An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
大象席地而坐
Drama • 3h 50m
Director: Hu Bo
Cast: Peng Yuchang, Wang Yuwen, Zhang Yu, Li Congxi, Zhenghui Ling, Xiaolong Zhang, Li Danyi, Kong Wei, Kong Yixin, Wang Chaobei, Wang Xueyang, Zhu Yanmanzi, Zhaoyan Guozhang, Li Suyun, Huang Ximan, Li Qing, He Miaomiao, Li Binyuan, Shunzi, Xiangrong Dong, Zhang Shuai, Zhou Yinglong, Zhao Weimin, Hao Shimin, Chang Wukui, Liu Xiaohui, Zhu Jianliang, Zhang Jinzhong, Li Hongmei, Liu Jianmin, 3502 tenant, Ember Yu, Zhang Zhouqiang, Wang Gang, Wang Longlong, Gao Xuepeng, Ma Heping, Yan Hao, Zhao Shihui, Wang Ning, Zhao Tao, Liu Xiwen, He Lei, Jing Guo, 郝贵祥
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In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
Director: Hu Bo
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
Director: Liliana Cavani
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Director: Iain Softley
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Both 88 Films and Germany Capelight are superior to the Shout! Factory in HDR10 but their FEL layer may even things out. Objectively, the Capelight looks best as they avoided the chroma blocking that’s visible in 88’s disc but they in turn included an Atmos mix. I have the Shout! Factory, love how it looks and the 4K transfer is spectacular. https://slow.pics/c/vPmFQSAH
Shout! Factory has the exclusive The Beauty of the Baud and the You Can't Stop Us All featurettes.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Bruce Robinson
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Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
review: Disk Kino
Both have better encoding than Disk Kino, some shots are better on Shout! Factory, others on Arrow
Shout Factory still has the best video while Arrow did a questionable regrade. Arrow definitely has less grain in most shots, has a worse encode and is cm v2.9 compared to Shout’s cm v4.0.
Shout! Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
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