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Finch wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:10 pm On its own, it's a stunning disc but set against the most recent BD, it's not a huge gap: Geoff post

Waiting for Sony to release Taxi Driver on its own makes me feel like the skeleton on a bench meme. Maybe in 2023?

Finch wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:04 am The Wings of Desire UK 4k early feedback: SDR only, good compression, no DNR; however, for people needing subs (like me): Curzon have only included SDH subtitles.

Finch wrote: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:32 pm Adding a caveat to the High Plains Drifter UHD from Kino as they've now admitted that the audio included is a downmix and the OG mono is still absent.

kekid wrote:The Curzon big Wim Wenders box seems to have no subtitles for English dialogue.
I have only watched The American Friend, and the Wenders interview that accompanies it. Wenders speaks in clear English, and his interview has no subtitles. The American Friend has English subtitles only for parts spoken in other languages. There are no SDH subtitles. I would assume the same would hold for other films, but need to confirm that. The picture quality looked very good to me. (However, please understand that I am not a very critical viewer).

MichaelB wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:09 pm

kekid wrote:The Curzon big Wim Wenders box seems to have no subtitles for English dialogue.
I have only watched The American Friend, and the Wenders interview that accompanies it. Wenders speaks in clear English, and his interview has no subtitles. The American Friend has English subtitles only for parts spoken in other languages. There are no SDH subtitles. I would assume the same would hold for other films, but need to confirm that. The picture quality looked very good to me. (However, please understand that I am not a very critical viewer).

Wrong thread, surely?

Finch wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:32 pm [...] If you or anyone else wants me to look up other titles, catalogue or new alike, just drop a post below. Thanks!

Finch wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:17 pm I haven't seen any in depth reviews of the PQ of either film yet, at least not in English. A BR user has apparently created English subs for both discs.

What I will say is that caps a holic did screen grabs of the new Dark Water UHD out of Germany (no English subs) and it is a huge improvement over the dated HD sources that Arrow were given. Hopefully they'll port it over to the UK.

mrb404 wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:37 am Any thoughts on the recent UHDs of Joint Security Area and Memories of Murder released by The Jokers (France)?
They came out a few weeks ago and have no HDR, just like their upcoming UHD release of the Infernal Affairs trilogy (February 2023).

M-A wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:59 pm A guy got them and posted some screencaps (JPG unfortunately)

Memories of Murder has the same colour timing as the French blu instead of the Criterion blu

They do have forced french subtitles, so beware.

This is without a doubt the worst UHD 4K transfer I’ve yet had the privilege to pay good money for and then try to watch.
God only knows what Canal did to its 4K master to render such an appalling, compressed mess of gray and white with virtually no registration that comes anywhere near a 35mm print. The first interior scene is so fuzzy, the walls are barely readable as surfaces and any hint of gray quickly merges into an overall black crush. Whites flare, and shot to shot continuity looks like the person timing the master fell asleep.
Total, pure shit. I hope the DCP at least isn’t anything like this. If it is they need to burn it and start again.

there's definitely grain on the Blu, but it's hard to tell whether it's real or electronic, as it fluctuates and occasionally merges with the black crush and also the blown out whites. So far there doesn't appear to be much in the way of grey scales, but I need to watch the whole thing first before I can be definitive.