Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
Documentary • 1h 25m
Directors: Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin
Best video release
Criterion 2k transfer
About the film
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's misfortunes.
- TSPDT
- 2026: #6912025: #6842024: #6822023: #6702022: #670
Director: Martin Scorsese
Video format: 4K Streaming
Director: Victor Sjöström
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Victor Sjöström
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Leo McCarey
Director: Philip Kaufman
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a significant upgrade over previous WB Blu-ray see comparison
Criterion for the first time on home video have provided the 70mm 6-track as well as the Dolby stereo which was previously on LaserDisc. Both tracks are unique so included both with the 6-track default. Criterion’s 5.1 remix is lossless compared to the lossy tracks of the previous blu-rays and DVDs.
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2023 Criterion 4K Blu-ray (bad compression) / Curzon 4K Blu-ray (visible chroma noise and meh compression)
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Criterion standard BD encode, sold separately, is not very good
More Documentary on Blu-ray
Sony Music 4K Blu-ray
AI upscale but color and HDR grading is improved as it's way more subdued see caps
Mono: 1999 WB DVD
5.1: Criterion 4K Blu-ray
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Director: Steve James
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.
Director: Ebrahim Golestan
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