titch
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Please don't put too much emphasis on my screenshots for grain etc - I stated that these were taken with an iPhone directly at the screen, so the image will differ from files lifted directly from the disc. However - the overly saturated red colour in Clint Eastwood's face in some scenes on the remastered blu-ray is quite striking - I hadn't read about this issue previously. That said, there was little visible grain on the transfer. I have no idea what film stock was used - there are far more knowledgeable experts on this site. Warner Bros has a good track record with their high-definition masters right from the start. They have very rarely been accused of de-graining their picture, unlike, say Universal. I recently tried to watch Brokeback Mountain (a Universal title) again and the picture quality was appalling - rampant DNR and edge-enhancement. I stopped after 10 minutes!There is more light and therefore detail on display on High Plains Drifter which was the first western he directed himself.
I also remember that The Outlaw Josey Wales looked better to me. Obviously this was the intended look so I won't complain but at the same time nobody should expect demo material here because this is not possible with the way it was shot.
Unforgiven looks soft in the caps that have been posted and strangely mostly free of film grain. The other two that I also own look much more textured to me.
Due to the high cost of the UHD disc and this not being for rent I have not yet seen it myself, maybe when the cost comes down at some point, possibly in a Warner UHD boxset of sorts?