Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943)
Documentary, War • 57m
Directors: Frank Capra & Anatole Litvak
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About the film
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.
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- National Film Registry
Year of Induction: 2000
- Alternative Titles
- Divide and Conquer
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
Director: Sidney Lumet
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1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Dennis Hopper
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
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1986 Columbia VHS
Director: Frank Capra
1991 Republic Pictures LaserDisc
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: William Wyler
Also available in Kino Lorber The Cold Blue Blu-ray as HD extras, or available on streaming
Video format: SD Streaming
Periscope SD Streaming https://archive.org/details/19474tacomanarrowsbridgecollapsecolormosvwr
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Directors: Frank Capra & Anatole Litvak
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US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/ Otherwise there are DVDs
Director: Frank Capra
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US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
Directors: Frank Capra & Hugh Stewart & John Huston & John Boulting & Roy Boulting
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US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
Director: Frank Capra
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
Director: Frank Capra
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
US Periscope Blu-ray OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-Fight-Blu-ray/87823/
Otherwise there are DVDs
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