Re: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection - Oct 14, 2008
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Originally Posted by Rob_Ray
I picked up this set this evening. The Lodger, Young and Innocent, Rebecca, Spellbound and The Paradine Case will not play in my Sony SN715P player, but so far they play fine in my Panasonic and Toshiba. There appears to be no problem with Lifeboat, Sabotage and Notorious. I've never had any problems with the Sony player before but I find it very strange that five discs in one set will not load. The discs don't appear to be scratched although one disc has minor marks on it, probably due to the packaging.
Anyone else have any problems in this area?
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The Lodger wouldn't play in my Panasonic Blu-ray player until I cleaned the disc. Then, it played flawlessly.
Despite my complaints about the packaging falling apart, and using cardboard sleeves for the discs, I do appreciate the artwork that went into the packaging, as it is a beautiful package and book in person.
Anyway, I guess what really counts are the films. So far, I've watched the 3 movies that I bought the set for (since I already had the other ones):The Lodger, Sabotage, and Young and Innocent. All three look very good, and I'm ecstatic to
finally have these movies in quality releases in R1. Despite the packaging stating that the Lodger is black and white, it is actually tinted. As far as I'm concerned, these movies have been unjustly shoved aside over the years.
As I've stated before, now we just need The Man Who Knew Too Much '34, Blackmail (silent & sound versions) and The Secret Agent in R1. They're all somewhat major omissions in R1.