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Franchescanado posted:They’re fine. They’re just a little aesthetically different. None of them are “compromised”, but the original palette for In The Mood For Love is better. Not a deal breaker at all. I knew this existed and couldn't remember where it was so sorry it's a bit late to the discussion. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7325-world-of-wong-kar-wai-director-s-note WKW going into detail about why he made the changes and what he was trying to evoke. Here's the relevant part; After the premiere of Ashes of Time Redux in 2008, some audience members observed that the film looked different from what they remembered. I realized that some of our audience had discovered it on pirated copies and in suboptimal exhibition venues that presented the film in a different light. Still, some preferred the versions that they had watched, because memories are hard to beat. As the saying goes: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” Since the beginning of this process, these words have reminded me to treat these restorations as an opportunity to present new works, from a different vantage point in my career. Having arrived at the end of this process, these words still hold true. I invite the audience to join me in starting afresh, as these are not the same films, and we are no longer the same audience.
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Yeah, it still doesn't really excuse not having all versions of the films on the set, but I enjoy the set nonetheless.
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Jul 18, 2022 19:50
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Arsenic and Old Lace is a ton of fun and worth getting.
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I think WKW is a great director and everything but I don't give a poo poo about a director's take on the visuals of a film outside of the psychology or philosophy...how about getting some feedback from Christopher Doyle on the visual changes? The only good example of this I've seen is David Simon's open letter on using the full gate/open matte for the blu ray release of The Wire, not only for how articulate and genuine he comes across, but also due to the death of Bob Colesberry (you can read that discussion here: https://davidsimon.com/the-wire-hd-with-videos/) Also this maybe-consult-with-the-friggin-DP conversation excludes Storaro because he's lost his goddamn mind trying to crop everything to 2:1 from 2.35. Kick rocks buddy
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Daisies In the Mood for Love 4K Power of the Dog 4K Infernal Affairs Trilogy Malcolm X 4K Great month. I assume it’s only the matrix tint for in the mood for love which is sad
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Escobarbarian posted:Daisies the individual wkw releases will have the original versions of the movies as extras.
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That cover for Malcolm X is atrocious.
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Daisies already had an amazing cover. The new one is nice, but it’s a step down.
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What cover was that? I thought it was only on criterion as part of a boxset before.
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I'm assuming Power of the Dog has a typo, otherwise 2.28:1 is a very specific aspect ratio.
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Escobarbarian posted:What cover was that? I thought it was only on criterion as part of a boxset before. 
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Cemetry Gator posted:I'm assuming Power of the Dog has a typo, otherwise 2.28:1 is a very specific aspect ratio. We live in a post-aspect ratio world so I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to go with something splitting the difference between 2.20 and 2.35/2.40.
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Aug 17, 2022 17:27
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Never seen that one. It’s pretty cool. I love this one: 
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Gripweed posted:the individual wkw releases will have the original versions of the movies as extras. drat, I might have to double dip in future. And I just got the wkw set in the last sale.
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Gripweed posted:the individual wkw releases will have the original versions of the movies as extras. i don't see anything about this listed on the criterion page
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I still feel buyer's anxiety towards Criterion blu-rays now. I wish they'd just make every new release have a 4k option now. I don't want to buy Daisies and then re-buy it in two years when it gets a 4k release. I get maybe not releasing the trilogies and box sets as 4ks, cuz it'll be expensive, but are they really saving money by doing a 4k restoration on a film and then putting it on a blu-ray disc instead of UHD?
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Parallax posted:i don't see anything about this listed on the criterion page oh yeah I didn't see it anywhere either, I just said it
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Lotta Tony Leung, to which I can only say "Good."
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Gripweed posted:oh yeah I didn't see it anywhere either, I just said it My uncle works at Criterion and he says their first 8k release in 2035 is going to be Fishing with John
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Aug 17, 2022 21:05
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8k Freddy Got Fingered when
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He misspoke, it is the coffee. Criterion is doing coffee now.
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Criterion Collection: Michael J. Anderson's dialogue track was accidentally reversed
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Egbert Souse posted:Someone revealed a bunch of titles coming from Criterion before deleting their account. Turns out two of the titles were among the March releases ("4K Scorsese" and Le cercle rouge in 4K), so I think it's safe to expect these as likely... I think this is the controversial 4K: https://twitter.com/Criterion/status/1567899052334874625
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Oof, that movie hasn't aged well.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Oof, that movie hasn't aged well. I don't care what people say, Jeff Garlin is still a hero to me.
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Hope the WALL-E deal gets them access to things I actually care about
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Disney doesn’t seem to give much of a poo poo about physical media anymore, so I’m extremely all for Criterion getting a shot to dig around in the vaults. Film Twitter won’t be happy about it, but gently caress those losers.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Oof, that movie hasn't aged well. Wal-E? How not?
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Looking at the specs of the Blu-ray and existing UHD, looks like Criterion is adding... - Likely BD-100 over Disney's BD-66 - Dolby Vision and HDR10+ (HDR10 on Disney's UHD) - Lossless stereo track (Blu is 5.1, UHD has Atmos and 5.1) - Second commentary (Blu only had the Andrew Stanton one) - New influences piece - Stanton's student film A Story - New piece with Stanton and Jim Reardon - Trailers - Essay/booklet Seems to be missing the Presto short film, but I bet that'll be added at some point. Huge deal since I can see Toy Story, Ratatouille, and Up getting releases. Hopefully, this opens the door to mainline Disney stuff. I can totally see them doing Snow White and Fantasia now.
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Gripweed posted:Wal-E? How not? The whole thing about fat people is pretty oof.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The whole thing about fat people is pretty oof. oh lol nah people got mad about that back then too.
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If nothing else, it’ll certainly sell. Can’t wait for My 4K Criterion Edition of Cars 2.
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Tired: Wall-E is fatphobic Wired: Wall-E cynically employs gender essentialism to tell a story that is superficially anti-capitalist but actually reifies the cultural norms of consumption and exploitation that will lead to environmental collapse, advocating that the proletariat servitors of globalized capitalism embrace the nuclear family model to better continue the capitalist mode of production and reject sexless, sterile communism. I kid, Wall-E is a great film.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Hope the WALL-E deal gets them access to things I actually care about I'd like to see if some of Hayao Miyazaki's films could make it into the Criterion. Doesn't Disney still own the publishing rights to most of his work?
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Macrame_God posted:I'd like to see if some of Hayao Miyazaki's films could make it into the Criterion. Doesn't Disney still own the publishing rights to most of his work? I think Shout has them all.
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