MUBI Releases on Blu-ray and DVD

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by chrismansell

I can't speak for anyone else, but I thank you for your sacrifice to the blu-ray gods.

Glad to contribute

I did it once before: bought the US Sony release of Orlando, which unusually was region locked (not a problem for me). Then a bit after that they released an identical version over here, but region B.

Now I have the UHD, I want to get rid of the US disk but of course the UK one is tons cheaper over here and even though the US one is OOP and goes for silly money, no one wants it

[CelestialAgent]

Holy Spider now down to £10.99 on HMV.

However looks like the US Blu-ray has more extras as in addition to the Abbasi/Amirpour Q&A it features:



Q&A with moderator Reza Safai at Laemmle Town Center
Q&A at IFC Center with Ali Abbasi
Interviews with Ali Abbasi, Jacob Jarek, Mehdi Bajestani, Sol Bondy and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Holy Spider now down to £10.99 on HMV.

However looks like the US Blu-ray has more extras as in addition to the Abbasi/Amirpour Q&A it features:



Q&A with moderator Reza Safai at Laemmle Town Center
Q&A at IFC Center with Ali Abbasi
Interviews with Ali Abbasi, Jacob Jarek, Mehdi Bajestani, Sol Bondy and Zar Amir-Ebrahimi

Who released this in the US & is it region free?

[Rutger Lundgren]

I saw Close at a local cinema the other night, and as far as the Blu-ray goes, I think I'm going to skip it. It's very much a film of two halves, and while the first one was wonderful, the focus changes after a key event, and I found what followed to be far less interesting. I felt similarly about Oppenheimer, which I saw a couple of nights prior (although they're two very different films otherwise).

[jacobsever]

Really want a First Cow copy, but with a slip. And judging from all the images on Amazon.co.uk/Rarewaves/eBay...they no longer come with a slip.

[T4ffer]

AFAIK Mubi titles always come in a slip

[Sifox211]

Not long after it came out I saw a copy of First Cow in HMV and it had no slip. I’d just bought the US release too - if the Mubi had had a slip I might have bought it!

[OReillyD36]

I bought First Cow a couple of days ago from Amazon UK and it came with a slip, also in the newer scanavo case opposed to what the stock image showed.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by OReillyD36

I bought First Cow a couple of days ago from Amazon UK and it came with a slip, also in the newer scanavo case opposed to what the stock image showed.

Do we know if it ever came in that sort of case? Would have been around the time MUBI switched over to scanavos and UTSL changed over.

[OReillyD36]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Do we know if it ever came in that sort of case? Would have been around the time MUBI switched over to scanavos and UTSL changed over.

I'm honestly not sure. I know they've since gone back and changed the cases for the first few releases like Border, Under the Silver Lake and Suspiria, which I also ordered recently and all came with slips.

[DAT_JB]

I bought First Cow in November 2021 and it already came in a scanavo case then.

[RossyG]

Putting a slipcover with a front and back identical to the inner sleeve on a Scanavo case has got to be the pointless thing ever.

[Sifox211]

I think what redeems them is the texture on the slipcover, which gives it a nice, quality feel. But otherwise I agree.

[CelestialAgent]

One Fine Morning is barebones, though hopefully it at least has better compression than the US Sony Pictures Classics release.

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

One Fine Morning is barebones, though hopefully it at least has better compression than the US Sony Pictures Classics release.

For a change I‘m very happy to provide you with very positive news.

The MUBI BD is a revelation compared to the SPC.

Fantastic encoding and all-around gorgeous to look at.

Thank you MUBI, this is a real treat of a physical media release. They‘ve really stepped up their game after having some disappointing early BD releases like Suspiria but now they‘ve become beautifully consistent. Aftersun also looks phenomenal. At this point I'm looking forward to all of their coming BDs and hope there’s more to come, maybe even some catalogue titles and more UHDs.

[shy86]

Decision To Leave 4K

Release Date: 23 October

Purchase link

Amazon UK
Rarewaves
HMV
Deff

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by shy86

Decision To Leave 4K

Wow, I've been pondering blind-buying the Blu-Ray for months and now I'm glad I didn't But now the decision is even more difficult - blind buy a UHD? I've liked the director's previous films, but that doesn't necessarily indicate that I'll like this. Maybe I'll rent it on Apple TV first.

[Rutger Lundgren]

Originally Posted by T4ffer

Wow, I've been pondering blind-buying the Blu-Ray for months and now I'm glad I didn't But now the decision is even more difficult - blind buy a UHD? I've liked the director's previous films, but that doesn't necessarily indicate that I'll like this. Maybe I'll rent it on Apple TV first.

It's a good film. In my opinion, it's not one of his best, but also not one of his worst. Renting it first sounds reasonable.

[Yami]

Seems strange that the first back catalogue (if you can call it that) UHD upgrade is of a title they released only 10 months earlier. Why not just release them simultaneously? It would be nice if they went back further and upgraded Annette and Suspiria.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Yami

Seems strange that the first back catalogue (if you can call it that) UHD upgrade is of a title they released only 10 months earlier. Why not just release them simultaneously? It would be nice if they went back further and upgraded Annette and Suspiria.

Seems to be Universal’s modus operandi now too.