Posts by Gil Jawetz

I know what you mean about not being able to please everyone (although I suppose putting it on one side would have done that) but the sudden cut seems almost like a mistake. It's just not very well handled.

Quote: Hmm, I know you refer to Peter Boyle's ending line in the scene (and Side 1) as "too obvious", but don't you think it at least offers a nice, punctuating "pop" to the end of that first section of the film? ...

Travis Brashear, no need to mail me proof, I was thinking of soemthing else, I guess. It is curious that they split it up (and frankly they didn't do a great job of it) but the extras still make this a must-see disc.

Am I wrong in thinking that the old version was a flipper and did therefore have a side break? And if there has ever been a disc worth upgrading for the extras, this is it. The documentary is brilliant.

The documentary is worth rth double dip alone. I wrote the review over at DVDTalk. The 1972 doco is a revelation.

That's cool. What I saw of the Eureka looked overly sharpened to my eye, but it was certainly better than, say, the old Criterion. I found the new Criterion, however, to be just incredibly beautiful.

Thanks for the comments. Point noted on Technicolor, although I won't edit the review (even though it's standard revisionist style on the internet to change published pieces, I don't believe in it unless there's a serious error, and...

I'd be curious to get Mr. Harris' thoughts on my review of the new transfer of GWTW, since I'm always looking to sharpen my analysis of these DVD releases. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=13219 I've got some screencaps there...

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=13541 This edition is really remarkable. I've read the DVD Beaver comparison that finds some slight cropping in some parts, but the Eureka release without (or with less) cropping doesn't...

You're right. Looking at it with your comments in mind shows that it's bad registration (or, not bad but imperfect).