Frank Mills
43 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K31 in HD5 in SD1 with no official release
6 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Budd Boetticher
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Indicator Blu-ray has better presented extras plus additional unique extras.
Small role · Director: Howard Hawks
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Small role · Director: Anthony Mann
Criterion 4K Blu-ray, Universal 2008 DVD
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2008 Universal DVD mono
The mono on the Criterion is severely filtered resulting in it sounding incredibly muffled. It is nearly as filtered as the 2003 original Universal DVD which had extreme filtering and sounds horribly thin. The 2008 DVD remaster and original Laserdisc analog mastering are mostly left alone. The original LD master is from a worn element but otherwise sounds very natural. The 2008 DVD is the highest quality version we have without the heavy filtering and the defects of the LD master. It isn't perfect but easily the best of the main four sources by a dramatic margin.
The existing 4K SDR restoration looks excellent, but the Criterion extras are limited and disappointing. The classic Stewart interview commentary from the LD is ported over but given a new mastering. Compared to past releases it has been very slightly noise reduced.
31 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Small role · Director: David Butler
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Small role · Director: Mark Sandrich
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · amazon.com (opens in a new tab)
IVC Japan Blu-ray is clearly from a higher generation film element and looks terrible. Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/XUTwiv7B
Small role · Director: Lowell Sherman
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Judging from other movies in the boxset, Indicator Blu-ray is likely to be minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver
Small role · Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master
Small role · Director: Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber Blu-ray > MoC. Kino Lorber is made from a 4K scan of negative, the older MoC have crushed black levels.
5 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Small role · Director: George Archainbaud
1 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
Small role · Director: Frank Lloyd
Unofficial streaming
MoMA has 35mm print but no release yet
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