Best Blu-ray Source for the 1000 Greatest Films

[hearthesilence]

I know I was in the minority about this, but I had mixed feelings about the additional content presented in the reconstruction of Greed. Everything related to the main story was great, but I wasn't so sure about the two parallel stories that were more or less omitted in the theatrical release. The darker one I think I was fine with, the one with the puritanically chaste vision of the "ideal" couple was gag-inducing - absolutely hated it. It's possible I found the concept of both parallel stories a bit too schematic as well. However, this was at least a decade ago, so I'll have to watch it again to see if I'm less averse to those parts.

[vanshady]

I'm starting to catalogue directors by directors, and I'm going to post each one here to collect more feedback. I also added a index page because of the number of pages are going to blow up

[vanshady]

Frank Capra:

It’s a Wonderful Life: Paramount 4K
It Happened One Night: Sony 4K in Columbia Collection Vol 3
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Sony 4K in Columbia Collection Vol 1 or import
Arsenic and Old Lace: CC 4k transfer
You Can’t Take It with You: Sony 4k transfer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Sony 4k transfer
Meet John Doe: US ClassicFlix has new BD release https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Meet-Joh ... ay/338869/
Lost Horizon: Sony 4k transfer
The Bitter Tea of General Yen: Sony BD
Lady for a Day: US BD OOP
Pocketful of Miracles: BFI significantly better than Kino even though same resto http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_ ... lu-ray.htm
The Miracle Woman: DVD only
Prelude to War: DVD only
State of the Union: UK Indicator looks great, not sure about US Paramount and FR releases http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray ... lu-ray.htm
Platinum Blonde: DVD only
American Madness: Sony BD
Forbidden: DVD only
Ladies of Leisure: DVD only
A Hole in the Head: US Olive Films BD
Why We Fight [Series]: US Periscope BD OOP https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Why-We-F ... ray/87823/
Know Your Enemy: Japan: DVD only
Broadway Bill: DVD only
The Strong Man: DVD only
Here Comes the Groom: DVD only

There are more literally propaganda, documentaries or more obscure films that are only available in DVD

[vanshady]

John Cassavetes:
Criterion John Cassavetes: Five Films boxset is very similar to BFI counterparts, both HD restorations. Not sure about FR releases.
Note: according to a source in beaver, A Woman Under the Influence. Faces, Shadows have great new restorations by Ross Lipman at UCLA, but not released in discs

• A Woman Under the Influence: No difference
• Shadows: No difference
• Faces: No difference
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: CC darker, more contrast than BFI? See https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=5347
• Opening Night: CC is warmer and more lifelike than BFI, not sure if more accurate http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... review.htm

--- Below are not included in the CC set or BFI ---

• Love Streams: Criterion 2k transfer
• Husbands: Criterion 4k transfer
• Gloria: Kino uses same old Sony master
• Minnie and Moskowitz: DVD only
• Too Late Blues: MoC significantly better than Olives
• A Child is Waiting: Kino has BD
• Big Trouble: Mill Creek Entertainment has BD in Peter Falk 4-Film Comedy Collection, although this is not a real Cassavetes

[vanshady]

Stanley Kubrick:
This website has streaming info https://andrei-tarkovsky.com/films.html

Belolw are sorted in release order

• Day of the Fight (short): 4k resto included in Kino Fear and Desire, better than BD https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewto ... 39#p812039
• Flying Padre (short): 4k resto included in Kino Fear and Desire, better than BD https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewto ... 39#p812039
• Fear and Desire: Kino UHD worse than BD https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewto ... 39#p812039
• The Seafarers (short): 4k resto included in Kino Fear and Desire, worse on 4k than BD https://criterionforum.org/forum/viewto ... 39#p812039
• Killer's Kiss: Kino UHD
• The Killing | Video: Kino UHD | Audio: DVD Mono
• Paths of Glory | Video: UK MoC UHD better encoding | Audio: MGM DVD
• Spartacus: Universal UHD
• Lolita: WB BD, not sure about imports
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Video: Sony UHD | Audio: 1994 LD (marginally)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey | Video: WB UHD (early pressing has errors of a shot, later pressings fixed) | Audio: 1997 MGM LD, 1998 MGM DVD
• A Clockwork Orange | Video: WB UHD | Audio: WB 4K 5.1: remix but higher fidelity
• Barry Lyndon: maybe 4k from warner in the future
• The Shining | Video: WB UHD | Audio: 1999 Warner DVD
• Full Metal Jacket | Video: WB UHD | Audio: 1999 Warner R1 DVD
• Eyes Wide Shut: WB 4K confirmed! https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=372285

