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Old 07-24-10, 02:32 AM
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Top 10 Most Wanted Criterion blu-ray upgrades

Title says it all, what are the top 10 DVDs you wish CC would upgrade to blu. They have to be movies that CC still have the rights to and have a great DVD but not a BR. It's hard to narrow it down to 10 but these are ones I would love BR upgrades of

The Lady Vanishes
Salo
Beauty and The Beast
Dazed and Confused
Carnival of Souls
The Blob
Haxan
The Ice Storm
The Last Temptation of Christ
Insomnia
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Ice Storm
The Royal Tenenbaums
Salo
Dazed and Confused
The Vanishing
Rushmore
Fat Girl
Grey Gardens

Couldn't think of a tenth one, really.
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brute force
the lady vanishes
ace in the hole
the 39 steps
the lady eve
rififi
notorious
wild strawberries
george washington

....i could keep going. i want them all on blu.
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1. The Adventures of Antoine Doinel (well that's 4)
2. The 39 Steps
3. The Lady Vanishes
4. Brazil
5. Royal Tenenbaums
6. Rushmore
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http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/491..._-blu-ray.html
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1. Picnic at Hanging Rock
2. The Passion of Joan of Arc
3. Pandora's Box
4. George Washington
5. Solaris
6. Umberto D.
7. Nights of Cabiria
8. Cria Cuervos...
9. In the Mood for Love
10. The Hidden Fortress
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Originally Posted by Joe Camel
All the Kurosawas.
pretty much. I don't think we'll get Ran anytime soon now. Fuck!!!!
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From what is still in print:

Rififi
Mon Oncle
The Royal Tenebaums
Le Samouraï
High and Low
The Hidden Fortress
Ace in The Hole
Rushmore
La Haine
And either My Man Godfrey or In the Mood for Love
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Wes Anderson Films
Brazil

That is all.
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Oh, yeah, Brazil. That too. I think that is highly rumored though isn't it? Someone talked to someone at some convention and said something about working on a commentary or something...?
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In no particular order, other than All That Heaven Allows being #1 with a bullet.

Peeping Tom
All That Heaven Allows
L'Avventura
The Blob
Cries and Whispers
Night and the City
Nights of Cabiria
The River
Ugetsu
Written on the Wind
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Off the top of my head....

Au Revoir Les Enfants
Lacombe Lucien
A Generation
Kanal
Ashes and Diamonds
Berlin Alexanderplatz
The Human Condition
All the Ingmar Bergman films
The Furies
Le Trou
Brazil
The Vanishing
Rome Open City
Paisan
Germany Year Zero
Night Train to Munich
The Fallen Idol
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Originally Posted by Eric D.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
There is a stacked region-free release of this available from Australia. Here's a review. It's $25.97 US from Chaos DVD.
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Originally Posted by NoirFan
There is a stacked region-free release of this available from Australia. Here's a review. It's $25.97 US from Chaos DVD.
Cool, I know there is a UK version coming out but I didn't know there is a region free one already available. Thanks for the info.
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Salo
The Blob
Carnival Of Souls
La Haine
Throne Of Blood
The Vanishing
In The Mood For Love
Beauty and The Beast
Brazil
39 Steps
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The Blob
The River
Magnificent Obsession
All That Heaven Allows
Beauty & The Beast
The Hidden Fortress
Thief Of Bagdad
Two Lane Blacktop

All of these would be appreciated in HD, but Two Lane Blacktop would likely benefit the most as the current disc is plagued with some unfortunate low bitrate mpeg compromises.

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Oh, yeah, Brazil. That too. I think that is highly rumored though isn't it? Someone talked to someone at some convention and said something about working on a commentary or something...?
Gilliam said he was working on new features....yay for us.
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Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
Brazil
The Double Life of Veronique
In the Mood for Love
The 39 Steps
The Lady Vanishes
More Kurosawa
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01. L'Avventura
02. Brazil
03. The River
04. Band of Outsiders
05. In the Mood for Love
06. Rushmore
07. The Royal Tenebaums
08. Ali - Fear Eats the Soul
09. Jules & Jim
10. Le Samourai
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La Haine
The Studio Canal HD DVD is one of the nicest HD transfers I have ever seen. However, I don't think Criterion will be releasing this on Blu-ray anytime soon.
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Re: Top 10 Most Wanted Criterion blu-ray upgrades

In no particular order...


The Long Good Friday
Mona Lisa
Tokyo Drifter (this one is an underrated visual treat)
Branded to Kill
Brazil
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dazed and Confused
The Human Condition
Le Samourai
Beaster Boys Anthology
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Of the ones I own I would repurchase on Criterion Blu:

All of the Wes Anderson films, although If I could pick one first it'd be The Life Aquatic
Armageddon
Dazed and Confused
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Ice Storm
Missing
Stranger Than Paradise
Two-Lane Blacktop
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I forgot Two-Lane Blacktop in my list (and it would actually be close to the top of it). That's definitely one that needs an HD upgrade to lessen the effect of the ringing on the current disc. Hate to lose all those nice printed supplements, but PQ of the feature takes precedence.
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Agreed with all the Kurosawas. Also all of the Truffauts (especially the entire Doinel set). The Thief of Bagdad I would love to see as well, despite the relatively recent release.


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