Four Film Noir Classics Vol. 2 (1944-1955) Arrow

[Matt89]

Mine arrived in Canada today and it was only shipped on Sunday. Should get it either by Friday or early next week.

So weird, sometimes Arrow shipments take 4-5 weeks, sometimes I get them in less than 2. And I have no idea why, they use the same shipping method each time. It's so unpredictable. This shipped over the weekend and is already here, yet I waited over a month to receive The House That Screamed. It shipped late February and I finally received it yesterday.

[bright75]

Can anyone confirm whether this is All-Region despite it listed as Region B? Volume 1 was like this. Thanks!

[latehong]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Has anyone compared the Four Film Noir Vol 2 transfers to the Kinos?

Just glancing at Six Bridges now and the Kino seems much higher-contrast, the Arrow looks very grey in comparison. I have no idea how to take screenshots, though - VLC is apparently disfavored, and I haven't a clue how to sync them to the same frame anyway.

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Can't speak for Kino's release but I watched the Arrow disc earlier and I do think it looked overly bright and washed out, as if somebody ****ed the gamma. Shame because the other films look solid (although The Sleeping City could've done with some additional scratch removal).

More observation/comparison, anyone?

Here's DVD Beaver review of Six Bridges to Cross with screenshots.

[leocan]

Originally Posted by bright75

Can anyone confirm whether this is All-Region despite it listed as Region B? Volume 1 was like this. Thanks!

Just in case the info is still needed, all 4 discs I got are Region B locked.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by latehong

More observation/comparison, anyone?

Interestingly, "The Suspect" is not the same master that was on Kino Lorber's disc (some quick comparisons):
https://slow.pics/c/GNMrogon

The audio transfers are not identical either with Kino having much more aggressive noise reduction compared to Arrow.

I'm surprised that Uni did their own master for the film. At least, I presume it Uni since Arrow's booklet don't mention doing work themselves and it has that flat, low contrast, look that some of Uni's, more recent, in-house B&W restorations favor ("This Gun for Hire", "Criss Cross", etc).

[Brian81]

Ordered Vol 1 (no thread?) for one of the titles I wanted since it seemed like a better value. Ugh - onto the sellpile with never opening, and having to reorder. Wish there were updated photos so I would know that these things have moved from individual cases to combined ones for multiple films. :-( waste of $

[DannyAfterDark]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Ordered Vol 1 (no thread?) for one of the titles I wanted since it seemed like a better value. Ugh - onto the sellpile with never opening, and having to reorder. Wish there were updated photos so I would know that these things have moved from individual cases to combined ones for multiple films. :-( waste of $

Had the same experience. It's so tricky to tell with Arrow when they move to the cheap and nasty versions especially because the price isn't much of an indication.

Put me off buying the Westerns box sets for the same reason. Unfortunately they don't seem to do individual releases of the films in their box sets when the limited sells out anymore.