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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist
How so? Criterion have announced that their BR releases will be carrying the same price tag as their SDVD releases.
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Is this what you're referring to:
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Alongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, we’ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95
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That doesn't sound like all their Blu-ray titles are going to be the same price as their SD DVD counterpart. All it tells me is The Last Emperor will be released from Criterion in the theatrical version (a stripped-down Criterion version), and that version will be priced the same on both formats.
If you're referring to something else, let me know. I don't see any other announcements about Blu on Criterion's website except one little bleep of a page--I was expecting a little more info from their news release.
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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist
I don't believe that the following list of announced films and their creators - Godard, Truffaut, Bertolucci, Clouzot, and Reed amongst others - can be referred to as completely unknown
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Ok, how about virtually unknown.
I'd love for more people to easily recognize these names, but to be honest, most do not--at least in the United States, which says something, but I'll leave that MPAA & US Studio discussion for another time. Most DVD collectors on this forum do not, either. I mean really, where's the Criterion Talk forum. A majority of DVD viewers are more into current pulp and television. It's not wrong or right or bad or good, but it's just how it is.
Criterion fills a niche within a niche of movie collectors. Maybe they can achieve a higher publicity status going Blu-ray. It's going to be tough, being what they already are.