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rrenault wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:28 am I know Carlotta will be releasing all those Truffaut films theatrically in new 4K restorations (The Soft Skin, Two English Girls, etc), but it’s probably up in the air whether they get UHD releases or not.

nicolas wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:33 am

rrenault wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:28 am I know Carlotta will be releasing all those Truffaut films theatrically in new 4K restorations (The Soft Skin, Two English Girls, etc), but it’s probably up in the air whether they get UHD releases or not.

All of those I posted will receive 4K UHDs. Here’s the pre-order for the Truffaut collection. https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0D9MP1VCG/

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yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:47 pm Day for Night came out in 2015, so it would be 17 years since the last Truffaut release (that is if this supposed boxset were to come out in 2032). I would be surprised if we don't see a Antoine Doinel box upgrade within a couple years, especially when Janus were touring the 4K restorations last year.

I'm curious to see if the Truffaut films that Radiance have will be OOP in a couple of years now that MGM's rights have lapsed.

They're expiring with MGM after our terms for the movies end. We were not planning to renew them anyway.

dwk wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 6:34 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:47 pm Day for Night came out in 2015, so it would be 17 years since the last Truffaut release (that is if this supposed boxset were to come out in 2032). I would be surprised if we don't see a Antoine Doinel box upgrade within a couple years, especially when Janus were touring the 4K restorations last year.

I'm curious to see if the Truffaut films that Radiance have will be OOP in a couple of years now that MGM's rights have lapsed.

Kino insider confirmed at the Blu-ray.com forum that MGM is losing the rights to those Truffaut films

They're expiring with MGM after our terms for the movies end. We were not planning to renew them anyway.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:38 am Curious to know if Day for Night also went OOP because of WB's rights lapsing. Day for Night and all the Truffaut MGM titles were all co-produced by his company (Les Films du Carrosse), so I could see all the rights reverting back to them and then licensing all the titles to MK2.

Finch wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:52 pm Heathers (Arrow) Kyle15 capsule

I was honestly expecting there to be less of a gap between Arrow's 4K and their BD but pleasantly surprised. They restored this in 4K proper whereas the BD was from a restoration from a 4K scan.

Fus1on wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 7:43 am A24's UHDs of Love Lies Bleeding and The Zone of Interest are absolutely fantastic releases. Unfortunately, A24 never ships their UHDs with BDs, so I have no reference point to compare them to, but I thought they looked great on their own. I did notice that Love Lies Bleeding looks really noisy. I personally didn't mind it, as I thought it added to the grittiness of the film, but I did feel like it was worth pointing out. Other than that, it has great encoding, fantastic DV grading, and an awesome Atmos track.

The Zone of Interest, on the other hand, was one I was not as confident in as Love Lies Bleeding. I decided to check out the streaming version that A24 offers if you buy the UHD from their store, and I was instantly appalled by how over-sharpened the entire image was. I ended up being very concerned that the disc would end up looking less than stellar. Surprisingly, when I got it, I discovered that (unlike Love Lies Bleeding) it's on a dual-layered disc and apparently has a size of 46 GBs on the disc itself, with a simple HDR grade, rather than DV. What surprised me even more is that it somehow looks and sounds much better than Love Lies Bleeding. Unlike the streaming version, the UHD disc of The Zone of Interest does not look anywhere near as over-sharpened, and instead has a very natural look to it. It still looks razor-sharp (and probably still has some sharpening applied), but it doesn't look anywhere near as headache-inducing as the streaming version. The HDR grade is also fairly muted and subtle. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was a few notches above being practically SDR, however I found it appropriate for the film. And while the picture quality looks undeniably fantastic, the real standout of this disc is the Atmos track, which is easily one of the best (and worst) surround tracks I've ever heard from a BD or UHD. I would call it beautiful work, but if you know anything about the film, it's anything other than that.

I would say both films are worthy of being in red tier, but since I haven't seen what the BDs look like, I'll hold off on being too sure.

Finch wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:45 pm Yeah, I tend to not include recent films unless as a warning that the presentation has been botched. From what you describe, both A24 titles sound like they would at least be blue tier rankings compared to the Blu-Rays.

But let me throw this out here: should we start including contemporary films (i.e. older than 5 years)? The odds of poor transfers for new films are pretty low so I do feel like it's not that pressing an issue but more maintenance work.

Finch wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:45 pm Yeah, I tend to not include recent films unless as a warning that the presentation has been botched. From what you describe, both A24 titles sound like they would at least be blue tier rankings compared to the Blu-Rays.

But let me throw this out here: should we start including contemporary films (i.e. older than 5 years)? The odds of poor transfers for new films are pretty low so I do feel like it's not that pressing an issue but more maintenance work.

Finch wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 7:09 pm The other thing I'm already starting to run up against a character limit in the OP which is why the audio section got moved to a new post and nicholas has his own post about the best non-English friendly 4Ks. Would you be okay with compiling your own post in this thread with the titles you've personally verified and I'll add a link to that post in the OP?

I like nick's suggestion of only adding titles that were originally shot in resolutions under 4K. Everything else I would only add if it is a significant upgrade over the BD or if it's worse. That'll make updating your own post less of a hassle.

Finch wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 7:09 pm The other thing I'm already starting to run up against a character limit in the OP which is why the audio section got moved to a new post and nicholas has his own post about the best non-English friendly 4Ks. Would you be okay with compiling your own post in this thread with the titles you've personally verified and I'll add a link to that post in the OP?

Finch wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:07 am Maybe 2000 onwards? I'm good with including 2K upscales. I'll link to your post in the OP.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:25 pm I think Captain Paranoia was asking if there were any boxsets that had a mix of titles that were on 4K and titles that weren't on 4K (unless I misread what they wrote). If they were talking about 4K sets that included 4K and BD for all the titles, then you can also include the Three Colors trilogy and the Apu Trilogy.

Captain Paranoia wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:25 am

yoloswegmaster wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:25 pm I think Captain Paranoia was asking if there were any boxsets that had a mix of titles that were on 4K and titles that weren't on 4K (unless I misread what they wrote). If they were talking about 4K sets that included 4K and BD for all the titles, then you can also include the Three Colors trilogy and the Apu Trilogy.

I was referring to the latter, though I don't think they've done any quadruple+ feature sets.