David Mackenzie: Compression Hero

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MichaelB · #1 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:29 am

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:20 pm Was the 2008 Studiocanal dvd also encoded by David Mackenzie?

No - he'd barely even entered the encoding business back then.

He's only done a handful of SC discs - off the top of my head, The Elephant Man, Don't Look Now, Angel Heart and Flash Gordon in 4K, plus Mulholland Dr. and I'm All Right Jack on BD, possibly a few more but certainly not many.

#2 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:00 pm

MichaelB wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:29 am
Jean-Luc Garbo wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:20 pm Was the 2008 Studiocanal dvd also encoded by David Mackenzie?
No - he'd barely even entered the encoding business back then.

He's only done a handful of SC discs - off the top of my head, The Elephant Man, Don't Look Now, Angel Heart and Flash Gordon in 4K, plus Mulholland Dr. and I'm All Right Jack on BD, possibly a few more but certainly not many.

How comprehensive is this listing?

MichaelB · #3 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:10 pm

He's authored literally every Indicator release, so I'm going with "not very".

#4 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:12 pm

Oh wow, I wasn't aware of that! I thought it seemed thin

nitin · #5 Post by **nitin** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:15 pm

Not very.

edit: MichaelB beat me to it. He did a lot of Arrow's 2014-2017 output too.

#6 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:18 pm

So is there a comprehensive listing somewhere? That would be nice to have

nitin · #7 Post by **nitin** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:30 pm

I have asked previously at bluray.com's forums but never got a reply.

It would be very nice to have as he also does work for BFI (occasionally), Eureka (again occasionally), Synapse and Mondo Macabro etc so it's hard to keep up.

#8 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:38 pm

Did he work on the U.S. 4K release of Christine or only the Carlotta? And what are the odds of Indicator putting out a UHD edition?

Drucker · #9 Post by **Drucker** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:54 pm

I thought he personally told me once that he had offered his services to Second Run. Nothing ever came to fruition from that?

nitin · #10 Post by **nitin** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:35 pm

swo17 wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:38 pm Did he work on the U.S. 4K release of Christine or only the Carlotta? And what are the odds of Indicator putting out a UHD edition?

Only the Carlotta, he has not done any work for major studios like Sony (Studio Canal being the exception every now and then).

nitin · #11 Post by **nitin** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:36 pm

Drucker wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:54 pm I thought he personally told me once that he had offered his services to Second Run. Nothing ever came to fruition from that?

Most of the Second Run titles I own on blu are authored by Silversun. I think David did a number of the DVD titles though.

Adam X · #12 Post by **Adam X** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:22 pm

You can also include all of Mondo Vision’s releases.

EddieLarkin · #13 Post by **EddieLarkin** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:37 pm

Man, if there's one label that need to change authoring houses, it's Second Run.

tenia · #14 Post by **tenia** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:46 pm

I've seen worse (believe it or not), but it clearly could/should be improved indeed.

Drucker · #15 Post by **Drucker** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:59 pm

Oh another one he's done is the Carl Dreyer and Herzog sets for BFI.

#16 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:24 pm

Does anyone care to maintain a master list in the first post of this thread?

perkizitore · #17 Post by **perkizitore** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:30 pm

I am sure David himself will be happy to tell is if it's accurate!

knives · #18 Post by **knives** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:30 pm

A Mr. Swithin Woodhouse Osergood?

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