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I noticed Scanners was listed in the coming soon page. Is there something new about this release, seeing as how it came out about 3-4 years ago.

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Previous release was dual format. Now they’re seperate DVD and Blu editions.

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Why don't they do this from the get go? Maybe too much stock and that's how they unload it? By separating discs?

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Not sure what you mean? That title was released during the dual format era which they are no longer doing anymore. Once those editions are gone, they’ll make seperate editions.

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I mean why not just release them separately to begin with? Why dual editions, then re-release them as DVD and blu ray separately?

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The dual edition was released 3 years ago when they were experimenting with releasing this way. It was more cost effective for them and they were pushing Blu. People complained and they went back to seperate editions. Dual copies are still in circulation and once they sell out they do seperate editions.

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Ah, got it.

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have SotL set to go tonight and got NotLD in mail today. g-damn these releases physically look gorgeous. can't wait to watch and dig in...

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i know Anchor Bay has good release, but would love to see what Criterion could do with '78 Dawn of the Dead...

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I keep watching for new Blu-only editions to be released, but it's been slow. I would like to replace some of those oversized digipacks in my collection with regular case editions, but have only seen a few so far....going to be a while before they exhaust stock on some of those titles.

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Watched NOTLD and there's another releases going on my Top-10 of 2018. It was great.

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It's been OOP for a few years now. Somebody out there must be working on putting it out.
Hoping somebody puts out decent release of The Osterman Weekend.

I'd be happy if Criterion released some titles they've put out on DVD. The Naked Prey, Fiend Without A Face, and the two Karloff titles Corridors of Blood and The Haunted Strangler.

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Nobody is working on it because the person who owns the rights wants an astronomical amount to license it to recoup funds sunk in to the stupid 3D conversion.

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And when the blu of Dawn first came out, I was all "eh, I have the dvd, so I'll just wait 'till the blu is cheap", and before I knew it, it was oop and going for $200.

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Dawn of the Dead (1978) has a 3D version?

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A while back Richard Rubenstein did a 3D conversion of the movie. From what I understand, he sunk a lot of money into it, nobody gave a shit and he couldn't get it released, so now he's asking for a shit-ton of money for the rights to recoup his losses.

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Yes.

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Oh wow. Had no idea. I know there was some version of Night in 3D but I think that was a remade version with Sid Haig, I think...

Dawn (78) will always be one of favorites of all time. And #1 horror for me...

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i take it this was prob when stuff was getting converted, ala The Lion King and Star Wars ep 1 and making $

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He started in 2007 and only started having screenings within the last 4 years.

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I think a lot of us had that reaction. I remember the early U.S. release often got really cheap, but I wanted to wait for another ultimate edition that contained all the cuts. If that was the first release, there's no way I wouldn't own it.

I wish there was something that could be done to help get the release that Dawn fans deserve out there. We need some epic Kickstarter that would go to whoever was willing to release it. It's just such a shame Dawn is caught up in this kind of shit. I'd even be willing to buy a more expensive release that includes the 3D conversion!

I guess the ultimate hope is that Night sells big and Criterion sees a way that they might be able to break even on it. It would be incredible if Dawn got a release like Brazil.

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i would happily take the 3D version as well, but to have the other cuts that is in the fabulous DVD monster version would be sublime. alas, guess we will never see. wish i could find that set...

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There is a decent 4k release of Dawn. The 4k disc is region free but the other five BDs are locked to B.

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To be clear, that 4K version is the Argento 'Zombi' cut, but it does include all of the cuts in HD.

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G-damn does Silence of the Lambs look so damn good...

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Here's my question: How about releasing that new 4K restoration in... 4K?

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Have at this latest clue:

https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?ur...0NHFs0vYYQ--~C

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Dietrich (Box Set)

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Shout/Scream Factory has responded to this title request in the past. They pretty much said there was no way to license the title without losing a lot of money. He wants 7 figures for it.

