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43 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 20 in 4K23 in HD5 more for audio only6 more announced

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Based in AustraliaFounded 2020viavision.com.au (opens in a new tab)

Films where Imprint's release is the pick. How picks are made

Imprint is the boutique arm of Via Vision Entertainment, an Australian independent distributor, and began in 2020 with The War of the Worlds, The Duellists and Waterloo. Its numbered Imprint Collection issues studio-library classics and long-unreleased titles in limited hardbox and slipcase editions on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, with new transfers and commentaries. Sub-lines include Imprint Television, Imprint Asia and cheaper Standard Editions.

Also known as: Via Vision

23 of 43 films match

Films where Imprint's release is the pick. How picks are made

23 in HD

Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray for surround Russian and English audio/Spain A Contracorriente for monaural Russian audio

Additional Info:

The Spain Blu-ray has the lossless mono mix (the main feature is not English-friendly however), alongside an exclusive conversation in English (with optional Spain subtitles)

The Japan DVD has a "It Is Wonderful to Create" documentary (though the disc is not English-friendly)

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Imprint Blu-ray or new restoration soon

Sources: fareastfilm.com (opens in a new tab)

Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Additional Info:

US Olive Films has hardcoded subtitles.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray or Imprint from the Films of Faith Boxset

Video Notes:

No comparison available

Additional Info:

International releases have more varying extras

Director: George Stevens

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray marginally better than Paramount Blu-ray see caps

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Best English-Friendly:

Imprint AU Blu-ray

Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly:

US Olive Films Blu-ray or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Best Video:

France Carlotta Films Blu-ray or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Director: Andrea Arnold

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray or Australia Imprint Blu-ray?

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

> Artificial Eye and more shorts

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray, or Imprint Boxset Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Film Movement Blu-ray release soon

Best Video:

No comparisons, but Korea Nova Media caps
DVDBeaver's Imprint Blu-ray caps

Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps

Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Collection One Blu-ray

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best English-Friendly:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

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1 for audio only

The best audio is Imprint's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Iain Softley

Best Audio:

Australia Imprint Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

1 announced

Imprint's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating

Director: Jack Cardiff

Upcoming Release:

Via Vision Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

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