UHD New Releases, Reissues and Upgrades

[mfunk9786]

A Bronx Tale (Imprint) - poor encoding

There are some rumblings about Imprint's Downfall being a solid release, thankfully. Not going to color code it as I haven't seen it for myself yet.

[Oedipax]

Has anyone reviewed the Curzon 4K releases of Satantango and Damnation?

All I've seen so far is this post with stats from the Damnation disc.

It's been weirdly quiet so far on this release considering it's out there now - I've had my copies of both films since Monday this week but haven't had any time yet to pop them in, plus I'm not doing proper reviews.

[nicolas]

Has anyone reviewed the Curzon 4K releases of Satantango and Damnation?

All I've seen so far is this post with stats from the Damnation disc.

It's been weirdly quiet so far on this release considering it's out there now - I've had my copies of both films since Monday this week but haven't had any time yet to pop them in, plus I'm not doing proper reviews.

I've had them in the mail today and they're fantastic discs. Really really happy with these upgrades even though others will probably consider them small as the two masters are SDR and were released on BD with excellent encodes in the US but I definitely noticed the increase in detail.

Damnation (Curzon) - caps
Sátántangó (Curzon Film) - caps

[nicolas]

David M revealed that the upcoming Visions 4K of Hunt for the Wilderpeople will have Dolby Vision. While he didn’t specifically mention that he encoded it, it’s probably safe to say that he did.

[nicolas]

Vampire's Kiss (Radiance / Transmission) - caps

[nicolas]

The Hot Spot (Radiance) - caps (4k coming soon)
United 93 (Universal) - comparison
New York, New York (MVD) - caps. It also has the encoding error with the dropped frames here and there. MVD are apparently aware of it, so we'll see. The master itself is outstanding.

[nicolas]

Johnny Handsome (Studiocanal) - caps
Popeye (Paramount) - comparison

[FrauBlucher]

The Digital Bits posted that THERE WILL BE BLOOD will be coming next year. He didn’t say from whom but I suspect it will be from Paramount

[Finch]

Last Tango in Paris (88 Films)

No screenshots yet but compared favorably to the VS for grading (of course) and FIM encode

[nicolas]

There are some rumblings about Imprint's Downfall being a solid release, thankfully. Not going to color code it as I haven't seen it for myself yet.

Sorry to have to disappoint you but Imprint's Downfall encode is awful.

[Finch]

Auntie Mame (WB)

[princeofdorkness]

Prince of Darkness (Eagle Pictures) (Italian import) has audio issues. Clicking sound permeates the English audio track.

[nicolas]

Little Odessa (Criterion) - Chris’ review. Great review! Looking forward to seeing the film for the first time and in such great quality too.

[nicolas]

West Side Story (Capelight) - caps and BD comparison

I've also added Johnny Handsome caps to my earlier post.

[nicolas]

Harlan County USA (Criterion) - Chris’ review

[nicolas]

Kindergarten Cop (Plaion) - first impressions

[kekid]

Last Tango in Paris (88 Films)

No screenshots yet but compared favorably to the VS for grading (of course) and FIM encode

The VS version was originally placed in the Red category.
How significant is the difference between that and the 88 Films version??
Another question: VS had subtitles for only dialogue spoken in a non-English language. As far as I know, it did not have HDH subtitles. Does the 88 Films version have subtitles for all dialogue?

[nicolas]

I remember reading that the VS disc wasn’t done by FiM. 88 got David M to do the encode, so you’re getting a small uptick in detail and likely better highlights - the usual pixel-peeper advantages. 88’s specs list optional SDH subs, which I interpret as being for the entire feature. Extras are also different!

[Finch]

If a comparison ever gets done with screenshots, I'll link to them but I saw members on the other forum comparing the grading favorably to the VS, presumably because it avoids the magenta push.