Roberto Rossellini

8 films on Best Blurays7 in HD1 in SD

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Roberto Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City 1945) to the movement.

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7 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Rome, Open City (1945)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray slightly better encode but gamma is off

4.2

Paisan (1946)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray is a newer master than Criterion

3.9

Germany, Year Zero (1948)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray is newer master than Criterion

4.0

Stromboli (1950)

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion or BFI Blu-ray?

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

Best Video:

Video Notes:

Criterion darker and more contrast than BFI and Plaion Germany see cap https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=2461

3.9

The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD or unreleased restoration

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · film-foundation.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

New resto, no Blu-ray https://www.film-foundation.org/francesco-giullare-di-dio-kj

3.9

Europe '51 (1952)

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 2k transfer, source can't be improved

3.9

Journey to Italy (1954)

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

2003 BFI DVD

Additional Info:

The audio track on the BFI DVD is less processed than the Criterion Blu-ray.

3.8

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

Best English-Friendly & Video:

DVD only

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.7

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