Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The US Region 1 comes from Image Entertainment. It sounds as though it has a worse transfer than the Region 4, but without having seen it it is hard to tell. It comes without any extras but it does have removable subtitles.

    The UK Region 2 is from the BFI. From the description, it sounds as though we get the same transfer in Region 4 including the burned-in subtitles, but without an audio commentary by two academics. The back of the Region 4 cover does not credit the BFI, but a company called Beta who perhaps supplied the materials to both the BFI and Umbrella.

    The BFI is probably the primary choice given the inclusion of the audio commentary, though it is reported to be dry and has lengthy dead spots. If you just want the film, then the Region 4 is worth the outlay.