Ask questions to Blu-ray Producer and Filmmaker Charles de Lauzirika

[iceman]

This thread is dedicated to asking questions of industry insider Charles de Lauzirika (Blu-ray Producer and Filmmaker) who has graciously taken the time to participate here. Charles de Lauzirika and all our insiders do this out of their free time and to try to keep us informed to their best abilities, and therefore are to be treated with respect and courtesy.

Before asking a question, please skim at least the last weeks worth of posts in order to make sure that the question hasn't already been asked or answered. Using the search function is also always a good idea. Please conduct your inquiries in a professional manner and avoid asking "chicken little" questions or asking when unannounced titles will come out.

Charles de Lauzirika - Blu-ray Producer and Filmmaker - Track posts

Wikipedia profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Lauzirika
IMDB profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361273/

[Batman1980]

Wow somebody who's worked with Ridley Scott a lot over the years, a pleasure and an honor to welcome you to the forums.

[abintra]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

a pleasure and an honor to welcome you to the forums.

Indeed. Thanks for sharing your time and thoughts.

Speaking of which. Congratulations on, what I think, is your first upcoming feature. Anything you care to share about that process, and working with Ron Perlman, would probably make for an interesting read.

[Nick Graham]

Thanks for joining us! If you can say one way or the other, what are the odds the Blu version of the Alien Quadrilogy will have the original, uncut docs on Alien 3 that had to be edited for the DVD release?

[sharkshark]

ah, excellent... have enjoyed many of your discs for years.

A few general questions (fearing that talking about specifics or future releases will get us little):

- what are some of your previous releases that you feel may have been overlooked during the DVD period, that you would like to see either re-purposed or revamped for Blu?

- can you point to any titles from your colleagues that you particularly respect, in a "man, I wish I'd have done that" sort of way?

finally,

- what would you say is the state of BD "extras" production, compared to the same state for Standard Definition releases.

I fear that we've already seen the nadir in truly compelling additional materials (and the corresponding funding to create them), and we may see less effort from the prime title releases in the future. Curious what your thoughts are on this, if you are able to comment.

cheers, and if I may do so, welcome to BD.com!

[Monkey]

Wow, this is an awesome surprise!!! Welcome Absolutely adore your work.

I hope many of your offerings make it to blu. I really want The Cell, one of my favorite movies. Legend would be awesome as well!