Satantango (1994)
Sátántangó
Drama • 7h 19m
Overview
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Director: Béla Tarr
Cast: Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós, Erika Bók, László feLugossy, Alfréd Járai, János Derzsi, Irén Szajki, Éva Almássy Albert, Erzsébet Gaál, Peter Berling, György Barkó, Zoltán Kamondi, Barna Mihók, Péter Dobai, András Bodnár, Ica Bojár, István Juhász, Ferenc Kállai, Gyula Pauer, Mihály Kormos, Ernő Mihályi, András Fekete, Andor Simai, Katalin Krizsánné Kovács, Vilmosné Pataki, Mária Borbély, Kati Makrányi, Zsuzsa Fodor, Beatrix Jeszensky, Rita Deák Varga, Frigyes Hollósi, Ágnes Kamondy, Kína Vetõ, Mia Santamaria, József Kresinka, Mihály Ráday
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
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
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: David Lynch
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
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Director: Robert Bresson
Director: Robert Bresson
Director: Fritz Lang
Director: Fritz Lang
Director: Béla Tarr
Artificial Eye Blu-ray. Cinema Guild Blu-ray is a good alternative (more extras).
UK > US, not sure France. UK (Artificial Eye/Curzon) has higher bitrate than US (Cinema Guild) but has boosted gamma (see here: https://slow.pics/c/L9U9r8Es).
Director: Béla Tarr
Artificial Eye Blu-ray. Cinema Guild Blu-ray is a good alternative (more extras).
UK > US, not sure France. UK (Artificial Eye/Curzon) has higher bitrate than US (Cinema Guild) but has boosted gamma (see here: https://slow.pics/c/L9U9r8Es).
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Curzon 4K Blu-ray/Carlotta Blu-ray. Criterion 4K Blu-ray is worse.
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Curzon 4K Blu-ray/Carlotta Blu-ray. Criterion 4K Blu-ray is worse.
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Chen Kaige
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Director: Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Director: Robert Aldrich
Director: Robert Aldrich
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
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Carlotta FR BD. Arbelos US BD has a worse encode, Curzon UK BD has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon BD
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Carlotta FR BD. Arbelos US BD has a worse encode, Curzon UK BD has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon BD
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2021 Arbelos US BD is new 4k resto, UK Curzon AR is squished somehow
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Carlotta FR BD. Arbelos US BD has a worse encode, Curzon UK BD has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon BD
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2021 Arbelos US BD is new 4k resto, UK Curzon AR is squished somehow
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Carlotta FR BD. Arbelos US BD has a worse encode, Curzon UK BD has squished AR
Bela Tarr Curzon Collection uses the same bad Curzon BD
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