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Best DVD transfer?

posted 14 years ago by pamina716
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My IMAGE transfer is only OK--not particularly crisp, rather scratchy. Does anyone know of a better DVD transfer out there. Might CRITERION be thinking of a restoration and a reissue?

[–] s-napolitano8 13 years ago

I just got a Korean DVD (with English subs and spoken in Italian) the picture was pretty good, no complaints, but I went to bed last night wondering why the hell hasn't criterion put this one up yet. Hopefully we'll be seeing it in the near future, they got the best transfers/extras/movies.

[–] dengelke 12 years ago

Watched the DVD from Image last night. Thought the subtitles were poor and took away from Visconti's usually poetic touch.

Or maybe it was because I wasn't acquainted with the source material and prefer Visconti's harsher critiques like Bellissima...

Either way, Criterion, pick this up!

[–] SAMRubinsky 11 years ago

I want a Criterion DVD or better yet a Blu-ray.

I love this film. By far the best adaptation of the source material, even if it was 'lifted.'

[–] Moshrom 10 years ago

As of now (2014), the best DVD transfer is the one from Ripley's Home Video (which has English subtitles!)

[–] rob-949 9 years ago

The DVD from Ripley is also in PAL format, not NTSC.

[–] ajm64 8 years ago

Any updates? I understand that the original negative was destroyed, and that the remaining elements are not great, but I would imagine with digital technology this title could be remastered to a condition much better than what is currently available.