John Meillon · 1971

2 John Meillon movies from 1971 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