335 Elevator to the Gallows

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#76 Post by Ashirg » Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:12 pm

Press release also doesn't mention it being a 2-disc release.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#77 Post by tenia » Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:14 pm

The 2 DVDs werent especially full but were still combining 11.5 Gb of data. It's thus surprising now to try and cram this into 1 DVD only, but MPEG2 encoding skills might have improved enough in the meantime.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#78 Post by swo17 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:15 pm

"If you care that much about picture quality, you'll buy the Blu-ray."

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#79 Post by Rupert Pupkin » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:34 am

Isn't the Blu-Ray by Artificial Eye better than the poor Gaumont HD transfer ? I can't find a test of this title at blu-ray.com whereas it is on the Louis Malle A.Eye box set.

I hope that like - let's say - Band à Part, Criterion will get a pre-DNR transfer. At least if the Artificial Eye turned out to be better than the Gaumont, there's good hopes....
oops, there's a blu-ray test of the Artificial Eye blu-ray and it's an improvement over the Gaumont BR (so there's hope for a good Criterion picture quality) : "Curzon/Artificial Eye's new release of Elevator to the Gallows is sourced from the same restored master that Gaumont prepared and used a few years ago, but the technical presentation is vastly superior." (source: blu-ray.com)

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#80 Post by TMDaines » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:30 am

Going to be difficult to overlook the AE set when it is £20-30 so. Pretty much 10 films for the price of a Criterion or two. 2 films and extras versus 2 films + 8 bonus films.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#81 Post by manicsounds » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:11 am

The Artificial Eye UK and Gaumont France Blu-rays have the film in open matte 1.37:1, while the Criterion will retain the 1.66:1 ratio as was the older DVD edition.

I highly recommend the Blu-ray of Miles Davis' score presented in lossless stereo. Although I'm not sure if it's out of print or not. Seems hard to find suddenly.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#82 Post by Reeniop41 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:39 am

manicsounds wrote:The Artificial Eye UK and Gaumont France Blu-rays have the film in open matte 1.37:1, while the Criterion will retain the 1.66:1 ratio as was the older DVD edition.

I highly recommend the Blu-ray of Miles Davis' score presented in lossless stereo. Although I'm not sure if it's out of print or not. Seems hard to find suddenly.

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Thanks for the recommendation! I ordered the last bluray in stock @ Amazon US!

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#83 Post by Cinephrenic » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:11 pm

Hasn't this been restored in a 4K scan recently in Europe? Why reissue listing is 2K?

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#84 Post by hearthesilence » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:16 pm

I'm not a huge fan of the film, but the score is definitely one of the greats. Any Miles Davis fan needs to own a copy.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#85 Post by Rupert Pupkin » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:38 am

manicsounds wrote:The Artificial Eye UK and Gaumont France Blu-rays have the film in open matte 1.37:1, while the Criterion will retain the 1.66:1 ratio as was the older DVD edition.

I highly recommend the Blu-ray of Miles Davis' score presented in lossless stereo. Although I'm not sure if it's out of print or not. Seems hard to find suddenly.

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is this artwork an audio Blu-Ray ?

oh I didn't notice the 1:66 ratio... [-o< since the A.Eye used the same Gaumont transfer but "untempered" without the abrasive DNR and better encoding, I understand now if the ratio (1:66 vs 1:37 open-matte) is different why Criterion will probably use a different restoration (perhaps an old one (X2) like Le Samouraï ?)

I really hope that they still own the rights for "Murmur Of The Heart" which is probably my favorite Louis Malle.
The Artificial Eye box set has an interesting price, but some transfers are really poor (Atlantic City, or the bad restoration of "Lacombe Lucien" with this typical altered greenish-yellowish color settings (which was another one of my favorite Louis Malle movie))

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#86 Post by manicsounds » Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:10 am

Yes, Blu-ray Audio with all the tracks from the original album plus alternate takes. There is no video content, with three audio tracks: LPCM 2.0 stereo, dts-HD MA 2.0 stereo, Dolby TrueHD 2.0 stereo, all at 96khz.

It comes with a booklet in English and French plus a download code for an MP3 and high res audio versions.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#87 Post by Fred Holywell » Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:29 pm

manicsounds wrote:The Artificial Eye UK and Gaumont France Blu-rays have the film in open matte 1.37:1, while the Criterion will retain the 1.66:1 ratio as was the older DVD edition.
Would have preferred 1.37:1, myself. 1.66:1 seems way too tight some of the time.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#88 Post by movielocke » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:33 pm

Your caps are bad representations of those scenes, those aren't lock off shots and indicate nothing just because you selectively freeze framing a moving camera or moving actors. I just watched it in 1.66 and the framing is excellent

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#89 Post by Rupert Pupkin » Sat Nov 18, 2017 1:25 am

on the DVD copy I have (1:66 ratio) the credits are in 1:37 (looks like an open-matte) - what was the original ratio for the theatrical release when this movie came out ?

I also remember that Murmur of The Heart (he ratio 1:66 is sure) has also the same kind of opening with a different ratio...

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#90 Post by dwk » Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:16 am


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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#91 Post by Ribs » Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:19 pm


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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#92 Post by blueyes » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:09 am

I have been keeping an eye out on this site for the review of the new CC disc. Is it coming soon? Ever since the question about the proper ratio came up, once attention has been called, I find it extremely distracting to watch the 1.66 and very hard to believe it's supposed to be seen like that. The post above by fred holywell, in my opinion, actually gives a good representation of what one fells throughout the film.

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Re: 335 Elevator to the Gallows

#93 Post by denti alligator » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:00 am

Watched this again last night. One detail I had forgotten was when the little girl picks up the grappling hook after confronting Moreau. But as far as I can tell no indication was given that the grappling hook had been removed (fallen on its own? Blown by the wind?). Strange.

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