Was there a pressing flaw in the Criterion 'Mala Noche'?
03-27-08 | 03:39 PM
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Was there a pressing flaw in the Criterion 'Mala Noche'?
Copies of this were everywhere here for about a week, and then they disappeared off store shelves, only to reappear about a month later. Was there some kind of a recall (and, of there was, is there any way to identify the correct version from the cover?) or was this just a distribution glitch?
I could have sworn I heard something about this somewhere, but I don't see anything on Criterion's website.
I could have sworn I heard something about this somewhere, but I don't see anything on Criterion's website.
03-27-08 | 04:44 PM
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There was indeed a problem with the initial pressing. A brief series of images roughly 22 minutes into the film that were intended to be in color were mistakenly in black-and-white.
If you already have the disc with the error, it can be returned to Criterion for an exchange, and according to this blog posting you'll also receive a $10 gift certificate to their store. Alternately, any new pressings in store should have a sticker on the cover (front or back) denoting it as such.
If you already have the disc with the error, it can be returned to Criterion for an exchange, and according to this blog posting you'll also receive a $10 gift certificate to their store. Alternately, any new pressings in store should have a sticker on the cover (front or back) denoting it as such.
