Betty Blue (37°2 le matin) (Jean-Jacques Beineix)

[McCrutchy]

Betty Blue Blu-ray

On February 2, 2013, Happinet will release Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue AKA 37°2 le matin (1986) on Blu-ray in Japan. Information in the Amazon listing suggests this release may be remastered, and it appears that both the theatrical and the director's cut of the film will be included, along with a DVD of extras, in a three-disc 25th Anniversary Edition.

Note: This release may be optically censored, due to full-frontal sexual nudity.

Originally Posted by Amazon.co.jp

content ■ DISC-1 " day of passion and love Betty Blue / People "layer 1/2 minute Benefits + 121 minutes this story about two minutes Benefits + 185 minutes this title "full Betty Blue / Integral ■ DISC-2" layer / two ■ DISC-3 about 60 minutes "(DVD) Special bonus disc 25th anniversary production" video message towards released in Japan 25th Anniversary of the director Benex Making documentary was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary production Beatrice d'role (Betty Two video) camera test specification back three-way ■ ■ original booklet

Originally Posted by Amazon.co.jp

【収録内容】
■DISC-1「ベティ・ブルー/愛と激情の日々」 本編121分+特典約2分/1層
■DISC-2「ベティ・ブルー/インテグラル 完全版」 本編185分+特典約2分/2層
■DISC-3「製作25周年記念スペシャルボーナスディスク(DVD)」 約60分
ベネックス監督からの25周年記念日本公開へ向けてのビデオメッセージ映像
製作20周年を記念して制作されたメイキングドキュメンタリー
ベアトリス・ダル(ベティ役)カメラテスト映像2種

■三方背仕様
■オリジナルブックレット

[Arkadin]

will be interesting to see how this turns out.
if it indeed includes the longer cut maybe it won't look the same as the botched US release.
fingers crossed.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

will be interesting to see how this turns out.
if it indeed includes the longer cut maybe it won't look the same as the botched US release.
fingers crossed.

Indeed. The mosaic censoring (if present, in either version) would preclude a purchase for me, but I will nonetheless be very interested to see how this set compares to the releases we already have. Especially as the theatrical cut looks like it will be a BD-25 (i.e. "1層") and then the DC would be a BD-50 (i.e. "2層"), so it might be a case where the theatrical cut is the same master, but obviously, the DC on Blu-ray would be something new.

[eChopper]

mosaic censoring? in a country like japan!!????!!!

id rather DNR...

[spanky87]

Any news on this? Is it censored?

[Monroville]

I thought Japan did away with the optical censoring a few years ago...

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by Monroville

I thought Japan did away with the optical censoring a few years ago...

Eh, they have a no genitalia rule. If you flash them, they get blurred. Which is why I cannot stand censored Japanese porn.

[Abdrewes]

^^

[White Dang]

Anyone know if this release was censored? I'm very curious and this could be my first Japanese bluray if it's a good master of the DC.

[GxyExpress999]

FYI
According to one of the Amazon JPN reviews, this release is censored.

DVDで修正されてなかった箇所全てに修正がされている!
こんなんなら発売しない方がまし!金返せ!!

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by GxyExpress999

FYI
According to one of the Amazon JPN reviews, this release is censored.

I see it says DVD. Is this the new release?
BTW, I got the JP Andy Warhol Dracula & Frankenstein BDs, and Frankenstein is optically censored. It's the only HD version available, so will have to live with it. PQ and extras on both are fantastic.

[Zot!]

There is a nice uncensored packaged available of both cuts in the UK that presumabely makes this release superfluous. Is there any reason to think otherwise?

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by Zot!

There is a nice uncensored packaged available of both cuts in the UK that presumabely makes this release superfluous. Is there any reason to think otherwise?

i was also planning to get that one. Just waiting to hear more about this JP one since it might have slightly better PQ.

[Torrente]

If it's censored who cares if it has slightly better PQ?

The UK one seems to be the way to go with both cuts and beautiful PQ, plus it's uncensored.

[GxyExpress999]

Originally Posted by billyearle

I see it says DVD. Is this the new release?
BTW, I got the JP Andy Warhol Dracula & Frankenstein BDs, and Frankenstein is optically censored. It's the only HD version available, so will have to live with it. PQ and extras on both are fantastic.

The comment says the DVD was uncensored but this new BD is censored for some reason. I decided to get the UK version and love it.

[billyearle]

Cool, UK it is then. Thanks for clearing that up.