Cees Alons

Surely film-preservationist Robert Harris wrote something I didn't fully agree with, in one of his A few words about...™ contributions on this forum about new DVD releases, but I really can't remember when (to quote the Man in Black).

The above line does not imply that Robert Harris is one of those people I tend to either fully agree or fully disagree with. The truth is: most of us, and I certainly included, simply don't know so much about his subjects that we know if we agree or not. We learn from his observations and technical knowledge as he posts on both, the Digital Bits and the HTF. And we gladly enjoy his expertise.

(And to get to know a bit more about Robert Harris, please follow the links in my post #20 below.)

So, to make his series of first impressions of new DVD releases even more accessible, I gathered the links to those threads together. And I will try to continue to do so.
Here they are, newest on top!


Cees



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A few words about...™ Heathers -- in Blu-ray 11/6/08
A few words about...™ Planet of the Apes -- in Blu-ray 11/2/08
A few words about...™ Body Heat -- in Blu-ray 11/2/08

A few words about...™ The Budd Boetticher Collection 10/31/08
A few words about...™ Quo Vadis 10/28/08
A few words about...™ The 7th Voyage of Sinbad -- in Blu-ray 10/24/08
A few words about...™ Baraka -- in Blu-ray 10/23/08
A few words about...™ Thunderball - in Blu-ray 10/21/08
A few words about...™ From Russia with Love -- in Blu-ray 10/20/08
A few words about...™ Sleeping Beauty -- in Blu-ray 10/20/08
A few words about...™ Dr. No - in Blu-ray 10/17/08
A few words about...™ Carrie -- in Blu-ray 10/12/08
A few words about...™ Romancing the Stone & Jewel of the Nile -- in Blu-ray 10/12/08

A few words about...™ Grey's Anatomy -- in Blu-ray 10/11/08
A few words about...™ The Sixth Sense -- in Blu-ray 10/1/08
A few words about...™ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - in Blu-ray 9/29/08
A few words about...™ L.A. Confidential -- in Blu-ray 9/28/08
A few words about...™ American Gangster -- in Blu-ray 9/28/08
A few words about...™ Casino -- in Blu-ray 9/28/08
A few words about...™ Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles - in Blu-ray 9/17/08
A few words about...™ Leatherheads -- in Blu-ray 9/14/08
A few words about...™ Iron Man -- in Blu-ray 9/12/08
A few words about...™ Dragonwyck 9/10/08

A few words about...™ Lonesome Dove -- in Blu-ray 9/9/08
A few words about...™ How the West Was Won -- in Blu-ray 9/5/08
A few words about...™ The Earrings of Madame de... 8/30/08
A few words about...™ Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2 -- in Blu-ray 8/30/08
A few words about...™ The Adventures of Robin Hood -- in Blu-ray 8/29/08
A few words about...™ U-571 -- in Blu-ray 8/17/08
A few words about...™ The Perfect Storm -- in Blu-ray 8/17/08
A few words about...™ Transformers -- in Blu-ray 8/16/08
A few words about...™ End of Days -- in Blu-ray 8/15/08
A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray 8/9/08

A few words about...™ Kiss of the Spider Woman -- in Blu-ray 8/8/08
A few words about...™ Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus -- in Blu-ray 8/8/08
A few words about...™ Tyrone Power / Matinee Idol Collection 7/30/08
A few words about...™ The Mummy Returns -- in Blu-ray 7/29/08
A few words about...™ The Carmen Miranda Collection 7/27/08
A few words about...™ Shine a Light -- in Blu-Ray 7/25/08
A few words about...™ Doomsday -- in Blu-ray 7/17/08
A few words about...™ The Lost Boys -- in Blu-ray 7/15/08
A few words about...™ The Mummy (1999) -- in Blu-ray 7/9/08
A few words about...™ Batman Begins -- in Blu-ray 7/5/08

"The eager gaze of the uninitiated" 7/5/08

A few words about...™ Dirty Harry & The Dead Pool -- in Blu-Ray 6/30/08
A few words about...™ Men in Black -- in Blu-ray 6/27/08
A few words about...™ Gangs of New York -- in Blu-ray 6/21/08
A few words about...™ The Spiderwick Chronicles -- in Blu-ray 6/18/08
A few words about...™ There Will Be Blood -- in Blu-Ray 6/16/08
A few words about...™ The Professionals -- in Blu-Ray 6/12/08

