Roy Jenson

12 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K6 in HD

Roy Jenson was born on February 9, 1927 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is known for his work on Chinatown (1974), Soylent Green (1973) and Harper (1966). He was married to Marina Petrova and Barbara Dionysius. He died on April 24, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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List

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Cimino

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Capelight 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber caps. Capelight has better encoding than the Kino.

Recommended upgrade for viewers who aren't DV compatible due to Capelight properly encoding the HDR10 base layer instead of Kino, who require a huge DV layer to "fill in" picture information from a more compressed / compromised

3.7

Ride Lonesome (1959)

Supporting role · Director: Budd Boetticher

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Indicator Blu-ray has better presented extras plus additional unique extras.

3.7

Chinatown (1974)

Supporting role · Director: Roman Polanski

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991/1998 Paramount LaserDisc

4.3

The Wind and the Lion (1975)

Supporting role · Director: John Milius

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Soylent Green (1973)

Small role · Director: Richard Fleischer

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · lddb.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see comparison

Additional Info:

1992 MGM LaserDisc [ML102574] includes isolated score

Harper (1966)

Small role · Director: Jack Smight

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Westward the Women (1951)

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.9

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Small role · Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Red Dawn (1984)

Small role · Director: John Milius

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory or Germany/UK Capelight 4K Blu-ray?

3.0

Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Small role · Director: Budd Boetticher

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Indicator Blu-ray has better presented extras plus additional unique extras.

3.5

How the West Was Won (1962)

Small role · Directors: Henry Hathaway & John Ford & George Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray 2-Disc version (Digibook) for the Smilebox presentation

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See what smilebox looks like for its smilebox trailer
See Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader's review especially why a smilebox version is preferred, for example how a letterboxd version is actually distorted
Even if you do not prefer the smilebox version, the letterboxd version is still present on disc 1

3.5

The Last Hurrah (1958)

Small role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator John Ford at Columbia Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Indicator John Ford at Columbia Blu-ray, 2K restoration

3.7

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