Criterion

US Criterion Blu-ray for 5.1 audio. France Blaqout Blu-ray for stereo audio.

Old Criterion Blu-ray or wait for unreleased restoration

Old Criterion or new 4k resto unreleased https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/lenfant-rosetta-3-25-23/

Criterion 4k resto

2012 Criterion Blu-ray is the most accurate

4K Blu-ray unrecommended because of controversial colours, no HDR, minimal resolution uptick, and DNR master

2002 Criterion DVD for original Dolby Digital 5.0 theatrical

The 4K Blu-ray 5.1 adds additional foley and effects.

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps but the Carlotta release is not English friendly

2011 Criterion Blu-ray

A user writes: 'the 5.0 mix does not closely resemble the matrixed stereo track included on all prior releases (save for a 2003 French DVD which had 5.1). There is significant dialogue emphasis in the 5.0 mix while the older stereo mix has ambient sounds and dialogue mixed at nearly the same loudness. Additionally, the 5.0 mix has minor limiting in select loud sequences and a strange distorted quality on occasion (one notable example is the sound of a plane taking off which plays during a static shot of clouds in the sky). The stereo mix included on the FRA UHD/BD is a downmix of the 5.0 track.'

Criterion Blu-ray director-approved 4K restoration

France Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Lionsgate DVD for the original 5.1

But their grade doesn't exceed 100 nits, it's just SDR.

https://slow.pics/c/F3u2viqj which is why those comps match near exactly. The 4K Blu-ray here has been clipped (i.e. all values above SDR range were thrown out), not tonemapped.

Paramount DVD (slightly)

Japan Blu-ray

Japan Blu-ray but not english friendly, otherwise Criterion DVD

Criterion 2k eclair scan

Criterion Varda Set

> Criterion 4K Blu-ray. 

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and doesn’t have the low-pass filter the Criterion 4K Blu-ray has.

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD

Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL

StudioCanal/Criterion 4K Blu-ray

(StudioCanal has 5.1 and is slightly sharper and not low-pass filtered, both have differing extras) (capsule review)

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has the original 5.1 audio

both 4K Blu-rays have differing extras

Universal Blu-ray