Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari 4K UHD (Masters Of Cinema)

[cheez avenger]

Review:

https://www.theaterbyte.com/bluray-u...ay-review.html

It's a winner.

[PissedOffPeoN]

orbitdvd has this right now they shipped mine today!

[PNguyen]

Does this have HDR

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by PNguyen

Does this have HDR

I bet if you read cheez avenger’s linked review two posts above your unnecessary question, you’d have your answer.

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

I bet if you read cheez avenger’s linked review two posts above your unnecessary question, you’d have your answer.

I get the movie is ancient, but no HDR is bit of a bummer when movies as ancient as it have gotten HDR (Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, etc.). I might just wait for Kino to do an HDR pass.

[David M]

It's arguably best presented in SDR. This way, the entire 10-bit depth is used for visible image information. Any HDR grade would likely be pretty conservative due to the age of the film, just cramming the same info into a smaller number of code values.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

I bet if you read cheez avenger’s linked review two posts above your unnecessary question, you’d have your answer.

Read previous posts? What madness!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by David M

It's arguably best presented in SDR. This way, the entire 10-bit depth is used for visible image information. Any HDR grade would likely be pretty conservative due to the age of the film, just cramming the same info into a smaller number of code values.

Due to the age of the film, is there any >2K (if that) spatial resolution there for 4K to take advantage of? Is the sole benefit of the UHD the 10-bit depth?

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Review:

https://www.theaterbyte.com/bluray-u...ay-review.html

It's a winner.

Great review but I wish they had used actual screenshots. The black and white ones they used had me worried for a second that the final product isn't tinted as it should be, but then they mention the tinting so all is well.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by NeilZ

Great review but I wish they had used actual screenshots. The black and white ones they used had me worried for a second that the final product isn't tinted as it should be, but then they mention the tinting so all is well.

I believe they only used screenshots provided by the label and they don't always reflect the actual product. I don't believe they have equipment to capture screenshots either.

[playingphysicist]

Is the upcoming Kino supposed to be basically the same thing as this release? Kino lorber insider confirmed they were releasing it but gave no details.

[David M]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Due to the age of the film, is there any >2K (if that) spatial resolution there for 4K to take advantage of? Is the sole benefit of the UHD the 10-bit depth?

Yes, absolutely. The resolution is visibly better than 1080p.

[nekromantik]

I never seen this and as its a movie that has inspired so many horror movies I thought I might as well buy the 4k. hopefully I enjoy it haha

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

I never seen this and as its a movie that has inspired so many horror movies I thought I might as well buy the 4k. hopefully I enjoy it haha

It's a movie that gets better with each viewing, personally. Saw it 20 years ago in film school for the first time and kind of enjoying it. Saw it once or twice in the next few years and more recently with the Kino release and it just felt magical the last time. The new restoration and soundtrack helped too. It's also a really interesting movie to read about, there's just so much to say about it. I'm looking forward to dig into Eureka's booklet, especially since I never owned their previous release. Too bad they didn't include the big documentary that was in their original steelbook release, I was very intrigued by that one.

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

It's a movie that gets better with each viewing, personally. Saw it 20 years ago in film school for the first time and kind of enjoying it. Saw it once or twice in the next few years and more recently with the Kino release and it just felt magical the last time. The new restoration and soundtrack helped too. It's also a really interesting movie to read about, there's just so much to say about it. I'm looking forward to dig into Eureka's booklet, especially since I never owned their previous release. Too bad they didn't include the big documentary that was in their original steelbook release, I was very intrigued by that one.

Nice!
Also need to check out Nosfaratu but not sure if I should hold out on a UHD of that too if this is coming on 4k.

[ste71]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

It's a movie that gets better with each viewing, personally. Saw it 20 years ago in film school for the first time and kind of enjoying it. Saw it once or twice in the next few years and more recently with the Kino release and it just felt magical the last time. The new restoration and soundtrack helped too. It's also a really interesting movie to read about, there's just so much to say about it. I'm looking forward to dig into Eureka's booklet, especially since I never owned their previous release. Too bad they didn't include the big documentary that was in their original steelbook release, I was very intrigued by that one.

It's a very unsettling film in my humble opinion. I haven't seen for a while but looking forward to revisiting.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Nice!
Also need to check out Nosfaratu but not sure if I should hold out on a UHD of that too if this is coming on 4k.

Even if Eureka released Nosferatu in 4k, they'd be stuck with the same overly bright restoration and lesser soundtrack. The BFI version is the way to go, it has the darker transfer and the James Bernard score. It's the best way to watch the movie, imo. On top of that, the booklet that comes with the BFI version is so much better than Eureka's.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

Nice!
Also need to check out Nosfaratu but not sure if I should hold out on a UHD of that too if this is coming on 4k.

If I'm not mistaken, the last restoration of Nosferatu was completed at 2K. I think there was supposed to be another restoration done later but it fell through for one reason or another. Not saying a UHD couldn't happen at some point, but Caligari had the advantage as a 4K master already existed. Plus 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Nosferatu and we've had nada other than that seemingly pointless re-release in the States from a label nobody's heard of.

[Eschenpod]

Pre-ordered.

[MarkGubarenko]

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