Let us know what you think.
I'm convinced. The light and dark values are way out of proportion. This looks like an activated macrovision run amuck. There is a real possibility that some of the blu-rays were defective when they left the factory, or all of them.
Before anyone asks the blu-ray...
Well, that's how I watched it. In the dark. Then I compared it to the old DVD which is too bright but closer to how it's supposed to look.
The blu-ray is too dark.
The blu-ray is too dark.
I share your appreciation for this masterwork and for the lighting by Dante Spinotti, but the transfer is too dark. I can't explain where or how the light and dark values go wrong, but they do in fact go wrong.
My Sony Bravia is correctly calibrated and fine-tuned, and...