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Originally Posted by RupertPupkin
great review ! (as always...)
do you think that Carlotta US also will plan to release it in France too ?
well... since you notice that the Blu-Ray US was region free, I probably don't have to wait...
just to be sure that I've correctly understood (I'm French, I know this is not an excuse...) : "The release uses as foundation the same recent 2K restoration which British distributors Artificial Eye accessed when they prepared their Blu-ray release for the UK market -- and this is certainly very good news. The improvements in quality are dramatic
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you mean that improvements in quality are dramatic when you compare the US Blu-Ray Carlotta release with the DVD Artificial Eye not the blu-ray ?
if yes I totally agree. But I already bought the Artificial Eye on blu-ray and was very pleased with the picture quality (but it seems that the VIDEO note for the US Carlotta Blu-Ray is a bit higher than the UK Artificial Eye Blu-Ray).... Why ?
would you recommend the Carlotta release for those who already own the Artificiae Eye Blu-Ray ? Despite the fact that there is an extra movie on this Carlotta movie.
Is the transfer of the Carlotta even better (bitrate, grain, HD details) than the Artificial Eye blu-ray ?
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Hey Mr. Pupkin
1. The comparison is with the old R2 DVD release. I have the old Carax DVD box set which Artificial Eye released (I left a photo in the review for the UK release). The difference in quality is literally like night and day. Wonderful new 2K restorations (for
Mauvais Sang and
Boy Meets Girl). So, yes, Artificial Eye and Carlotta are both using the 2K restorations.
2. Second question: I don't know at the moment. But I can ask next week.
3. The encoding is actually slightly better on the two Carlotta releases.
Mauvais Sang, in particular, looks fantastic.
4. A quick note: If you are planning to get the
Mauvais Sang disc, keep in mind that
Mister X has a little bit of dialog in Japanese. It is subtitled in English, but not in French. Lovely documentary with some very good observations about Carax's career and his 'exile'. (Very similar to Michael Cimino's after
Heaven's Gate).
(From the AE review).
Pro-B