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tryavna · #201 Post by **tryavna** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:11 pm

ola t wrote:The one I think we're all thinking of is Dangerous Disguise from 1951 (so it predates the film). Here's the wonderful Donald-as-matador cover picture. Just to get even more ephemeral, a nice bit of trivia is that this is the only Barks story where the non-duck characters are fully human. His editors didn't like it and made him go back to the usual dog ears, pig snouts, etc.

Yes, Ola, that is definitely the one I had in mind. Thanks. I had forgotten about the matador climax, but it's coming back to me. I had no idea it was so early. Perhaps I have the Gladstone reissue version -- I lose track of some of the original publication dates when it's the Gladstones I own.

I'm with David, though. Those early frames look uncannily like some of Hitch's shots in To Catch a Thief. Who knows? Maybe Hitch was an avid comic-reader. I wouldn't be surprised if he were. The sketches for shots in his notebooks look a little like comic books anyway.

Kinsayder · #202 Post by **Kinsayder** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:14 am

Human Desire (Lang, 1954)
Spanish edition. Interlaced, non-anamorphic. Spanish subs are menu-removable.

Kinsayder · #203 Post by **Kinsayder** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:02 pm

Easy Virtue (1927)

Sadly, the new French edition in the Alfred Hitchcock Collection series is no improvement on the Laserlight version (on the Blackmail disc)...

France R2 PAL:

Laserlight NTSC:

France R2 PAL:

Laserlight NTSC:

Elstree Calling (1930), an extra on the French disc, is also in poor condition and badly over-compressed (worse in fact than the DivX bootleg that's in circulation):

Kinsayder · #204 Post by **Kinsayder** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:34 am

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (Melville)
The new French release (Rene Chateau) vs the 2006 German edition (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Both are non-anamorphic (I've cropped the black borders). The French release gives more of the frame but is picture-boxed, looks noticeably pinched and the whole image is almost constantly juddering. Very disappointing.

German:

French:

German:

French:

German:

French:

Rich Malloy · #205 Post by **Rich Malloy** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:30 am

devlinnn wrote:
Scharphedin2 wrote:I take it, this would be the same transfer that is on the R1 SE of [To Catch A] Thief...?
It would have to be. It was released a few weeks earlier down here due to Mother's Day tie-in promotions for early May, and can be found for below AU$15 (around US$10), with all the extras.
One thing to keep in mind - it's a PAL transfer, so technically speaking the colour should always be better than N(ot) T(he) S(ame) C(olour). This was always the case in the VHS days, but the mastering down here (and in the UK and Euruope) has never been as good as the US, so it all balances out in the end I guess.

I've read the three reviews of the R1 disc currently listed on DVD BASEN, and while all but one proclaim it to be superior to the prior release (one claims it to be the exact same transfer), none are exactly blown away citing some black level problems and lost shadow detail. The screen captures from the R4 disc, however, do look positively amazing. Has anyone seen or done a direct comparison of the two?

Rich Malloy · #206 Post by **Rich Malloy** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:39 pm

I can sorta answer my own question... it appears that the R4 and R1 "To Catch a Thief"s are not the same.

DVD BEAVER now has its review up, comparing the new R1 against the old R1.

There is a nearly identical frame in the Beaver's review and in the captures on the preceding page - the shot of Grant sitting next to Hitch in the car. The R1 appears brighter (perhaps more contrasty) and redder. To my eyes, the R4 looks superior.

devlinnn · #207 Post by **devlinnn** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:37 pm

Yes, I've just seen Gary's caps of the new R1, and the R4 is superior. As HerrSchrek said, you can smell the suntan lotion on the Oz disc. I can only guess, but I'm sure the UK R2 will be using the same PAL transfer as the R4, and Gary will compare again when he gets it.

mbalson · #208 Post by **mbalson** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:44 pm

I just received my CC Vengeance is Mine and thought that it looked much better than the DVDBeaver caps indicated. So I took a couple captures of my own using VLC player and they show much less blowout, saturation etc. These are not exact screen matches.
(FYI, if you are using IE7, Firefox or another tab enabled browser, drag each screen cap you want to compare into a new tab and then toggle between them.)

Edit: I originally proclaimed that I thought this settled the MOC vs CC debate based on these screen caps, which is totally unfair to MOC as I have not seen it in motion.

Michael Kerpan · #209 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:46 pm

mbalson --

Have you actually seen the MOC DVD of "Vengeance Is Mine"? Or are you judging it based solely on the DVDB screen shots?

mbalson · #210 Post by **mbalson** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:51 pm

Based solely on the screen caps. Which is not fair considering my CC caps look so different to the DVDBeaver ones.

Michael Kerpan · #211 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:15 pm

Kinsayder · #212 Post by **Kinsayder** » Sun May 13, 2007 3:34 pm

Mayerling (1968)
French R2 Studio Canal. Optional French subs.

charulata · #213 Post by **charulata** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:31 pm

foggy eyes · #214 Post by **foggy eyes** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:33 pm

Fixed subs on the Optimum?

charulata · #215 Post by **charulata** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:44 pm

No. Removable.
Pretty impressive image for only 3.12GB disc.

foggy eyes · #216 Post by **foggy eyes** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:53 pm

Fantastic. Exactly the same as the old Studio Canal disc then.

souvenir · #217 Post by **souvenir** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:59 pm

Three of the same scenes found in the current (and probably soon to be updated) DVD Beaver caps, taken from the new CE of Rio Bravo:

Gofter · #218 Post by **Gofter** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:02 am

Spione (Spies)
Beaver

German DVD

Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon)
Beaver

German DVD

Details

Kinsayder · #219 Post by **Kinsayder** » Thu May 24, 2007 3:34 pm

L'Equipage (Litvak, 1935)
France R2 (Pathé Classique). Optional French subs only.

stephan73 · #220 Post by **stephan73** » Sun May 27, 2007 9:23 am

Le Mystère de la Tour Eiffel (Duvivier, 1927)
Filmmuseum release (Holland), includes only Dutch intertitles!

Kinsayder · #221 Post by **Kinsayder** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:12 am

stephan73 wrote:Le Mystère de la Tour Eiffel (Duvivier, 1927)
Filmmuseum release (Holland), includes only Dutch intertitles!

Thanks very much. It seems odd that Filmmuseum would limit this release to Dutch speakers only (rather a small global market, I would assume), but perhaps their hands are tied by the licensing agreement. I'm curious to see this, not least because Alain Resnais has declared himself an admirer of the film.

stephan73 · #222 Post by **stephan73** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:22 pm

I was expecting either English or French subs (for the Benelux countries), but alas, no subs at all! Still from what I've seen the image is really good!

charulata · #223 Post by **charulata** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:25 pm

otis · #224 Post by **otis** » Wed May 30, 2007 3:55 pm

Un Pilota ritorna (Rossellini, 1942)
Italy R2 (Ripley's Home Video) (Italian subs only)

granolafolk · #225 Post by **granolafolk** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:28 pm

The Pornographers (Shohei Imamura, 1966) Criterion Release, R1, Anamorphic