Ginger and Fred (1986)
Ginger e Fred
Comedy, Drama • 2h 5m
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Fabrizi, Friedrich von Ledebur, Augusto Poderosi, Martin Maria Blau, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Totò Mignone, Ezio Marano, Antoine Saint-John, Friedrich von Thun, Antonino Iuorio, Barbara Scoppa, Elisabetta Flumeri, Salvatore Billa, Ginestra Spinola, Stefania Marini, Francesco Casale, Gianfranco Alpestre, Filippo Ascione, Elena Cantarone, Cosima Chiusoli, Claudio Ciocca, Sergio Ciulli, Roberto De Sandro, Vittorio De Bisogno, Fabrizio Fontana, Laurentina Guidotti, Giorgio Iovine, Danika La Loggia, Isabelle Therese La Porte, Luigi Leoni, Luciano Lombardo, Mariele Loreley, Elena Magoia, Franco Marino, Mauro Misul, Jurgen Morhofer, Pippo Negri, Antonietta Patriarca, Nando Pucci Negri, Luigi Rossi, Franco Trevisi, Patti Vailati, Narciso Vicario, Hermann Weiskopf, Roberto Accornero, Ennio Antonelli, Leonardo Petrillo, Daniele Aldrovandi, Eolo Capritti, Luigi Duca, Filippo Perego, Roberto Ceccacci, Moana Pozzi, Marcia Sedoc, Antonio De Martino, Davide Marotta, Arnaldo Fabrizio, Vito Passeri, Rosario Galli, Claudio Botosso, Stefano Gragnani, Settimio Scacco, Mimmo Poli, Alessandra Panelli, Roberto Mannoni, Caterina Vertova, Patrizia Loreti, Gabriella Di Luzio, Adele Pandolfi, Marina Lorenzi, Ivano Marescotti, Rolando De Santis, Alessandra Stordy, Antonio Spinnato, Walter Mramor, Luciana Frazzetto, Luciano Bonanni, Gianni Baghino, Armando Tortorici, Aldo Formisano, Angelo Casadei, Elisabetta Barbagallo, Gustavo Frigerio, Cesare Nizzica, Josephine Scandi, Mimma Lovoi, Luigi Tondinelli
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Video format
Best English-friendly release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.
Director: Federico Fellini
Director: Federico Fellini
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2014 Criterion Blu-ray is from the same master and has only slightly worse compression. JP/DE/FR releases all have incorrect levels. Caps
All Blu-ray releases are from the same mastering, superior to the one on older DVD releases which is sourced from a higher generation source. They all sound about the same, with the exception of Criterion, which sounds worse due to extraneous filtering.
Paramount's disc also includes a contemporary English dub, previously unreleased on home video.
Director: Federico Fellini
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
2017 StudioCanal Blu-ray
Director: Federico Fellini
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Image Entertainment DVD is slightly better than Criterion 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray/DVD (all basically the same)
Other Blu-ray releases are all much worse.
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
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Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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.
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