Blu-ray
3065 films on Best Blurays
Type: Format
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Films where Blu-ray is in a pick or an upcoming release.
Warner Archive Blu-ray
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Fox Blu-ray
Kino Lorber The Atomic Cafe Blu-ray extras
Director: Jean Renoir
BFI Blu-ray (flawed restoration)
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
(both from the same flawed restoration)
The BFI and Gaumont Blu-ray releases are both from the same restoration by Éclair. Although this restoration is much superior in detail to the old Criterion DVD, like many Éclair restorations, it has issues with colour. There is a definite yellow cast to the footage, making skin tones appear sickly and dampening the impact of the colour. The image is also murkier than the Criterion.
As Renoir scholar Tag Gallagher notes: "I talked a lot toward the end about the light blue walls (Criterion); but when I got the BFI blu I was greatly deflated, because the walls are light gray!"
That said, as visible in the screen caps at DVD Beaver, the Criterion has compromised colour too, and often looks too blue/magenta. There is a regraded edition of the BFI Blu-ray out there on the high seas.
The audio on the Blu-ray releases is slightly compressed, but better than earlier DVD releases and relatively full frequency.
The BFI is most likely the best English-friendly release as it includes English subtitles for the bonus features.
Director: John Ford
Indicator Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
France Coin Germany mire Cinema 4K Blu-ray
(not English friendly)
Arrow Blu-ray
Arrow Blu-ray is the less manipulated track, but according to cbc: "I find it sounds a bit shrill at times, and the 4K Blu-ray is not bad at all, it does lose some high freq detail but I would probably prefer it for watching"
Universal Blu-ray
Director: Delbert Mann
Kino Lorber 2022 4K restoration Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber 2022 4K restoration Blu-ray although it's still using the incorrect 1.37:1 aspect ratio, see Robert Furmanek's from 3D Film Archive's comment
Otherwise, the new restoration is better in PQ than older releases: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=17660&d2=15881&s1=198260&s2=168249&i=0&l=0
Director: Robert Aldrich
Criterion Blu-ray
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
HD transfer slightly better than Carlotta
Warner Archive Blu-ray
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
US VCI Blu-ray or UK Second Run Blu-ray
Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)
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