It does not surprise me in the slightest that ghost's video upscale would be better quality, but it is also an unsubtitled German dub of an English language film. This does absolutely nothing for me! Believe it or not, I actually watched this one for the story and characters.
While I probably prefer Til Schweiger speaking German, I definitely prefer John Hurt, Pete Postlethwaite, and Anthony Higgins speaking English.
I am currently eMule sharing popdrome's 888p English version... but it is only 88 minutes out of a supposed 102 minute original??? I am downloading deadman's version and I think I do have ghost's old DVDrip on a drive somewhere ... Hmm, yes, of the 5 versions I have plus the ulozto, all are around 88 minutes. I suspect deadman's is also, but I'll find out. Does anyone have a theatrical film telecine, or is IMDB's claim of 102 minutes a load of BS?
ghost wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:01 pm
The only drawback with Ghost's version is the cropping.
Cropping???
I'll have to check it.
Yeah... what??? ghost's original DVDrip is 1.78, similar to the theatrical 1.85. All the other versions I have look the same, and deadman's looks like it from the screencaps. I do not yet see anything that looks open matte 4:3. So like ghost, I have to ask "What cropping?"