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Suspiria
Dragon Ultimate Collector's Edition Germany RC0
Anchor Bay Limited Edition US RC1
Anchor Bay Single Disc Edition US RC1

Both transfers were taken from new low contrast prints culled from the original camera negative. The Anchor Bay transfer was supervised by cinematographer Luciano Tovoli. While minimal edge enhancement (pic#2) and some artefacts (e.g. Anchor Bay, red center tile in pic#1) are present on both transfers, the Dragon image is softer - probably softened to reduce grain (pic#4) - and the Anchor Bay picture suffers from occasional chroma noise (pic#9). The Anchor Bay's framing of ~2,35:1 is closer to the original theatrical projection than the Dragon's ~2,40:1. Compared to each other one of the transfers always appears a bit tilted (Anchor Bay in pic#6, Dragon in pic#4). Suspiria was shot on Eastman Color Kodak (not on Technicolor stock as is widely assumed) and printed using the 3-strip Technicolor process. The rich color palette is presented well on both transfers. The Dragon's coloring is warmer (pic#2, pic#3, pic#4) and brighter (pic#5, pic#7, pic#10) than the blueish Anchor Bay picture, but most of the time Anchor Bay sports a better balanced contrast level (pic#2); the Dragon DVD loses details from color bleeding due to oversaturation at times (pic#8).

transfer ranking:
Anchor Bay Limited Edition US RC1 - Anchor Bay Single Disc Edition US RC1
Dragon Ultimate Collector's Edition Germany RC0

Suspiria - Dragon Ultimate Collector's Edition - RC0 (PAL)