Wings of Desire (1987) 4K UHD

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by nicwood

Just received mine (Collector’s Edition) directly from Carlotta.

The first nice surprise was that the size of the UHD was "upgraded" from a BD-66 to a BD-100. Their shop mentioned a BD-66 for a while, maybe it was a mistake but nonetheless a great suprise.
The other surprise is that David M / FiM did NOT handle the encoding on this one but LSP Medien in Germany according to the credit screen. (David did the included BD).

This is not a bad thing as the encoding is excellent. This is the best UHD version of Wings of Desire. Of course, I haven’t seen the disc in its entirety but the spots that annoyed me on the Curzon (virtually all highlights and some mushy blacks) resolve much better on the Carlotta with a small layer of grain visible in motion and while pausing. Other than that, the UHD master looks immaculate. Phenomenal detail and small, tight grain as on the Curzon in "normal" moments.

Sound is German 5.1 and 2.0 (and a French dub) as hinted at, the video master is obviously SDR.

An easy recommendation if you understand the languages in the film or can add external subtitles.

P.S. Carlotta also released a BD of the 4K-restored The American Friend today. It’s equally the best version of that film. It’s my third BD after the Criterion and Studiocanal versions. This is a FiM encode and obviously looks & sounds superb.

Does the bookmark have a number ? Mine doesn't