The Zone of Interest (2023)
Drama, History, War • 1h 45m
Overview
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak, Cecylia Pekala, Kalman Wilson, Medusa Knopf, Maximilian Beck, Andrey Isaev, Julia Babiarz, Stephanie Petrowitz, Martyna Poznanski, Zuzanna Kobiela, Benjamin Utzerath, Thomas Neumann, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Justyna Szklarska, Kacper Piwko, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Antje Falk, Jakub Sierenberg, Joerg Sierenberg, Joerg Giessler, Heiko Lange, Marek Łukasik, Bernhard Schirmer, Julia Polaczek, Shenja Lacher, Imogen Kogge, Wiktoria Wisniewska, Paulina Burzyk, Anna Marciniszyn, Agnieszka Wierny, Patryk Mika, Tomasz Piwko, Carsten Koch, Heinz Nielow, Christine Schröder, Marnius Fislage, Ralph Herforth, Daniel Holzberg, Rainer Haustein, Daniel Hoffman, Wolfgang Lampl, Oscar Lebeck, Christian Willy, Freya Kreutzkam, Leo Meier, Barbara Koszałka, Izabela Bara, Anna Kuwik, Mariola Karczewska, Halina Drzymota, Dominika Matonóg, Ewelina Kaczor, Małgorzata Żurek, Barbara Jakubowska, Elżbieta Bronka, Zuzanna Janusik, Sascha Maaz, Ralf Zillmann, Christopher Manavi
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Lionsgate Blu-ray vs StudioCanal Blu-ray vs Itunes 4K Streaming?
Lionsgate Blu-ray vs StudioCanal Blu-ray vs Itunes 4K Streaming?
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Lionsgate Blu-ray vs StudioCanal Blu-ray vs Itunes 4K Streaming?
Lionsgate Blu-ray vs StudioCanal Blu-ray vs Itunes 4K Streaming?
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Director: Spike Lee
A24 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Spike Lee
A24 4K Blu-ray see caps
Director: Benny Safdie
Director: Benny Safdie
Director: Ari Aster
Theatrical Cut: Germany 4K Blu-ray
Director's Cut: A24 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Germany 4K Blu-ray
Director's Cut: A24 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Japan 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut Blu-ray has extras that the DC 4K Blu-ray lacks
Director: Ari Aster
Theatrical Cut: Germany 4K Blu-ray
Director's Cut: A24 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Germany 4K Blu-ray
Director's Cut: A24 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: Japan 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut Blu-ray has extras that the DC 4K Blu-ray lacks
Director: Ari Aster
Director: Ari Aster
Directors: Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland
France/Dutch 4K Blu-ray, see caps
A24 4K Blu-ray or France/Dutch 4K Blu-ray, excellent Atmos mix
Directors: Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland
France/Dutch 4K Blu-ray, see caps
A24 4K Blu-ray or France/Dutch 4K Blu-ray, excellent Atmos mix
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Director: Ti West
Director: Ti West
Director: Ti West
Director: Ti West
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Director: Rolf de Heer
Director: Rolf de Heer
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: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR
Restored original mono mix: Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored original mono: 2014 BFI Blu-ray
BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and a stereo downmix of it; no original mono.
The unrestored track on BFI's earlier release appears to be an almost entirely unmanipulated transfer of the original mix. It suffers from a distracting low-frequency hum. The 4K restoration comes with a restored track, which appears to be the same transfer, but which appears to be cleaned up with a moderate amount of noise reduction and some EQ, nicely opening up the high-end, and which is likely to be preferable to most listeners. All earlier releases sound poor.
Perspecta isn't a discrete surround format, instead only relying on manipulating volume and panning of the mono track across L/C/R channels, based on embedded control tones. As such, even the Perspecta track is technically just the mono mix, though the omission of the proper mono on BFI's 4K is still unfortunate.
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Vincent Ward
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray > US Paramount 4K Blu-ray for the US Cut.
International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, is significantly better than the US Paramount 4K Blu-ray (even with FEL Baked in and Dolby Vision), with more grain retention and detail
SDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/TEPHtKjl
HDR Comparisons: International Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray vs US Paramount 4K Blu-ray: https://slow.pics/c/hIFe11Hx
Comparisons in SDR using L8 Trim from CM v4.0 (both UHDs can use CM v4.0): Remux vs USA UHD: https://slow.pics/c/mkrhVtpl
The International Cut, which contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act, hasn't been released on home video to date.
International Cut contains alternate, more violent shots in the final act.
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
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