Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)

[Bruce Morrison]

Originally Posted by Russell_L

My copy of 'Downfall' arrived today from Amazon UK--amazingly fast, since I received the e-mail notification on Saturday (January 10) that they had shipped it. (Just 2 days from the UK to the west coast of the US!)

Wow - I wish it was that quick in the opposite direction!

Originally Posted by Russell_L

BUT, the director's commentary (in English) on the DVD is absent from the BD, which is REALLY disappointing. Otherwise, the BD appears to have the same supplements as the DVD plus a few others. I just might have to keep the DVD for the director's commentary.....

Yes, I was disappointed about that too. I'll be keeping the Region 1 DVD for the same reason.

Originally Posted by Russell_L

BTW, the DVD states the running time as 155 minutes while the BD says 149 minutes. I strongly suspect this is a misprint taken from the UK DVD accounting for the 4% PAL speedup (which wouldn't apply to the BD), since 155 = 149 x 1.04. The BD does play at 24 fps and I verified that it goes for 155 minutes (through the end credits).

Yes, the documentation on UK BDs often gets this wrong. It seems that many UK-based releasing companies simply don't understand that PAL DVDs have a 4% speed-up, and they just mindlessly replicate the DVD running time on the corresponding BD. Also, have you noticed that the UK Amazon site describes all BDs as "PAL"? That's equally ridiculous - I e-mailed them about that some time ago, but they just ignored it.