The Night Porter 4K UHD (1974) - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

MasterCrayola · 07-30-2021, 10:25 PM

Never seen this, is it 100% English or are there subtitled scenes (presumably unsubbed here)?

ravenus · 08-02-2021, 05:27 PM

I have seen the Anchor Bay blu and its 100% English I think. That disc did not have any subs IIRC.

CelestialAgent · 08-04-2021, 08:09 AM

Extras

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Audio Commentary with Dr. Gerd Naumann and Robert Sommer
"The Reception of 'The Night Porter'" - Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger in conversation with Monika Treut (20 min.)
"The Night Porter as Sadiconazista" with Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger (40 min.)
"The Story Behind" - interview with screenwriter Italo Moscati (35 min.)
"To Encapsulate a Meaning" - interview with director Liliana Cavani (30 min.)
"The Reality of Emotions" - interview with Charlotte Rampling (40 min.)
Vintage interview with Liliana Cavani (5 min.)
Picture gallery (20 min.)
Press booklet
Trailer

All except the commentary are subtitled in English

I would assume the Cavani/Rampliing interviews are taken from the CultFilms edition. The only significant absence is Women of the Resistance documentary from the Criterion edition.

They also announced a Blu of Car Wash with the Shout extras and a few exclusives.

Daniel Peree · 08-05-2021, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Extras

All except the commentary are subtitled in English

I would assume the Cavani/Rampliing interviews are taken from the CultFilms edition. The only significant absence is Women of the Resistance documentary from the Criterion edition.

They also announced a Blu of Car Wash with the Shout extras and a few exclusives.

That's not quite correct, we only licensed the Rampling interview from Cult film. Cavani is new and a real video interview from 2021.

* New 2021 Audio Commentary with Dr. Gerd Naumann and Robert Sommer
* New 2021 "The Reception of 'The Night Porter'" - Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger in conversation with Monika Treut (20 min.)
* New 2021 "The Night Porter as Sadiconazista" with Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger (40 min.)
* New 2021 "The Story Behind" - interview with screenwriter Italo Moscati (35 min.)
* New 2021 "To Encapsulate a Meaning" - interview with director Liliana Cavani (30 min.)
"The Reality of Emotions" - interview with Charlotte Rampling (40 min.)
Vintage interview with Liliana Cavani (5 min.)
* New Picture gallery (20 min.)
* New Press booklet
* New Trailer [re-cut vhs trailer in hd and uhd]

rallymonkey · 08-05-2021, 09:31 PM

Took a chance and pre-ordered. Came to $47.59 USD shipped.

okayflint · 08-07-2021, 11:37 PM

Preordered it. It kept going back to German so it made the checkout process a tad challenging

okayflint · 09-28-2021, 11:35 PM

Did this get delayed or do I not know what the date is

rolf2056 · 09-29-2021, 07:32 AM

The new date is October 29.

DaemonVBlackfyre · 10-11-2021, 11:23 PM

Their website says sold out, is that a placeholder until it’s released or are all preorders gone? Anyone know where to get one?

AndyMT · 10-12-2021, 12:24 AM

it's been listed for a while - so it sounds like they've sold out.
i ordered one a couple of months ago.
if they sold out, there might be a case for another run at some point.

rolf2056 · 10-12-2021, 10:16 AM

It’s still available on amazon.de.

MAttHEATLifer · 10-12-2021, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rolf2056

It’s still available on amazon.de.

Link ?

rolf2056 · 10-12-2021, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MAttHEATLifer

Link ?

https://www.amazon.de/Nachtportier-M...dp/B09CGH64SK/

okayflint · 10-27-2021, 04:14 AM

My order is processing. Looks like they are about to ship

Daniel Peree · 10-28-2021, 07:54 PM

A small contingent can be ordered again. If we get cancellations, we will release some again.

The Night Porter on Wicked-Shop.com

scohenmarinetech · 10-28-2021, 08:26 PM

Anyone know if this release has HDR?

