Aliases: film masters
4K restoration from 35mm Original Camera Negative
UK BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxet Blu-ray or US individual Film Masters Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
UK BFI Pioneers of African American Cinema boxet Blu-ray or US individual Film Masters Blu-ray no comparison available
Specifically the BFI boxset is better than the Kino Lorber boxset as you can clearly see the DNR in Kino Lorber http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/pioneers_of_african-american_cinema_blu-ray.htm
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Film Masters Blu-ray not a good encoding, but at least it's from a 4K scan of Original Camera Negative see caps
70th Anniversary Version Film Masters Blu-ray
70th Anniversary Version Film Masters Blu-ray is a newer restoration
Director: Fielder Cook
Film Masters 2025 Blu-ray or Film Detective 2016 Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Film Masters has 2025 new 2K restoration in Blu-ray, but seems to be mostly the same PQ wise to the 2016 The Film Detectives OOP Blu-ray https://slow.pics/c/pt6Z651b The 2016 Blu-ray might be even a bit smoother also it's negligent.
DVDBeaver review for Film Detectives Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_73/patterns_blu-ray.htm
Film Masters restoration is available in full in youtube but it's significantly worse with the youtube compression.
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Film Masters youtube (raw scan)
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