Queer (2024)
Drama, Romance • 2h 18m
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Cast: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Henry Zaga, Drew Droege, Andra Ursuta, Lisandro Alonso, Ariel Schulman, David Lowery, Daan de Wit, Colin Bates, Simon Rizzoni, Octavio Mendoza, Omar Apollo, Silverio Castro, Amir Antonio Samande Chavez, Andrea Montserrat Rios Hernandez, Claudio Cardenas, Gilberto Barraza, Jean Carlos Gonzalez Flores, Michael Kent, Lorenzo Pozzan, Ronia Ava, Juan Domingo Sandoval Puga, Michaël Borremans, Andrés Duprat, Mery Patricia Atencio Huaranga, Perla Ambrosini
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UHD tiers
Overview
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, new to the city, shows him, for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.
Director: Charlotte Wells
Director: Kidlat Tahimik
Video format: HD Streaming
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MUBI has HD streaming or DVD
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
BD LPCM 5.1
The DTS-HD on the UHD has been dynamically compressed, has had its center channel boosted, and surrounds lowered (typical modern nearfield mix for soundbars). Very different from the BD and DVD tracks. The BD LPCM is basically just a lossless version of the DTS and AC3 from the original DVD (the AC3 actually being the superior mix on that particular release).
Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Imprint 4K Blu-ray
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FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Director: Tony Scott
The 70mm 6-track mix has a higher bitrate on the Paramount 1998 DVD, but is more limited than on the THX LaserDisc The Paramount 1998 DVD also has open matte versions in fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 instead of the theatrical aspect ratio of 2.39:1, but the 2.00:1 widescreen presentation is non-anamorphic. The THX LaserDisc is available in both fullscreen 1.33:1 and widescreen 2.00:1 variants.
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
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