Sleep, My Love will be released in Germany in late April. http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NKH88E Maybe it's the same transfer as the Spanish release.
I received my copy of The Big Steal yesterday and the transfer is probably one of the worst I've seen in a very long time, except maybe some PD releases. Even when you turn off the color of your display the image looks fuzzy and out of focus. Nice job Universal! :angry:
According to a review at dvdrama(http://www.dvdrama.net/fiche.php?5307), the quality is of the French Kiss of Death is awfull. Translation (via Babbelfish): The original trailer offered in supplement presents a silver grain and a contrast superiors at that of the master of film of reference...
I got my copy of Laura yesterday and inside the DVD case was a small catalogue by Fox that said: Coming in June... House of Bamboo Nightmare Alley and Kiss of Death :emoji_thumbsup:
The German Kinowelt release of Angel Face looks horrible, it's a very poor NTSC to PAL conversion. Plus there are forced subtitles in some scenes that were previously missing in the German version.
Are there any other R2 releases from Germany not on the list...? Herb, besides Leave Her To Heaven none that I can think of right now. And you included that one already on the list. Again, thanks for this great thread! Oliver
Herb, that's exactly what happend to me with Murder My Sweet. Another Company worth checking out is Wild Side from France, they have released a great looking T-Men/Raw Deal set and some other Noirs. Only problem with their releases, besides high prices and limited availability, are their...
Herb, I have all of the three BFI Preminger discs. The quality is good, not Casablana;), but those are good solid transfers. Check out the review at dvdbeaver.com including screenshots. Regarding the Montparnasse discs: I only have their edition of Murder my sweet and it's an ok transfer...