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Rimini France 4K Blu-ray see link, however not english-friendly

(not English friendly)

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"

Japan and France has 4k restoration in Blu-ray, but neither has EN subs

France Tamasa and Japan has 4k restoration in Blu-ray but no EN subs

2019 Potemkine France Blu-ray less processing than Criterion. Need to adjust luminence from 16-235 (limited) to 0-255 (full) to fix crushed blacks

France Bach Films has Blu-ray

France StudioCanal Blu-ray better encode than UK/Germany StudioCanal Blu-ray

FiM encode. At least slightly better than the Kino see caps

Carlotta ports over all special features from the Kino release, except the booklet essay. All specials are in English.

Gaumont France Blu-ray but doesn’t have English subtitles

The France/Japan Blu-ray has no English subtitles for the French version.

Newer restoration than Criterion. Unsure how the two compare.

> Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/s7AfL3XW

Grain is sharper/clearer on the new Carlotta/Criterion 4K; BFI's grain resolves slightly worse and more so in motion, being a standard Blu-ray; The Toho 4K's grain is softer, probably DNR'd.

BFI Player used to have the same mastering available to stream in 2019.

Italy Medusa Blu-ray is the 4K resto but boosted contrast and colours. Still probably better than Criterion

France Pathé Blu-ray is the 4K resto and best encoding

2024 France Carlotta Blu-ray is newer restoration than Criterion. Germany Rapid Eye Movies Blu-ray probably the same.

Artificial Eye UK Blu-ray is from a newer master than Criterion

Criterion Blu-ray is better than Artificial Eye and Carlotta