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04-28-2008, 09:17 PM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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Originally Posted by Richard--W
I welcome the other western releases, particularly John Sturges' THE LAW AND JAKE WADE, with its Death Valley landscapes in Technicolor and Vista Vision
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Are you sure it was shot in VistaVision? IMDB says it was CinemaScope.
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Now what I totally don't get, is this silly obsession so many of you have over the "smilebox" format. It's one thing to see Cinerama in all its curved-screen glory, but to try and simulate that on DVD? It's just stupid. It makes a ridiculously distorted picture and compromises a lot of resolution in the center. Why anybody would want to watch a movie in smilebox is beyond me. Mini-rant over.
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It would use more resolution than any of the 2.76:1 Ultra Panavision releases on SD-DVD.
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I think we are going to see more and more of this as studios try to push Blu-Ray. One sure way to get consumers to take the Blu-Ray plunge is to offer content exclusive to that format.
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I fear you are right, but to me that is an admission that the higher resolution audio and video of blu-ray isn't enough to motivate adoption of the new format.
I've got a better way to entice people to buy a blu-ray player - drop the price of the discs so they are the same as SD-DVD.
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04-28-2008, 09:45 PM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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Originally Posted by Simon Howson
Are you sure it was shot in VistaVision? IMDB says it was CinemaScope.
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Ooops.
Of course The Law and Jake Wade is CinemaScope, and an exceptional use of CinemaScope. I misthunk. Sturges was a composition and blocking maestro. This western looks good.
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I've got a better way to entice people to buy a blu-ray player - drop the price of the discs so they are the same as SD-DVD.
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Words of wisdom.
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Originally Posted by Mark-P
Now what I totally don't get, is this silly obsession so many of you have over the "smilebox" format. It's one thing to see Cinerama in all its curved-screen glory, but to try and simulate that on DVD? It's just stupid. It makes a ridiculously distorted picture and compromises a lot of resolution in the center. Why anybody would want to watch a movie in smilebox is beyond me. Mini-rant over.
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Having seen an extended sample of the smilebox I assure you that is no more unnatural than letterbox. One gets used to it. Since it is an option for people who want it and not mandatory nobody is going to feel deprived. Also let's not overstate the resolution issue. It looks fine to me and I'm pickier with WHV than most of you.
All Cinerama films should be released to home video with a smilebox option. Now.
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changes because of the people we admire."
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04-29-2008, 04:27 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
I wonder what happened to Silver River?
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04-29-2008, 04:39 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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I wonder what happened to Silver River?
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I might be wrong, but I think the press release is wrong and omitted this title by mistake. We'll see once this boxset is up for preorder.
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04-29-2008, 06:33 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
I might be wrong, but I think the press release is wrong and omitted this title by mistake. We'll see once this boxset is up for preorder.
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I agree. The last two Flynn boxsets were five films each so this one should also mirror that. I also do think Silver River was omitted. I mean $49.95 for 4 films? Should be 5. Bring on Signature Collection Volume 4! Or it would be Volume 3 since this is just a Western Collection. MORE Errol Flynn on DVD dammit! I'll buy them!
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04-29-2008, 06:59 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
Vol 1 and Vol 2 for Errol Flynn were enough for me. My least favorite in those box sets was Dodge city as I'm not much of a western fan except for a few that star Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck or James Stewart. I actually cancelled out a pre-order for the MGM Day of the Outlaw after seeing it recently on tcm. I would say that I am at least 90 percent less of a western fan than most people that post on this forum. I did recently watch for the first time and liked The Wild Bunch but you really can't go wrong with any western that John Wayne disliked.
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04-29-2008, 07:22 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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Originally Posted by DanMel
Vol 1 and Vol 2 for Errol Flynn were enough for me. My least favorite in those box sets was Dodge city as I'm not much of a western fan except for a few that star Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck or James Stewart. I actually cancelled out a pre-order for the MGM Day of the Outlaw after seeing it recently on tcm. I would say that I am at least 90 percent less of a western fan than most people that post on this forum. I did recently watch for the first time and liked The Wild Bunch but you really can't go wrong with any western that John Wayne disliked.
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Haha - I absolutely loved Dodge City!!
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04-29-2008, 10:01 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
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Since it is an option for people who want it and not mandatory nobody is going to feel deprived.
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Having only seen screenshots, I am leery of this format. However, as long as it is an option and not a requirement, I am OK with it. I'd like to see it in action, though.
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04-29-2008, 10:28 AM
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Re: How The West Was Won, Errol Flynn, Warner Westerns - 26/08/08
The Museum of Modern Art in NYC showed the "Cinerama Adventure" documentary recently, and much of it was in Smilebox. I have to say it was awfully close to the real thing, minus the immense scale, of course. I've seen "How the West Was Won" in Cinerama 4 times, so I'm really happy about the Smilebox edition. All I have to do now is buy a Blu-Ray player before August 26th ...
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