Showing posts with label La chinoise (1967). Show all posts
Showing posts with label La chinoise (1967). Show all posts

Thursday, 28 April 2022

La chinoise (1967)

2005 R2 Optimum DVD: No noise reduction or problematic EQ here - a very flat, unmanipulated track. It's clear that the best surviving (optical) elements are pretty rough, but I appreciate nothing destructive being done here to mask this. It's exactly what you'd expect a clean 35 mm print to sound like.

2006 R4 Madman DVD: Like the Optimum DVD.

2008 R1 Koch Lorber DVD: Rolled off above 1.5 kHz, so a bit muffled. It has PAL speed-up, like the other two DVDs.

2012 Gaumont Blu-ray: Heavy hiss reduction, limiting, and midrange overemphasis.

2018 Arrow Blu-ray: Identical to the Gaumont track.