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Leading role · Director: Vivian Kubrick
Mono: 1999 WB DVD
5.1: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Leading role · Director: Bob Rafelson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
(still not great)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is similar but has a short scene where the hum from machinery at the oil rig has been attentuated. It's a decent improvement over the previous disc which had considerable bass reduction.
Leading role · Director: James L. Brooks
Sony Columbia Classics Vol 3 4K Blu-ray
Leading role · Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Leading role · Director: Mike Nichols
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Leading role · Director: Hal Ashby
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray disappointing
Leading role · Director: Jack Nicholson
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has terrible encoding, but presumable still better than Paramount Presents Blu-ray from Chinatown 4K.
It was an old Blu-ray, and not the latest restoration. Unfortunately, there's no caps comparison yet.
Leading role · Director: Stanley Kubrick
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering, 1.85 ratio restored for US Cut; both US and International Cuts are 4K.
US Cut: 1999 WB DVD/Criterion 4K Blu-ray
No Blu-ray or DVD release until the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has presented the US in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The International Cut has never been presented in it's OAR of 1.66:1 in any home video releases.
The packaging on the back of the WB 4K Blu-ray incorrectly states it as 1.85:1 when the movie is actually 1.78:1 as is the original Blu-ray.
Leading role · Director: Tim Burton
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray caps. The HDR10 base layer is bright, so I'd recommended to watch it in Dolby Vision.
4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray is missing the isolated score and Martian dub from the DVD
Leading role · Director: Miloš Forman
Mono: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
Stereo remix: 1998 R2 WB DVD ? (more detailed)
4K Blu-ray is missing featurettes from the old Blu-ray
Leading role · Director: Rob Reiner
LaserDisc for the original stereo
Leading role · Director: Tim Burton
WB 4K Blu-ray but with notable color timing issues
Dolby Stereo mix: WB LaserDisc PCM
Original Mix in 5.1 Discrete: 1997 WB DVD, 1.33:1 version for this track uncut
Original mix in 2005 5.1 new transfer: 2005 WB DVD in Dolby and DTS, 2008 WB Blu-ray for TrueHD.
Original mix on VHS, LaserDisc and DVD is significantly warmer and more impactful sounding. These nuances are lost on the 2005 remaster audio found on DVD and Blu-ray which due have a tinge of extra clarity in contrast.
The Atmos mix is excruciatingly bad as it removes original sound effects and wrecks the original sound design. Music is prioritized and dominates in a bad way. The sound library effects used to create a specific sound signature as part of the mix of time period production design is completely lost. Fidelity is also lowered due to noise reduction and processing.
Leading role · Director: Dennis Hopper
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Supporting role · Director: Warren Beatty
Supporting role · Director: Ken Russell
Includes original quintaphonic (5.0) mix as well as a modernized 5.1 remix.
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