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Directors: Bill Jersey & Barbara Connell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Docurama OOP DVD

Sources: filmpreservation.org (opens in a new tab) · pbs.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Also available on NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/a-time-for-burning-1966 which has better compression than PBS "HD" Streaming

Directors: Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Caveat: the 1.33:1 ratio is NOT included. HDR is sometimes bright.

Best Audio:
Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray has various issues holding it back despite the new scan. No Academy ratio version is included. The new remix audio is louder, harsher and nowhere near as good as the original. The original option on the 4K Blu-ray is processed and sounds lackluster. The LaserDisc sounds best by far with the Warner Archive Blu-ray coming in a close second.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Director: Roger Vadim

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1994 Paramount LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(arguable, but without the noise gating on the Arrow)

Director: Stanley Kubrick

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US Criterion 4K Blu-ray > International WB 4K Blu-ray see caps. While WB has better highlights, Criterion resolves grains better and is believed to have a more accurate color grading.

For Criterion 4K Blu-ray: The better resolution and the subtly adjusted grading paired with HDR makes for a more rounded, fine-tuned experience. The encoding is a leap forward from the Blu-ray as darker shots are no longer a macroblocking mess on the 4K.

Source:

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2003 R2 BFI DVD

Director: Steve Bendelack

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Cut: Universal US Blu-ray
International Cut: any of the international Blu-rays

Director: Daniel Petrie

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K transfer

Director: Guy Hedlund

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Clarence G. Badger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Grapevine DVD

Additional Info:

UCLA holds the 16mm print

Director: Ralph Steiner

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Zora Neale Hurston

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset Blu-ray

Video Notes:

BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxset Blu-ray should be better than Kino Lorber boxset

Director: Mimi Pickering

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Appalshop official DVD

Sources: appalshop.myshopify.com (opens in a new tab)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray has both Todd-AO and Cinemascope on each Blu-ray disc. The Todd-AO is a 30 fps restoration from 65mm IP scanned at 8K

Directors: Charles R. Bowers & Harold L. Muller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Flicker Alley The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers Blu-ray

Director: Dave Fleischer

Video format: HD Streaming

Director: Scott Bartlett

Video format: SD Streaming

Director: D.W. Griffith

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Benjamin Wilson's GoFundMe's latest scan on HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_obgy18GVhA

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)