You Can Count On Manchester By the Sea (DVD/ Blu-r.The Squid and the Whale, Finally From Criterion (D. Let's Get Brain Damage! (DVD/ Blu-ray Comparison).So not bad, but the original audio really would've been nice. The blu replaces the French dub with a Spanish one and gives us the 5.1 English in DTS-HD, plus English, French and Spanish subs. So the DVD gave us a 5.1 audio track (yeah, even back in 2000), plus a French dub, with English and French subtitles. I also suspect the saturation might've been a little artificially boosted, too. But it's certainly not a 5-star transfer. Taking a closer look (check out the grate on the top left of the inner chamber in the second set of shots), the blu pulls out a little more, and it's certainly safe from the compression smudges and edge enhancement of an old standard def transfer. At first I thought the DVD might actually be more detailed than the blu, but no. At least they've cleaned up some of the damage from the DVD's footage (look at the scratches and dirt on the mushroom cloud), but they seem to have scrubbed away fine detail in the process. Obviously that version's for curiosity seekers only. Both widescreen versions are 1.78:1, because of course they chose "no black bars" to a more accurate 1.85:1, and the fullscreen version is naturally 1.33:1, opening up some of the top and bottom while chopping off some of the left and right. It's anamorphic widescreen, not interlaced. The DVD, at least, looks pretty good for being so old.
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