Brianruns10
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- Brian Rose
Does anyone else get the feeling that the last year has not been the best for Warner DVD, at least as far as classics go? Roughly a year ago they put out that wonderful Jazz Singer set packed with documentaries and Vitaphone shorts. Yet this years seems to have been lackluster. The much anticipated "Quo Vadis" release seems at best a wash, and at worst downright misleading. Re-releases upon re-releases. New box sets that are nothing more than repackaging of older releases. And all the while, The "Magnficent Ambersons" languishes in DVD purgatory, along with "Greed" and other silent classics, as well as a mountain of early talkies. A few years ago, I believed that Warners was a legitimate threat to Criterion's reign as the top DVD distributor. Now I feel more and more like they're backsliding, or worse still, simply not trying, and instead waiting for the death of DVD so they can re-release everything AGAIN on blu-ray (and repeat it whenever Blu-ray's successor comes along as well).
Hopefully I'm wrong, or over exaggerating. What do you all think?
Best,
BR
Hopefully I'm wrong, or over exaggerating. What do you all think?
Best,
BR