The Deer Hunter (1978) 4K UHD

[Fat Phil]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The crazy thing is that in the opening steelworks scene all the sparks flying about look great but the molten steel itself is riddled with chroma noise, and in the shot when De Niro drops that white stick into the steel it almost looks like it's glittering (like a Star Trek special effect!) there's so much noise in there. All this is despite the movie having been put onto a 100GB disc, and although I regularly chide Disney and Fox for treating triple deckers like the plague this disc is proof enough that even if you've got the space you still need to have people who know what they're doing with it.

Haha. Funny you mention that shot, just saw it and it was definitely a WTF moment for me

Not going to watch the movie until this weekend but I did have a cheeky little look at the opening five minutes and A/B'd the old Studio Canal disc. The additional highlight information struck me straight away. You hit the nail on the head with the 'filament in the bulbs' analogy. Almost seems like they rescued a little too much on occasion.