DthRdrX

Flash Sale starts at noon today!

milo bloom

Every sale period I pick up and put back down Young Mr. Lincoln over and over, maybe with an upgrade I'll finally bite.

Mabuse

50 minutes of deleted scenes for Breakfast Club is going to be gold...I hope. There's been years of speculation about the original, longer cut. The actors have spoken of moments they remember that were cut.

Rypro 525

i think the only thing missing is the trivia track.

John Pannozzi

There was also a short documentary on the Brat Pack that doesn't seem to be listed among the Criterion extras for Breakfast Club.

Hazel Motes

The " Documentary from 2015 featuring interviews with cast and crew" is not the same as "Sincerely Yours: A Twelve Part Documentary." As that documentary predates 2015 by about 8 or 9 years as it was one the special features on the "Flashback" dvd I bought close to a decade ago. Unless they are mistaken about the 2015 date, they are 2 completely different documentaries.

Rypro 525

Wouldn't surprise me if the info mentioned in those docs overlaps with what they have produced or found in the archives and that's why they aren't there

OldBoy

Would be great if new doc, but I think we would have heard about that by now...

Mabuse

Anyone?

dex14

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread....o#post14133450

Opening logo of @Criterion "Barry Lyndon" ON POINT pic.twitter.com/qPbe3cn6TD

— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) September 26, 2017

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Coral

Is it really that big a deal if they used the new logo instead of the old one?

It's not part of the film and it's not like you're going to sit and watch it for 90+ minutes.

JackBurton

To each their own, but I know I appreciate it.

Mabuse

It's a very big deal for this film and The Shining. The logo is animated and moves and Kubrick replaced the standard music with music unique to each film and it creates a marvelous effect.

Mabuse

Original

Mabuse

Look at this botch job.

kefrank

The film's unique score is playing over that image, so in my opinion it absolutely is part of the film.

inri222

I agree.

Not a Kubrick film, but for me it was also a big deal for The Exorcist.
That opening with the old logo helps set the tone of the film.

andicus

The original Warner logo looks like a Sumo wrestler bending over to pick something up.

I'm in agreement that the original is preferred, but I don't think it's that big a deal.

Reminds me of all the stink about the West Side Story opening credits.

Why So Blu?

Holy shit, it does!

Coral

Well in this case, the music is part of the film - the logo isn't. The logo isn't Kurbricks creation or vision, the choice of music is... and that's still being presented with the new logo.

It's a corporate logo - something I'd rather not have to see in the first place when watching a film.

kefrank

I respectfully disagree. Your position doesn't make a lot of sense to me. A film is a combination of images and sound and directors operate within the confines of the studio producing the film. Do you really think an exacting director like Kubrick didn't consciously decide to start the score over the studio logo he knew would be there? That wasn't a creative decision on his part?

I'd like to better understand where you draw these distinctions. Do you think it would matter if the Paramount logo was totally changed at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Mabuse

I disrespectivly disagree. Cut it out. The mission of Criterion is to present the movie as close to its director's preference and as close to how it was exhibited at the time of release. No director more than Kubrick tried to maintain optimal conditions when his films were exhibited. The utmost care should be taken to recreate the original experience, and people with "I don't really care either way" attitudes should be silent.

Kubrick feared apathetic projectionists with that attitude. Warner has a history of indifference to technical specifications. Barry Lyndon has never been presented in its correct aspect ratio or with the correct logo by Warner. It IS a big deal that Criterion is doing it right. It IS important to do it right.

Mabuse

Here's how meticulous Kubrick was when it came to the proper presentation of his film Barry Lyndon

Jaymole

Kubrick wasn't the only one who cared how his movies were presented

March 27, 1998

Dear Projectionist:

Please do not place the reels of the film Armageddon upside down when projecting.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Bay

Why So Blu?