Silence of Lambs Criterion vs Special Edition?
06-17-04 | 06:58 AM
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Silence of Lambs Criterion vs Special Edition?
Which version is better?
These are the featues of the widescreen special edition:
Theatrical trailer(s)
20 minutes of deleted scenes
Documentary with interviews with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
Original making-of featurette
Outtake reel
Photo Gallery
Widescreen anamorphic format
Criterion special features:
Commentary by director Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally and FBI agent John Douglas
Seven deleted scenes
Film-to-storyboard comparison & Storyboards
FBI crime classification manual
Voices of Death: word-for-word statements of convicted serial killers
Widescreen letterbox format
These are the featues of the widescreen special edition:
Theatrical trailer(s)
20 minutes of deleted scenes
Documentary with interviews with Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
Original making-of featurette
Outtake reel
Photo Gallery
Widescreen anamorphic format
Criterion special features:
Commentary by director Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally and FBI agent John Douglas
Seven deleted scenes
Film-to-storyboard comparison & Storyboards
FBI crime classification manual
Voices of Death: word-for-word statements of convicted serial killers
Widescreen letterbox format
06-17-04 | 07:58 AM
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Yeah, pretty much what Thunderball said.
I love the film so I have both.
I love the film so I have both.
06-17-04 | 08:35 AM
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06-17-04 | 11:40 AM
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Originally posted by Fok
Isn't there an audio commentry on the CC? Don't know if that will make it worth while picking up the CC though.
Isn't there an audio commentry on the CC? Don't know if that will make it worth while picking up the CC though.
Originally posted by corycouger
Criterion special features:
Commentary by director Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally and FBI agent John Douglas
Criterion special features:
Commentary by director Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally and FBI agent John Douglas
06-17-04 | 12:02 PM
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I think the Criterion cover is hideous......
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I know the Criterion includes the original theatrical sound, but it really isn't worth it for this title.
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I know the Criterion includes the original theatrical sound, but it really isn't worth it for this title.
06-17-04 | 12:18 PM
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Originally posted by AnonomusBob15
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I know the Criterion includes the original theatrical sound, but it really isn't worth it for this title.
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I know the Criterion includes the original theatrical sound, but it really isn't worth it for this title.
Which is more or less what I meant in the thread linked above from two years ago...
06-17-04 | 02:22 PM
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Originally posted by AnonomusBob15
[BI, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.[/B]
[BI, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.[/B]
06-17-04 | 02:43 PM
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Originally posted by AnonomusBob15
I think the Criterion cover is hideous......
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I think the Criterion cover is hideous......
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
06-17-04 | 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by AnonomusBob15
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
I, as a previous owner of the Criterion, would stick with the MGM Special Edition. It has great features, superior audio and sound, and isn't quite the hassle to locate.
The Criterion is presented in a not so great looking non-anamorphic print, a lousy 2.0 soundtrack, and mostly text based features other than the commentary and deleted scenes.
06-17-04 | 05:48 PM
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Originally posted by slop101
When I bought my Criterion copy, it had a sticker stating that it was a director approved print - so while the transfer may not be as shiny looking as the one on the MGM disc, the Criterion disc looks more like the film really should.
When I bought my Criterion copy, it had a sticker stating that it was a director approved print - so while the transfer may not be as shiny looking as the one on the MGM disc, the Criterion disc looks more like the film really should.
This does not seem to be a case of obvious meddling with a transfer's look or color, as has been observed with the Halloween Divimax release and MGM's Robocop DVDs. It might be; I don't know. The reason I bring up these particular films is that they also had Director-approved transfers - as Criterion laserdiscs.
06-17-04 | 06:49 PM
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The Picture is surely better on the MGM over the CC, but there were changes made in the sound mix on the MGM that I personally dislike.On the original mix on Laserdisc and the CC DVD when Foster is being led through the asylum to meet Hopkins for the first time, there was a lowend ambience that was very unsettling,on the MGM this was all but ripped out of the new mix completely! MGM did the samething with Robocop when they remixed it,gutted all the lowend ambience out of key scenes. Its for this reason I hold on to both, CC and MGM for both films.
