Additional info
UCLA has the 35mm preservation print
Compare the discs
About the film
Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.
- Featured Lists
- National Film Registry
Year of Induction: 2015
Director: Richard Brooks
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
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
Director: Sidney Lumet
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
1.85:1: Kino Lorber 4K / Capelight 4K
1.66:1: Criterion 4K but low pass filtered
Comparison between the 4Ks, Criterion on the AR choice
Other discs have unnecessary filtering and sound worse, the difference isn't substantial but audible
Director: Dennis Hopper
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1
MoC audio is better https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=225532&page=3
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Undercrank Frank Borzage: 1922 Silents Blu-ray
Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Frank Borzage
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 4K scan from the 35mm B&W nitrate original negative and 35mm B&W composite fine grain
No comparison available, but from track record, Indicator Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps
BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber
Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: academymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
4K restoration has no home media release yet
Quality: 2005 AlphaVideo DVD
Longer Footage: 2013 WB The Wizard of Oz (1939) 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3
Director: Frank O'Connor
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Video format: DVD
AlphaVideo or Kino Lorber OOP or Grapevine OOP DVD
No comparison available
Edit history
Every recommendation follows the same method — how these calls are made.