benbess
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We've actually done quite well when it comes to Westerns on blu. There are quite a few classics that are on the format and look great--including The Searchers, The Professionals, and Lonesome Dove. Just today I picked up at Target a Western I've never seen that they stock exclusively--The Magnificent Seven. It seems that Westerns are holding their own when it comes to blu-ray sales, because there are a lot of titles coming out just in the next few months.
When I was a kid I was not a fan of Westerns, preferring sci fi and other genres, but now I like em quite a bit, and for many years I've been slowly exploring this huge field. My best guide in book form for this exploration is the BFI Guide to the Western, which I recommend very highly. It covers the actual history of the West, as well as Western movies, TV shows, and more.
What I'm suggesting that we go year by year and try to pick out the best of the best of the Westerns as things we'd like to see on blu-ray someday. I realize most of the dreams won't come true, but we can still dream. And in the meantime it might give me and some others some better Westerns to watch on DVD if we get desperate.
The "A" Western was said to have been reborn with John Ford's Stagecoach of 1939. I'm not sure that's exactly right, but it seems like a good place to start with the year by year. Stagecoach has already come out on blu from Criterion.
But are there in fact silent Westerns from the 1920s or early sound Westerns of the 1930s before Stagecoach that you think are so good that they have commercial potential for blu-ray? How about a day or so on the pre 1939 Westerns, and then we'll head back to 1939 and Stagecoach....
When I was a kid I was not a fan of Westerns, preferring sci fi and other genres, but now I like em quite a bit, and for many years I've been slowly exploring this huge field. My best guide in book form for this exploration is the BFI Guide to the Western, which I recommend very highly. It covers the actual history of the West, as well as Western movies, TV shows, and more.
What I'm suggesting that we go year by year and try to pick out the best of the best of the Westerns as things we'd like to see on blu-ray someday. I realize most of the dreams won't come true, but we can still dream. And in the meantime it might give me and some others some better Westerns to watch on DVD if we get desperate.
The "A" Western was said to have been reborn with John Ford's Stagecoach of 1939. I'm not sure that's exactly right, but it seems like a good place to start with the year by year. Stagecoach has already come out on blu from Criterion.
But are there in fact silent Westerns from the 1920s or early sound Westerns of the 1930s before Stagecoach that you think are so good that they have commercial potential for blu-ray? How about a day or so on the pre 1939 Westerns, and then we'll head back to 1939 and Stagecoach....