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Amazing news!

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Awesome! :)

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:( No Rushmore

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This will be mine!

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:up:

sweet news!

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:eek: :drool:

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I just felt the need to quote this again.

for awesomeness.

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^ :lol:

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They're busy with important stuff. :D

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:hungry:

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sweet, what are those dates then for Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited?

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Is anybody not going to buy Ran?

I'm not sure if I really want to hear the answer.

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The 12th of whenever.

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I'm not! While I understand and respect how important Kurosawa was to film, the vast majority of his work just doesn't appeal to me.

Wonder if this is using the Japanese Blu-ray transfer or if Criterion did their own? It also lends some distinct possibility to a Rashomon Blu-ray in the [near?] future, since the just-released Japanese set has a new master of that one, too.

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That. Worth a rental but not my type of films. Is Criterion still doing 2 BDs a month?

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What am I going to get on May 12th?

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This kicks all kinds of ass! Ran is an EPIC masterpiece, one that just screams out for a Blu Ray release. And now it's getting it! :banana:

Now they just need to get working on the Seven Samurai BD...

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That may have been their intention initially, but it's currently more sporadic. You might get two new ones one month, nothing in another, or maybe a new release and a reissue... Not as random as the Eclipse releases have been over the past year, but hardly a concrete schedule.

M only (small) gripe is that, in terms of new releases, the ones that end up on Blu-ray aren't usually the titles I'd personally like to see in high-def. But I'm hardly a slave to buying Blu, so it isn't like I'm bothered by a DVD-only release.

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Gotcha. I don't follow Criterion since they don't seem to release films I'd like to own (both on DVD and Blu-ray) so I was curious of their schedule. So far just Bottle Rocket for me.

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:banana:

I have never used the banana before but this is reason enough! I am so excited to be getting some Kurosawa on Blu-ray. I hope they release more of his work this way soon as well. I know I might be in the minority but one of the releases I want the most is for The Bad Sleep Well.

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The Bad Sleep Well - A GREAT movie. A Kurosawa FILM NOIR! (More or less...)

I'd love to have that one on Blu Ray.

Hell, there are probably a dozen Kurosawa films I'd like to have on Blu Ray (led by, as I've noted before, Seven Samurai).

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Since Criterion no longer has the rights to The Killer or Hardboiled it's doubtful you'll see them anytime soon.

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According to DVD Beaver, the Japanese BRs look pretty crappy. I'm pretty confident that Criterion will do their own transfer, and do a much better job of it as well. (doubtful they'll get around to "Quiet Duel' any time soon, though)

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I think they'll do their own transfer as well. Considering about 90% of their releases in the last couple of years have been "remastered in High Definition" I would expect them to release many Blu-rays.

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With expanded extras - the Criterion disc only includes a featurette and the trailer. Repositioned subtitles would be a big plus too.

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Excellent News! I will be getting this for sure. I haven't seen Ran yet, but that's only because I'm trying to work through Kurosawa films somewhat chronologically. Can't wait for some more of his works!