Daniel Peree · 10-28-2021, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by scohenmarinetech

Anyone know if this release has HDR?

No HDR. The 4K restoaration in italy was in SDR.

hdmaniac · 11-07-2021, 09:37 AM

http://forum.totaldvd.ru/Ð¤Ð¾Ñ‚Ð¾-UH...1.aspx#1337991

El Dopo · 11-07-2021, 09:05 PM

Copied over my post from the German international thread cos I'm an egotistical nightmare:

Received and watched this yesterday and thought that it couldn't hurt to give a few observations that might help others....
The picture is by far the best I ever expect to see from The Night Porter, it's crisp and detailed where it's intended to be with a fine natural grain throughout. Colour balance on this film is always tricky due to the majority of the picture using a muted but still rich palette. I've only ever seen the trailer for the Cult Epics release that was apparently overseen by Liliana Cavani, but I can't see any immediate obvious differences between the timing on that release and this one. The UHD image subtly adds a whole extra level of detail that makes it certain that this is for me the ultimate edition of this movie. Given the muted tones I'm not sure that HDR would make any serious improvement other than on the darker shadowy elements of the frame, but there's never any indication that the image suffers for not having it.
All of the extras apart from a short 4 minute archive interview with the director are English friendly with subtitles provided. The interview with Charlotte Rampling is apparently repurposed from the Cult Films release, otherwise they're new features and interviews that offer good and interesting insights. The discussion about the sexualisation and exploitation of the Nazi's and their symbology in (understandably almost exclusively non-German) movies by Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger is pretty fascinating, especially if like me you've been raised in the culture of these being the archetypal foreign-other-villain for however many decades, his Germanic take on this subject is by nature of it's origins totally different from any other discussion of the issue that I've seen coming from the 'victors' perspective and all the more valuable for it. It's just a pity that there are no subs available for his commentary track, but Wicked Vision have already given me more than I could hope for with this release so I'm not complaining!
Highly recommended to any and all with the constitution to take this challenging movie.

raybestos · 11-08-2021, 04:47 AM

The Cult Epics had atrocious compression artifacts, but the best color-timing of all the releases. The terrible green and teal push of the competently-encoded Criterion edition is mostly gone, although there is still too much teal. Now, hopefully this German UHD takes the same color-timing as the Cult Epics release and encodes it competently so the fine grain is not encoded away into blotchiness or oblivion.

This thread: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=334158&page=2 shows that the transfer had some glaringly ridiculous errors. Hopefully, those have been corrected in this UHD. Will someone who owns the UHD please kindly reference that thread and compare the exact frame in that thread and please report here if it is corrected?

07-30-2021, 10:25 PM	#21
MasterCrayola Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2015 Location:Shropshire, United Kingdom 4K collection:27 Blu-ray collection:571 DVD collection:6	Never seen this, is it 100% English or are there subtitled scenes (presumably unsubbed here)?

08-02-2021, 05:27 PM	#22
ravenus Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Dec 2010 Location:India Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:1205 DVD collection:144 Blu-ray reviews: 184 Trading Score:8	I have seen the Anchor Bay blu and its 100% English I think. That disc did not have any subs IIRC.

08-05-2021, 09:31 PM	#25
rallymonkey Senior Member Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:New Hampshire 4K collection:1631 Blu-ray collection:7152 DVD collection:157 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:14	Took a chance and pre-ordered. Came to $47.59 USD shipped.

08-07-2021, 11:37 PM	#26
okayflint Senior Member Member since:May 2020 4K collection:1267 Blu-ray collection:1267 iTunes collection:6	Preordered it. It kept going back to German so it made the checkout process a tad challenging

09-28-2021, 11:35 PM	#27
okayflint Senior Member Member since:May 2020 4K collection:1267 Blu-ray collection:1267 iTunes collection:6	Did this get delayed or do I not know what the date is

09-29-2021, 07:32 AM	#28
rolf2056 Active Member Member since:Sep 2020	The new date is October 29.

