![]() But really it's all about the more muted colors and contrast. The framing pulls in additional slivers on the sides, going from 1.67 to 1.66:1. Overall, it's a much more naturalistic look the reds don't leap out at you like they did in the 2013 disc, which overall looks more realistic and less stylized. The contrast is lower (look at the white curtains in either set of shots, but particularly the second) and the colors are more muted. Not only is grain clear and specific, but look at how much more you can make out of Liv's face in the close-up.Īnd the updated blu? Well, it's another 2k scan of the same elements, so it's not really a leap in resolution. You can see a decided increase in detail, too, even between the 2013 DVD and and its twin blu-ray release. And with the redness corrected, colors looks so much more realistic and alive. The new scan corrects the aspect ratio, though, finding new information on the sides (we now see the "P" in what I presume to read "CHOPAN" on their music book in the first set of shots). It's not interlaced, though that's one thing you can say for it, especially since it feels like the oldest editions in a lot of my comparisons lately have had interlacing problems. The old DVD is also blocky and pixelated, though the softness covers that up to a degree. So the picture is small, on top of being fuzzy and heavily red-tinted. Perhaps, because it was 1.66:1 (and really more like 1.58:1), they figured they could get away with it, but the original 2000 disc is not anamorphic. ![]() Wow, what a difference between the original DVD and blus! That was no slim upgrade. Check 'em out!ġ) 2000 Criterion DVD 2) 2013 Criterion DVD ģ) 2013 Criterion blu-ray 4) 2018 Criterion blu-ray. For today, I'm just updating the films I've already covered on this site, which means, not just this post but Cries and Whispers, Summer Interlude, and Bergman Island have all gotten updates today. It just came out today, and obviously that's a ton of discs to cover (especially since I have alternate editions for nearly every title in the box), so I'll be doing these films piecemeal over time, just like I've been doing with Shout's Werner Herzog Collection. Update 11/20/18: Criterion takes their third stab at Autumn Sonata (fourth if you count the laserdisc), this time as part of their massive 30-disc boxed set of Bergman blus, Ingmar Bergman's Cinema. This is also one of my favorites: 1978's Autumn Sonata. So, I thought I'd take a look at another Criterion reissue, where they brought one of their older DVD titles up to date not just by releasing it in HD, but with a brand new master and all new special features. This site needs more Bergman! I can't be this much of a Bergman fan and only have one of his films covered here ( Bergman Island doesn't count, as it's a documentary about him, not by him).
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