The Cremator (1969) - April 21, 2020

[Telstar]

An absolutely amazing film, but as others have noted there's already a very solid all-region blu-ray from Second Run in the UK -- with, imo, significantly better bonus features than what's planned for the upcoming Criterion (notably a great Kat Ellinger commentary and an equally fascinating Projection Booth podcast/alternate soundtrack/commentary). It's a bit disappointing that Criterion isn't prioritizing releasing films that aren't already available in beautifully produced editions.

[willtopower]

I had no idea about the Second Run release. I'm not very good with keeping up with all the international releases. I might actually just pick that up along with a lot of other great titles Second Run has released. Thanks all who have mentioned it and putting them on my radar.

[impossiblefunky]

Originally Posted by Telstar

An absolutely amazing film, but as others have noted there's already a very solid all-region blu-ray from Second Run in the UK -- with, imo, significantly better bonus features than what's planned for the upcoming Criterion (notably a great Kat Ellinger commentary and an equally fascinating Projection Booth podcast/alternate soundtrack/commentary). It's a bit disappointing that Criterion isn't prioritizing releasing films that aren't already available in beautifully produced editions.

We'd be willing to re-do this for Criterion if they wanted to actually have a commentary track for the movie...

[malakaheso]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/blu-r...or_blu-ray.htm

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Telstar

An absolutely amazing film, but as others have noted there's already a very solid all-region blu-ray from Second Run in the UK -- with, imo, significantly better bonus features than what's planned for the upcoming Criterion (notably a great Kat Ellinger commentary and an equally fascinating Projection Booth podcast/alternate soundtrack/commentary). It's a bit disappointing that Criterion isn't prioritizing releasing films that aren't already available in beautifully produced editions.

It doesn't have the new 4k transfer though. There's also considerably more on the Criterion, so I'm not sure where your criticism of the bonus features comes from. The SR has a Quay Brothers' intro, a podcast, and a commentary as its only exclusives. Criterion has the short film and more.