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John Lawrence

John Lawrence

5 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K4 in HD

They Live (1988)

Supporting role · Director: John Carpenter

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Pick your poison between the 3 UHDs or maybe the remastered Shout! Factory Blu-ray?

Best Video:

Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray has consistently mediocre encoding + no original audio. StudioCanal encoding is better a lot of the time, but is terrible in others. Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has good encoding but wrong colour space

3.8

Seconds (1966)

Small role · Director: John Frankenheimer

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

UK MoC Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK MoC Blu-ray uses the same restoration as Criterion but has more natural contrast and more organic grains see caps

Audio Notes:

MoC Blu-ray has the exactly same audio as Criterion Blu-ray

Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

Small role · Director: Jack Arnold

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

Small role · Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm

3.4

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