My American Uncle (1980)
Mon oncle d'Amérique
Comedy, Drama, Romance • 2h 3m
Overview
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Gérard Darrieu, Philippe Laudenbach, Marie Dubois, Henri Laborit, Bernard Malaterre, Laurence Roy, Alexandre Rignault, Véronique Silver, Jean Lescot, Geneviève Mnich, Maurice Gauthier, Guillaume Boisseau, Ina Bedart, Ludovic Salis, François Calvez, Stephanie Loustau, Monique Mauclair, Damien Boisseau, Gaston Vacchia, Bertrand Lepage, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Catherine Frot, Valérie Dréville, Brigitte Roüan, Max Vialle, Yves Peneau, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Laurence Février, Charlotte Bonnet, Jean Dasté, Anne-Christine Joinneau, Sébastien Drai, Marjorie Godin, Liliane Gaudet, Isabelle Ganz, Maria Laborit, Albert Médina, Laurence Badie, Carène Ferrey, Sabine Thomas, Catherine Serre, Jacques Rispal, Héléna Manson, Serge Feuillard, Gilette Barbier, Dominique Rozan, Michel Muller
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
Director: Alain Resnais
No Blu-ray, potential resto
No Blu-ray, potential resto https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/nyff-51-providence-found-alain-resnais-70s-film-undergoes-a-renaissance/
Director: Alain Resnais
No Blu-ray, potential resto
No Blu-ray, potential resto https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/nyff-51-providence-found-alain-resnais-70s-film-undergoes-a-renaissance/
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming is the only release for the new 4K restoration. Mosfilm's release has no sepia, and whether or not if this is the original color grading is still under debate.
For other releases: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:
German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is 2K upscale and has incorrectly pitched Russian audio. See caps
Criterion Blu-ray/Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray have yellow tint on sepia scenes
France Potemkine (Standalone) has raised blacks and poor encoding
France Potemkine (Boxset) has orange tint on sepia scenes and poor encoding
Netherlands Lumière has correct sepia scenes, good encode, but gamma is slightly off.
Italy General Video Recording has correct sepia scenes but gamma is off (more so than Netherlands Blu-ray and worse encode)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming is the only release for the new 4K restoration. Mosfilm's release has no sepia, and whether or not if this is the original color grading is still under debate.
For other releases: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:
German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is 2K upscale and has incorrectly pitched Russian audio. See caps
Criterion Blu-ray/Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray have yellow tint on sepia scenes
France Potemkine (Standalone) has raised blacks and poor encoding
France Potemkine (Boxset) has orange tint on sepia scenes and poor encoding
Netherlands Lumière has correct sepia scenes, good encode, but gamma is slightly off.
Italy General Video Recording has correct sepia scenes but gamma is off (more so than Netherlands Blu-ray and worse encode)
Director: Éric Rohmer
Director: Éric Rohmer
Director: Jacques Rivette
Director: Jacques Rivette
MoC > Kino Lorber (see slowpics for comparison). No information on Potemkine.
MoC has higher bitrate than Kino Lorber, also the contrast is increased. But there is no noticeable reduction in visible film damage presented between the two offerings.
MoC > Kino Lorber (see slowpics for comparison). No information on Potemkine.
MoC has higher bitrate than Kino Lorber, also the contrast is increased. But there is no noticeable reduction in visible film damage presented between the two offerings.
Director: Leos Carax
Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)
The Indomina release (and possibly some other releases) censor a scene of full frontal nudity via optical blurring, the Shout release is uncensored.
Director: Leos Carax
Shout! Factory BD (caveat: burned-in English subtitles)
The Indomina release (and possibly some other releases) censor a scene of full frontal nudity via optical blurring, the Shout release is uncensored.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > France Potemkine 4K Blu-ray > Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray see caps. Criterion has the best encode.
While the framing of Criterion is different, they are actually both faithful to the original theatrical versions see post1 and post2 by b0b.
1993 New Line LaserDisc
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > France Potemkine 4K Blu-ray > Germany StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray see caps. Criterion has the best encode.
While the framing of Criterion is different, they are actually both faithful to the original theatrical versions see post1 and post2 by b0b.
1993 New Line LaserDisc
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Will Gluck
Director: Will Gluck
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
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