János Derzsi

6 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K4 in HD

By format

List

2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)

Supporting role · Director: Béla Tarr

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray/Carlotta Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is worse.

4.3

Satantango (1994)

Supporting role · Director: Béla Tarr

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray see caps

Additional Info:

For BD:

Carlotta France Blu-ray slightly better than Arbelos US Blu-ray, both are FiM-encodes with tradeoffs. Carlotta is best in dark scenes.
Curzon UK Blu-ray has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon Blu-ray

4.4

4 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Turin Horse (2011)

Leading role · Director: Béla Tarr

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Artificial Eye Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Cinema Guild Blu-ray is a good alternative (more extras).

UK > US, not sure France. UK (Artificial Eye/Curzon) has higher bitrate than US (Cinema Guild) but has boosted gamma (see here: https://slow.pics/c/L9U9r8Es).

4.2

The Man from London (2008)

Leading role · Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

3.8

Autumn Almanac (1984)

Supporting role · Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

Curzon Blu-ray (SD Source)

3.7

Macbeth (1982)

Supporting role · Director: Béla Tarr

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Bela Tarr Curzon Collection

Best Video:

Curzon Blu-ray (SD source)

3.2

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