Nausicaa (1971)
TV Movie, Drama • 1h 38m
Director: Agnès Varda
Cast: France Dougnac, Myriam Boyer, Stavros Tornes, Catherine de Seynes, Gérard Depardieu, Iannis Angelopoulos, Elisabeth Depardieu, Aris Fakinos, Marios Ioannidis, Vlassis Kaniaris, Periklis Korovesis, Phaedon Metalinos, Andreas Nicopoulos, Spilios Papaspiliopoulos, Philolaos, Gisèle Prassinos, Stelios Ramfos, François Sommaripas, Dimitrios Tolis, Gilbert Trigano, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Vasilis Vasilikos
About the film
A girl, whose father is from Greece, studies ancient art in France. The film was made for television but never broadcast for political reasons related to its portrayal of Greeks. A work print was screened in Belgium in 1971, and the film is now available in reconstructed form.
Director: Agnès Varda
Director: Agnès Varda
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)
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Director: Steven Spielberg
"Director's Cut" (Theatrical cut with minor changes): Universal 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: VHS
TV Cut: Fan restoration
1993 MCA LaserDisc (with EQ adjusted)
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