UHD Review Don’t Look Now – Criterion UHD Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Don’t Look Now. Beginning his career as a cinematographer – with credits such as The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) – Nicolas Roeg made his directorial debut sharing the director’s chair with Donald Cammell on the cult thriller Performance (1970). However, he really caught the attention of critics with his first solo directorial effort, Walkabout (1971); for his sophomore solo effort, he brought to life a short story from author Daphne du Maurier – whose novel Rebecca and short story The Birds got unforgettable cinematic adaptations done by Alfred Hitchcock – Don’t Look Now. Previously released on both DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount and a UHD Blu-ray release in 2019 by Studiocanal, the Criterion Collection has revisited their past Blu-ray release and given the movie its UHD Blu-ray debut here in the US.



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[PMF]

I guess it was inevitable. Here we have a stellar 4K/UHD of Don't Look Now from Criterion; and not too long after my having made purchase of their BD.

Clearly, this title and transfer demands that dastardly double-dip. All in all, though, when it comes down to a Roeg, Malick or Powell & Pressburger, none of these upgrades seems to bother me at all. Indeed, they are welcomed.

Thank you t1g3r5fan for this review.

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[Ronald Epstein]

What would Criteriion do differently with the transfer over the Studio Canal release? Or, is it just a matter of the same transfer but Studio Canal has overseas rights and Criterion has domestic?

Anyone on the fence about this title in 4k, I haven't seen the Criterion release but if the transfer is the same, the Studio Canal one is spectacular.

 

[PaulRossen]

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[titch]

What would Criteriion do differently with the transfer over the Studio Canal release? Or, is it just a matter of the same transfer but Studio Canal has overseas rights and Criterion has domestic?

Anyone on the fence about this title in 4k, I haven't seen the Criterion release but if the transfer is the same, the Studio Canal one is spectacular.

The compression Criterion use to encode their 4K UHDs and the filtering they apply, makes their titles often inferior to the UK counterparts. Fidelity In Motion did the StudioCanal Don't Look Now disc and they are the best in the business.

 

[Dick]

Nice review of one of my top ten films of all time. I've seen it theatrically a half-dozen times in different venues, and it never looked truly stellar. The 4K is probably as near to a definitive release as we'll ever see. One suggestion: the final line of your review might better be protected by a "spoiler" box.

 

[Wayne Klein]

The compression Criterion use to encode their 4K UHDs and the filtering they apply, makes their titles often inferior to the UK counterparts. Fidelity In Motion did the StudioCanal Don't Look Now disc and they are the best in the business.

I would want to see. Comparison of the two. Is there one?

 

[Wayne Klein]

Always thought this Roeg’s version of a giallo film filtered through his more artistic sensibility. It’s a brilliant film. The atmospheric sense of dread with this film is so overwhelming.