UKFilmNerd,
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Paramount have made an odd decision with their 4K release of Once Upon A Time In The West.

Bill goes into fine detail about the film and why that could cause issues for a digital presentation.

Paramount seems to be saving money and the film has been compressed onto a 66gb disc.

If you have access to the Kaleidoscope service, you can download the film which comes in at 87gb!

Compressing the film by a ⅓ to fit on a disc hasn't helped the quality.

https://thedigitalbits.com/item/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-2024-4k-uhd

mforester,
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@UKFilmNerd why would they do this to such a movie??? 🤯😭

UKFilmNerd,
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@mforester Maybe to save money and hope no one would really notice?

mforester,
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@UKFilmNerd I guess.
There's probably also not a big market for "new fans". I assume most of the fans already have a copy and only a few of them are interested in upgrading to a 4K release.
But those people especially will notice compression artifacts. 😩
It feels like a mere cash grab, which is insulting to such a great movie, it's fans and in particular the immense and costly restoration efforts that went into this.

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