Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy (1984-1991) (The Criterion Collection)

[MifuneFan]

Criterion will be releasing Lars von Trier's Europe (or Europa) Trilogy in January!

Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy Blu-ray

https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/63...europe-trilogy

THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital restoration of Europa, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack, and 3K digital restorations of The Element of Crime and Epidemic, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
• Audio commentaries featuring director Lars von Trier and others
• Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997), a documentary by Stig Björkman
• Interview from 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy
• Making-of documentaries for all three films
• Programs on the films featuring interviews with many of von Trier’s collaborators
• Two short student films by von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of Liberation (1982)
• Danish television interview with von Trier from 1994
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton

New cover by Fred Davis

[gates70]

Nice, never seen these but always enjoy Lars movies.

[CelestialAgent]

Good timing with Riget: Exodus coming out, and hot on the heels of December boxsets of other European auteurs - Haneke and Zetterling.

[Doomhunter]

Awesome, been hoping for Trier’s Europa on blu for a while now, I can retire the dvd

[Doomhunter]

Not sure why there’s a picture of a butt on the cover art though

Must have been an intern

Odd, we also have nipple on the cover, not sure what Criterion is going for here

[take1leave1]

Director of cheap shock content b-movies masquerading as high art. Sick of this trend in arthouse, that he helped invent.

[PowellPressburger]

This has to be the first time I’ve ever noticed a transfer being from a 3K restoration.

and I agree the artwork for this set is fugly, yet exactly what I’d expect.

[Ellum]

Is it possible Criterion will release a UK version too?

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

This has to be the first time I’ve ever noticed a transfer being from a 3K restoration.

Yeah, wassup wit dat? I'm thinking it may have something to do with the source elements not being ideal enough for a full 4K resto, but why not just do a more common 2K? So odd.

[MifuneFan]

Some of Epidemic was in 16mm (blownup to 35mm for theatrical prints) so it probably wouldn't benefit significantly from a 4K release.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by take1leave1

Director of cheap shock content b-movies masquerading as high art. Sick of this trend in arthouse, that he helped invent.

So, are you pre-ordering this boxset or waiting for a sale?

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

So, are you pre-ordering this boxset or waiting for a sale?

For me, it's pre-ordered for Day 1. Hope there's more where that came from, too.

[gbm82]

Originally Posted by take1leave1

Director of cheap shock content b-movies masquerading as high art. Sick of this trend in arthouse, that he helped invent.

arthouse schlock has been a thing as long as arthouse has been a thing....

[qw0aszx]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

This has to be the first time I’ve ever noticed a transfer being from a 3K restoration.

Mysterious Object at Noon also had a 3K restoration, which was in 3072 x 2160 pixels as the booklet in second run blu-ray says. The DCP for Mysterious Object at Noon was made in 4K.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by take1leave1

Director of cheap shock content b-movies masquerading as high art. Sick of this trend in arthouse, that he helped invent.

[roiroiroi]

Originally Posted by take1leave1

Director of cheap shock content b-movies masquerading as high art. Sick of this trend in arthouse, that he helped invent.

Tell me how you don't know a director and his work without telling me.

[dkelly26666]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

LOL, I'm old and had to look that up. Got it, now...

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

This has to be the first time I’ve ever noticed a transfer being from a 3K restoration.

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Yeah, wassup wit dat? I'm thinking it may have something to do with the source elements not being ideal enough for a full 4K resto, but why not just do a more common 2K? So odd.

There's an Arri 6K oversampling to 3K scanner:

https://www.arri.com/en/camera-syste...ns/arriscan-xt

Custom ARRI designed ALEXA XT dual gain CMOS area sensor with multichannel readout. Monochrome sensor with IR masking.
- Highspeed microscan system for sensor positioning
- 3K (3072 x 2160) native sensor resolution
- 6K (6144 x 4320) native resolution using microscanning

[Mary Mason]

I would've much preferred Dancer In The Dark.

[Doomhunter]

Looks like a review is up on DVDBeaver. Can’t believe they kept the boobs ahoy front cover art