Metrograph is a repertory cinema on Manhattan's Lower East Side that opened in 2016 and runs the Metrograph At Home streaming service. Its distribution arm, Metrograph Pictures, launched in 2019 to put new films and restorations into US theaters and online. It has also issued a few Blu-rays of 4K restorations, including Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo and Tsai Ming-liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn in 2023.
Metrograph
3 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 1 in 4K2 in HD
Films where Metrograph's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where Metrograph's release is the pick. How picks are made
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Kino Lorber/Metrograph Blu-ray
Video Notes:
Kino Lorber/Metrograph Blu-ray better
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Best English-Friendly:
Metrograph Blu-ray
Best Video:
Audio Notes:
France 4K Blu-ray audio is in the wrong pitch, plus the new 5.1 mix is worse than DVD's
Additional Info:
The version screened at the Cannes International Film Festival ran 119 minutes. Hsiao-Hsien Hou then re-cut the movie following its Cannes premiere and reduced the running time to 105 minutes, this is the only version available on home video. Most of the deleted footage came from the "Vicky in Japan" sequences and is included as an extra on some releases.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Available in Kino Lorber/Metrograph Goodbye, Dragon Inn Blu-ray as extra
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