From recent DVD Beaver review of Criterion’s Holiday Bluray (out 1.7.20): “Criterion has transferred George Cukor‘s Holiday to Bluray via a ‘new 4K digital restoration‘. In a word, it’s all about ‘grain’. The well-layered contrast also helps the image with more pure black levels and the 1.37:1 framing shows more information (mostly on the side edges). It look so rich and film-like, [and] devoid of speckles or marks. A beautiful 1080 appearance.”
“Grainstorm Horror,” posted on 3.9.18:
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