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Pretty sure it's because of the menu structure on their Blu-rays and a need for screen resolution. Only a simplified "Return to Menu"-style pop-up menu can often be accessed on other discs when the content shifts from HD to SD, so they upconvert the material in order to make the fluid bar navigation usable during all the features.

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This is great news on the Killing. My old Kubrick boxed set and Killer's Kiss and the Killing are now on eBay.

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Apologies for my ignorance, but I think I need a quick remedial lesson. SD is 480p, but upconverted becomes 720p, correct? So, wouldn't upconverted SD extras be 720p, not 1080i? And if not, wouldn't Criterion's 1080i extras on a Blu-ray look superior to those same extras on a SD, which would be at 720p?


Blu-ray.com review of Solaris

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You can upconvert anything to anything else, really. It's like resizing an image in Photoshop. There's no cap that says 1280x720 is as high as you can go.

(Your receiver may max out at 720p for upconverting, though. My Harmon/Kardon definitely stops at 720p for upconverts and only does 1080i/1080p if that's what's directly sent to it, but that's not a limitation that Criterion is facing. There are a fair number of other 1080i/1080p upconverts on Blu-ray too, such as that It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Christmas special, and you can barely flip a channel on cable/satellite without running into something upconverted to 1080i.)

It's the difference between the tools Criterion is using to upconvert vs. the gear in your home theater. I'd expect the difference to generally be negligible.

480p video also has the advantage of being much smaller and encoding more efficiently. Especially on single disc releases with quite a bit of upconverted extras (8 1/2, for instance), the 1080i upconverts are going to have to be very heavily compressed and/or they threaten the bit budget for the feature.

The menu explanation makes sense, although speaking just for myself, I've never found the popup menus on the SD extras on discs from every other studio to be confusing or disappointing.

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I lost my MGM release :( so :drool:

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https://i1.createsend1.com/ei/r/12/4...ckypanther.jpg

Kuroneko? Island of Lost Souls?

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Cat People? :D

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My first thought was Kuroneko. I'd welcome Emir Kusturica's Black Cat, White Cat too.

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I don't see it being Cat People (either the original or the remake; although if I had to pick between the two, the remake is more likely). The original is held by Warner Bros., and is a part of their Val Lewton box set. While both Universal and Schrader have a good relationship with Criterion, there is already a notable SE of Cat People released; it just seems like a title I could see Universal putting out themselves.

I could see Kuroneko getting released, but with the file name as wackypanther.jpg, I think that fits this title (which has been rumored for quite some time), making this release all the more likely:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...flostsouls.jpg

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I'd be all over a BD of the 1982 Cat People. Not a good movie IMO, but very high on my guilty pleasures/favorite trash films list.

I seriously doubt that is the clue, though.

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I don't think it's Cat People either but if they chose the film it'd probably surprise me a bit but in their DVD side they did release The Rock, Armageddon, and The Blob to name a few.

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I've only seen Island of Lost Souls in a beat-up, murky transfer, so a (presumably) hi-def release would be an absolute revelation.

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I think this and The Getaway are my only remaining HD DVDs that I can't switch to Blu

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The Getaway? Why not?

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It's the Kim Basinger version :)

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I really do hope it is Island of Lost Souls. :up:

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oh yeah...I forgot about the remake.

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and STREETS OF FIRE

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And THE BIG LEBOWSKI!

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And Being John Malkovich!

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Yeah, except I don't have any of those. Feel free to make fun of my HD DVD collection. :)

Actually I have replaced a number of HD DVDs already. It's stuff like Sky Captain that I don't know if I'll ever get around to watching that I haven't felt the need to upgrade. And a lot of Kubricks--maybe I'll pick up the new BD collection sometime.

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I've only seen it on a TV showing years ago, so this would be a big step up indeed.

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The TV series Manimal? :)

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Please Please Please let it be the the Malaysian film Satu bahasa tidak (My Panther is a Trannie)....I've been hoping that Criterion would release that for ages!!!!

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

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Catwoman! :)

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The Cat Returns :)

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definitely Kuroneko. Although I wish they would release an upgrade of Onibaba at the same time, I much prefer that film from Kaneto Shindo.

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Maybe they'll just hit two birds with one stone. :drool:

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It would be incredible if it was Island of Lost Souls. I've only seen a bad print of it a few years back and I've been hoping that it gets released ever since that day. It's strange to think that there was never a R1 DVD release, at least one that I'm aware of.

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If you're a big fan of Onibaba, the MoC disc is the version to own, with a superior transfer and a commentary track. Here's a comparison.

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This is not a teaser for Kuroneko, they've already teased that.

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Criterion posted this on Facebook back in October 2009:

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Noirfan,

Yes was considering getting the MoC but they have advised they wont be upgrading to blu and I hope Criterion will. The criterion transfer is good enough till that happens.

Is the commentary worth it?

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I honestly can't remember if I've listened to it or not. I've spent $16 on a couple of MoCs just to get the commentaries when I already owned the Criterions (Pitfall and Face of Another), but that's just me. The commentary features Shindo, Sato and Yoshimura, so I'm guessing there's plenty of info between the three of them. The MoC disc also includes a six-minute Alex Cox intro and a 24-page booklet.

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might consider it with my next Amazon UK order.

I've recently bought 14 MoC dvds though so I know what you mean :) The number of releases that are interesting kind of sneaks up on you.

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Just got Solaris in the mail from Amazon. Glory!

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I got my package from Criterion but I'm in Jersey and it's in Orlando. :(

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I asked Criterion the other week if Killer's Kiss would be 1080p, and this was their response: Actually, it doesn't...

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You really can't appreciate how utterly lazy and underwhelming the Great Dictator cover is until you're holding the case in your hands. If I didn't know any better, I'd honestly think I was gazing at a bootleg.