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Old 02-03-22, 09:54 AM
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Re: The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray Thread

Isn't To Catch A Thief a Paramount title?

The Man Who Knew Too Much and Frenzy seem rather conspicuous by their absence. Torn Curtain and Topaz as well, but I can't say I'm too fussed over those.

Hopefully the 4k fixes the issues the BDs had. Some of those later films were pretty subpar. Marnie I'm looking at you.
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Re: The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray Thread

Originally Posted by rocket1312
Isn't To Catch A Thief a Paramount title?
Yes.

Originally Posted by rocket1312
Torn Curtain and Topaz as well, but I can't say I'm too fussed over those.
I know the feeling! Topaz in particular feels like punishment, and I couldn't force myself to rewatch it on Blu-ray.

The European retail listings I'd seen mentioned Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, and Rope, which makes sense; chronologically, they're the first 3 Hitchcocks that Universal controls. Someone on the other forum mentioned that there are two others in the works -- The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much -- which would also chronologically be next up.

There are 10 as-yet-unreleased Hitchcocks that Universal controls, so if they're going for a complete run, it'll be interesting to see how they divide it up. 5 and 5 is nice and clean (with a chronological final set featuring Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot). Maybe some mix of 3-3-4? Maybe they'll ditch the chronological angle to mix in some more marketable titles?
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Re: The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray Thread

Forgot about Rope. Hopefully it and Man Who Knew Too Much and Trouble With Harry get new restorations from the 3 strip negatives (if they exist). Nothing makes me happier than Technicolor done well.

*Edit* Silly me, only Rope is 3 strip. The other two are VistaVision. All three should look amazing though if done correctly.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much and The Trouble with Harry should look fantastic if done well, thanks to being shot in VistaVision. Those were "color by Technicolor" rather than 3-strip Technicolor, though. (Rope and Under Capricorn were Hitch's only 3-strip Technicolor films.)
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I'd love to see Topaz get a new transfer. One of my favorite Hitchcocks.
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I’d likely get all of them, but Saboteur is one of my faves.
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Re: The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray Thread

I'm chopping at the bit to snag both Hitchcock 4k sets but holding off for two reasons:
1) Maaaaan, I hate that packing for how the discs are held (not so much the artwork)
2) Given Universals re-re-releases, you gotta think that after Vol. 3 hits there were will be a big box set of all of them
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Re: The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray Thread

I did find the discs much easier to get out in Vol. 2, for what it’s worth. If you don’t mind importing, I think I read that some of the European releases actually have hubs.

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