Miller's Crossing (1990)

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by Mose Harper

I posted this in the main Criterion thread, but will mention it here as well.

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The laserdisc for this film had liner notes which talked about the Coen's pre-production process for this film. One of the big things they bring up is how specific the Coen's wanted this film to look in terms of color.
To that end, they assembled a book of color swatches that were the equivalent of color storyboards. From scene to scene and act to act, they wanted to play up certain signature colors.

The LD and first DVD shared a similar look.

I was very disappointed when I saw the Bd.

Looking at the caps now, it looks much closer to the DVD/Ld than I remembered- unless that's just the German edition?
I think the biggest alteration was in scenes set in the woods.

I'll be anxious to see what this Criterion is like, as I still haven't been able to sit down and enjoy the current Fox disc. Something about the look has never sat right with me.

Thank you for the info and details. I couldn't imagine the DE and US Fox (considering they have the same distributor) discs being that different, but I've certainly been wrong about that kind of thing before.

I would imagine that the Coen's involvement would definitely help to push the new transfer towards the right color timing.