New Apocalypse Now DVD set this year? (1 Viewer)

[Stephen_J_H]

That's probably because you've never worked as a projectionist. Films are rather routinely butchered these days in the average googolplex. Storaro is simply suggesting a system that would prevent this kind of butchering. Granted, one of the results is that Apocalypse Now will lose some of the sides of the image, but cinematographers routinely compensate for this kind of loss by composing their shots more flexibly. Take any 2.35 or 2.40 film made in the last 10 years or so and you'll notice that the extreme left and right edges are scarcely used, since the cinematographer knows these will be the first to go when the movie hits theatres.

Does this mean I'm justifying Storaro's promotion of Univision? No; it merely means that I can see where he's coming from, based on my own experience.

 

[Elijah Sullivan]

The list price on the new set is $19.99 (expect pre-orders to be something closer to $13.99, which I what I'm paying for it). I highly doubt this is three discs.

I'm bummed about Hearts of Darkness and the lack of 2.35, but considering the price and the fact that I held off purchase knowing this release was in the pipes... I'm ordering it. Happily.

 

[Dave H]

I wonder if the original version is remastered or will look as good as Redux.

 

[Michael Osadciw]

Dave H, the original better be remastered and look as good as the original!

Mike

 

[JayHM]

The DVD Times page got updated with another photo of what's inside, and some additional new info:

Anamorphic Widescreen Transfers
English DD5.1 Surround
English and Spanish subtitles
Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
Watch Apocalypse Now with Francis Ford Coppola
Marlon Brando's complete reading of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men"
Lost "Monkey Sampan" Scene
Additional Scenes: Saigon Streetlife, Military Intelligence Escorts, Intelligence Briefing (two extensions), Willard Meets the PBR Crew, Letter From Mrs. Kurtz, Booby Trap, Do-Lung Bridge “…That Road Is Open”, The Photojournalist, Colby, The Tiger Cages, “Special Forces Knife”
The A/V Club
The Post Production of Apocalypse Now: A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now, The Music of Apocalypse Now, The Sound of Apocalypse Now, The final Mix
A/V Club: The Birth of 5.1 Sound, Ghost Helicopter Flyover, “The Synthesizer Soundtrack” by Bob Moog, Technical FAQ
"PBR Streetgang" Cast Members' Reunion
"Apocalypse Then and Now" Retrospective
The Added Scenes and Expanded Scenes of Apocalypse Now Redux
The Color Pallet of Apocalypse Now

 

[Brett_M]

--No destruction of compound at the end? (I recorded AN off of HBO in the late 80s and watched it all the time -- after the credits, didn't the compound get destroyed?)

--No underground city sequence?


Anyone have insight into these?

 

[WillG]

Yes, but, of course, those concerns are moot when it comes to DVD. In fact considering TV overscan actually works in favor of transferring the films closer to 2.35:1. Doubt it will happen though unless Coppola requests it, which probably won't happen. But since Paramount does not publicize the what the actual ARs are on their DVDs, I guess we won't know for sure until reviews appear or someone in the know confirms it.

 

[oscar_merkx]

Fantastic stuff indeed.

The Post production looks like fun

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

Are the featurettes from the previous releases included in those specs?

 

[AlexNoir]

Where did it say it won't be 2.35?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Did I miss the annnouncement about the AR of this new release? I'm not seeing it anywhere.

 

[Damin J Toell]

That footage appears on the DVD of the original version, along with an explanation of its significance.

DJ

 

[Tim RP]

The postproduction and a/v club sections of this SE have absolutely turned this into a must buy. I hope they're not 5 min bits of fluff and there's a good amount of input from Walter Murch.

 

[WillG]

The Digital Bits has confirmed that the new release will remain cropped to 2.0:1

 

[Peter Neski]

Gee its great that there's a Commentary,its worth it for that

But again its cropped! the worst thing was seeing Redux in a good theatre
in 2.35:1 ,if they re- cropped it why show it in 2.35:1

Storaro is a God to me ,yet his keeps working with sub par directors,and
produced a strange third volume of his art book series which he does
double exposures of stills from his films,Maybe he's finally lost it

The only reason why this cropped version is being brought out again
might be they are too cheap to do a new transfer.That will have to
wait till Blue Ray,

 

[JonZ]

Give me a 3 disc set with Hearts of Darkness, and Id pay $100.

Otherwise,I already have the first version and redux and cant see rebuying it again.

 

[Vincent-P]

Ugh....


*in best Captain Kirk from Star Trek II voice*

STORARO!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vincent_P]

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[Vincent_P]

What are you talking about? They didn't "re-crop" APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, the film shown in theaters was the original 35mm photographed image. Only the video versions are cropped to about 2:1.

Vincent

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

Remember that the film was designed from the outset to be showcased in 70mm -- the sound was a major component of the film, and it was really only available the way they wanted to do it in 70mm.

Yes, they exposed the full 35mm anamorphic frame -- but they surely protected for 70mm.

That said, 2:1 is still a crop from 70mm. Just be sure to demand the right thing -- 2.2:1 would be closer to correct than 2.4:1. In this case, 2.4:1 is akin to opening up a super 35 film to 16x9 because the image data is there on the neg.