Would probably have to sell 100K copies just to break even on the deal.

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Sure glad I hung onto my ultimate set of DotD when I got the arrow release. I knew it was oop, but didn't know it was commanding those prices.

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New 4K digital restoration by the Film Development Council of the Philippines and Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, LVN, Cinema Artists Philippines, and cinematographer Mike De Leon, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
Signed: Lino Brocka, a 1987 documentary about the director by Christian Blackwood
“Manila” . . . A Filipino Film, a 1975 documentary about the making of the film, featuring Brocka and actors Hilda Koronel and Rafael Roco Jr.
New piece with critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by film scholar José B. Capino

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New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview from 2003 with director Víctor Erice
New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2012 with actors Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, and Icíar Bollaín; cinematographer José Luis Alcaine; and camera operator Alfredo Mayo
Episode of ¡Qué grande es el cine! from 1996, featuring film critics Miguel Marías, Miguel Rubio, and Juan Cobos discussing El Sur
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Elvira Lindo, and a new edition of the 1985 novella by Adelaida García Morales on which the film is based

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New high-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Michael Moore Makes a Movie, a new documentary featuring Moore, chief archivist Carl Deal, supervising producer Tia Lessin, and field producer
Meghan O’Hara
Programs covering Moore’s return to Colorado in 2002, his 2003 Oscar win, and three film-festival Q&As with Moore
Excerpt from a 2002 episode of The Charlie Rose Show featuring Moore
Corporate Cops, a segment from Moore’s 2000 television series The Awful Truth II
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Eric Hynes

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New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Waters
New conversation between Waters and critic Michael Musto
New and archival interviews with cast and crew members Mink Stole, Pat Moran, Vincent Peranio, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and more
Interview from 1975 featuring Waters and cast members Stole, Divine, and David Lochary
Deleted scenes and alternate takes
Rare on-set footage
More!
PLUS: An essay by film critic Ed Halter

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New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2005 by Ingmar Bergman scholar Birgitta Steene
New video interviews from 2005 with actors Gunnel Lindblom and Birgitta Pettersson
Introduction by filmmaker Ang Lee from 2005
An audio recording of a 1975 American Film Institute seminar by director Ingmar Bergman
Alternate English-dubbed soundtrack
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholar Peter Cowie and screenwriter Ulla Isaksson and the medieval ballad on which the film is based

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Good to see MANILA in there! Socially progressive Filipino cinema has long been deserving of recognition and scholarship in the west, but rarely seems to get much traction. The Filipino industry itself can shoulder some of the blame as its seemingly become better known -- if at all -- for its endless glut of cheap, derivative, flaky comedies and romances for the domestic and diaspora markets (although a study of those in relation to the culture would probably be a good read). MANILA was part of an excellent region B two-disc set from BFI with Brocka's INSIANG, and this Criterion edition only has some of the supplements, so perhaps the others might turn up on a Criterion edition of INSIANG down the road, assuming they have that one as well. Guess we'll see.

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I'm sure Bowling for Columbine jumped the queue with how big the gun debate has gotten lately.

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More John Waters. Awesome! This won't need to have as many soundtrack substitutions as Multiple Maniacs.

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Possible it moved up a little, but it was featured in the new year drawing hinting on what titles were coming in 2018.

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In for Bergman. Bowling For Columbine has the most unwatchable ending in film history. Easy pass, I haven't heard of the others.

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I have pre-ordered Midnight Cowboy and Female Trouble

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I have VS on dvd Criterion. Never watched it. Tempted, but don’t think I can pull trigger for that one...

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I think you'd really enjoy it...While I enjoy pretty much all Bergman movies (aside from Cries and Whispers and The Serpent's Egg...I can't stand those movies), this is one of his best...Obviously there's the whole story of its influence on Craven's Last House on the Left, which is also interesting...

The Bergman movie I would most compare it to would be Hour of the Wolf...

Anyway, that's my opinion on that film...