Paris, Texas (1984) 4K UHD

[Weirded Wonder]

I find Harry Dean Stanton's performance mesmerizing. Dean Stockwell is great too. Can't wait to see what the Ultra Collector's Edition comes with.

[morris_schaffer]

Originally Posted by Weirded Wonder

I find Harry Dean Stanton's performance mesmerizing. Dean Stockwell is great too. Can't wait to see what the Ultra Collector's Edition comes with.

Lol your avatar brought back many memories of back when Rotten Tomatoes still had a forum. There was this thread called "What's Ahnuld saying now?!'

And each post started with this exact picture and folks had to invent things for Ahnuld to say and type in his accent of course. Needless to say, caps lettertype only. So I hope you don't mind:

[Schu]

Ordered...

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by morris_schaffer

Lol your avatar brought back many memories of back when Rotten Tomatoes still had a forum. There was this thread called "What's Ahnuld saying now?!'

And each post started with this exact picture and folks had to invent things for Ahnuld to say and type in his accent of course. Needless to say, caps lettertype only. So I hope you don't mind:

[Show spoiler]

That's hilarious. I've never heard of such a thing.

[Nitroes]

Living the Light - Robby Müller |🎥Cinema | Full Documentary - YouTube

That was a lovely watch. Hit the CC button for subtitles on the non-English parts.

Paris, Texas is a beautiful film.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by Scottie

Trailer

https://vimeo.com/995425049

New restoration trailer courtesy of Janus Films. The new restoration looks phenomenal.
The big difference to the 2014 4K/2K one is the color scheme and luckily Wenders and his colorist did some great adjustments to the better.

Can’t wait for the LSP or FiM-encoded UHD!

[UHDLoverForever]

I think that the most clueless people in this site are generally in the comment sections of news' articles. I've seen pearls like "I don't get the appeal of people wanting a dark image" to bemoan the UHD format. And, of course, it's also the thriving ground of people who are paranoid about "yellow" and/or "teal" grades, people who use old home video transfers as reference. Pro-bassoonist, better known as reviewer Dr. Svet, is their hero.

There were these two comments in the news' article about Janus Films screening the 4K restoration of Paris, Texas:

"one of my favourite movies of all time that i have watched with a particular colour palette for the last 40 years...don't let us down..that trailer looks mighty yellow...but i won't judge until it's watched"

"
any input from Wenders or Müller on the restoration? this is one of my all-time favs as well, and it'll be deeply depressing and angering if they've "modernized" the color grading. that's more StudioCanal's thing, so for now I will do my best to remain optimistic... c'mon Janus, don't let us down!"

And this is pro-bassoonist's answer to the concerns of the users who made the comments quoted above:


"The restoration has been out for a while now in other markets, so there is no need to guess how it looks. It looks exactly as the trailer and poster suggest -- it is a total regrading job, with the beautiful blues wiped out by teal. There are other anomalies that alter the native color temperature of the film, too. The most obvious ones are during the daylight footage, but indoor footage for instance is also affected, which makes sense given the total destablization of several native primaries and nuances. So, what you described is correct. There is nothing stunning about it.

It is sad because this is a beautiful film that was easy to see theatrically well into the 1990s. Fortunately, the old Blu-ray release has the proper color scheme, which Wim Wenders supervised. (The new regrading job is also supervised by him).


You are essentially looking at a Thelma and Louise scenario 2.0, but with some even more noticeable alterations."

https://blu-ray.com/news/?id=34986

[benhoppel]

So what is it? Radical regrading or not? And director approved or not?

[rolf2056]

Not only director approved, Wenders was directly involved:

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2...the-palme-dor/

[kristoffer]

Trailer looks amazing!
I hope BFI releases this in the UK.

[Streamingsux]

Random as hell but I just realized Transformers Age of Extinction takes place in Paris, Texas more than Paris, Texas does lol. That's where I live btw.

Anyways....can't wait for this..

[nicwood]

I've made a screenshot comparison between the Criterion BD, the 2019 Studiocanal BD (Éclair grade, 2K restoration from 4K scan) and the new Janus trailer of the 40th Anniversary 4K restoration. I didn't have the time to match the frames 100% but the intention was to show the color differences.

https://slow.pics/c/4CifDFKf

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by nicwood

I've made a screenshot comparison between the Criterion BD, the 2019 Studiocanal BD (Éclair grade, 2K restoration from 4K scan) and the new Janus trailer of the 40th Anniversary 4K restoration. I didn't have the time to match the frames 100% but the intention was to show the color differences.

https://slow.pics/c/4CifDFKf

I noticed Janus added new stills to their page. Some look a little strange though, and don't really line up with the 4K trailer.

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1301

For example, here's the Janus trailer one you posted above vs a still from their site. Janus removes black bars from their stills, so I did the same for the Janus trailer one.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I noticed Janus added new stills to their page. Some look a little strange though, and don't really line up with the 4K trailer.

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1301

For example, here's the Janus trailer one you posted above vs a still from their site. Janus removes black bars from their stills, so I did the same for the Janus trailer one.

I’ve downloaded the Janus trailer from their Vimeo page in HD and made screenshots with the setup I use for my BD and 4K HDR caps. This is strange, I wonder which of these is more reflective of the actual SDR grade. The trailer could’ve been improperly SDR converted if they made it from the 4K HDR DCP.

[nicwood]

Here’s how the above shot looks on YouTube on my iPhone in 4K SDR, closer to my screenshot than Janus’ still.



On Vimeo:

[kristoffer]

Originally Posted by nicwood

New restoration trailer courtesy of Janus Films. The new restoration looks phenomenal.
The big difference to the 2014 4K/2K one is the color scheme and luckily Wenders and his colorist did some great adjustments to the better.

Can’t wait for the LSP or FiM-encoded UHD!

But CC doesn’t really use FIM, if I remember correctly?

[UHDLoverForever]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

But CC doesn’t really use FIM, if I remember correctly?

nicwood is talking about the Carlotta UHD

[Nitroes]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DCZRHQHD/

[Ben_C]

If this improves upon the already excellent German Blu-ray then we should be in for an absolute treat.

[DaylightsEnd]

Will be interesting to see how the now-announced Curzon 4k will compare.

We wait years for this to hit uhd, and in the span of two weeks, we suddenly have THREE distinct upcoming uhd options for the title, possibly with three different encodes. Exciting times!