Mean Streets (Scorsese) - July 17th, 2012 Pre-order

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by jedilips

Nice - King of Comedy and After Hours next please.

+1 on that. I saw After Hours again not long ago, great film. Everyone can relate to this film in one way or another (if you can remember a time before mobile phones!)

King of Comedy is an underrated gem. De Niro's best comedy performance by far (I wont even watch the Fokkers films).

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Roy Batty

Well, maybe you SHOULD...



Not just for the cover art; according to the back cover of the WB US release, it only contains the commentary track and the 7-minute vintage featurette "Back on the Block", both ported from the DVD edition, as supplemental features, as opposed to



on the French release.

So, tama, no regrets on keeping the French version.

From Svet Atanasov closing thoughts on that edition:



Well, apparently not.

Thank you, WB.

Thanks for that. I think Ill wait to see how the transfers compare but Im definitely thinking go with the French one now!

[iap738]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

King of Comedy is an underrated gem. De Niro's best comedy performance by far (I wont even watch the Fokkers films).

I would love to see King of Comedy get a release. As you said, it is a great, underrated film in the Scorsese canon.

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Mr. Eddy

For those interested, DVD Beaver has just posted a review with some comparisons to the Carlotta release:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcom...eanstreets.htm

Still wondering if I should import the Carlotta release of the film or not? It also has many extras not on this US release but the French is missing the Commentary track... although to listen to that I could just hang on to the DVD that features it.

[Bad Sandwich]

Beaver gives the nod to the Warner BD! (Hearty chuckle) Ohhh that Beaver! Classic Beaver!

[varmintx]

I think the Carlotta release has color bleed from boosted saturation; it's most obvious in the last screenshot with her face. I also think it has a little less shadow detail. Obviously, it packs a more immediate punch than the WB release, but it doesn't appear to do so in a natural manner.

[Jokerboy649]

Just picked this up at my Best Buy here in Michigan. Was surprised to see they had it out, although they tend to do that with catalogue titles since they probably figured this was already released. Looking forward to watching it sometime this week as I've never seen it.

[retablo]

Originally Posted by RudyC

carlotta looks a little more detailed to me...
plethora of special features...think im going with the french release....i can always buy the US one later if this one doesn't impress me.

The only thing Carlotta looks to me is more green and overly saturated. Glad the US version corrects this improper color timing.

[CinemaBlu]

Best Buy is selling this a week early. I just got a copy for $10.

[zbinks]

Going by the DVDBeaver screencaps, the Warner Brothers release has some slight cropping on the far right side compared to the Carlotta.

On the third set of screenshot's where everybody is bathed in red while they're at the bar, anyone else notice the weirdness to the right of Harvey Keitel's face on the Carlotta screenshot. It's not present on the correspnding screenshot for the Warner Brothers disc.

[PowellPressburger]

Since it is on Best Buys site at 9.99 hopefully Amazon will price match it before it is released. Already submitted a Tell Us About a Lower Price link.

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by retablo

The only thing Carlotta looks to me is more green and overly saturated. Glad the US version corrects this improper color timing.

And you know it's improper from what source exactly?

[Benchman]

Originally Posted by Mr. Eddy

For those interested, DVD Beaver has just posted a review with some comparisons to the Carlotta release:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcom...eanstreets.htm

Carlotta lots a little green to me but I never saw it in the theaters so I can't really say what its supposed to look like. Don't have a region free player so I will be going the WB release. Much better price too.

[peacekeeper]

I've had the German BD release of Mean Streets a couple of months back, and it had comparable image quality to the Carlotta. The reason I sold that one was because of the horrible sound quality on the German bd. I did a comparison with the NTSC Warner Bros dvd, and the dvd soundtrack was so much better, it wasn't even funny!

So the question is, what soundtrack quality does the Carlotta have?

[olivehead]

Picked up Mean Streets yesterday at BB for $9.99, part of the same display with Coma, Frequency, etc., even though release date is stated as 7/17/12. Why Brainstorm and Outland weren't included as part of this big box display, I have no idea.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

And you know it's improper from what source exactly?

I saw this theatrically at least three times and while it was decades ago and I'm not going to claim that I remember exactly what the film looked like, I don't remember it being green.

I think that would have been extremely noticeable back then because that was long before Hollywood (and this wasn't a Hollywood film anyway) started its obsession with a teal push.

Now having said that, I'm not convinced that the color timing on the new BD is what I saw in theatres either, but I love this movie and I'm buying it anyway to replace my DVD.

Now this film never looked great. While it was a spectacular and uniquely crafted film in its day, the first time I saw it, I thought that it might have been shot on 16mm. (It wasn't, but that's how it looked).

[headhunter01]

Originally Posted by olivehead

Picked up Mean Streets yesterday at BB for $9.99, part of the same display with Coma, Frequency, etc., even though release date is stated as 7/17/12. Why Brainstorm and Outland weren't included as part of this big box display, I have no idea.

Got mine yesterday too..Also grabbed The Buterfly Effect and Next Of Kin out of the same display

[CandyWarhole]

gonna try and get Mean Streets for $4.99 Tuesday after the Trade & Save begins

such a good film

[PowellPressburger]

I am so angry WB removed the original Logo from this title also! The audio for the film starts over the logo and now we have this pristine 2012 logo before this movie and it is annoying.

If you own the Carlotta France edition which WB logo opens the film?

This is how the film should open Logo in silence and then the voice over with black background. The new US BLU has it open with the new logo and narration over the logo's movement.

No way Scorsese would approve this change, then again we still have Goodfellas on a 25 GB disc with compressed audio.

'Mean Streets' opening credits - YouTube

[ZoetMB]

No Mean Streets (or Altered States) yet at the BB on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.