Mysterious Skin (2005)
Drama • 1h 45m
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Long, Bill Sage, Chase Ellison, George Webster, Riley McGuire, Rachael Nastassja Kraft, Chris Mulkey, David Lee Smith, Kelly Kruger, Ryan Stenzel, Richard Riehle, Larry Marko, Clover, Bruno Alexander, Forrest Fountain, Zane Huett, Reedy Gibbs, David Alan Graf, John Ganun, Billy Drago, Pete Kasper, Joan Blair, Trieste Kelly Dunn
Best video release
Camera Obscura Blu-ray/Strand Releasing Blu-ray
About the film
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Director: Gregg Araki
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray for 5.1 remix. Original stereo mix on US Image Entertainment LaserDisc/UK Second Sight DVD
Director: Gregg Araki
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray for 5.1 remix. Original stereo mix on UK Second Sight DVD.
Director: Michael Haneke
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Roman Polanski
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
Director: John Woo
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Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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