Amores perros (2000) - December 15, 2020

[DanTheMan]

Damn. Still haven’t watched my blu-ray that I bought a few years back. Might as well sell that one off and grab this new Criterion.

Love me some Iñárritu!

[UnbelievableMontages]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Damn. Still haven’t watched my blu-ray that I bought a few years back. Might as well sell that one off and grab this new Criterion.

Love me some Iñárritu!

You should, the Criterion is going to be a new 4K restoration.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Damn. Still haven’t watched my blu-ray that I bought a few years back. Might as well sell that one off and grab this new Criterion.

Love me some Iñárritu!

The commentary and deleted scenes don’t appear to be carried over

[Leonidas King]

Glad to never have picked up the regular Blu. This is one of the director's best.

[bsend]

How graphic is the dog fighting and is it all real?

[BluCollector13]

Originally Posted by bsend

How graphic is the dog fighting and is it all real?

Very and the fights are simulated.

[A Tortured Duckling]

Originally Posted by bsend

How graphic is the dog fighting and is it all real?

It's pretty graphic but none of it is real. Iñárritu stated that the dogs were playing with each other the entire time. The way it's shot does make it seem like they're actually fighting, though. There is quite a bit of human on dog violence as well, in case that bothers you.

[Rizor]

Interesting to note the extras don't list the involvement of writer Guillermo Arriaga who wrote Iñárritu's first three films, but had a falling out with the director during the making of Babel. I see the commentary they did together has been dropped. Oh, the drama!

[Pvtjoker87]

Is the artwork supposed to be an Aztec dog sculpture?

[DAT_JB]

I have the German Bluray from SC which comes in a nice little slip-case.

Would only get the Criterion if it has a new and better master. I think the SC is pretty good already.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

The commentary and deleted scenes don’t appear to be carried over

As somebody who doesn't have the old disc, I'm curious, how do they do a subtitled commentary track on a subtitled film? Can players play multiple subtitle tracks simultaneously?

[Mr. Chaverria]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

As somebody who doesn't have the old disc, I'm curious, how do they do a subtitled commentary track on a subtitled film? Can players play multiple subtitle tracks simultaneously?

The actual film dialogue isn't subtitled when the commentary is playing because the subtitle track is subtitling the commentary, not the actual film.

[thatguamguy]

I feel like that would probably really bug me, so I probably wouldn't watch the commentary, and yet I still want them to include it.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

As somebody who doesn't have the old disc, I'm curious, how do they do a subtitled commentary track on a subtitled film? Can players play multiple subtitle tracks simultaneously?

This happened with the Volver DVD commentary, and there’s subtitled commentaries for Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Total Recall. The benefit of this is rather than get distracted and do something else while the commentary plays, you can really pay attention and take in the choreography and cinematography. If you don’t get too bored! Although I always turn commentary subtitles on if available anyway.

[MifuneFan]

Since I'm listening to the commentary after a repeat viewing of the film, the movie's dialogue sort of takes a backseat to what's being discussed on the track. Like, even with a non-foreign film, you're going to miss some of the movie's dialogue with a commentary track, but you have an idea of what's going on because you've seen the film already.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

This happened with the Volver DVD commentary, and there’s subtitled commentaries for Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Total Recall. The benefit of this is rather than get distracted and do something else while the commentary plays, you can really pay attention and take in the choreography and cinematography. If you don’t get too bored! Although I always turn commentary subtitles on if available anyway.

I don't remember there being a commentary on "Total Recall". There was a neat audio descriptive track featuring Schwarzenegger . Plus, I usually put a commentary on as a background track and I'm not really "watching" the film.

[Ernest Rister]

I saw this movie a decade ago, really looking forward to the Criterion release. The film is terrific. Haven't seen it recently, really looking forward to it.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I don't remember there being a commentary on "Total Recall". There was a neat audio descriptive track featuring Schwarzenegger . Plus, I usually put a commentary on as a background track and I'm not really "watching" the film.

On the German interface of StudioCanal’s disc:

Audio commentary by director of photography Jost Vacano and Marko Kregel

[fuzzymctiger]

God I hate this artwork so much, it looks like the film is Inarritu by a director named Amores Perros.

The artwork underneath it is fine but for gods sake if you're going to put such prominance on the director's name, put his full name.

Could you imagine a Criterion Barry Lyndon cover that had Barry Lyndon in smaller text and then prominently in the middle "A film by KUBRICK"

[Namuhana]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

God I hate this artwork so much, it looks like the film is Inarritu by a director named Amores Perros.

The artwork underneath it is fine but for gods sake if you're going to put such prominance on the director's name, put his full name.

I don't know about you, but most people read top to bottom. "Amores perros a film by Iñárritu" makes sense. It might not be the most pleasing design, but it reads how it should. And Iñárritu is pretty well-known by now. You know, with winning Oscars for Birdman and The Revenant. He's the only Iñárritu I know and probably the only one most Americans know too. He likely won't be confused with someone else.

Could you imagine a Criterion Barry Lyndon cover that had Barry Lyndon in smaller text and then prominently in the middle "A film by KUBRICK"

Yes, I can imagine it. Also Alejandro González Iñárritu is significantly longer than Stanley Kubrick. Unless you want his name to be illegible on the cover, just Iñárritu works just fine and goes with the design.