Licorice Pizza (2021)
Drama, Comedy, Romance • 2h 13m
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, John Michael Higgins, Christine Ebersole, Harriet Sansom Harris, Joseph Cross, Danielle Haim, Este Haim, Moti Haim, Donna Haim, Maya Rudolph, Ryan Heffington, Nate Mann, Isabelle Kusman, Destry Allyn Spielberg, George DiCaprio, Iyana Halley, Ray Chase, Emma Dumont, Yumi Mizui, Megumi Anjo, Emily Althaus, Tim Conway Jr., Griff Giacchino, Will Angarola, Milo Herschlag, Craig Stark, Louis Delavenne, Rogelio Camarillo, Nathan M. Hadden, Brian Kehew, Ray Nicholson, Eloy Perez, Pearl Minnie Anderson, Dan Chariton, James Kelley, Dexter Demme, River Cornwell, Harrison Bray, Sasha Spielberg, Karissa Reynafarje, Savannah Ioakimedes, Dorie Samovitz, Anna Cordell, Adam Somner, Joshua Carl Allen, Patrick Hoelck, Collin Sutton, Lucia Angarola, Lola Brown, Nancy Cornwell, Harry Fincher, Laura Gary, Julie Goldklang, Ava Gosselaar, Lila Kay, Lucy Lopez, Zoe Novak, Van Rich-Takayama, Isaac Soren, Phil Bray, Patrick Aranda, Andrew C. Eure, Joshua Zev Nathan, Mia Bruno, Trevor Tavares, Kathy Trinh, Greg Goetzman, Grace Anderson, Minnie Ida Anderson, Jack Anderson, Lucille Anderson, Mahalia Flanagan, Seamus Flanagan, Tallulah Hoffman, Willa Hoffman, Megan Kelley, Hudson Monkarsh, Olive Monkarsh, Stella Monkarsh, Waylon Richling, Ben Schacter, Matty Schacter, Hazel Schaffer, June Schaffer, Delaina Mitchell, Liz Cackowski, Vanessa Schacter, Alexandra Monkarsh, Tyler Young, Josh Monkarsh, Max Mitchell, Erica Sullivan, Bottara Angele, Laura Louise Richardson, Lakin Valdez, Mark Kirksey, Allegra Clark, Ingrid Sophie Schram, Ariel Rechtshaid, Doug Weaver, Ted McCarthy, Lori Killam, Coco Soren, Austin Anderson, William Angarola, Hudson Brown, Sawyer Conklin, Sylvie Conklin, Sharyn Dent-Bray, Renee Flanagan, Jamie Giacchino, Apryl Huntzinger, Shana Dishell Richling, Thomas John Rudolph, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Ford Stoller, George Stoller, Theo Stoller, William Stoller, Zoe Herschlag, Henri Abergel, Theresa Anderson, Mark Flanagan, Joanne Gough, Paul Gough, Cassandra Kulukundis, Hank Oster, Reina Reyes, Kimiko Kasai, Richard Rudolph, Kirk Saduski, Katy Weber, Dennis Weiss, Mark Wolfson, Ryan B. Young, Benjamin Barrett, Demelza Cronin, Katie Cronin, Dennis McCarthy, Mary Eileen O'Donnell, William Potter, Karen Kilgariff, Alex Herschlag, Madison Sonora, Jonathan Goetzman, Victoria Kunkel, Jon Beavers, Luigi Della Ripa, Riley Parker, Max Beristain, Eden Burakoff, Alex Canter, Avery Carey, AJ Carr, Angenaya Carr, Nick Cohen, Eric Culhane, Astaria Dayne, Mick Giacchino, Luna Gray, Julia Greene, Sung Han, Lawrence Haymes, Arlo Reilly, Francesca Sarracino, Luigi Sarracino, Frank Scott, Max Scott, Yanari Warren, Ciara Williamson, Hannah Williamson, Dan Anderson, Kat Barnette, Natalia Becerril, Zachary Chicos, Gerren Hall, Fatimah Hassan, Steven Herrera, Brandon Koen, Richard B. Larimore, Paige Locke, Zoe McLane, Anthony Molinari, John C. Reilly, Patrick Salway, Tess Rianne Sullivan, Charlotte Townsend, Jeff Willy
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About the film
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Featured in Films/TV shows with a 1080p Blu-ray, but a higher quality master is found elsewhere
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Video format: 4K Streaming
Director: Michael Bay
Video format: HD Streaming
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
4K possibly teased?
