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akuma587 on 08 May 2008

I and probably a few other people on this website are really excited about this one.  I am a big fan of all things Criterion and what the film company represents.  This is a very big announcement in my eyes.  I will totally buy The Third Man on Blu-Ray.  The Last Emperor would be epic in hi-def too.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1278

In a move that is sure to warm the hearts of film lovers and Blu-ray fans the world over, The Criterion Collection today announced a slate of Blu-ray releases for later this year. Set to debut in October, this selection of film classics and critical favorites will mark Criterion's first efforts into the high definition marketplace. While specifications are a little on the light side, Criterion promises "high definition picture and sound" on all of their Blu-ray releases as well as all of the special features from the standard definition versions. Criterion has also promised to market these Blu-ray titles at a price equivalent to that of their standard definition counterparts.

Criterion confirmed the following titles for Blu-ray release:

The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear 



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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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The Ghost of RubangB on 08 May 2008

Oh shit, The Man Who Fell to Earth on Blu-Ray?

I... whoa... what the...

Fuck.

This is the closest I've ever been to buying a PS3.

Good thing I can't afford one. I'm broke as a hell.



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Bodhesatva on 08 May 2008

Eeeexcellent. More titles please, Criterion Collection.



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akuma587 on 08 May 2008

I am really curious to see when they start doing day-and-date releases with all their new movies too. That will be a big step in the right direction.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

twesterm on 08 May 2008

Ugh, those DVD's are nice but they are so expensive. With how expensive a normal BluRay movie I can only imagine how expensive those will.



 

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ChichiriMuyo on 08 May 2008

What's the point? Criteron specializes in older movies and foreign movies. Neither of which don't have the budget to compete with Hollywood, which is to say neither has anything to add in terms of HD content.

I like Criterion well enough (though I hate their prices). They brought me the Seven Samurai (at twice the cost of a new DVD...), so that's worth some props. But the products they specialize in don't really add anything to Blu-ray and BR adds nothing to them. So, again, what's the point?



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akuma587 on 08 May 2008
ChichiriMuyo said:
What's the point? Criteron specializes in older movies and foreign movies. Neither of which don't have the budget to compete with Hollywood, which is to say neither has anything to add in terms of HD content.

I like Criterion well enough (though I hate their prices). They brought me the Seven Samurai (at twice the cost of a new DVD...), so that's worth some props. But the products they specialize in don't really add anything to Blu-ray and BR adds nothing to them. So, again, what's the point?

 Black and White films can still look amazing in hi-def (check out Warner's two Elvis movies if you don't believe me).  So can a lot of older films even if they lack the flair of a movie like Iron Man or Transformers. 

Criterion is nutty about getting good source material and remastering it as aggressively as possible, so I think their hi-def transfers will be some of the best out there. 

Blu-Ray offers Criterion new ways to do special features too with all the added things Blu-Ray can do vs. DVD.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

akuma587 on 08 May 2008
twesterm said:
Ugh, those DVD's are nice but they are so expensive. With how expensive a normal BluRay movie I can only imagine how expensive those will.

 Criterion has also promised to market these Blu-ray titles at a price equivalent to that of their standard definition counterparts.

Albeit we won't know exactly what that means until these things get some MSRP's behind them, but I think Criterion understands that not price-gouging their fans is a good way to get them to rebuy some of these titles in Blu-Ray. 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

Yakuzaice on 08 May 2008

Good news, I really need to pick up some more movies on blu-ray.



Salamursu on 08 May 2008
ChichiriMuyo said:
What's the point? Criteron specializes in older movies and foreign movies. Neither of which don't have the budget to compete with Hollywood, which is to say neither has anything to add in terms of HD content.

I like Criterion well enough (though I hate their prices). They brought me the Seven Samurai (at twice the cost of a new DVD...), so that's worth some props. But the products they specialize in don't really add anything to Blu-ray and BR adds nothing to them. So, again, what's the point?

 That's like saying that games like Okami don't add to the value of a console. Diversity is necessary and welcome. And to say that BR would add nothing to films that Criterion spealizes in? Think about Brazil, Time Bandits, Ran, Naked Lunch, etc. Even the highest quality DVD versions lost the original level of detail, and outside of Criterion collection I'm really looking forward to Preter Greenaway's movies on BR. Also, I think BR would be especially beneficial format for old black and white movies, shades of gray really suffer from compression on DVD. 



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