Bruno Dumont and cinematographer Philippe Van Leeuw shot the film on 35mm stock, but they deliberately desaturated the image. The Flanders sky in the film is not blue; it is a clinical, oppressive white. Early DVDRIPs (ripped from the original PAL DVDs) often retain a grain structure and a "flat" contrast that later Blu-ray releases sometimes scrub away in favor of digital sharpening. For purists, the DVDRIP feels closer to the theatrical print than a modern 4K AI upscale.