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Bruce it’s not zoomed, fortunately and the transfer is lovely, but the 1.37 is screamingly obviously wrong from the opening credits. Everything, wde, medium, two shot is composed for both wide and Academ. I tried masking it at 1.85 and thats what it should be. I think this is the last British...

It is, sadly once again croppped to 2.00:1 in the German disc. THe last time it was released in its ideal 1.37 ratio was the Universal Laserdisc 24 years ago. I am sure Universal will argue with you that it "has to be" in the wide Hughes ratio, ignoring the fact Sernberg filmed it in 1950 and...

The disc displays that Autumnal foliage scene magnificently. As it does all the other Northwest landscapes. Only a mint first gen IB print would do more justice to this I think. You should be very happy with it. I never thought this would make it to HD. You obviously love the movie too. The ten...

By and large the Canyon Passage transfer has no three strip issues until the last twenty minutes or so, and even then these are not pronounced or lengthy. I've commented elsewhere about the disc (because I think the film is a masterpiece). Short of a prime first gen IB nitrate source this is a...

Robert even as good as all the other titles are, I think Canyon Passage is one of Tourneur's four or five greatest masterpieces, and one of the finest westerns ever made, and indeed one of my top twenty American films of all time. It really is a sublime movie with just flawless and...

It's an excellent transfer from a good fine grain by appearances Richard. Region B fixed single layer BD25.

It's the same old same old as the Elephant with an even lower bitrate. Don't waste your money.

One last German BD recommendation from me for the year:Jules Dassin's masterpiece, and probably the best ever performance from Richard Widmark, Night and the City. "Studio Gold Productions" licensing an excellent transfer from Fox. Single Layer BD25, Region free, ACV video and LPCM lossless mono...

Two Universal titles released in Germany worth mentioning; both legit transfers from Universal: Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (Universum label.) Very strong transfer, nicely textured, fine detail and solid film grain. The image is completely true to master DP Charles Lang's high contrast...