The Criterion Collection

[Monty70]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

Going by Pro-B's review, here are the 4K treatments the films mentioned received

Head - Spirit 4K Datacine from a new 35 mm interpositive

Easy Rider - 4K resolution on a Northlight 2 Scanner

Five Easy Pieces - 4K resolution on a Northlight 2 Scanner

A Safe Place - Spirit 4K Datacine from a 35 mm interpositive

Drive, He Said - Spirit 4K Datacine from a 35 mm interpositive

The Last Picture Show - Spirit 4K Datacine from a new 35 mm fine-grain master positive

King of Marvin Gardens - Spirit 4K Datacine from a new 35 mm interpositive

Bigger Than Life - 4K resolution on an Oxberry 6400 Liquid Gate scanner and color graded and restored at 2K resolution

The Sweet Smell of Success - SCANITY Film Scanner in 4K resolution from the original 35mm camera negative

Anatomy of a Murder - Spirit 4K in 4K resolution from a new 35mm fine-grain master



Looks like Anatomy of a Murder got the same treatment as The Last Picture Show, which doesn't really surprise me, since Sony was initially going to release the BBS box set themselves, but gave it to Criterion instead.

I have always been confused by the language Criterion uses in some of the "about the transfer" sections of their booklets.

Look at the following quote from 12 Angry Men.

"This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit 2K from a 35mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS and Pixel Farm's PFClean, while Image Systems' DVNR was used for small dirt, grain, and noise correction."

Is the transfer "high-definition" or 2K? I would think you could use a 2K datacine to make a HD transfer. (read less resolution)

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Monty70

I have always been confused by the language Criterion uses in some of the "about the transfer" sections of their booklets.

Look at the following quote from 12 Angry Men.

"This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit 2K from a 35mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS and Pixel Farm's PFClean, while Image Systems' DVNR was used for small dirt, grain, and noise correction."

Is the transfer "high-definition" or 2K? I would think you could use a 2K datacine to make a HD transfer. (read less resolution)

I'm just as confused as you are, I'm only quoting what I'm reading. To be honest, I'm not a technical specs person when it comes to BD specs. If it looks good to me, and has interesting special features, I'm happy. I can tell when someone just slapped something on a disc, with no effort put into it, and I have often compared "lesser" BD transfers to my DVD copies, and think that the "lesser" transfers are still miles better than the DVD.

I think a lot of the time when people complain about a transfer, it's usually because someone on this site has complained about something, and/or they have their TVs calibrated incorrectly.

In some cases, there is a problem, but I find this site blows them way out of proportion, especially if it's something only people who are actively looking for it pick up on. Look at the whole "tintgate" issue with LOTR, you had people *****ing about it before they even viewed the disc. I honestly wouldn't have noticed anything if people hadn't made a couple thousand posts on it. It's noticable because people whined about it, and it's nowhere near as bad as people say. Again, a lot of people have their TVs, as well as their computer monitors calibrated differently.

[Darkcritic]

How likely is it for the Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales boxset to come out in BD ? It looks like a quite interesting release.

[*DrStrangelove*]

Is anyone familiar with the films of Andrzeg Zulawski? A theater near me are screening his films in March. I'm gonna go to a couple. They look very interesting. I tried looking for DVD copies of some of his films like Possession or The Third Part of the Night but found they are not available in the US. I think this could be a very interesting Eclipse set. Anyone have any opinion on this directors work?

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Is anyone familiar with the films of Andrzeg Zulawski?... Anyone have any opinion on this directors work?

I personally thought Possession was pretentious overwrought bullshit, but that could be just me. Haven't had the nerve to try anything else.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by ravenus

I personally thought Possession was pretentious overwrought bullshit, but that could be just me. Haven't had the nerve to try anything else.

TCM had it on about a month ago, and I PVRed it. I finally watched it last weekend, and I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I just found it to be a bit dull and underwhelming, and felt that it was trying to be shocking for the sake of being shocking in some scenes.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Looks like my World On A Wire disc is in "shipping soon" status, still at the 16.99 sale price. Seems like an eternity since I placed this order. It's like three pages deep into my Amazon order history.

Very excited to be getting this and Repo Man (MoC) in the next week.

I'm excited too for my Anatomy of a Murder shipment, it was made a little over 3 months ago. I'll be getting Hugo next week instead of Repo Man though.

I'm eagerly anticipating for Amazon.ca to add the two Bergmans to their site for pre-ordering.

