Yes, I could buy the blu ray (no English subs) and improve my terrible French so that I don't need subtitles. That would give me something to do while I self-isolate here in leafy Sussex. The world's my oyster.
never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead
There's probably some Diva-fanboy site that would appreciate a frame-by-frame analysis of the difference between versions. Make yourself useful while you're spared...
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
Yeah right. Not going to do a scene by scene, or frame by frame breakdown, but here's a surprise: the Anchor Bay release that is offered at a sensible bit-rate and hasn't been digitally enhanced, is the winner. Some dark scenes look REALLY grainy. They're still better than the Meridian version with its smoothed over dark scenes.
Still to see the blu ray version.
Jim has this in a couple of places but they're those odd multi-piece downloads where you're invited to download 30 one gig files at a painful rate and then remux them all. Almost worth investing....
never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead
Acquired a 720P rip of the blu ray from usenet. I mean, Blimey! I'd forgotten all about usenet. I may try to get a 1080P rip but that means a bit more messing around with files.
Yes, the blu ray release is FAR better than any of the DVD versions, even downscaled to 720P. No English subtitles though, so that's my next project.
never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead