UHD Review The Apartment UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

Billy Wilder’s wry, biting social satire presenting two lonely people trying to find love in a cold, cruel Manhattan comes brilliantly into focus in The Apartment, one of the last century’s greatest dramedies.



The Apartment (1960)



Released: 29 Jun 1960
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 125 min




Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance



Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
Writer(s): Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond



Plot: A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.



IMDB rating: 8.3
MetaScore: 94





Disc Information



Studio: MGM
Distributed By: Kino Lorber
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[MovieMan66]

"The slightly sharper image here from the former Blu-ray release is indeed masterful and worthy of acclaim, and the occasional specks and dirt from before are now completely gone. Black levels are also just a tad darker in this transfer..."

Are the comparisons you're making in reference to the Arrow blu-ray release or to the MGM version?

 

[Matt Hough]

"The slightly sharper image here from the former Blu-ray release is indeed masterful and worthy of acclaim, and the occasional specks and dirt from before are now completely gone. Black levels are also just a tad darker in this transfer..."

Are the comparisons you're making in reference to the Arrow blu-ray release or to the MGM version?

The MGM Blu-ray release from a decade ago.

 

[PMF]

More and more, we are being treated to the pleasant discovery that Black and White and 4K/UHD are unlocking sharper images that clearly makes for quite the compatible bedfellows. This is key. And it’s good to read that The Apartment has once again been elevated. Kubilick-wise, that is.

Thanks for the review, Matt.

 

[JPCinema]

My copy arrived today. I look forward to watching it tonight.

 

[haineshisway]

More and more, we are being treated to the pleasant discovery that Black and White and 4K/UHD are unlocking sharper images that clearly makes for quite the compatible bedfellows. This is key. And it’s good to read that The Apartment has once again been elevated. Kubilick-wise, that is.

Thanks for the review, Matt.

Well, we don't know how much sharper it is than the ARROW release, because Matt's comparing it to the MGM Blu release, at least that's how I think I'm reading it.

 

[PMF]

Well, we don't know how much sharper it is than the ARROW release, because Matt's comparing it to the MGM Blu release, at least that's how I think I'm reading it.

Ouch. Just caught Matt’s reply to MovieMan66 (Post #3). I have the Arrow which is quite a beauty. Nonetheless, it was the KL 4K/UHD that Matt had watched and reviewed and to which he gave a 5/5 for image - so we’re heading in the right direction. Fingers crossed.

 

[JPCinema]

I just watched the Kino 4K disc. Flawless!
6 out of 5 stars!!!! Bravo Kino!

 

[haineshisway]

Ouch. Just caught Matt’s reply to (Post #3) MovieMan66. I have the Arrow which was quite a beauty. Nonetheless, it was the KL 4K/UHD that Matt had watched and to which he gave a 5/5 for image - so we’re heading in the right direction. Fingers crossed.

It's obviously the same transfer Arrow used. That's what Kino does.

 

[PMF]

I just watched the Kino 4K disc. Flawless!
6 out of 5 stars!!!! Bravo Kino!

That’s more than good enough for me, Ken.

 

[Chewbabka]

I’m sure it looks great. The question for us who own the Arrow though isn’t does it look great, but is it better than the Arrow, which may be the best B&W BD ever. Given that there is no HDR here, it may not be much different at all.

 

[Matt Hough]

I think others have speculated that it's likely the same transfer. There wouldn't be any sensible reason for MGM to do a new 4K transfer if the one used by Arrow was so special.

 

[Robin9]

I’m sure it looks great. The question for us who own the Arrow though isn’t does it look great, but is it better than the Arrow, which may be the best B&W BD ever. Given that there is no HDR here, it may not be much different at all.

Absolutely correct, and is the reason at present I have no interest in this new disc.

 

[Capt D McMars]

"The slightly sharper image here from the former Blu-ray release is indeed masterful and worthy of acclaim, and the occasional specks and dirt from before are now completely gone. Black levels are also just a tad darker in this transfer..."

Are the comparisons you're making in reference to the Arrow blu-ray release or to the MGM version?

How does this compare to the Criterion BD releaese?

 

[JoshZ]

How does this compare to the Criterion BD releaese?

Of what? Criterion did not release The Apartment on Blu-ray.

 

[Robert Crawford]

How does this compare to the Criterion BD releaese?

Of what? Criterion did not release The Apartment on Blu-ray.

Right, it was an Arrow release.

 

[JoshZ]

Right, it was an Arrow release.

He may be confusing this film with the Criterion release of Some Like It Hot?

 

[Capt D McMars]

Right, it was an Arrow release.

My Bad, I could have sworn seeing the packaging and the C logo...in a dream?? LOL!!!

 

[Capt D McMars]

He may be confusing this film with the Criterion release of Some Like It Hot?

No, the packaging was not that one, misremembering I guess...LOL!!!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Of what? Criterion did not release The Apartment on Blu-ray.

my bad you are correct, the arroe release was so much in appearence to Criterion that that is what stuck in my mind!! LOL!! Really looking at this you can understand my blunder.