The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
03-16-12, 06:10 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Picking up Shallow Grave for sure as I watched that a week ago and loved it. Probably pick up the 39 steps as well.
03-16-12, 06:47 PM
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03-17-12, 08:55 AM
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Their first decent Chaplin cover! I'm in for Gold Rush and The 39 Steps. The others would be rentals, only Netflix likely won't carry them.
03-17-12, 08:22 PM
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03-20-12, 12:41 PM
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Watching The Sorcerers for the first time last night, I was thinking what an interesting double-bill it would make with Being John Malkovich:
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03-21-12, 11:28 AM
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03-21-12, 03:17 PM
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03-21-12, 05:17 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
I haven't been impressed by most of their recent cover art, but that's pretty fantastic.
03-21-12, 05:24 PM
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03-21-12, 06:29 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
The Gold Rush
• New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin’s score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance
• Three new programs: Presenting “The Gold Rush,” which traces the film’s history from original release to rerelease to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vance; Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock; and Visual Effects in “The Gold Rush,” featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh
• Chaplin Today: “The Gold Rush” (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Four theatrical trailers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee’s review of the 1942 version
• New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin’s score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
• New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance
• Three new programs: Presenting “The Gold Rush,” which traces the film’s history from original release to rerelease to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vance; Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock; and Visual Effects in “The Gold Rush,” featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh
• Chaplin Today: “The Gold Rush” (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Four theatrical trailers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee’s review of the 1942 version
I is happy!
03-21-12, 07:43 PM
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03-21-12, 08:04 PM
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03-21-12, 08:12 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
this isn't Criterion per say but the National Geographic (Washington DC) has a Samurai themed exhibit and on the 31st of March are screening three films (in 35mm):
Samurai Rebellion
The Hidden Fortress
The Sword of Doom
Samurai: The Warrior Transformed
Samurai Rebellion
The Hidden Fortress
The Sword of Doom
Samurai: The Warrior Transformed
03-21-12, 09:00 PM
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re: The Criterion Collection 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
Not really - maybe a cartoonish exaggeration of them. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice rendering - but it's more appropriate for, say, a cover to a samurai video game. As GenPion says, it's just not a good fit for the trilogy.