Los Angeles distributor and restoration house Deaf Crocodile was set up by Craig Rogers and Dennis Bartok, who earlier co-founded Arbelos and worked at Cinelicious Pics, where Rogers was lead restoration artist. It restores little-seen films from around the world for Blu-ray, with a focus on animation, cult horror and fantasy, including Soviet and Eastern European titles such as Ptushko's fantasies and Heroic Times.
Deaf Crocodile
Best 4K release by tier:
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How we pick the best Deaf Crocodile releases
3 in 4K
Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Director: Otakar Vávra
Best English-Friendly:
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Best Video:
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Best Audio:
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Audio Notes:
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Michael Schaack
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Deaf Crocodile US 4K Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Caps by cinemaniac
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Stereo: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
5.1: Budapest Film PAL DVD
3 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Yuri Norstein
Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Deaf Crocodile Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Eureka's Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA Blu-ray is AI upscaled: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=23150714#post23150714
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