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Verna Bloom

Verna Bloom

6 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K3 in HD

Verna Bloom photo

Verna Bloom (August 7, 1938 - January 9, 2019) was an American actress. She co-starred in the 1973 film High Plains Drifter with Clint Eastwood and the 1974 made for TV movie Where Have All The People Gone? with Peter Graves and Kathleen Quinlan. She has had roles in more than 30 films and television episodes since the 1960s, including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978.

Biography from TMDB

3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Clint Eastwood

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Mono: Streaming

Leading role · Director: Martin Scorsese

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2004 WB DVD

Small role · Director: John Landis

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Plaion Germany 4K Blu-ray

3 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: Haskell Wexler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is slightly better than MoC Blu-ray: while both are from a 4K restoration approved by director, MoC is more sharpened but gamma is flatter see caps

Best Audio:

Paramount DVD and potentially Paramount LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Paramount DVD and potentially Paramount LaserDisc see blah-ray

Criterion and MoC Blu-ray has the same audio, and additional (destructive) hiss reduction was applied, and one segment was made significantly louder.

Also, every home video release except the 1982 Paramount VHS cassette replaces Wild Man Fischer's 'Merry-Go-Round' in the roller derby scene with a version of 'Sweet Georgia Brown' by Brother Bones. Two very different songs, and one must assume that the tone of the scene has changed considerably

Supporting role · Director: Martin Scorsese

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal and Universal Blu-ray have DNR. 4K master also exists, unreleased

Supporting role · Director: Clint Eastwood

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Amazon Streaming Release

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

The Amazon Streaming release is the only HD release so far, and looks to be a faithful, non-upscaled copy of the film, so preferable to the old DVD.

The Streaming release also has a 2.0 mix which is likely the original mix and preferable to the 5.1 mix on the old DVD. 

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