Don't Look Now 4K UHD (1973)

[ste71]

And pre-ordered.

One of the most unsettling films I've ever seen.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Dubliner1

(Hi Geoff- sorry for cheeky message just wondering of you received your German 4K of '187' and are planning a review? Thinking of picking it up myself if PQ is any good!)

(It's a rather meh transfer of an interpositive, there's virtually no >2K information in the source so the UHD aspect of it is moot. As there's no UK/US Blu it's still worth a tenner for fans, just don't expect it to actually look anything like a 4K presentation.)

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

Sweet! It looks like one of those extra THICK digipaks

Oh, dear! When did extra thick become a good thing? I don’t need one movie taking up the space of four.

[imsounoriginal]

Steelbook is hella tempting but the thicccc box doesn't look bad either. But I'll wait for reviews from people here (and a price drop) before pulling the trigger.

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Oh, dear! When did extra thick become a good thing? I don’t need one movie taking up the space of four.

I don't either. In fact, I've tried to build my collection to include as many thinner Viva Elite cased blu rays as possible. But I still like a nice deluxe digipak for some releases. They look awesome on the shelf, even if they take up more space. Eitherway, it's good that there is still a choice of a steelbook. And there will probably be an ordinary amaray with a slipcover later on.

[dallywhitty]

Hnnnnnnng, get inside me.

[CelestialAgent]

Not esepcially won over by the regular art but the steelbook looks great! Just sad Roeg isn’t still around

[reanimator]

Pre-ordered, yay! First time owning this title on any format.

[Agent Kay]

In for this.
Zavvi Steelbook us up

[PowellPressburger]

I can't recall wasn't the Studio Canal UK transfer on the BLU ray a bit ... um bad compared to the US? Or am I thinking of an older release?

Very interested in this release though.

[dwk]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I can't recall wasn't the Studio Canal UK transfer on the BLU ray a bit ... um bad compared to the US? Or am I thinking of an older release?

Very interested in this release though.

If I'm not mistaken, the UK Blu-ray was DNR'd to hell and back.

[kristoffer]

It was indeed.

[Pieter V]

The first ever 4K restoration of DON'T LOOK NOW, which was Nicolas Roeg's finest film and arguably - one of the best British films ever made! Starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, this is a brilliant adaptation of a Daphne Du Maurier short story. On a cold, bright autumn day in Suffolk, England, a little girl in a red mackintosh drowns in a pond - the daughter of John and Laura Baxter. Trying to recover from the tragedy, the couple arrive in Venice, Italy, where John has been commissioned to restore a church. In the eerie atmosphere of the lagoon city in winter, they encounter two strange sisters. Laura is suddenly released from her grief when one of them, a blind psychic, tells her that she is in contact with her dead daughter. Angered and skeptical, John carries on with his work, but witnesses an unsettling vision of his own: a little girl in a red mackintosh disappearing into the Venetian alleys.

As Venice and his fate closes in on John, illusion, reality and sudden terror spiral the story to its grotesque climax, as the design in director Nicolas Roeg's mosaic becomes unforgettably clear.

Available as part of a 3 disc steelbook with exclusive newly commisioned artwork by Jeremy Enecio containing UHD, Blu-ray Feature, Blu-ray bonus disc with brand new extras.

For the 2019 restoration of DON'T LOOK NOW, STUDIOCANAL went back to the original camera negative which was scanned at 4K resolution in 16bit and created the following: 4K DCP, UHD version and a new HD version which were produced with the same high technological standards as today's biggest international film releases. The restoration and new UHD version was colour graded and approved in London by the BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer, Anthony B Richmond.

Extras:

• Pass the Warning: Taking A Look Back at Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
• A kaleidoscope of meaning: colour in Don't Look Now
• 4K Restoration featurette
• Audio Commentary with Nic Roeg
• Death in Venice: Interview with Pino Donaggio
• Interview with Donald Sutherland
• Interview with Allan Scott
• Interview with Tony Richmond
• Interview with Danny Boyle
• Don't Look Now: Looking Back
• Behind the scenes stills gallery

[puddy77]

https://youtu.be/xXP8OaJGxrM

[Firefly2193]

Zavvi lists these as extras for the thick box edition - includes soundtrack CD

Available as part of a 4 disc Collector's Edition inlcuding UHD, Blu-ray Feature, Blu-ray bonus disc with brand new extras and the original haunting Pino Donnagio CD soundtrack. Also contains 5 artcards, new theatrical poster and booklet with essays and original articles. The packaging has a had a new illustration commissioned for the recent theatrical and home entertainment release.

[foxborough]

Available for pre-order from Zoom too.

https://www.zoom.co.uk/product/dont_...lu_ray_dvd_uhd

[StrayButler91]

Eh, I might hold off for the regular amaray version, I don't need all the tat.

[Geoff D]

gotta get tat boom boom boom

day 1 for me!

[Adam_ME]

So is the only disc difference between the thick edition and the steelbook that the former includes the CD soundtrack? Because one is listed as 4 discs and the other 3 discs.

[OutOfBoose]

It's crazy what kind of catalog titles we get on UHD.