Leos Carax's Boy Meets Girl and Mauvais sang - November 18, 2014

[RupertPupkin]

about Carax on French Blu-Ray via Carlotta I think that I've read something about this on dvdclassik... "in a next so distant future..." (perhaps, if I remember the post via a Carax box set)

but since the Blu-Ray US Carlotta release is great (original title "Mauvais Sang"-good point; great artwork), why waiting for an "hypothetic" French release?
Mind you, there still some bad suprises (for instance "filtered grain" on "les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray" (aka Sundays and Cybele) on Wide Side BR vs Criterion (which fortunately used the same transfer but untempered)
Fortunately I bought the browning Criterion Sundays and Cybelle...

so the picture quality is even better than on the Blu-Ray UK Artificial Eye. I love so much this movie that I could consider a "double-dip"...

well, regarding Japanese and subtitles for "Mr. X".... it's not a problem for me; I can read English (even if my messages doesn't totally imply that - I know I know )
if the subtitles are removable like they are (optional) on the Artificial Eye release that's fine for me... (apparently you wrote that subtitles are optional/removable and available for main feature, "Mr. X" and even the deleted scenes)

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by RupertPupkin

about Carax on French Blu-Ray via Carlotta I think that I've read something about this on dvdclassik... "in a next so distant future..." (perhaps, if I remember the post via a Carax box set)

but since the Blu-Ray US Carlotta release is great (original title "Mauvais Sang"-good point; great artwork), why waiting for an "hypothetic" French release?
Mind you, there still some bad suprises (for instance "filtered grain" on "les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray" (aka Sundays and Cybele) on Wide Side BR vs Criterion (which fortunately used the same transfer but untempered)
Fortunately I bought the browning Criterion Sundays and Cybelle...

so the picture quality is even better than on the Blu-Ray UK Artificial Eye. I love so much this movie that I could consider a "double-dip"...

well, regarding Japanese and subtitles for "Mr. X".... it's not a problem for me; I can read English (even if my messages doesn't totally imply that - I know I know )
if the subtitles are removable like they are (optional) on the Artificial Eye release that's fine for me... (if they are not removable on the main feature that would be however a big problem)

1. Sundays and Cybele is a Sony job, so I will be very surprised if Wild Side used the same 2K restoration and tweaked the transfer. There are some fluctuations, which someone might be misinterpreting as something else, but they are part of the film's visual design. But I cannot comment on the French release because I have not seen it.

2. If you already have the AE release, you are fine. As I said, the encoding is slightly better on the Carlotta release, but both releases are very good. The English subtitles are optional on Mauvais Sang and Boy Meets Girl. They are also optional on Mister X.

I have to go now. Have a great Sunday, Mr. Pupkin

Pro-B

[billyearle]

Maybe the screencaps between the 2 releases aren't perfect matches, but it seems brightness levels are a bit different between the two MS as well. Particularly the shot of the old lady looking out the car window, the Artificial Eye looks quite bright in comparison. Artificial Eye has been my favorite UK label for visual presentation, but since I had Holy Motors I kept holding off on the box set. I just hope we can get a good sale price on the Carlota at some point. I'm glad to see the excellent video "house look" of the label doesn't seem to have been altered on the US versions. The French boutique labels are usually the most natural looking to me on my set.
I would've liked to save money with the UK set on sale, but Pro-B's comment about slightly better encoding is the final nail in the coffin of my trying to save $.

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