The Piano (25th Anniversary Edition) - July 16, 2018

[UncleBuckWild]

THE PIANO

Release Date: July 16, 2018

The Piano (25th Anniversary) Blu-ray

THE PIANO - Official 25th Anniversary Trailer - Directed by Jane Campion - YouTube

[DefLeppard]

Happy for these SC re-releases and a new world cinema one ; glad that I held off buying The Deer Hunter (love that digibook though but better encoded ones are always welcome) and The Piano but I'd still buy that Merianbad digibook : I'd guess those two French films will be on Vintage world cinema line.

As for The Piano,it will be a collectors edition as per this article but not sure if this will be a new restoration -

This anniversary edition has been lovingly restored, and approved by Campion herself, and will be available to own on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital download on June 16th, with the collectors edition including a booklet and a copy of the soundtrack.

EDIT; Hope SC will re-release The Servant and La Grande Illusion on BD again ;Also UK is yet to get La Bête Humaine (1938) ,so with Le Crime De Monsieur Lange (1936) in line for release ,perhaps a Jean Renoir box set by SC like Bunuel,Melville ,Godard ones?

[rapta]

Yet another StudioCanal disc I'll probably end up selling to get a new version of...the worst thing is selling it then finding out the older disc has a better transfer/encode, or at least different extras.

[stratford]

**Rapta** Just wait like I am, if all you want is the 'Bonus disc' that is the ost, buy it cheaply now, or like I am wait for real reviews

[Jerry_Dam]

Since they produced a restored DCP version for the theatrical re-release it would be surprising and bad judgement that they don't use it.

[JackTwist]

A couple of vague reviews are out but do not say much on picture quality. Well, a few say they did not see the previous UK release and cannot say if it is an upgrade. Has anyone picked this up yet?

[neto]

Waiting for it to arrive home
It’s funny that no one has the back cover!

[LordCrumb]

I really hope it's some kind of improvement.. held off buying this film for so long.

[JackTwist]

Originally Posted by neto

Waiting for it to arrive home
It’s funny that no one has the back cover!

Have you had a chance to take a look at the disc yet? In regards to the back cover, it seems like Studio Canal rarely publishes their back covers on Amazon prior to release... but maybe that's just the ones I've looked at.

[stratford]

***Lordcrumb*** Depending on weather you want the original Blu or the Anniversary one, Sanity charge $AU 30 plus shipping or Amazon charge a little more than an hour's legal min plus shipping

[LordCrumb]

I'm watching this now, about just over an hour into it. It looks pretty incredible to me. Very sharp picture. I don't own any of the previous editions, so I cant do a direct comparison, but i'm very pleased with it.

[anthonyls]

Has anyone compared this new release with the older one? I wondering if the PQ is any different.

[Rizor]

I received my copy today. I don't have the previous UK release. But judging by the caps at caps-a-holic, it's likely the same transfer. Looks pretty solid though to me, but there's definitely some noise reduction/grain management. Still much better than the US release.

[Dubliner1]

...no review for this anywhere yet?

[DaveSimonH]

Here's some comparisons of the 25th Anniversary disc vs '12 German release. Looks to be the same transfer on all the StudioCanal releases;

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128234
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128235
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128237

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Here's some comparisons of the 25th Anniversary disc vs '12 German release. Looks to be the same transfer on all the StudioCanal releases;

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128234
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128235
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128237

It's the same for all studio canal stuff

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

It's the same for all studio canal stuff

It was more to confirm that if you had the older UK release, you could stick with that (ie. no new remaster for the anniversary).
But if you were buying today or upgrading it's a nice set. Over the old release you get 'The Piano at 25' featurette, soundtrack CD, booklet & poster.

[rapta]

There's a long interview on the older disc that's not on the new one, so I think I'm gonna keep it. I'll get the new edition on the cheap at some point but since it's not a new master I'm less interested than I was at first, so am just really in it for the soundtrack and other bits. Good thing I didn't flog my old disc for £6-odd (that's what I'd had it listed at for a few months now, and nobody seems to want it).

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by rapta

There's a long interview on the older disc that's not on the new one, so I think I'm gonna keep it. I'll get the new edition on the cheap at some point but since it's not a new master I'm less interested than I was at first, so am just really in it for the soundtrack and other bits. Good thing I didn't flog my old disc for £6-odd (that's what I'd had it listed at for a few months now, and nobody seems to want it).

Was the long interview also on the 2 disc DVD? If so, could be a good option to combine that with the 25th anniversary set.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Was the long interview also on the 2 disc DVD? If so, could be a good option to combine that with the 25th anniversary set.

Resurrecting an old thread here, but that DVD release had an additional Michael Nyman interview that runs 49 minutes that was dropped from the first Blu-ray. So the new Blu-ray plus DVD is the ideal combination - although in terms of value an eBay seller does have the old release for £4.99.