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Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
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Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

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Comedy, Crime, Drama • 1h 50m

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Cast: Lee Sung-jae, Bae Doona, Kim Ho-jung, Byun Hee-bong, Koh Soo-hee, Kim Roi-ha, Kim Jin-goo, Im Sang-soo, Seong Jeong-seon, Jae-ha Jo, Chae-rin Hwang, Sookyung Lee, Kwon Hyeok-pung, Yeongi Lee, Yong-ok Kim, Se-Geum Oh, Seong-hae Kang, Jin-won Lee

Best English-friendly release

Updated 11 months ago


About the film

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

Alternative Titles
A Higher Animal, Dog of Flanders, Flanders' Dog

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Director: Bong Joon Ho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

UK Artificial Eye 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray releasing January 2027

Best Video:

France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray has the least DNR (UK Artificial Eye might be similar? Both better than Universal 4K Blu-ray)

Criterion even though doesn’t have 4K, it has the B&W version and a lot of extras.

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Best English-Friendly:

US/UK Blu-ray

Director: Bong Joon Ho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Curzon/Artificial Eye UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Korea disc is near-identical, caps

Director: Bong Joon Ho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Director: Bong Joon Ho

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Artificial Eye Blu-ray?

Best Video:

France 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

DNR-affected, low-res original 2K DI upscaled but strong compression and Atmos

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Director: Gaspar Noé

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Artificial Eye 3D Blu-ray

Director: Roy Andersson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Curzon/Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4k transfer. Shochiku Blu-ray is similar

Director: Céline Sciamma

Best English-Friendly:

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray?

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Curzon 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release

Best Video:

Pyramide France Blu-ray

Streaming in 4K on Netflix

Video Notes:

Supposed to have better translation than Criterion.

Director: Wong Kar-Wai

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly:

2010 US Kino Lorber or 2012 UK Artificial Eye

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2017 JP Kadokawa Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2017 JP Kadokawa Blu-ray has the best encoding out of all the older discs.


Kino Lorber and Artificial Eye Blu-ray use the same master, between the two the PQ on Kino's release is slightly better, but the difference is negligible.

The 4K restoration (Criterion, 4K etc) are cropped to 2.35:1, have revisionistic colour grading and other changes.

Caps: old master, old master vs 4K restoration

Wong Kar-Wai on the framing:

With Fallen Angels, I have changed the format to cinemascope, because it was originally what I had intended to release the film in. When we were cutting the film, we accidentally turned the Steenbeck on anamorphic instead of standard. I felt that the film looked much more interesting because it enhanced the distance of the characters on top of the extreme wide angle that we shot on. Back then, it was impossible to shoot a film in standard and release it in anamorphic. With this restoration, we have successfully fulfilled this wish.

Director: Claire Denis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Additional Info:

US IFC Films Blu-ray features exclusive commentary and video essay.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

Best English-Friendly:

Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray has best encoding

2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray > Criterion

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Theatrical Cut: 2011/2018 RU Blu-ray

Passion According to Andrei Cut: ??

Director: Robert Bresson

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Director: François Truffaut

Best English-Friendly:

UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Artificial Eye vs France Carlotta no comparison

Director: Roman Polanski

Best English-Friendly:

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray

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Director: Alan J. Pakula

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Olive Films Blu-ray

Director: Frank Oz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Director: Steve Gordon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: George B. Seitz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Alicia MacDonald

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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