The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024)
Documentary • 1h 25m
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Maurice Krafft, Katia Krafft
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Overview
Filmmaker Werner Herzog combs through the film archives of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft to create a film that celebrates their legacy.
Director: Werner Herzog
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> BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K Blu-ray, and Shout! Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
2000 R2 Stonevision DVD
2000 R2 Stonevision DVD vs Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray?
Director: Werner Herzog
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
Shout! Factory US vs BFI UK Herzog collection, no comparison
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany
No comparison
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> BFI 4K Blu-ray (BFI 4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled mess https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/s/ngw1BMYw5k) comparison: https://slow.pics/c/39MblTy5
Director: Éric Rohmer
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Rohmer Potemkine set
Netherlands 2006 Homescreen DVD
Director: Leos Carax
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)
Director: Lars von Trier
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(needs gamma correction)
The movie was shot in HD and France Potemkine Blu-ray (needs gamma correction) has slightly stronger encoding than Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray. Curzon Blu-ray is the worst of all three (not by much) see caps.
Director: Lars von Trier
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
No disc has correct frame rate (25fps) and English subtitles
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Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Criterion, 4K transfer
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Criterion is regraded with no reference information provided. Comparisons
Director: Abel Gance
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Potemkine 4K
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Potemkine 4K for the 7h Grand Version https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=36908
Director: Éric Rohmer
More Documentary on Blu-ray
Director: Steve James
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has excellent master in SDR and a good encode. BD caps here.
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor audio: The 2.0 is fine but unremarkable, the 5.1 is presumably an upmix with a botched, strongly raised LFE channel which makes the entire track unlistenable on well-tuned equipment. Audio graphs here.
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While it's included on both Criterion The Palm Beach Story extras and Arrow's Sullivan's Travels' extras, Criterion uses a different source and is vastly superior, see caps
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
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