RaroVideo

3 films on Best Blurays

Best video release:

3 in SD

Based in ItalyFounded 1999rarovideo.com (opens in a new tab)

How we pick the best RaroVideo releases

Gianluca and Stefano Curti founded RaroVideo in Italy in December 1999, and it now operates as the home-video division of Minerva Pictures. The catalogue pairs Italian auteurs such as Pasolini, Rossellini and Fellini with avant-garde and experimental work by Warhol, Jarman and Cocteau, often with booklets and uncut versions. RaroVideo U.S., formed with Cult Epics in 2010, issued its first Blu-ray in 2011.

How we pick the best RaroVideo releases

Chelsea Girls (1966)

Directors: Andy Warhol & Paul Morrissey

Best Video, Audio & English-Friendly:

RaroVideo DVD

3.4

Empire (1965)

Director: Andy Warhol

Best Video & English-Friendly:

RaroVideo DVD

Video Notes:

RaroVideo DVD but only has 1 hour instead of the full 8 hour

2.7

Henry Geldzahler (1964)

Director: Andy Warhol

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Italy RaroVideo/CG Entertainment DVD

1 announced

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

Love in the City (1953)

Directors: Francesco Maselli & Federico Fellini & Alberto Lattuada & Carlo Lizzani & Michelangelo Antonioni & Dino Risi

Upcoming Release:

RaroVideo Blu-ray Dec 15th

Best Video & English-Friendly:

Italy Minerva DVD

Video Notes:

Even though there is a RaroVideo Blu-ray, it has aggressive DNR and bad encoding so Minerva DVD is still visibly superior, see DVDBeaver caps.

While Minerva DVD has contrast boosting and black crush, it's still much superior to UK Optimum DVD.

3.4

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