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About this title:
- A monumental forty-film box set celebrating forty years of the Criterion Collection—an electrifying mix of classic and contemporary films in one anthology edition that includes the releases most frequently chosen by guests who have visited the Criterion Closet
Includes:
- 8 1/2
- Tokyo Story
- All That Jazz
- Bicycle Thieves
- Repo Man
- Naked
- Jules and Jim
- Being There
- Weekend
- Yi Yi
- The Night of the Hunter
- Pickpocket
- Sweet Smell of Success
- On the Waterfront
- Do the Right Thing
- Ratcatcher
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Mirror
- Barry Lyndon
- Safe
- Seconds
- His Girl Friday
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Y tu mamá también
- My Own Private Idaho
- Love & Basketball
- Night of the Living Dead
- Ace in the Hole
- 3 Women
- The Red Shoes
- Down by Law
- La Ciénaga
- Wanda
- House
- Sullivan's Travels
- The Battle of Algiers
- A Woman Under the Influence
- Cléo from 5 to 7
- Persona
- In the Mood for Love
Top Comments
This set has generally been ridiculed because it is such a wide-ranging set that is very expensive for a new collector, and redundant for someone who has already been collecting, as well as being mostly from 2k masters that were done a decade ago so people looking for 4k masters (even just on bluray) will be disappointed. In other words: who is this made for?
Also for anyone who isn't aware, Criterion makes a new bluray from the 4k master when they release the 4k/bluray combo packs, so any regular bluray releases from the past got bluray upgrades as well as 4k UHD releases. If there are only a few movies in this collection that instantly look appealing you're better off just buying any 4k/blu criterion releases on sale for $25
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This set has generally been ridiculed because it is such a wide-ranging set that is very expensive for a new collector, and redundant for someone who has already been collecting, as well as being mostly from 2k masters that were done a decade ago so people looking for 4k masters (even just on bluray) will be disappointed. In other words: who is this made for?
Also for anyone who isn't aware, Criterion makes a new bluray from the 4k master when they release the 4k/bluray combo packs, so any regular bluray releases from the past got bluray upgrades as well as 4k UHD releases. If there are only a few movies in this collection that instantly look appealing you're better off just buying any 4k/blu criterion releases on sale for $25
This set has generally been ridiculed because it is such a wide-ranging set that is very expensive for a new collector, and redundant for someone who has already been collecting, as well as being mostly from 2k masters that were done a decade ago so people looking for 4k masters (even just on bluray) will be disappointed. In other words: who is this made for?
Also for anyone who isn't aware, Criterion makes a new bluray from the 4k master when they release the 4k/bluray combo packs, so any regular bluray releases from the past got bluray upgrades as well as 4k UHD releases. If there are only a few movies in this collection that instantly look appealing you're better off just buying any 4k/blu criterion releases on sale for $25
What's a 4k master?
I thought they just upscale old movies to 4k by using dome fancy AI.
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I thought they just upscale old movies to 4k by using dome fancy AI.
Remember old VHS, DVD and even many 2k and even some 4k digital films transfers are lower reduced quality & resolution that the original film is capable of equaling. Some films have much better image quality than sub 4k releases, frequently 4k is just trying to equal the original film.
Some older films are aging and need adjustments for that. Many are 35mm and might need artificial resolution bumps. Others were shot on 65mm or 70mm film and may have incredible 'resolution' as is but still need quality conversion to digital.
In film form the best 35mm shots are about 5k and 70mms best is 15-18k equivalent. Film often has very high dynamic range as well so that means large file sizes. 4k is a downgrade in many respects from cinema grade film.
An average of two hours a week over a year will get you through these 40 films themselves 🎞️ not inc. the extras.
Remember old VHS, DVD and even many 2k and even some 4k digital films transfers are lower reduced quality & resolution that the original film is capable of equaling. Some films have much better image quality than sub 4k releases, frequently 4k is just trying to equal the original film.
Some older films are aging and need adjustments for that. Many are 35mm and might need artificial resolution bumps. Others were shot on 65mm or 70mm film and may have incredible 'resolution' as is but still need quality conversion to digital.
In film form the best 35mm shots are about 5k and 70mms best is 15-18k equivalent. Film often has very high dynamic range as well so that means large file sizes. 4k is a downgrade in many respects from cinema grade film.
THat's pretty nuts. So in reality all movies are shot with super crazy high quality but due to the physical limiations of the disc in general, they're as most sized to 4k + compressed.
So when 8k tvs come out, how's that going to work you think? 8k upscaled from 4k?
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So when 8k tvs come out, how's that going to work you think? 8k upscaled from 4k?