Recent content by Matt Stieg

Has anyone else besides noticed a curious digital anomaly that occurs during a couple of the shorts in the "Short Films Collection?" It affects at least "The Boat" (both versions), "The Paleface," and "The Blacksmith." During those films, whenever the film cuts from one shot to the next, the...

My UK set arrived yesterday. Took a look at several of the films and watched the whole of The Invisible Man and all I can say is...wow...just wow. These films just look so beautiful it almost brought a tear to my eye. I never, EVER thought I would see Dracula look as rich and vibrant as it...

I find the choice of windowboxing in The Wolf Man to be pretty annoying and questionable given that the previous 2010 Legacy DVD (which was also culled from an HD master no less) was NOT windowboxed. Don't understand why they would feel the need to go back and windowbox a blu-ray release...

Jesus this is frustrating. It seems some markets got a decent amount and other markets got screwed. Here in the Indianapolis area, there's about half a dozen Best Buys and ALL of them sold out day one. Only today did a few more trickle in to SOME of the local stores and AGAIN sold out. On...

Those colors sure would leap off the screen.

Even if we don't get it in 3D, is there a chance we can finally get the film in its proper 1.85:1 aspect ratio?

So what are the origins of the Killiam version and the other public domain versions that floated around for decades. Are they prints of the original silent version?

I agree with the above comment about the audio. The picture quality is what it is and I wasn't terribly disappointed because I wasn't expecting much, and as such I feel it's a worthwhile upgrade over the DVD. But...the 5.1 mix is JUST...PLAIN...AWFUL. The dialogue just sounds so tinny and warbly...

This is some of the best home video news ever.

Mr. Harris, if I may ask what exactly DID you and the techs do? I mean, there definitely IS an audio sync on this blu-ray, but it's certainly not unique and I've seen many other blu-rays and DVDs with similar problems. Like I said in my earlier post, my Pioneer receiver has an audio delay that...

Well, there is most definitely a sync issue. I didn't watch the whole movie last night but I watched a little of the beginning and a little towards the end. The later scenes are definitely a little out of sync (audio slightly ahead of the video). BUT, this is most definitely NOT the first...

I think there were rumors a couple of years ago about both The Agony and the Ecstasy and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines coming out on blu, but they seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps Fox is still working on them.

Brandon, Universal originally released Monty Python's The Meaning of Life on HD-DVD but have yet to release it on blu-ray, and I don't see it on your list.

Kino has the blu-ray on their website with extras listings; the biggie is a complete ALTERNATE version of the film with alternate takes! Wow. I mean, this just seems like big news for the silent film world. Major disappointment imo, however, is the now exclusion of Gaylord Carter's...

Any murmurs of rumblings regarding The Magnificent Ambersons? I really hope we don't have to wait til 2012...