Accattone (1961)
Drama • 2h
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti, Luciano Conti, Luciano Gonini, Renato Capogna, Alfredo Leggi, Galeazzo Riccardi, Leonardo Muraglia, Giuseppe Ristagno, Roberto Giovannoni, Mario Cipriani, Roberto Scaringella, Silvio Citti, Giovanni Orgitano, Piero Morgia, Umberto Bevilacqua, Franco Bevilacqua, Amerigo Bevilacqua, Sergio Fioravanti, Adele Cambria, Adriano Mazzelli, Mario Castiglione, Dino Frondi, Tommaso Nuovo, Romolo Orazi, Massimo Cacciafeste, Francesco Orazi, Mario Guerani, Stefano D'Arrigo, Enrico Fioravanti, Nino Russo, Edgardo Siroli, Renato Terra, Emanuele Di Bari, Franco Marucci, Carlo Sardoni, Adriana Moneta, Polidor, Danilo Alleva, Sergio Citti, Elsa Morante, Gabriele Baldini, Franco Venditti, Luisa Loiano
Best video release
Carlotta Passolini set
About the film
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
- TSPDT
- 2026: #4532025: #4382024: #4412023: #4512022: #451
- Alternative Titles
- The Procurer
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Criterion boxset
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BFI 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
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Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Criterion Passolini 101 box
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Criterion passolini set
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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The 4K discs in both Criterion and Imprint sets are FiM encodes, but low-passed. The compression is better, but some of the grain is lost. Difference is pronounced in screen caps, but not likely to be noticed during playback, without a reference to compare it to. Comparisons
All discs use the same source transfer. It's not of the highest quality, and it includes some slight distortion, looping, clicks, pops, and hum. Criterion cleaned it up for their release, but unfortunately also lost a lot of fidelity in the process.
MGM NTSC DVD doesn't seem to have some of the more prominent distortion and has slightly different EQ but is otherwise the same.
Director: Sidney Lumet
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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: 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
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
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Janus and thus Criterion likely to release 4K Blu-ray in 2027
Director: Hal Ashby
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See caps https://slow.pics/c/lVdZaG0W
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StudioCanal's 4K release is similar in encode quality, but has significant glitches in multiple frames. See comparisons 9-16 here: https://slow.pics/c/YkSVb3Ey
The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K's English audio is too high
Criterion has more extras than StudioCanal.
Director: Jacques Tati
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: John Woo
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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.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
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
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
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