I saw the brief review for Shiri (Region 1) from 2002 but had a question. The Shiri (Region 0) DVD which I borrowed from my local library had what looked like compression artefacts. In some scenes, dark regions (like a dark blue suit) would show a lot of pixellation. I liked the movie and was wondering if the R1 release had better PQ.

I haven't seen the R0 version, but the R1 version had little (if any) pixellation as far as I could tell. R1's a safe bet if you're planning on getting it.

I watched the R1 version and it looked pretty good from my recollection, as well.

Thank you.

Hmm, in my little DVD log book I gave it a B for picture quality, so it must've been pretty decent