A few words about...™ Natural Born Killers -- in Blu-Ray 6/10/08
A few words about...™ A Bridge Too Far -- in Blu-Ray 6/7/08
A few words about...™ Patton -- in Blu-Ray 5/29/08
A few words about...™ The Longest Day -- in Blu-Ray 5/25/08
A few words about...™ The Sand Pebbles -- in Blu-Ray 5/25/08
A few words about...™ Battle of Britain -- in Blu-Ray 5/24/08
A few words about...™ National Treasure(s) -- in Blu-Ray 5/16/08
A few words about...™ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- in Blu-Ray 5/11/08
A few words about...™ Master and Commander -- in Blu-Ray 5/11/08
A few words about...™ Before the Devil Knows You're Dead -- in Blu-Ray 5/8/08

A few words about...™ Independence Day -- in Blu-Ray 5/4/08
A few words about...™ The Fall of the Roman Empire 4/29/08
A few words about...™ Juno -- in Blu-Ray 4/28/08
A few words about...™ Fox Western Classics 4/26/08
A few words about...™ A Passage to India -- in Blu-Ray 4/15/08
A few words about...™ Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory - Volume 3 4/4/08
A few words about...™ Bonnie and Clyde -- in Blu-Ray 3/16/08
A few words about...™ Lubitsch Musicals 3/15/08
A few words about...™ The Rookie -- in Blu-Ray 3/8/08
A few words about...™ Beowulf -- in HD 2/23/08

A few words about...™ Becoming Jane -- in Blu-Ray 2/21/08
A few words about...™ Gone Baby Gone -- in BD 2/18/08
A few words about...™ El Cid 1/30/08
A few words about...™ Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows 1/18/08
A few words about...™ Fox Horror Classics 1/10/08
A few words about...™ Lost -- in BD 1/7/08
A few words about...™ The Rock in BD 1/7/08
A few words about...™ A Room with a View -- in HD & BD 1/6/08
A few words about...™ CE3K -- in BD 1/6/08
A few words about...™ Pan's Labyrinth 1/6/08

The RAH finest classic and catalog high definition releases of 2007 1/1/08

A few words about...™ That's Entertainment: The Complete Collection -- in BD & HD 12/21/07

A few words about...™ The Bourne Ultimatum -- in HD 12/17/07
A few words about...™ Blade Runner -- in HD & BD 12/17/07
A few words about...™ Golden Boy 11/5/07
A few words about...™ The Invisible -- in BD 10/27/07
A few words about...™ From Hell -- in BD 10/26/07
A few words about...™ 2001: A Space Odyssey -- in BD & HD 10/25/07
A few words about...™ Transformers -- in HD 10/20/07
A few words about...™ The Wild Bunch -- in BD & HD 10/11/07
A few words about...™ The Jazz Singer -- in Vitaphone audio 10/10/07
A few words about...™ The Reaping -- in BD & HD 10/7/07

A few words about...™ Bram Stoker's Dracula -- in BD 10/2/07
A few words about...™ The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection 9/25/07
A few words about...™ Elizabeth -- in HD 9/23/07
A few words about...™ Knocked Up -- in HD 9/23/07
A few words about...™ The Valentino Collection 9/18/07
A few words about...™ Top Gun -- in HD 9/18/07
A few words about...™ Halloween -- in BD 9/18/07
A few words about...™ Hot Fuzz -- in HD 9/10/07
A few words about...™ Next... -- in HD 9/8/07
A few words about...™ Flashdance 9/5/07

Film restoration and preservation in the near future 9/1/07

A few words about...™ Deliverance -- in BD & HD 8/24/07
A few words about...™ What Dreams May Come -- in HD 8/23/07
A few words about...™ Dexter 8/20/07
A few words about...™ Disturbia -- in HD & BD 8/17/07
A few words about...™ Sea of Love -- in HD 8/5/07
A few words about...™ Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2 7/29/07
A few words about...™ Black Snake Moan -- in HD & BD 7/28/07

A few words about...™ 300 -- in HD & BD 7/27/07
A few words about...™ The Host -- in BD 7/26/07
A few words about...™ Scent of a Woman... -- in HD 7/25/07
A few words about...™ The Untouchables -- in HD & BD 7/24/07
A few words about...™ The Patriot -- in BD 7/15/07
A few words about...™ Performance 7/8/07
A few words about...™ The Panic in Needle Park 6/26/07
A few words about...™ Seven Years in Tibet -- in BD 6/26/07
A few words about...™ Music & Lyrics -- in BD & HD 6/21/07
A few words about...™ Can-Can 6/19/07

