Down with Love (2003)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 41m
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, Tony Randall, John Aylward, Matt Ross, Michael Ensign, Timothy Omundson, Jeri Ryan, Ivana Miličević, Melissa George, Dorie Barton, Laura Kightlinger, Chris Parnell, Robert Katims, Florence Stanley, John Storey, Peter Spruyt, Lynn Collins, David Doty, Jude Ciccolella, Will Jordan, Brad Hanson, Beth LaMure, Christie Cronenweth, Megan Denton, Melanie Lewis, Sybil Azur, Joanna Collins, Sandra McCoy, Sarah Christine Smith, Norman Fessler, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Pat Cusick, Rick Scarry, Basil Hoffman, James Vincent, Warren Munson
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 1 year ago
Overview
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Director: Peyton Reed
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is an outstanding new master in restoration and grading, excellent encode
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray has strong sound
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Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE
Director: Paul Leni
Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray
European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927
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In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.
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