8.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A World War I French colonel goes head-to-head with the army's ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris (I)Drama | 100% |
War | 20% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 0.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957) arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new audio commentary by novelist and critic Tim Lucas as well as vintage trailer for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1 and encoded with HEVC / H.265, Paths of Glory arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. Please note that this release does not have a Blu-ray copy of the film.
Please note that all screencaptures that appear with this article are taken from the 4K Blu-ray and are downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual values and balance of the grayscale.
Paths of Glory made its high-definition debut with this Blu-ray release, which was produced by Criterion in 2010. Kino Lorber's 4K Blu-ray release is sourced from an exclusive new 4K master struck from the original camera negative.
I think that the new 4K makeover is excellent. It produces meaningful improvements in every single area we address in our reviews and gives the entire film a very stable, very attractive organic appearance. I viewed the film with HDR enabled and did some quick tests with Dolby Vision. On my system, delineation, clarity, and depth were equally impressive during daylight and nighttime footage, despite the fact that the cinematography produces various unique density and contrast fluctuations. (The nighttime footage from the battlefield around the 0:19:00 mark, for instance, looked beautiful). Close-ups, and there are many throughout the film, looked great as well. I thought that the HDR grade was quite subtle, or at least appropriately subtle in the right places. Obviously, the 4K master has a superior grayscale as well, so the subtle contrasts in darker areas where grays, whites, and blacks are expanded make the superiority of the visuals even more pronounced. Grain is nicely exposed and resolved. Fluidity is very good too, so the larger your screen is, the more impressive the upgrade in quality becomes when you perform direct comparisons with the Criterion release.
My only criticism pertains to a few very dark areas where for some reason the encode struggles and produces very small artifacts. Interestingly, when I switched to Dolby Vision, the issue effectively disappears or becomes virtually impossible to spot. However, with HDR enabled, I could tell that something wasn't quite right. I took screencapture #16 to demonstrate what I saw (see the left side of the frame). There are no distracting large debris, cuts, damage marks, warped or torn frames to report in our review. My score is 4.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless track is very healthy. Clarity, sharpness, and stability are always outstanding. I think that it has a really good dynamic range as well. Could the audio sound even better? Well, as far as its health is concerned, I don't believe so. I thought that even the lossless track on the Criterion release of Paths of Glory was outstanding. However, I always felt that this film likely could have benefited from a modern remix, like the ones that are now possible to do with Dolby Atmos.
If you purchase Kino Lorber's 4K Blu-ray release of Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory, you will get the best technical presentation of the film that has been made available on a disc to date. The new 4K master that was used to source this release offers significant improvements in multiple areas. However, you need to keep in mind that the 4K Blu-ray release does not have a standard Blu-ray copy of the film. Also, if you have Criterion's Blu-ray release of Paths of Glory from 2010, you should keep it in your collection because there are some very good bonus features on it that are not included on this 4K Blu-ray release. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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