[aherron]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Looks like my World On A Wire disc is in "shipping soon" status, still at the 16.99 sale price. Seems like an eternity since I placed this order. It's like three pages deep into my Amazon order history.

Very excited to be getting this and Repo Man (MoC) in the next week.

Same here my World On A Wire and Anatomy Of A Murder is in Shipping Soon status as well and was charged $16.99 for ea. Placed this order since Nov. 16. Glad Amazon honored the price. Cannot wait to watch these. Great review on AOAM.

[colinrgeorge]

Has anyone else had a hard time extricating the Godzilla insert and disc from the sleeve? I end up having to jam two fingers into it and yank it out manually.

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by SHMACKDOJO

Has anyone else had a hard time extricating the Godzilla insert and disc from the sleeve? I end up having to jam two fingers into it and yank it out manually.

It is packed rather tightly. Normally I can tilt it to the side, and it slides out, but this one won't budge.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Looks like my World On A Wire disc is in "shipping soon" status, still at the 16.99 sale price. Seems like an eternity since I placed this order. It's like three pages deep into my Amazon order history.

Very excited to be getting this and Repo Man (MoC) in the next week.

Seems they are a go. I received shipping notification for Anatomy of a Murder and World on a Wire on Sunday evening.

[Yankees0222]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

Seems they are a go. I received shipping notification for Anatomy of a Murder and World on a Wire on Sunday evening.

Me too

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by *DrStrangelove*

Is anyone familiar with the films of Andrzeg Zulawski? A theater near me are screening his films in March. I'm gonna go to a couple. They look very interesting. I tried looking for DVD copies of some of his films like Possession or The Third Part of the Night but found they are not available in the US. I think this could be a very interesting Eclipse set. Anyone have any opinion on this directors work?

Yes, very much familiar. There is a company that releases his films, so no Criterion release coming. The company is called Mondo Vision. I believe Possession might be coming. But until then I recommend you to check out L’important C’est D’aimer.

I would say you should go to those screenings.

Link to Mondo Vision where you can buy dvds of his films:
http://www.mondo-vision.com/

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by SHMACKDOJO

Has anyone else had a hard time extricating the Godzilla insert and disc from the sleeve? I end up having to jam two fingers into it and yank it out manually.

Hell yes.

[blkhrt]

Originally Posted by SHMACKDOJO

Has anyone else had a hard time extricating the Godzilla insert and disc from the sleeve? I end up having to jam two fingers into it and yank it out manually.

I watched Gojira this morning and was able to get it out pretty easy. I just tilted it and gave it a little shake and it slid out enough that I could grab it. Sucks that you are having problem. Mine did get a little dented when Criterion shipped it, so maybe that made it come out easier

[italy12]

Originally Posted by octagon

This may or may not be a goofy question but bear with me.

When I watch Psycho these days I find that more often than not I'm only really interested watching Janet Leigh get to the motel. For me the best part of the film is her driving in the rain at night.

The 'good stuff' is obviously still pretty good but the forty-five miinute setup is what keeps me coming back.

Is rewatching Wages of Fear anything like that?

Holy crap that is my absolute favorite part of the movie. Everything up to her arrival at Bates. Not that the rest of the movie is garbage; I love Psycho in general. But, that set-up is one of my favorites to put on as I'm going to sleep. Love the dialogue, music, and the scene at the car dealer. That guy is such a car salesman!!!

[octagon]

I'm not a prime member and my Anatomy of a Murder/World on a Wire order just went into shipping soon which nowadays is pretty good for Super Saver shipping.

Of course, 'soon' could still turn out to be Weds or Thurs.

[Yankees0222]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Just curious - are you Prime members? Because I've never had anything ship before street date from Amazon (the bastards), and I'm not a Prime member.

Yea, I'm a prime member. But usually my orders ship mid Monday. I've never had it shipped on a Sunday. I'm guessing it might be because of the presidents day holiday.

[ShellOilJunior]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Just curious - are you Prime members? Because I've never had anything ship before street date from Amazon (the bastards), and I'm not a Prime member.

Yes. I'll probably still receive them Tuesday. I can only think of one time where they shipped Sunday and I got them on a Monday (All About Eve, An Affair to Remember).

[rkish]

Originally Posted by Joe Dalek

Looks like my World On A Wire disc is in "shipping soon" status, still at the 16.99 sale price. Seems like an eternity since I placed this order. It's like three pages deep into my Amazon order history.

Very excited to be getting this and Repo Man (MoC) in the next week.

Same here Joe...should get Repo and maybe even the latest BFI Ozu by the week's end.