Foreign Cinema in BLU (part 2)
09-01-09, 05:17 PM
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The Leopard and The Innocents will be Region B. A real shame, as I'm sure both will look absolutely gorgeous, and I doubt Fox will be giving us HD Innocents any time soon, though The Leopard is of course a possibility from Criterion at some point.
09-04-09, 12:29 PM
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Re: Foreign Cinema in BLU (part 2)
Oh. My. Lord.
http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/nick/Sunrise_BD_01.jpg
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I was already excited about picking up Sunrise, but this eclipses my highest expectations...
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I was already excited about picking up Sunrise, but this eclipses my highest expectations...
09-04-09, 01:32 PM
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Re: Foreign Cinema in BLU (part 2)
I've not got sleeves for any of these, but the latest Cue magazine (UK) reveals the following releases (not sure if any of these have been announced for US release yet):
Knowing - July 20th (audio commentary and 2 featurettes)
Bronson - July 6th (making of, intro from charles bronson and a featurette)
Valykyrie - June 8th (all the DVD extras plus loads of exclusive featurettes)
Watchmen - July 27th (2 hours of extras, 3 disc set)
Three Kingdoms - July 27th
Italian Job (original) - June sometime (maybe 15th? it was in the last issue)
BFI aim to have 25 blu releases by the end of 2009
Knowing - July 20th (audio commentary and 2 featurettes)
Bronson - July 6th (making of, intro from charles bronson and a featurette)
Valykyrie - June 8th (all the DVD extras plus loads of exclusive featurettes)
Watchmen - July 27th (2 hours of extras, 3 disc set)
Three Kingdoms - July 27th
Italian Job (original) - June sometime (maybe 15th? it was in the last issue)
BFI aim to have 25 blu releases by the end of 2009
Any word on these being region free or are they all coded for "B"?
09-15-09, 06:58 PM
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09-17-09, 01:15 AM
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Fantastic news from DVD Times on the upcoming Studio Canal titles:
I'll be selling my Ran Criterion then in favor of the Blu-ray, and I may pick up the others as well. Awesome news indeed!
If The Elephant Man, The Deer Hunter, and Belle De Jour are Region A playable as well I will have to get all of these depending upon the reviews! I'm so excited!
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09-22-09, 01:06 PM
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I'm going to order some of these - not sure yet which ones though... I'm leaning towards Ran, Contempt, The Elephant Man, and Belle De Jour. I would love to get The Deer Hunter as well but it's kind of expensive for me when you factor in that I own the HD DVD release.
As for MOC, Sunrise sounds wonderful, I have never seen it (so it would be a blind buy) but again I am wondering if I should sit this one out - not sure... I know I'm going to place an Amazon.co.uk order soon though. At least I think I'm convinced.
As for MOC, Sunrise sounds wonderful, I have never seen it (so it would be a blind buy) but again I am wondering if I should sit this one out - not sure... I know I'm going to place an Amazon.co.uk order soon though. At least I think I'm convinced.
09-22-09, 04:02 PM
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Re: Foreign Cinema in BLU (part 2)
I'm going to order some of these - not sure yet which ones though... I'm leaning towards Ran, Contempt, The Elephant Man, and Belle De Jour. I would love to get The Deer Hunter as well but it's kind of expensive for me when you factor in that I own the HD DVD release.
As for MOC, Sunrise sounds wonderful, I have never seen it (so it would be a blind buy) but again I am wondering if I should sit this one out - not sure... I know I'm going to place an Amazon.co.uk order soon though. At least I think I'm convinced.
As for MOC, Sunrise sounds wonderful, I have never seen it (so it would be a blind buy) but again I am wondering if I should sit this one out - not sure... I know I'm going to place an Amazon.co.uk order soon though. At least I think I'm convinced.
Anyone know of a last that has all the UK-Blu's that are Region Free & not available in the US? There is probably one posted here, I just haven't notice it. I see they have The Good, The Bad, & The Weird is that Region free?
09-22-09, 04:18 PM
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For those of you ordering Contempt or Ran, would you please report back to let us know if everything plays and which player you are using? I want to order both titles, but I'm worried about 1080i/50 content in the menus or extras. I'm using a U.S. PS3, so this could cause a problem for me even if the BDs are region free. Thanks.
09-22-09, 04:44 PM
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http://www.blurayregioncodes.com/index.php?region=b
09-22-09, 04:54 PM
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Anyone know of a last that has all the UK-Blu's that are Region Free & not available in the US? There is probably one posted here, I just haven't notice it. I see they have The Good, The Bad, & The Weird is that Region free?
Ashes of Time Redux
Black Narcissus
Cache
Funny Games (2007)
Great Expectations
Mad Detective
Tokyo Sonata
Zulu
Ipcress File (Though it has none of the extras from the DVD)
Plus quite a few BFI titles.
Black Narcissus
Cache
Funny Games (2007)
Great Expectations
Mad Detective
Tokyo Sonata
Zulu
Ipcress File (Though it has none of the extras from the DVD)
Plus quite a few BFI titles.
09-22-09, 05:25 PM
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Thanks as always NoirFan, those BFI titles look fantastic.
I just placed an order for . . .
Black Narcissus
Man of Violence (aka Moon) (Blind-buy, but looks like everything I love)
Contempt
I want Red Desert so bad, I love Monica Vitti, but it's Region B
I just placed an order for . . .
Black Narcissus
Man of Violence (aka Moon) (Blind-buy, but looks like everything I love)
Contempt
I want Red Desert so bad, I love Monica Vitti, but it's Region B
09-22-09, 07:00 PM
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I compared it to the R1 Paramount release an the video is better and audio is much richer. However make a copy of the R1 disc tho just for its extras which are not repeated on the Studio Canal BD.
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09-22-09, 08:10 PM
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09-29-09, 05:16 PM
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10-05-09, 07:26 AM
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10-06-09, 05:03 PM
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From DVD Times:
I'll hold off my excitement until I see some reviews of the image quality, but at that price it looks very tempting.
Network have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of Night of the Living Dead on 26th October 2009 priced at £14.99 RRP. George A. Romero’s seminal horror film gets its second UK Blu-ray Disc release. This new version from Network contains a brand-new transfer taken from original 35mm film elements, plus the original cinema trailer.
The disc is coded for all regions (A, B and C). The English Mono soundtrack is PCM.
The disc is coded for all regions (A, B and C). The English Mono soundtrack is PCM.
