A few words about…™ Obsession – in Blu-ray

Great news! Too bad the original ending is not available as an extra.

I'd be curious how this measures up to the Arrow version. Got a mini-copy of the original script with that.

That picture is not from "Obsession."

Panavision70 said:

That picture is not from "Obsession."

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It seems they used a still from De Palma’s 2012 film Passion in error.

Had to order this, after watching a trio of recent lovely remastered Shout titles: When Harry Met Sally, Get Shorty and The Jerk. The is one De Palma I haven't seen either and he seems to be served quite well on blu ray. There are rumours that Scarface will get a 4K UHD release this year too....

Since the question was asked and not answered - has no one compared this to the UK Blu?

haineshisway said:

Since the question was asked and not answered - has no one compared this to the UK Blu?

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Not that no one has compared the two but not really discussed PQ
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=18497

RAH stated in the review this was a new master - the Arrow was originally released in 2011 (re-released in 2013)

I guest Eddie Haskell stole the Beav's copy as he only has the Arrow review up

Robert Harris said:

Obsession is what one gets, when two superb filmmakers (Brian De Palma & Paul Schrader) have an obsession.

Based upon a new master, provided by Columbia, one should presume going in, that the quality will be superb.

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Another review states that this is the same eight year old master used by Arrow:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Obsession-Blu-ray/210644/#Review

I "discovered" this film some eight or nine years ago. I was poking around on my then-new Sony Blu-ray player's smart functions and found an app named Crackle. That app is still around today, though I believe it is technologically different than it was back then. I saw the title OBSESSION listed, and as I'd not seen it before, I thought I'd take a look. This would have to be one of my earliest experiences with streaming a movie.

I also own an ancient DVD recorder with a hard drive, and for some reason, this Crackle channel did not have a flag to prevent recording. So, I sent the whole movie to the hard disc and then edited out the commercial breaks. I really loved the movie - I've always loved the De Palma films of that era and wondered how this one escaped me. I searched around for a real DVD or Blu-ray of the title, but only non-region 1 versions seemed to be available.

I've wanted to revisit this movie, but this ancient, pieced-together DVD is not all that inviting to watch, but I recently found this newish Blu-ray for sale and ordered it. Hopefully, it'll be here in the next few days.