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I've never heard of any of those films and will gladly sell my vote for $100 - or a picture of a monkey doing something funny. Hurry!
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I voted for Picnic at Hanging Rock, although Howard's End was tempting.
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Any of those would be good. Voted Down By Law; could have gone with any of the others though.
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I wonder if the form will accept remarks in the "Additional Comments/Other" field without a selection from the five choices. If so, Fellini's Casanova gets a write-in vote from me!
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Kwaidan
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Down by Law for sure!
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I voted for Picnic at Hanging Rock. I have the uncut Kwaidan so it is not a priority for me.
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Went with Picnic. That film has supposedly been in line to be revisited for years now. If this helps move it along, I'm all for it...
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DVD Beaver's review/comparison for the Criterion "Benjamin Button" blu-ray is now up! I can't wait to reach 50 posts so I can post something as trivial as a link.
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Originally Posted by ccfixx
(Post 9420903)
DVD Beaver's review/comparison for the Criterion "Benjamin Button" blu-ray is now up! I can't wait to reach 50 posts so I can post something as trivial as a link.
CC Wow. The Blu-ray is leaps and bounds better than the DVD. 48.5 gigs used of 50 gigs available. |
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Hot damn, those screenshots look gorgeous. I've heard very mixed things about this movie, but the Blu-ray looks like a must-rent - it certainly appears as if Criterion have taken full advantage of the available technology. This may prove to be a benchmark release.
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Unfortunate news, from this thread on the Criterion Forum:
Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere but in an email from Mulvaney, Criterion has lost the rights to the Blu ray version of (Contempt). |
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Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 9420929)
This may prove to be a benchmark release.
A few words about...™ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -- in BD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one is simple. Filmmaker David Fincher is an acknowledged perfectionist. When I view his work, especially this film, I think of David Lean and his unflinching desire to reach the absolute on screen. I believe he would have been greatly appreciative of Mr. Button. Along with this Paramount / Criterion Blu-ray comes a documentary by David Prior, possibly longer than the film's 165 minutes, which I'm pleased to categorize as "perfect." This is the documentary that should have but never has been, created about the collaborative art, the precision, the pleasure, exultation and pain of filmmaking. As a master's level treatise, this documentary offers an entire college level program as to precisely what filmmaking is about -- from virtually every viewpoint, every level and every job of importance within the production chain. As to the Blu-ray presentation of this extraordinary film itself, I'm pleased to report that to these eyes and ears it reaches absolute perfection. Here in month five of 2009, I doubt that another contemporary home video release will be able to top overall quality that has gone into the creation of the Blu-ray of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I am in awe of the levels of creative and technical expertise that have gone into the production of this film. Absolutely, Positively Recommended! RAH |
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my 'in the realm of the senses' has arrived. nice plastic case that's not so typical of BD cases, but the little tabs that lock the thing shut are a little short, and so i'd suspect this thing would open of it's own accord too easily. that's the only small problem with an otherwise impressive piece of work.
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Originally Posted by Giles
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wonder what the numbers will be in terms of sales on this for Criterion.
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^ oh I definately know that, I think this 'major studio film' release is a major cash cow for them.
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Voted for Howards End but in the comments I wrote Goodburger please! :D
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Howard's End sounded the most interesting to me so I picked that.
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
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I've never heard of any of those films and will gladly sell my vote for $100 - or a picture of a monkey doing something funny. Hurry!
Vote Picnic. |
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
(Post 9414983)
I've never heard of any of those films and will gladly sell my vote for $100 - or a picture of a monkey doing something funny. Hurry!
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Originally Posted by abintra
(Post 9414865)
Went with Au revoir les enfants.
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I wouldn't mind any of those on Blu, but since I only get one vote I went for "Down By Law" since it's the one I enjoy watching the most.
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The Red Shoes being released in the UK, June 29th, by ITV DVD which has been region-free so far. Would be interesting to see what kind of treatment this gets.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Shoes-Bl...=26OD8T35ZUNSR |
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Originally Posted by Hammer99
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I changed my vote from Kwaidan to Anything but Rushmore.:D
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Originally Posted by Overpar
(Post 9439715)
The Red Shoes being released in the UK, June 29th, by ITV DVD which has been region-free so far.
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