Le Cercle Rouge 4K UHD (1970) - Blu-ray Forum

Liersi · 12-02-2020, 11:03 AM

In case more people like The Great Owl are scanning this thread, thinking they need to avoid this release altogether: not in my opinion.

Yes, the compression is an SC high-wire act. Mostly fine, always a bit shaky, and at least that one time in the beginning it falls off completely and goes splat for a few seconds. The source is strong, though, which is easy to see whenever compression keeps it together. Super fine, nice texture, solid blacks, and although it's warmer skewing yellow a bit, skin tones and whites say it never goes blanket yellow. I'm deliberately giving the color accuracy discussion a wide berth. I will say colour and lighting effectively supports the narrative in this presentation. While skin tones remain natural, everything else looks suitably drab and colourless. The darkness eats away at the light in every scene, like a cancer sucking the life and colour out of the characters. None of this is lost in this presentation. It's neither colourful, nor brightened or piss-stained. The blacks haven't been milked. Hiventy, who sign responsible for this restoration, aren't L'immagine ritrovata.

Just wanted to add that for perspective. The criticism for the compression is well deserved.

12-02-2020, 11:03 AM	#11
Liersi Senior Member Member since:Nov 2009	In case more people like The Great Owl are scanning this thread, thinking they need to avoid this release altogether: not in my opinion. Yes, the compression is an SC high-wire act. Mostly fine, always a bit shaky, and at least that one time in the beginning it falls off completely and goes splat for a few seconds. The source is strong, though, which is easy to see whenever compression keeps it together. Super fine, nice texture, solid blacks, and although it's warmer skewing yellow a bit, skin tones and whites say it never goes blanket yellow. I'm deliberately giving the color accuracy discussion a wide berth. I will say colour and lighting effectively supports the narrative in this presentation. While skin tones remain natural, everything else looks suitably drab and colourless. The darkness eats away at the light in every scene, like a cancer sucking the life and colour out of the characters. None of this is lost in this presentation. It's neither colourful, nor brightened or piss-stained. The blacks haven't been milked. Hiventy, who sign responsible for this restoration, aren't L'immagine ritrovata. Just wanted to add that for perspective. The criticism for the compression is well deserved.

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