Michel Delahaye

8 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K5 in HD

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Michel Delahaye was born in 1929 in Vertou close to Nantes, Bretagne, France. Raised by a very religious father who was an ex-pilot of the Great War (World War I). He attended a Jesuit private school in Saint Malo, during World War II, under the German invasion. In 1951, he did his military service in Germany.

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3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Shiver of the Vampires (1971)

Leading role · Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Alphaville (1965)

Supporting role · Director: Jean-Luc Godard

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a flawed master with degrain + regrain and bad encoding, but still better than the old Blu-ray

3.7

The Nude Vampire (1970)

Small role · Director: Jean Rollin

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

3.2

5 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Band of Outsiders (1964)

Supporting role · Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray > BFI Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2003 R2 BFI DVD

L'Amour fou (1969)

Small role · Director: Jacques Rivette

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

4.0

Donkey Skin (1970)

Small role · Director: Jacques Demy

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion The Essential Jacques Demy set Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Only in Criterion, no information on France ARTE quality

4.0

Out 1 (1971)

Small role · Director: Jacques Rivette

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Arrow/Kino Lorber/Carlotta all very similar

4.1

Holy Motors (2012)

Small role · Director: Leos Carax

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)

Best Video:

France Potemkine Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The Indomina release (and possibly some other releases) censor a scene of full frontal nudity via optical blurring, the Shout release is uncensored.

3.9

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