Dan Hedaya

13 films on Best Blurays9 in 4K4 in HD

Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. While a student at Tufts University, he began performing at the campus theater. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals; two of his best-known roles are as a cuckolded husband in the Coen brothers' crime thriller Blood Simple, and the scheming Nick Tortelli on the sitcom Cheers.

Biography from TMDB

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Blood Simple (1984)

Leading role · Director: Joel Coen

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD

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

Video Notes:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)

Freeway (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Matthew Bright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray

3.5

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

Supporting role · Director: John Patrick Shanley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

The Hunger (1983)

Supporting role · Director: Tony Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Daylight (1996)

Supporting role · Director: Rob Cohen

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Turbine 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Germany Turbine 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

comparison between the Turbine and Kino grades. The former is director-supervised.

Best Audio:

(The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray DTS HD5.1 seems to have stronger bass, but it's yet unclear which one has the original 5.1) Also see thread.

Additional Info:

The Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray was recalled shortly after inital releases for unknown reasons.

2.9

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Supporting role · Director: David Lynch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray.

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and doesn’t have the low-pass filter the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has.

Best Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD

Additional Info:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL

To Die For (1995)

Supporting role · Director: Gus Van Sant

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (review)

3.6

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Supporting role · Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

2.6

Clueless (1995)

Supporting role · Director: Amy Heckerling

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Fine new master, grade and encode caps

3.7

Night of the Juggler (1980)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Butler

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Radiance 4K Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray, see mfunk9786 review:

Despite being at a considerably tighter bitrate than the Kino, the BD-66 from Radiance /Transmission is the release to own. Looks fantastic (FiM again), grain pattern is crisp, and the repeating scene error isn't on it, either. Really nice packaging that isn't as beefy as a Second Sight LE is another big plus.

3.7