A few words about...™ Lucky # Slevin... -- in HD 6/19/07
A few words about...™ Pirates of the Caribbean -- in BD 5/25/07
A few words about...™ Apocalypto -- in BD 5/25/07
A few words about...™ Eternal Sunshine... -- in HD 5/20/07
A few words about...™ The Queen -- in BD 5/19/07
A few words about...™ The Tyrone Power Collection 5/10/07
A few words about...™ To Catch a Thief 5/8/07
A few words about...™ Dreamgirls -- in HD & BD 5/5/07
A few words about...™ Planet Earth -- in HD & BD 5/1/07
A few words about...™ King Arthur -- in BD 4/29/07

A few words about...™ Dog Day Afternoon -- in HD & BD 4/15/07
A few words about...™ Payback: Director's Cut -- in HD & BD 4/14/07
A few words about...™ A Man for All Seasons 4/9/07
A few words about...™ Disney's Peter Pan 4/5/07
A few words about...™ Casino Royale -- in BD 3/31/07
A few words about...™ Finding Neverland -- in BD 3/27/07
A few words about...™ Happy Feet -- in HD & BD 3/27/07
A few words about...™ The Errol Flynn Signature Collection - Volume 2 3/23/07
A few words about...™ The Thing -- in HD 3/17/07
A few words about...™ The Usual Suspects -- in BD 3/15/07

A few words about...™ Babel -- in BD & HD 3/4/07
A few words about...™ Flyboys -- in BD 3/3/07
A few words about...™ Phone Booth -- in BD 3/2/07
A few words about...™ "Bullitt" -- in HD 3/1/07
A few words about...™ The Departed -- in HD 2/25/07
A few words about...™ The Devil Wears Prada -- in BD 2/25/07
A few words about...™ Chicago -- in BD 2/18/07
A few words about...™ The Sting -- in HD 2/15/07
A few words about...™ Black Rain -- in HD 1/9/0
A few words about...™ The Sopranos -- in BD & HD 1/4/07

A few words about...™ Hulk -- in HD 1/2/07
A few words about...™ Forbidden Planet -- in HD 1/2/07
A few words about...™ The Breakfast Club -- in HD 12/27/06
A few words about...™ The Scorpion King -- in HD 12/25/06
A few words about...™ Pearl Harbor -- in BD 12/23/06
A few words about...™ The Deer Hunter -- in HD 12/21/06
A few words about...™ Kingdom of Heaven -- in BD 12/21/06
A few words about...™ Lady in the Water -- in HD 12/20/06
A few words about...™ Casino -- in HD 12/20/06
A few words about...™ Field of Dreams -- in HD 12/20/06

A few words about...™ The Matador -- in HD 12/17/06
A few words about...™ Reds -- in HD 12/10/06
A few words about...™ Rocky -- in BD 12/9/06
A few words about...™ The Premiere Frank Capra Collection 12/8/06
A few words about...™ Superman Returns -- in HD-DVD 11/29/2006
A few words about...™ Speed -- in BD 11/26/2006
A few words about...™ Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection 11/24/2006
A few words about...™ X-Men: The Last Stand -- in BD 11/23/2006
A few words about...™ Waterworld -- in HD 11/19/2006
A few words about...™ The Wild -- in Blu-Ray DVD 11/18/06

A few words about...™ Space Cowboys -- in BD-DVD 11/13/06
A few words about...™ M:I:III & Reds -- in HD-DVD 11/12/06
A few words about...™ King Kong -- in HD-DVD 11/11/2006
A few words about...™ Mutiny on the Bounty -- in HD-DVD 11/9/2006
A few words about...™ Casablanca -- in HD-DVD 11/8/2006
A few words about...™ Astaire and Rogers - Partners in Rhythm 10/20/2006
A few words about...™ Astaire / Rogers II packaging 10/20/2006
A few words about...™ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift -- in HD-DVD 10/19/2006
A few words about...™ The Interpreter -- in HD-DVD 10/18/2006
A few words about...™ 12 Monkeys -- in HD-DVD 10/17/2006

A few words about...™ Grease 10/16/2006
A few words about...™ Fast Times at Ridgemont High -- in HD-DVD 10/16/2006
A few words about...™ Batman Begins -- in HD-DVD 10/6/2006
A few words about...™ Backdraft -- in HD-DVD 10/4/2006
A few words about...™ Red Dragon -- in HD-DVD 10/4/2006
A few words about...™ The The Adventures of Robin Hood -- in HD-DVD 9/28/2006
A few words about...™ The Dirty Dozen -- in HD-DVD 9/24/2006
A few words about...™ Grand Prix -- in HD-DVD 9/21/2006
A few words about...™ The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Revised 2006 Edition) 9/16/2006
A few words about...™ Phantom 9/14/2006

