Jean-Pierre Cassel

7 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K1 in HD

Jean-Pierre Cassel (October 27, 1932 – April 19, 2007) was a French actor. A popular star of French cinema, he had over 200 film and television credits in a career spanning over 50 years. He was the father of actor Vincent Cassel, actress/singer Cécile Cassel, and rapper Mathias Cassel.

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6 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Army of Shadows (1969)

Leading role · Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2007 Criterion DVD/2011 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

2017 StudioCanal Blu-ray might(?) be the same.

4.4

Mister Frost (1990)

Supporting role · Director: Philippe Setbon

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Le Chat Qui Fume 4K Blu-ray

2.9

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Supporting role · Director: Luis Buñuel

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal has 4k, good encode, accuracy of the color grading is debatable vs Criterion

4.0

The Crimson Rivers (2000)

Supporting role · Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray is superior to Gaumont 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Columbia/Tri-Star PAL DVD (2001)

Audio Notes:

All other sources have much worse dynamic range and clipping, waveforms

3.4

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Supporting role · Director: Sidney Lumet

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal UK 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Original aspect ratio and much better encoding; caps

Best Audio:

Paramount JP LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Both UHDs only have 5.1 and a downmix. Paramount US Blu-ray sounds okay, close to the LaserDisc.

3.6

The Three Musketeers (1973)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Lester

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

StudioCanal's 4K release is similar in encode quality, but has significant glitches in multiple frames. See comparisons 9-16 here: https://slow.pics/c/YkSVb3Ey

Audio Notes:

The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K's English audio is too high

Additional Info:

Criterion has more extras than StudioCanal.

3.4

1 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Lace Wars (1965)

Leading role · Director: René Clair

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Gaumont France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Gaumont France Blu-ray has no EN subtitles

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