A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) Arrow Video 4K UHD and Blu-ray Review: A Restoration Overhaul!

#arrowvideo #sergioleone #fistfulofdollars #bluray #4k I review the Arrow Video restoration and release of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS on BLu-ray and 4K UHD. This is the exhaustive restoration overhaul all Leone fans have dreamed of and never thought possible. FINALLY the film has been given the treatment is so desperately needed resulting in a release that is as good as humanly possible with the materials currently available. Arrow poured an intensive amount of work into getting this presentation as correct as possible. From working with both sets of rights holders to involving members of the Leone fan historian and preservation groups, there was no stone left unturned. In short, ALL past releases have been rendered obsolete. An upgrade if there ever was one. One of the most essential physical media releases of all time. 00:00 Intro Goof 06:12 Review Start 10:53 Film discussion 20:06 About the Restoration reading book page 21:24 Restoration discussion-Ritrovata Scans, Kino releases and Arrow restoration 23:02 Kino Lorber second release visual comparison with Arrow restoration 23:32 Picture Quality Arrow release BD SDR and UHD Dolby Vision HDR10, phenomenal FiM encoding 24:19 No image cropping that Kino Lorber releases had-visual comparison 25:34 Film grain looks more natural 25:50 HDR presentation is exceptionally tasteful extremely well done with no issues 26:55 Not perfect due to source and scan slight limitations 27:07 Very, very slight instances of slight damage infrequently 29:06 Very few short small examples of light frozen grain baked into scan 31:17 Color timing is phenomenal finally resolving past issues 31:20 Image comparison between MGM-German-Kino-Arrow Blu-rays 34:20 Day For Night sequences are improved dramatically and look fantastic 36:10 Image quality is a quantum leap forward-THIS IS A RESTORATION OVERHAUL NOT JUST A PHYSICAL MEDIA UPGRADE 40:06 Italian Version of the film with restored Italian mono 43:19 Audio Quality: STAGGERING UPGRADE 43:59 5.1 remix audio review 46:12 Mono mix restoration and audio quality 48:10 Explaining the Laserdisc capture I did for restoring the opening titles 51:30 Fantastic lack of generational loss 51:57 Very light noise reduction inherent 55:24 Italian mono quality and restoration 57:37 Packaging and Artwork Limited Edition set 01:00:35 Limited Edition Book 01:05:55 Double Sided Poster 01:06:25 Exhaustive Supplemental Features package 01:36:24 Final Summary 01:49:00 Outro Goof