A few words about...™ Spy Game -- in HD-DVD 9/11/2006
A few words about...™ The Bone Collector -- in HD-DVD 9/5/2006
A few words about...™ 14 Hours 8/29/2006
A few words about...™ Inside Man -- in Standard Definition 8/26/2006
A few words about...™ Broken Saints 8/25/2006
A few words about...™ The Manchurian Candidate in HD-DVD 8/24/2006
A few words about...™ good night, and good luck -- in HD-DVD 8/24/2006
A few words about...™ The Searchers -- in High Definition 8/22/2006
A few words about...™ Aeon Flux -- in High Definition 8/17/2006
A few words about...™ Double Indemnity 8/15/2006

A few words about...™ Steamboat 'Round the Bend 8/12/2006
A few words about...™ Animal House -- in High Definition 8/11/2006
A few words about...™ Ray -- in High Definition 8/11/2006
A few words about...™ We Were Soldiers -- in High Definition 8/10/2006
A few words about...™ Pitch Black -- in High Definition 7/30/2006
A few words about...™ Lara Croft Tomb Raider -- in High Definition 7/30/2006
A few words about... Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales 7/28/2006
A few words about... Sky Captain -- in High Definition 7/27/2006
A few words about... Sahara -- in High Definition 7/27/2006
A few words about... Sleepy Hollow -- in High Definition 7/25/2006

A few words about... Amazing Stories - The First Season 7/24/2006
A few words about... Grand Prix -- in Standard Definition 7/24/2006
A few words about... The Greatest Game Ever Played 7/21/2006
A few words about... Enter the Dragon -- in High Definition 7/21/2006
A few words about... The Chaplin Mutual Comedies 7/17/2006
A few words about... Stalingrad 7/10/2006
A few words about... Syriana -- in High Definition 7/1/2006
A few words about... 16 Blocks -- in High Definition 6/30/2006
A few words about... A Canterbury Tale 6/30/2006
A few words about... Lethal Weapon -- in High Definition 6/25/2006

A few words about... Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- in High Definition 6/23/2006
A few words about... Dancing Lady 6/21/2006
A few words about... Tough Guys Collection 6/19/2006
A few words about... Assault on Precinct 13 -- in High Definition 6/8/2006
A few words about... The Bourne Supremacy -- in High Definition 6/8/2006
A few words about... The Perfect Storm -- in High Definition 6/8/2006
A few words about... The Betty Grable Collection - Volume One 6/7/2006
A few words about... Charlie Chan Collection - Volume One 6/7/2006
A few words about... Van Helsing -- in High Definition 6/4/2006
A few words about... John Wayne: An American Icon -- in Stardard Definition 6/1/2006

A few words about... The Cecil B. DeMille Collection -- in Stardard Definition 6/1/2006
A few words about... Fort Apache -- in stardard definition 5/30/2006
A few words about... The Searchers -- in Stardard Definition 5/24/2006
A few words about... Kingdom of Heaven - The Director's Cut 5/21/2006
A few words about... The Fugitive -- in High Definition 5/21/2006
A few words about... Blazing Saddles -- in High Definition 5/21/2006
A few words about... Enemy of the State 5/15/2006
A few words about... Goodfellas -- In High Definition 5/14/2006
A few words about... Full Metal Jacket -- In High Definition 5/11/2006
A few words about... Unforgiven -- In High Definition 5/11/2006

Coming from Warner Home Video... in High Definition 5/8/2006

A few words about... Million Dollar Baby -- In High Definition 5/7/2006
A few words about... No Way Out 5/5/2006

A few words about... The Apollo 13 -- In High Definition 4/29/2006
A few words about... The Phantom of the Opera -- In High Definition 4/22/2006
A few words about... The Sci-Fi Boys 4/3/2006
A few words about... Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory 4/1/2006
A few words about... King Kong 3/29/2006
A few words about... The Nun's Story 3/28/2006
A few words about... The Mel Brooks Collection 3/24/2006
A few words about... Mr. Arkadin 3/23/2006
A few words about... Marlene Dietrich - The Glamour Collection 3/16/2006
A few words about... The Busby Berkeley Collection 3/15/2006

A few words about... Walk the Line 3/8/2006
A few words about... {Proof} 2/25/2006
A few words about... The Cary Grant Box Set 2/17/2006
A few words about... Disney's Lady and the Tramp 2/14/2006
A few words about... Fox's "Marquee Musicals" 2/9/2006
A few words about... Breakfast at Tiffany's 2/8/2006
A few words about... Ryan's Daughter 2/1/2006
A few words about... Flightplan 1/24/2006
A few words about... The Wild Bunch 1/19/2006
A few words about... The Dark Corner 12/1/2005

