171 Contempt
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(Edit: WTF was I thinking?)
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Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere but in an email from Mulvaney, Criterion has lost the rights to the Blu ray version of this film. I just had to buy it again after being without it since they first announced a Blu Ray version.
- aox
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thanks. I was coincidentally going to put my sd copy online for sale tonight.
this is terrible news.
this is terrible news.
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Second Criterion blu-ray strikeout. This is a sad day for home cinema enthusiasts.
- Telstar
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Lovely. I sold my copy the day I heard the blu-ray announced.
- The Fanciful Norwegian
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On the upside, Canal have announced a Dutch BD release for September 3rd, so it's coming out somewhere. No specs yet, though.
- Cinephrenic
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I wouldn't be surprised if Criterion will have page on Amazon asking which DVDs to strikeout from being released on Blu-ray.
- domino harvey
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You guys are going to have to do a lot of voting to negate all my votes for Fishing With John in the first poll
- LightBulbFilm
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I am also one who thinks Criterion needs to give the show a second look and update the DVD.domino harvey wrote:You guys are going to have to do a lot of voting to negate all my votes for Fishing With John in the first poll
- psufootball07
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- FerdinandGriffon
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This is such a pain. I force myself to put off buying the DVD because I know the Blu-ray's coming, then as soon as they announce that they've lost the rights to the Blu the DVD goes OOP too. There've been some very important and I assume lucrative properties Criterion has been losing their grip on recently (Contempt, Ran). I wonder why they've been dropping the ball.psufootball07 wrote:Out of Print according to the CC website.
- Napier
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They are not dropping the ball, shit happens and rights to put films on DVD get revoked. This is also old news.FerdinandGriffon wrote:I wonder why they've been dropping the ball.
- kaujot
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If I remember right, it's a Studio Canal license, so hopefully they can get the rights back relatively quickly, a la the Clouzots.
- aox
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Blu Ray.com weighs in on the new Optimum blu release... not great, but not spectacular.
- brendanjc
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Blu-ray coming to the US on 2/16/10 from Lionsgate.
“Contempt” bonus materials include an introduction by British film producer and Godard expert Colin MacCabe, a “making-of” documentary “One Upon a Time There Was…Contempt,” a documentary on Godard’s legacy in film “Contempt…Tenderly,” a discussion between Godard and director Fritz Lang “The Dinosaur and the Baby,” the theatrical trailer, BD-Live and a 20-page collectible booklet.
- knives
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Rewatching this and I have to admit that when Lang first comes on screen it turned me into a grinning idiot. The film is somehow even better than I remember even if the DVD is shit when it comes to subs. At first I couldn't tell Palance was talking because they hate the deaf. Probably more a sign I need to watch this one more often though.
- Tom Hagen
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The theatre rehearsal scene in Contempt would be a nightmare to explain to the deaf.
- The Elegant Dandy Fop
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That's probably the budget of his last two features combined.
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And its just the script, on the screen its pictures...
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^^An improvement on the initial SC Collection disaster to come, even if not from Criterion?
^^An improvement on the initial SC Collection disaster to come, even if not from Criterion?
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"Disaster", really? I haven't opened mine yet, but the Blu-ray.com review only reported "minor inconsistencies" (and even those resulting from the condition of the unrestored elements).
- RossyG
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To my untutored eye the Studio Canal BD looked fine. A handful of scenes are of slightly lesser quality, but that's explained in the set: they came from an inferior source.
So there's room for improvement, but I don't consider it a disaster at all. In fact, I'd give the whole disc a solid 4 out of 5.
So there's room for improvement, but I don't consider it a disaster at all. In fact, I'd give the whole disc a solid 4 out of 5.
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By inferior source, you mean shots like these?
Also, what's the deal with these two stills I always see, which make no appearance in the actual film:
Also, what's the deal with these two stills I always see, which make no appearance in the actual film: