Lumière Publishing, based in Ghent, Belgium, was set up in 2002 to produce the Flemish film Meisje and moved into distribution the following year. Its home-video arm releases art-house films, Scandinavian crime series and restored classics on DVD and Blu-ray for Belgium and the Netherlands, among them Dutch editions of Tarkovsky's films. The group also runs cinemas in Belgium and the production company Lunanime.
Lumière
2 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 2 in HD1 more for audio only
Films where Lumière's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where Lumière's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Best English-Friendly:
Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray
2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Theatrical Cut: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray has best encoding
2023 "Director's" Cut: Unreleased
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream
Video Notes:
Theatrical Cut: UK Artificial Eye Blu-ray > Criterion
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray
Passion According to Andrei Cut: MosFilm Youtube Stream > Criterion Blu-ray
Best Audio:
Theatrical Cut: 2011/2018 RU Blu-ray
Passion According to Andrei Cut: ??
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is new 2K master.
Best Audio:
Lumière Blu-ray
Audio Notes:
Lumière Blu-ray best, but wrong pitch and needs correcting
1 for audio only
The best audio is Lumière's; the video and English-friendly picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Best Audio:
Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Audio Notes:
Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray marginally better
Best Video:
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