Aliases: ae, artificial eye
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4k transfer. Shochiku Blu-ray is similar
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Director: Satyajit Ray
Criterion Apu Trilogy 4K Blu-ray
2003 Artificial Eye DVD
Director: Satyajit Ray
Artificial Eye DVD probably better
Director: Satyajit Ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray is from a newer master than Criterion
Criterion Blu-ray is better than Artificial Eye and Carlotta
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray > Criterion
2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Theatrical Cut: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray has best encoding
2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: 2011/2018 RU Blu-ray
Passion According to Andrei Cut: ??
Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray, HD transfer
UK Artificial Eye vs France Carlotta no comparison
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
2010 US Kino Lorber or 2012 UK Artificial Eye
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
2017 JP Kadokawa Blu-ray has the best encoding out of all the older discs.
Kino Lorber and Artificial Eye Blu-ray use the same master, between the two the PQ on Kino's release is slightly better, but the difference is negligible.
The 4K restoration (Criterion, 4K etc) are cropped to 2.35:1, have revisionistic colour grading and other changes.
Caps: old master, old master vs 4K restoration
Wong Kar-Wai on the framing:
With Fallen Angels, I have changed the format to cinemascope, because it was originally what I had intended to release the film in. When we were cutting the film, we accidentally turned the Steenbeck on anamorphic instead of standard. I felt that the film looked much more interesting because it enhanced the distance of the characters on top of the extreme wide angle that we shot on. Back then, it was impossible to shoot a film in standard and release it in anamorphic. With this restoration, we have successfully fulfilled this wish.
All Blu-ray seem to be similar, not sure
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber > Artificial Eye, see review
Director: Bong Joon Ho
DNR-affected, low-res original 2K DI upscaled but strong compression and Atmos
Director: Béla Tarr
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Cinema Guild Blu-ray is a good alternative (more extras).
UK > US, not sure France. UK (Artificial Eye/Curzon) has higher bitrate than US (Cinema Guild) but has boosted gamma (see here: https://slow.pics/c/L9U9r8Es).
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