- Wed Sep 06, 2017 2:14 pm
#97869
I am starting a new thread for the BR because I dont want to derail the Suspiria soundtrack thread that you can find here: http://www.spintheblackestcircles.com/b ... 866#p97866
Most opinions can be found on the Blu-ray.com forum.
Here is my synopsis with no further judgment of what is true or who has it right.
Synapse got the chance to release their version for the US-market. The company in Italy with the negatives didn't want to send the negatives over to the US but insisted on making a scan.
That scan was in bad shape (or the negatives were in bad shape, hence a scan of bad negatives). Synapse started restoration under supervision of SUSPIRIA Director of Photography, Luciano Tovoli.
The scan made by the Italian company was also used for an Italian 4K BR release. I am guessing that the Cult Films version is the same one as that Italian version.
That means there are going to be at least 3 4K BR releases (I am thinking there is also a German one?). All 3 use the same scan, but the Synapse US version have restored the contents of that scan under supervision of Tivoli and the European version have not.
Sources:
Interview with Synapse's Don May Jr:
https://rue-morgue.com/fantasia-17-excl ... -suspiria/
44 pages of Blu-ray.com noise:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=287388
Synapse 4K BR version: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Suspiria-Blu-ray/36024/
Italian 4K BR: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Suspiria-Blu-ray/173909/
And then there is this thread with 269 (!) pages I didn't bother with anymore:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php ... 1&page=269
Spun out of control wrote: I also saw news today of another blu ray release that is 4K UHD and UK friendly from Cult FilmsA lot has been said and written about the 4K BR releases for this movie. But me being late to the party as usual am only now discovering all the ruckus.
Most opinions can be found on the Blu-ray.com forum.
Here is my synopsis with no further judgment of what is true or who has it right.
Synapse got the chance to release their version for the US-market. The company in Italy with the negatives didn't want to send the negatives over to the US but insisted on making a scan.
That scan was in bad shape (or the negatives were in bad shape, hence a scan of bad negatives). Synapse started restoration under supervision of SUSPIRIA Director of Photography, Luciano Tovoli.
The scan made by the Italian company was also used for an Italian 4K BR release. I am guessing that the Cult Films version is the same one as that Italian version.
That means there are going to be at least 3 4K BR releases (I am thinking there is also a German one?). All 3 use the same scan, but the Synapse US version have restored the contents of that scan under supervision of Tivoli and the European version have not.
Sources:
Interview with Synapse's Don May Jr:
https://rue-morgue.com/fantasia-17-excl ... -suspiria/
44 pages of Blu-ray.com noise:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=287388
Synapse 4K BR version: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Suspiria-Blu-ray/36024/
Italian 4K BR: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Suspiria-Blu-ray/173909/
And then there is this thread with 269 (!) pages I didn't bother with anymore:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php ... 1&page=269