[Captain Paranoia]

Does anyone know who's able to edit the document?, if not, could I offer some suggestions for superior Blu-Ray releases?

[vanshady]

Does anyone know who's able to edit the document?, if not, could I offer some suggestions for superior Blu-Ray releases?

You can comment on the sheet or here, I’ll update

[M-A]

I noticed a lot of the releases listed in the Best Bluray Label (if definitive and EN subs) column aren't actually English friendly. Maybe we should simplify the column to instead be Best English-Friendly release?

[vanshady]

Good point, I agree

[vanshady]

I received the 2021 SC release of Grand Illusion, and the contrast is significantly improved from previous release (I compared against caps-a-holic's first screencap) as well as average video bitrate at 36mbps, so this is definitely a new transfer and a better version.

[Captain Paranoia]

I received the 2021 SC release of Grand Illusion, and the contrast is significantly improved from previous release (I compared against caps-a-holic's first screencap) as well as average video bitrate at 36mbps, so this is definitely a new transfer and a better version.

Could you post a link to your review? I can't find it on caps-o-holic or anything.

[vanshady]

Is there anyway to share uncompressed png online? Otherwise I compared cap of similar timestamp on my disc va 1st cap on caps side to side and the improvement is significant

[Captain Paranoia]

I've seen people here use https://slow.pics to post screen captures, so I guess you could try that.

[vanshady]

I've seen people here use https://slow.pics to post screen captures, so I guess you could try that.

https://slow.pics/s/0XBgJOqf I wasn't able to get the exact same timestamp, but the shot is stable and is close enough

[vanshady]

For anyone who still cares, I'm working on a website that aim to replace google sheets and be the most comprehensive source on the internet, while also much easier to use. I'm hoping the website can launch in the next 2-3 months depending on how many features I want to include in the first version.

[videozor]

Sounds great, good luck!

[vanshady]

Finally have the website ready before christmas! Here it is: https://www.bestblurays.com/ A lot more features are coming including commenting, but it's fully working now and I've already ported the TSPDT sheet over. Please let me know what you think.

[nicolas]

Finally have the website ready before christmas! Here it is: https://www.bestblurays.com/ A lot more features are coming including commenting, but it's fully working now and I've already ported the TSPDT sheet over. Please let me know what you think.

A fantastic website and very informative. Thank you very much for your continued effort! I’ll do a deep dive into your list soon and will surely discover a couple of gems and / or upgrades I haven’t yet known. Looking forward to the upcoming site features

[vanshady]

A fantastic website and very informative. Thank you very much for your continued effort! I’ll do a deep dive into your list soon and will surely discover a couple of gems and / or upgrades I haven’t yet known. Looking forward to the upcoming site features

Thank you nicolas, would you mind registering so I can make you an editor and you can edit/add new entries?

[nicolas]

A fantastic website and very informative. Thank you very much for your continued effort! I’ll do a deep dive into your list soon and will surely discover a couple of gems and / or upgrades I haven’t yet known. Looking forward to the upcoming site features

Thank you nicolas, would you mind registering so I can make you an editor and you can edit/add new entries?

I signed up under the username Nicolas but can’t seem to get an email confirmation message. My spam folder is also empty. I also tried the resending option in my account.

[vanshady]

Email service seems to not work, I've manually verified you and made you editor