10-11-2021, 11:23 PM	#29
DaemonVBlackfyre Junior Member Member since:Nov 2018	Their website says sold out, is that a placeholder until it’s released or are all preorders gone? Anyone know where to get one?

10-12-2021, 12:24 AM	#30
AndyMT Active Member Member since:May 2007 Location:UK	it's been listed for a while - so it sounds like they've sold out. i ordered one a couple of months ago. if they sold out, there might be a case for another run at some point.

10-12-2021, 10:16 AM	#31
rolf2056 Active Member Member since:Sep 2020	It’s still available on amazon.de.

10-27-2021, 04:14 AM	#34
okayflint Senior Member Member since:May 2020 4K collection:1267 Blu-ray collection:1267 iTunes collection:6	My order is processing. Looks like they are about to ship

10-28-2021, 07:54 PM	#35
Daniel Peree Active Member Top contributor Member since:May 2015 Location:Germany Blu-ray collection:20	A small contingent can be ordered again. If we get cancellations, we will release some again. The Night Porter on Wicked-Shop.com

10-28-2021, 08:26 PM	#36
scohenmarinetech Senior Member Member since:Feb 2019 Location:Boston, MA 4K collection:401 Blu-ray collection:2806 DVD collection:142 Trading Score:35	Anyone know if this release has HDR?

11-07-2021, 09:37 AM	#38
hdmaniac Junior Member Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Moscow Home Theater Gallery:22 Blu-ray collection:1	http://forum.totaldvd.ru/Ð¤Ð¾Ñ‚Ð¾-UH...1.aspx#1337991

11-07-2021, 09:05 PM	#39
El Dopo Expert Member Member since:Jun 2021 Location:Manchester, GB 4K collection:64 Blu-ray collection:742 DVD collection:128 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Copied over my post from the German international thread cos I'm an egotistical nightmare: Received and watched this yesterday and thought that it couldn't hurt to give a few observations that might help others.... The picture is by far the best I ever expect to see from The Night Porter, it's crisp and detailed where it's intended to be with a fine natural grain throughout. Colour balance on this film is always tricky due to the majority of the picture using a muted but still rich palette. I've only ever seen the trailer for the Cult Epics release that was apparently overseen by Liliana Cavani, but I can't see any immediate obvious differences between the timing on that release and this one. The UHD image subtly adds a whole extra level of detail that makes it certain that this is for me the ultimate edition of this movie. Given the muted tones I'm not sure that HDR would make any serious improvement other than on the darker shadowy elements of the frame, but there's never any indication that the image suffers for not having it. All of the extras apart from a short 4 minute archive interview with the director are English friendly with subtitles provided. The interview with Charlotte Rampling is apparently repurposed from the Cult Films release, otherwise they're new features and interviews that offer good and interesting insights. The discussion about the sexualisation and exploitation of the Nazi's and their symbology in (understandably almost exclusively non-German) movies by Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger is pretty fascinating, especially if like me you've been raised in the culture of these being the archetypal foreign-other-villain for however many decades, his Germanic take on this subject is by nature of it's origins totally different from any other discussion of the issue that I've seen coming from the 'victors' perspective and all the more valuable for it. It's just a pity that there are no subs available for his commentary track, but Wicked Vision have already given me more than I could hope for with this release so I'm not complaining! Highly recommended to any and all with the constitution to take this challenging movie.

11-08-2021, 04:47 AM	#40
raybestos Senior Member Member since:Dec 2012	The Cult Epics had atrocious compression artifacts, but the best color-timing of all the releases. The terrible green and teal push of the competently-encoded Criterion edition is mostly gone, although there is still too much teal. Now, hopefully this German UHD takes the same color-timing as the Cult Epics release and encodes it competently so the fine grain is not encoded away into blotchiness or oblivion. This thread: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=334158&page=2 shows that the transfer had some glaringly ridiculous errors. Hopefully, those have been corrected in this UHD. Will someone who owns the UHD please kindly reference that thread and compare the exact frame in that thread and please report here if it is corrected?

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