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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by Doctorossi
(Post 10729894)
If you consider any initial Blu-ray release of a catalog movie a "double-dip", you're really removing all practical value from the term. Would you have them just say, "Well, it's already on DVD- just buy that"? A double-dip is an attempt to cash in on a title that's already been released on the same video format. It's a failing because, the thinking goes, it should've been handled "correctly" the first time it was released on the format. The previous times the movies you cite were released, Blu-ray didn't yet exist.
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 10729947)
I'm just using "double-dip" as shorthand for "purchasing on Blu-ray a film I already own on DVD".
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
the Naked cover looks like they wanted it to sell as a comedy... didn't like Topsy turvy's cover either, too cartoony when the movie is full of so many sets/costumes and real life stuff, and they put an ugly caricature.
Then for a movie like the music room, they went really vague. another movie in a great location and the cover doesn't show it. I like the covers better that show some of the actual movie. like the red shoes / black narcissusu, or paths of glory the High and Low art is one of the best I've seen from criterion. why should we really care about the covers? I dont know. for some reason i do. |
re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 10729947)
I'm just using "double-dip" as shorthand for "purchasing on Blu-ray a film I already own on DVD".
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Anyone going into Leon Morin expecting a typical Melville crime film will be disappointed - if anything, it's more along the lines of Le Silence de la mer. It's Bressonian in it's austerity, but full of the intellectual debate and probing of a Godard film. Belmondo, restrained and somber, gives one of his finest performances. I wonder if the Vincendeau visual essay will be different from her partial commentary on the BFI disc.
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Le Silence de la mer is likely my favourite Melville so that's great to hear.
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by NoirFan
(Post 10729947)
I'm just using "double-dip" as shorthand for "purchasing on Blu-ray a film I already own on DVD".
No one should feel a need to bring a negative viewpoint to the use of the word. If others do, that's an individual choice and not reflective of how everyone uses the term. Any Blu-ray release of a film previously owned on DVD is a double dip and an upgrade for me. Those two terms feel interchangeable. |
re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
High And Low & Beauty And The Beast are Day 1 for me... I'll have to rent the Melville first.
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(Not many blu-rays, but still interesting)
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by bse
(Post 10730896)
(Not many blu-rays, but still interesting)
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
(Post 10730933)
I know Brand Upon The Brain! is already in the collection, but perhaps this video is a hint that some more of his work will be making an appearance...
I sent the following email to Guy: Criterion just posted that you were picking out dvds in their gift closet. Does this mean that either My Winnipeg or The Saddest Music in the World is currently being worked on? They usually post these videos as sort of a teaser of a forthcoming release (I'm hoping for both films) His response: Alas, it means nothing. I was just visiting the offices and they let all visitors into the closet. I got greedy. |
re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Boo.
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by GenPion
(Post 10730853)
This is completely appropriate, IMHO. All 'double dip' means in DVD/Blu-ray speak is buying a new copy of a movie you already own.
... but I digress. |
re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by Doctorossi
(Post 10730991)
The readership of this thread not being intimately familiar with NoirFan's personal DVD collection
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Criterion Newsletter is out:
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
(Post 10732731)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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Originally Posted by bobertkay99
(Post 10732759)
Excellent! I've dug all the Old School Horror Criterion puts out, and this one looks great!
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
(Post 10732731)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
I'm so happy about this, I could cry.
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Criterion posted a bunch of original Throne of Blood publicity stills on facebook. Did they already hint at a Throne of Blood Blu-ray release?
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by SethDLH
(Post 10737637)
Originally Posted by SomethingMore
(Post 10736182)
Criterion posted a bunch of original Throne of Blood publicity stills on facebook. Did they already hint at a Throne of Blood Blu-ray release?
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
(Post 10738673)
That makes two of us...
Nothing's been outright stated so far. I wouldn't be opposed to more Kurosawa on Blu. |
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