Water Drops on Burning Rocks DVD Comparison Zeitgeist vs. Artificial Eye

Water Drops on Burning Rocks

(Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes)
directed by François Ozon
France 2000

Zeitgeist Video Region 1- NTSC vs. Artificial Eye Region 2 - PAL

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(Zeitgeist Video R1 left, Artificial Eye R2 right)

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Distribution	Zeitgeist Video Region 1 encoded	Artificial Eye Region 2 (PAL)
Runtime	1:21 min	1:21:42 min
Video	1.66:1 Letterboxed WideScreen Average Bitrate: 6.1 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.75:1 Letterboxed WideScreen Anamorphic Average Bitrate: 4.71 PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
Bitrate: Zeitgeist Video R1
Bitrate: Artificial Eye R2
Audio	French (Dolby Digital 2.0)	French (Dolby Digital 2.0) -224kbps
Subtitles	Default English and None	English, None
Features	Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 - NTSC Edition Details: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) • Color, Widescreen letterbox format • 2 Theatrical trailers - one French, 0ne English plus trailers for other Zietgiest titles Aimee & Jaguar, Acid House, and Lumumba--- Sing-A-Long subs for the hilarious musical number (“Tanze Samba Mit Mir” by Tony Holiday), plus in a similar vein translation for a poem that Franz composes and recites twice, which isn't translated in the actual film itself.	Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 2 - PAL Released by Artificial Eye - cat# ART 193 Edition Details: Widescreen anamorphic Extras: trailer - Note: (1:05) trailer in non-anamorphic 1.66:1 Rolling-text filmographies for both Ozon and Fassbinder and Ozon’s production notes (which go forward automatically, though you can navigate back and forth if you wish).
	DVD Release Date: October 9, 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 12	DVD Release Date: September 6th, 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 17
Comments:	The Artificial Eye disc is a bit more detailed, check out the title screen, buildings in the distance have more detail. You can clearly see there's more detail in the Artificial Eye disc: watch the skin under her eyes in the 5th capture below. The Zeitgeist Video Disc is washed out, plus whites are clipping. The Artificial Eye disc has better skin tones. On the Zeitgeist Video Disc they are too green. In favor of the Zeitgeist R1 the Artificial Eye disc is cropped a little compared to the OAR of 1.66:1. The Artificial Eye disc shows combing in the fast movement. You can't see it now because of the resolution adjustment for the webpage, but in the original untouched capture you could clearly see it. The Artificial Eye disc is a bit too dark. Black level is excellent though, but there's not enough shadow detail.- *Jeroen*