Wim Wenders Blu-rays (Der Himmel über Berlin; In weiter Ferne, so nah!; Paris, Texas)

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Originally Posted by howardtaft

These caps for this new disc (Paris, Texas) look really good. Occasionally the sky is a bit blown out, but otherwise, wow. I zoomed in a ton and the textures on clothes, for example, are so much better.
Any word on this new scan coming to Blu-ray outside of Germany? Did criterion lose it to Studio Canal here in the states?

I just went ahead and got this version on import to the UK, only disadvantage really is no English subs if you want them, nice package with a full slipcase covering a slip br case and a short book(in german but mostly pictures).

Definitely a very significant improvement over my Axiom BR(which is the same transfer as Criterion isn't it?) which previously I didn't view as bad at all, maybe because I assumed the film was fundamentally a bit lo fi and not that sharp? its still grainy but very significantly sharper, more colourful and with more detail in the shadows.

The one area I can potentially see people having issues I spose is that the look of the daytime skys has shifted away from the ultra blues of the previous transfers towards more realistic. Personally I preffer that but I'd guess some maybe wouldn't? scenes like the car driving though the thunderstorm to the yellow motel early on look absolutely fantastic on this version.

I'm hoping we see Wings of Desire/Heaven Over Berlin get a similar release soon given that a 4K scan of that was doing the rounds at cinemas wasn't it?