Director: Simon West
Video format: 4K Streaming
Video format: 4K Streaming
Director: Marc Forster
Video format: 4K Streaming
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Video format: 4K Streaming
Streaming has the original theatrical Dolby Atmos mix
Disney/Fox Blu-ray only has a 5.1 downmix
Kaleidescape is lossless (TrueHD 7.1), others are all lossy (E-AC-3 5.1 JOC) at varying bitrates.
Streaming: Kaleidescape
Streaming: Kaleidescape > Movies Anywhere > Disney+
Director: Martin Campbell
Video format: 4K Streaming
Video format: 4K Streaming
4K Streaming
Sources: 007homemedia.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
Warner Bros Blu-ray is the best Blu-ray even though it has color and major contrast issues
4K SDR master on streaming seems to be from the same scan and looks like it has less tinkering than the Blu-ray
Caps of 4K SDR master: 007 on Home Media: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Video format: 4K Streaming
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Sources: parkcircus.com (opens in a new tab)
Like previous releases, the 4K Blu-ray was scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative at Paul Thomas Anderson’s request which may explain the softness.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray teased
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Sony 4K Blu-ray (better encoding on the Criterion) see caps https://slow.pics/c/fbftSpZF
More Drama on Blu-ray
Shout! Factory's Blu-ray has both cuts of the film in addition to the 3.0 stereo and 2.0 mono mixes making it the first time the full theatrical cut is available with the 3.0 mix. The new commentary is good. The 3.0 stereo sounds wonderful and the mono sounds solid.
That's where the positives end. This is the same terrible Universal DVD master slapped on a Blu-ray disc with a terrible encode making both versions share the disc separately taking up more space. This master was already poor for DVD and is nearly unwatchable here on the Shout! Factory disc. It looks virtually identical to the upscaled DVD most of the time with only a bit less noise due to it being 1080p. This is one of the most appalling cases of "DVD master slapped on a Blu-ray disc" you can possibly find. Absolutely shameful video presentation. This should have never been released this way. Sadly it's still ever so slightly better than the DVD and the only way you get the proper theatrical cut with lossless 3.0 stereo. This is still the best source we have for the film.
Director: Anthony Mann
This is an ancient Universal master of a film in dire need of restoration. This only looks somewhat better than the old Universal DVD upscaled and is clearly the same master. Tons of wear, color fringing and other issues abound. The film is stuck at the theatrical widescreen ratio of 1.85:1 when it was composed for Academy ratio. The proper ratio is only found on the trailer, original VHS master and Region 2 PAL DVD. The Kino Lorber Blu-ray is their usual barebones affair except for flawed low res trailer files and a basic commentary. The film's 3.0 stereo mix is intact alongside the more limited mono mix thankfully. The Blu-ray does edge out over the old Universal DVD but that is merely due to it being the same master resolving better in 1080p. This presentation is sadly poor and the film deserves much better.
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 vs Criterion
Three masterings of the original Dolby Stereo SR mix exist: the original Orion video releases, the Criterion (which is from their LD) and the Arrow. All three are excellent with slight mastering differences between them. The original Orion still is probably the one with the most fidelity, the Criterion is the cleanest with a kind of warm feel to it and the Arrow has a bit of both aspects. The Arrow mastering has a tiny almost imperceptible bit of audio bleeding into the surround that isn't on the Criterion. Each has their own pluses and minuses but you can't go wrong with any of them. Whatever you do though: DO NOT WATCH WITH THE 5.1 REMIX. It is another MGM botch job that fundamentally alters the impact of many scenes. It is vastly inferior to the original mix in every way.
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
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
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.
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