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John Ford's monumental love poem to Ireland, The Quiet Man, created in 1952, was a Technicolored marvel. Far greener than even the valley in his Welsh mining village, Mr. Ford pushed Technicolor for all it was worth toward a gorgeous, natural look.
Unfortunately, The Quiet Man has probably been one of the most ill-treated titles when it came to home video. I recall an early DVD that appeared to have been from a master probably used for VHS.
The original Olive Blu-ray, based upon what I consider to be an unfinished 4k restoration, with an image harvested from the original camera negatives appeared in 2013.
I found it less than stellar.
That was followed a couple of years later, by another Blu-ray, this time from Eureka! / Masters of Cinema, which bettered upon the first release, but was only available in a Region B pressing.
Now, almost four years after their original release, Olive, as part of their newly minted Signature Series, has taken what appears to be the MoC encode and made it available to us here in the Colonies.
Like the MoC release, it has gorgeous colors, beautiful densities, superb grain structure, and as a restoration...
is almost complete.
The Quiet Man can, and should be, pristine.
This is not.
Yet.
Superb extras, some from the first release, or shared with MoC.
Image - 4.5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 4.25
Pass / Fail - Pass
Worth an upgrade - Yes
Highly Recommended
RAH
Unfortunately, The Quiet Man has probably been one of the most ill-treated titles when it came to home video. I recall an early DVD that appeared to have been from a master probably used for VHS.
The original Olive Blu-ray, based upon what I consider to be an unfinished 4k restoration, with an image harvested from the original camera negatives appeared in 2013.
I found it less than stellar.
That was followed a couple of years later, by another Blu-ray, this time from Eureka! / Masters of Cinema, which bettered upon the first release, but was only available in a Region B pressing.
Now, almost four years after their original release, Olive, as part of their newly minted Signature Series, has taken what appears to be the MoC encode and made it available to us here in the Colonies.
Like the MoC release, it has gorgeous colors, beautiful densities, superb grain structure, and as a restoration...
is almost complete.
The Quiet Man can, and should be, pristine.
This is not.
Yet.
Superb extras, some from the first release, or shared with MoC.
Image - 4.5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 4.25
Pass / Fail - Pass
Worth an upgrade - Yes
Highly Recommended
RAH