I Stand Alone (1999)
Seul contre tous
Drama, Thriller • 1h 29m
Director: Gaspar Noé
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain, Martine Audrain, Zaven, Jean-François Rauger, Guillaume Nicloux, Olivier Doran, Aïssa Djabri, Serge Faurie, Frédéric Pfohl, Stéphanie Sec, Arlette Balkis, Gil Bertharion Jr., Rado, Nicolas Jouhet, Ahmed Bounacir, Roland Guéridon, Hervé Gueridon, Sophie Nicolle, Paule Abecassis, Marie-Madeleine Denecheau, Robert Roy, Joël Leculle, Denis Falgoux, Marc Faure, Gérard Ortega, Stephane Derderian, Alain Pierre, Sylvie Raymond
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Overview
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
Director: Michael Haneke
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Gregg Araki
Camera Obscura Blu-ray/Strand Releasing Blu-ray
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
Director: Roman Polanski
Kino Lorber disc has audio pitch errors
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Terrence Malick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm Fine Grain. Even with its unfortunate and noticeable print damage, tears, and other issues, still easily beats any prior disc release, though the Imprint BD (same master as Kino, but inferior encode) included in their Essential Film Noir Collection Vol. 3 set does include more extras. https://youtu.be/-Wrsn6-XJCo
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
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