audio:

BFI or Gaumont Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion

As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"

That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.

The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.

The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.

French Cancan poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray (flawed restoration)

Best Video:

BFI or Gaumont Blu-ray (both from the same flawed restoration)

Best Audio:

BFI or Gaumont Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion

As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"

That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.

The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.

The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.

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