My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Blu-ray Forum

DaBargainHunta · 04-16-2015, 01:16 AM

Very good movie, but what's up with that ridiculously bad artwork from Criterion? It seriously looks like something you'd find on that Perez Hilton site. A rear miss from Criterion in this dept. Their covers are usually works of art.

atlantajoseph · 04-16-2015, 01:41 AM

I haven't watched this one in at least 20 years.... glad I waited for the BD release before revisiting. Looking forward to this one!

KilloWertz · 04-16-2015, 01:58 AM

Haven't ever seen this, but it may end up being yet another buy amongst the fairly loaded July slate.

SexyToad · 04-26-2015, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Very good movie, but what's up with that ridiculously bad artwork from Criterion? It seriously looks like something you'd find on that Perez Hilton site. A rear miss from Criterion in this dept. Their covers are usually works of art.

I think that the artwork is appropriate to the time and feel of the film. The lick is a strange choice, but I like it. Undoubtedly it's far superior to the ridiculous theatrical poster.

pro-bassoonist · 07-16-2015, 09:05 AM

My Beautiful Laundrette Blu-ray REVIEW

Excellent release

The 2K restoration is very good and the Blu-ray represents a massive upgrade in quality over the old MGM disc. The strength of this release, however, is in the extras department. Fantastic interviews. The one with Hanif Kureishi, in particular, is invaluable. Frears also had some excellent comments about Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz, Thatcher's legacy, etc.

An hour of quality supplemental features is always preferable over three hours of random talk.

A must-buy release.

Pro-B

GxyExpress999 · 07-21-2015, 12:21 AM

My BN order arrived a day early.

Namuhana · 07-28-2015, 08:31 PM

I just finished watching My Beautiful Laundrette and I found it really enjoyable. I can see where some people could be turned off by it, though, but I liked how the film touched on several different and still-relevant topics (racial, social, and generational issues in particular). I also thought it was interesting/great that the two central characters are gay, but that doesn't ever really become a problematic issue for the other characters in the film, which is nice to see. The acting ranged from mediocre to great, and I thought both Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke did well. I was also glad to see that this film was kind of the start of Working Title; I find that I usually really like the films produced by Working Title, and My Beautiful Laundrette is no exception.

04-16-2015, 01:16 AM	#1
DaBargainHunta Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Parts Unknown - because I blabbed about Mars! Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:30	Very good movie, but what's up with that ridiculously bad artwork from Criterion? It seriously looks like something you'd find on that Perez Hilton site. A rear miss from Criterion in this dept. Their covers are usually works of art.

04-16-2015, 01:41 AM	#2
atlantajoseph Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Atlanta 4K collection:24 Blu-ray collection:605 DVD collection:291 Digital collection:322 iTunes collection:2 Prime collection:4 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	I haven't watched this one in at least 20 years.... glad I waited for the BD release before revisiting. Looking forward to this one!

04-16-2015, 01:58 AM	#3
KilloWertz Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Columbiana, OH 4K collection:61 Blu-ray collection:1042 DVD collection:65 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:82	Haven't ever seen this, but it may end up being yet another buy amongst the fairly loaded July slate.

07-16-2015, 09:05 AM	#5
pro-bassoonist Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:X Home Theater Gallery:47 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 31 Trading Score:23	My Beautiful Laundrette Blu-ray REVIEW Excellent release The 2K restoration is very good and the Blu-ray represents a massive upgrade in quality over the old MGM disc. The strength of this release, however, is in the extras department. Fantastic interviews. The one with Hanif Kureishi, in particular, is invaluable. Frears also had some excellent comments about Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz, Thatcher's legacy, etc. An hour of quality supplemental features is always preferable over three hours of random talk. A must-buy release. Pro-B

07-21-2015, 12:21 AM	#6
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	My BN order arrived a day early.

07-28-2015, 08:31 PM	#7
Namuhana Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Cincinnati 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:1049 DVD collection:64 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Trading Score:1	I just finished watching My Beautiful Laundrette and I found it really enjoyable. I can see where some people could be turned off by it, though, but I liked how the film touched on several different and still-relevant topics (racial, social, and generational issues in particular). I also thought it was interesting/great that the two central characters are gay, but that doesn't ever really become a problematic issue for the other characters in the film, which is nice to see. The acting ranged from mediocre to great, and I thought both Daniel Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke did well. I was also glad to see that this film was kind of the start of Working Title; I find that I usually really like the films produced by Working Title, and My Beautiful Laundrette is no exception.

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