Léon Gaumont founded this Paris studio in 1895, and its large French library reaches disc through Gaumont Vidéo in France. The Gaumont Classiques line, running since 2009, releases restored heritage films on Blu-ray and DVD with French and English subtitles. Rarer titles appear in the cheaper Gaumont Découverte collections, whose masters are not always fully restored; many 4K restorations still ship only on standard Blu-ray.
Gaumont
19 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 1 in 4K18 in HD
Best 4K release by tier:
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Films where Gaumont's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where Gaumont's release is the pick. How picks are made
1 in 4K
Best video release on UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Director: Luc Besson
Best English-Friendly & Video:
StudioCanal / Gaumont / Sony 4K Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. StudioCanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-Original Camera Negative shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.
18 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Maurice Pialat
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Gaumont France Blu-ray with english subtitles.
The source from Eclair lab has their usual teal tint see BD provided extras for before and after https://slow.pics/c/GEOvltF0
Best English-Friendly:
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Eureka/Gaumont Blu-ray (preference)
Best Video:
Gaumont/Eureka
Video Notes:
Gaumont/Eureka is a newer restoration than Kino Lorber but has problems with automatic clean-up and ghosting.
Director: Maurice Pialat
Director: René Clair
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Gaumont Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Gaumont Blu-ray but no English subtitles: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Deux-sous-de-violettes-Blu-ray/288976/
Best Video:
France Gaumont Release (no English subtitles or audio)
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