The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą
Drama, Fantasy, Horror • 2h 4m
Director: Wojciech Has
Cast: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Filip Zylber, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczysław Voit, Bożena Adamek, Ludwik Benoit, Henryk Boukołowski, Seweryn Dalecki, Julian Jabczyński, Jerzy Przybylski, Wiktor Sadecki, Janina Sokołowska, Wojciech Standełło, Tadeusz Schmidt, Szymon Szurmiej, Jan Szurmiej, Michał Szwejlich, Paweł Unrug, Marek Barbasiewicz, Jerzy Bekker, Jerzy Braszka, Zofia Bajuk, Emir Buczacki, Romuald Drobaczyński, Andrzej Herder, Jolanta Hanisz, J. Jablonski, Jerzy Janeczek, Marek Jasiński, Elżbieta Kijowska, Leszek Kowalewski, Mirosława Lombardo, Irena Malkiewicz, Bolesław Mierzejewski, Włodzimierz Nowak, Barbara Okonska-Kozlowska, Stanisław Olczyk, Józef Łodyński, Czesław Piaskowski, P. Podgórski, Edward Radulski, Barbara Rogalska, Waldemar Rutecki, Wladyslaw Sitko, Waldemar Gawlik, Jolanta Jackowska, Alicja Kluba, Herman Lercher, Leopold Rene Nowak, Hans-Joachim Recknitz, Stefania Staszewska, Paweł Szurmiej, Ruth Taru-Kowalska, Gołda Tencer, Irena Izykowska, Jerzy Trela, Stanisław Tylczyński
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About the film
Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt
2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027
Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray
The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Ben Stiller
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Director: Gary Ross
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray, but a shot was cut from the film
Warner Bros Blu-ray for the uncut version, but it's an older master.
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray, but a shot was cut from the film. See comparison
Warner Bros Blu-ray for the uncut version, but it's an older master.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
> UK MoC 4K Blu-ray > Australia Imprint > US Kino Lorber better encoding
The MoC, Criterion and Imprint UHDs were encoded by FiM making all 3 very close. The higher bitrate helped in deciding and some luck; however Criterion is the most consistent one of all 3. Imprint has some scenes with more splotchy grain while MoC is quite close to Criterion but has some more blocking in dark scenes (e.g.: comp #27). With Criterion’s superior audio, it ensures complete consistency.
From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"
Both Imprint (included in their set) and Capelight (on its own/individually) offer remastered BDs. All other BDs, including the one included in The Complete Kubrick, are sourced from the same older master from around 2010.
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Criterion 4K Blu-ray also includes exclusive "Reborn Cut"
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Director: Doug Liman
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
The Universal Blu-ray is slightly filtered and DNR'd compared to the HD-DVD, and the Universal 4K Blu-ray, on top of being upscaled, adds additional DNR and is softer than both previous HD releases.
Versions:
- The International version contains a short additional scene (part of the "Farmhouse" extended scene from the special features). See additional detail below.
- The US version does not contain this scene during the film. Director Doug Liman confirms in his audio commentary that the scene was cut from the original US theatrical release "for time".
- "The Explosive Extended Edition" found on some DVD releases is not an alternate cut of the film, simply an access mode that plays "The Bookend Scenes" features via non-seamless branching.
Deck the Halls scene:
The U.S. release is 118:17 while the European/Australian/Japanese releases are 118:36. There is no difference between the two running times from the start, but at 81:21, the U.S. version cuts from a kitchen scene of Marie and Eamon washing dishes, to a scene of Eamon bringing blankets to Jason and Marie. On the European/Australian releases, at the same point, there is a scene of Jason, Marie, Eamon and his children eating dinner while "Deck the Halls" plays in the background. There is no dialogue, the characters just each exchange uncomfortable glances. The scene goes to 81:40, then picks up the same scene of Eamon bringing blankets. This scene is included as an extra ("Farmhouse" extended scene) albeit sans the holiday themed music. Many thanks to Rewind user Mark Bowen for comparing these releases and letting us know the difference.
Director: David Lean
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
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