France
Also known as: French, FR, FRA
Type: Region
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Films where France is in a pick or an upcoming release.
Directors: Buster Keaton & Donald Crisp
France Lobster Films Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
France Lobster Films Blu-ray though a very weak encoding caps, is a newer master (4K scan of MoMA first gen nitrate print) than Cohen/MoC, which are themselves a newer master than Kino Lorber.
Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: academymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
4K restoration has no home media release yet
Director: René Clair
Sources: silentfilm.org (opens in a new tab) · janusfilms.com (opens in a new tab)
The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"
Director: Marcel L'Herbier
Flicker Alley Blu-ray or French Lobster Films Blu-ray
Same 4K restoration but no comparison available
France Movinside Blu-ray
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
France Movinside Blu-ray although has contrast boosting, still better than Kino Lorber's aggressive DNR caps
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Kino Lorber or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
No comparison available
Director: Leo McCarey
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
They are using the same very old HD transfer.
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