John Meillon · 1970s

3 John Meillon movies from the 1970s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 1 S-Tier pick including Wake in Fright.

Decade

All 5 1970s 3 1980s 2

Year

All 3 1970 0 1971 2 1972 0 1973 0 1974 1 1975 0 1976 0 1977 0 1978 0 1979 0

Wake in Fright(1971)

7.2/10

dir. Ted Kotcheff

S-Tier

Umbrella Entertainment crushed this transfer. FiM encode confirmed. Arrow has their own version coming, so expect a lot of A/B screenshots in a few months.

Umbrella Entertainment · 4K + Blu-ray (Australia)

Walkabout(1971)

7.3/10

dir. Nicolas Roeg

C-Tier

Second Sight's Blu-ray actually edges out the Criterion 4K here. Same scan, better encoding. If you're choosing between the two, the Second Sight disc is the one collectors point to for Roeg's outback photography.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

The Cars That Ate Paris(1974)

5.5/10

dir. Peter Weir

May 25, 2026

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

BFI · 4K + Blu-ray

May 25, 2026