Lawrence of Arabia 4K UHD (1962)

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by heinzw

Oh boy is this UHD amazing. Easily one of the best presentations of a classic film on the format. Absolutely beautiful.

Too bad it's only available in this box set

[hobbs47]

Originally Posted by chewbabka

They’re all in their own plastic cases, so you could toss the box and sell the titles you don’t want.

Yeah, they pretty much dummy proofed this set. It's pretty easy to recoup a lot of the cost of the set between selling the codes and selling the titles you don't want. I see it as a no brainer,

[RICKBONDOO7]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Too bad it's only available in this box set

It will Definitely be getting a solo release. I can wait. It's the Best one in that Box by far. Mr Smith is also a great Capra Classic. The rest I have No use for. Here is my version of what should have been in that box....It Happened One Night....From Here To Eternity.....On The Waterfront.....The Guns of Navarone.....Lawrence of Arabia....A Man For All Seasons. All Academy Award winners ! This is Box of Classics. This I would buy in a second. But they would never release a box with these titles. Too many Great movies in one set !

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

It will Definitely be getting a solo release. I can wait. It's the Best one in that Box by far. Mr Smith is also a great Capra Classic. The rest I have No use for. Here is my version of what should have been in that box....It Happened One Night....From Here To Eternity.....On The Waterfront.....The Guns of Navarone.....Lawrence of Arabia....A Man For All Seasons. All Academy Award winners ! This is Box of Classics. This I would buy in a second. But they would never release a box with these titles. Too many Great movies in one set !

Yep. How dare Columbia try to make money by bundling in an effort to sustain a dying industry.

[Vangeli]

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[amarster]

Originally Posted by Vangeli

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Thank you so much!

[Tok]

Originally Posted by CHONK!

@Ricky G - I felt the same way, so I just bought the 4K Digital from Vudu, it’s only $7.99 right now.

Seems like a good compromise.

No where close to a product that splits the movie over a 100 and 66 GB discs.

[Dunemoon]

Originally Posted by CHONK!

@Ricky G - I felt the same way, so I just bought the 4K Digital from Vudu, it’s only $7.99 right now.

Seems like a good compromise.

Indeed

[J-Mart]

Originally Posted by Tok

No where close to a product that splits the movie over a 100 and 66 GB discs.

Obviously. They'll probably buy the physical disc when there's a standalone release.

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by J-Mart

Obviously. They'll probably buy the physical disc when there's a standalone release.

Indeed, they did use the word compromise, which implies they realized they... compromised.

[rblenheim]

Sony should have a recall of Disc 1 of the 4K of "Lawrence of Arabia". Go to chapter 5 and see a scene just before Omar Sharif rides in that is totally washed out, almost without color. It looks terrible. This is NOT the way the film was in the theater, or even in television showings.

Am I the only one who notices this? It's not what Lean photographed!

SONY PLEASE RECALL DISC 1 OF THE 4K!

[Tok]

Originally Posted by professorwho

There certainly is some minor sharpening on the older 1 disc BD, but I'm fine with it because, oddly enough, the 1 disc BD has superior compression than the 2 disc 35 mbps encoded JP BD.

But the UHD will best both due to having ~166 GB to work with, so there's that.

What do you mean by superior compression for the original US BD compared to the 2-disc JP BD?

I have both but never watched the single disc. The JP BD split the film over two discs and was properly split at the intermission.

I was quite pleased to learn the UHD was going to be split over two discs instead of trying to squeeze it onto a single 100 or 66 disc.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Tok

What do you mean by superior compression for the original US BD compared to the 2-disc JP BD?

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[gates70]

Originally Posted by rblenheim

Sony should have a recall of Disc 1 of the 4K of "Lawrence of Arabia". Go to chapter 5 and see a scene just before Omar Sharif rides in that is totally washed out, almost without color. It looks terrible. This is NOT the way the film was in the theater, or even in television showings.

Am I the only one who notices this? It's not what Lean photographed!

SONY PLEASE RECALL DISC 1 OF THE 4K!

Just checked and there is nothing of the sort, so no recall necessary. No reviews have mentioned this either.

[Rathbone]

I just finished the first disc of Lawrence and honestly I am not overwhelmed by it. This seems to be the old 4k restoration from 2012. The whole movie has a quite digital look.

For a movie shot on 65mm this is quite noisy and I don't mean grainy. The noise in the skies and deserts looks rather digital than analog. Further I am seeing constant ringing around objects and people. And when it comes to detail I would expect much more refined faces and costumes from a 65mm source. Most of the detail looks rather smooth.

Don't get me wrong: It's not bad at all but it's definitely far away from being reference material.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Rathbone

I just finished the first disc of Lawrence and honestly I am not overwhelmed by it. This seems to be the old 4k restoration from 2012. The whole movie has a quite digital look.

For a movie shot on 65mm this is quite noisy and I don't mean grainy. The noise in the skies and deserts looks rather digital than analog. Further I am seeing constant ringing around objects and people. And when it comes to detail I would expect much more refined faces and costumes from a 65mm source. Most of the detail looks rather smooth.

Don't get me wrong: It's not bad at all but it's definitely far away from being reference material.

Nothing of the sort here, so it has to be equipment related.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Rathbone

I just finished the first disc of Lawrence and honestly I am not overwhelmed by it. This seems to be the old 4k restoration from 2012. The whole movie has a quite digital look.

For a movie shot on 65mm this is quite noisy and I don't mean grainy. The noise in the skies and deserts looks rather digital than analog. Further I am seeing constant ringing around objects and people. And when it comes to detail I would expect much more refined faces and costumes from a 65mm source. Most of the detail looks rather smooth.

Don't get me wrong: It's not bad at all but it's definitely far away from being reference material.

Yup. You need to list your equipment. That can have a lot to do with what you're seeing. Settings can be off, lack of calibration, etc. Many are experiencing a very, very nice image.

[professorwho]

Looking at the caps by Pyoko here, it looks pretty damn good to my eyes. It's not 100% perfect, as nothing is, and while the 2012 restoration is beautiful, a newer one could be better due to newer technology. Still, I don't see the need to complain about it when it looks as good as it does in those caps.

[reanimator]

The "ringing" Rathbone mentioned is absolutely present, but as noted by others this is photo-chemical in nature (it's in the film itself) and is not the result of any digital tinkering. You will see it clearly during any high-contrast sequences (dark mountains against bright skies, etc). And yes, it also has lots of SonyGrain™ present -- so those expecting a totally pristine appearance might be in for a surprise. Would a modern scanner have yielded superior results? Sure -- but this still looks excellent and this is a movie from 1962.

I'm looking forward to comparing these results to SPARTACUS.

[bradnoyes]

Beautiful disc(s). Kind of a slog, though.