A few words about... Mighty Joe Young 11/18/2005
A few words about... The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection 11/15/2005
A few words about... The "Spider Pit" 11/14/2005
A few words about... King Kong 11/14/2005
A few words about... Two for the Road 10/31/2005
A few words about... Oklahoma! 10/28/2005
A few words about... The Sound of Music 10/28/2005
A few words about... Titanic 10/21/2005
A few words about... Kingdom of Heaven 10/18/2005
A few words about... Detective Story 10/13/2005

A few words about... Ken Burns American Lives 10/12/2005
A few words about... Lifeboat 10/11/2005
A few words about... the image and audio restoration of "Vertigo" and DVD 10/08/2005
A few words about... James Dean Forever Young 10/08/2005
A few words about... Batman Begins 10/07/2005
A few words about... The Wizard of Oz 10/07/2005
A few words about... The Interpreter 10/06/2005
A few words about... Hondo & "McLintock!" 9/29/2005
A few words about... Lost 9/29/2005
A few words about... The Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection 9/27/2005

A few words about... Ben-Hur 9/15/2005
A few words about... Fox's September vault titles 9/14/2005
A few words about... Somewhere in the Night & Whirlpool 9/9/2005
A few words about... The Sting 9/7/2005
A few words about... To Kill a Mockingbird 9/7/2005
A few words about... 1941 9/4/2005
A few words about... Garbo - The Signature Collection 8/30/2005
A few words about... Hotel & Brown Bunny 8/29/2005
A few words about... Toy Story Redux 8/25/2005
A few words about... The Bela Lugosi Collection 8/25/2005

A few words about... The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 8/21/2005
A few words about... The Incredible Mr. Bass 8/19/2005
A few words about... Sin City 8/12/2005
A few words about... Astaire & Rogers Collection I 8/4/2005
A few words about... The High and the Mighty 7/15/2005
A few words about... Universal's June releases 6/20/2005
A few words about... Prime Cut 6/1/2005
A few words about... Tom Horn 5/27/2005
A few words about... Nightmare Alley 5/12/2005
A few words about... The Controversial Classics 4/29/2005

A few words about... Battle of the Bulge 4/28/2005
A few words about... National Treasure 4/23/2005
A few words about... More 4/18/2005
A few words about... The Professionals 4/18/2005
A few words about... Ms. Day... 4/18/2005
A few words about... I Love Lucy 4/14/2005
A few words about... The Sea Hawk (1940) 4/10/2005
A few words about... Dodge City 4/8/2005
A few words about... Suspect Zero 3/27/2005
A few words about... Walt Disney's Bambi... 2/11/2005

A few words about... On a Clear Day... 2/7/2005
A few words about... The Life of Emile Zola 2/5/2005
A few words about... The Broadway Melody 2/3/2005
A few words about... Hester Street 1/23/05
A few words about... Warner Brothers Pictures Gangsters Collection 1/21/05
A few words about... Unforgivable Blackness 1/18/05
A few words about... Sky Captain 1/14/05
A few words about... Mean Creek 1/12/05
A few words about... Mary Poppins 12/1/04
A few words about... Hell's Angels 12/1/04

A few words about... Gone with the Wind 11/11/04
A few words about... Last Train from Gun Hill 11/8/04
A few words about... The China Syndrome 11/8/04
A few words about... De-Lovely 10/31/04
A few words about... I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 10/31/04
A few words about... The Day After Tomorrow 10/11/04
A few words about... Star Wars on DVD 09/23/04
A few words about... The Hitchcock Signature Collection 09/13/04
A few words about... Passion of the Christ 09/01/04
A few words about... Cyrano de Bergerac 05/10/04

A few words about... Joan of Arc 05/10/04
A few words about... Rustlers' Rhapsody 05/05/04
A few words about... The Marx Brothers Collection 04/26/04
A few words about The Greatest Show on Earth 04/15/04
A few words about Alice in Wonderland... 01/11/04
A few words about the two Dr. Jekyll's... 12/15/03
A few thoughts on My Darling Clementine 12/14/03
A few thoughts on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 11/29/03
A word about Yankee Doodle Dandy 09/25/03
A few words re: The Adventures of Robin Hood 09/25/03


Most recent update: November 14, 2008

Mike Frezon

Cees:

Well put.

Thanks for the compilation. I have already revisited several of these.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

GeorgePaul

\"Film is not created in a vacuum. Rather, it results from a combination of forces and personalities, coupled with limitations of time, budget, and technology, which all converge in a way that is unique to a moment in time.\"--Robert Wise