Recent content by Dennis Gallagher

Apropos of probably nothing, but I expect there are a number here of a "certain age" who paid over $100 for select Criterion titles such as "2001" on laserdisc... (and these were in 1980's dollars). I purchased a number of bare bones titles that I paid what's now considered a high price for 4K...

A slippery slope. Many films released on home video now look far better than they did in their original theatrical release. What's our baseline reference point?

Price is down to $143.94 now. (Thankfully I pushed back my delivery date until this week and still had my Camelcamelcamel notification alert active; quickly canceled and reordered for this week.)

Should we be holding out for a 4K on "All That Money Can Buy"? (Sorry - I just noted it's on the "Coming Soon" page for a March release. Perhaps I should go back a couple pages to see if there's a discussion on this one - and see now that there was already one back in December when its release...

There's a whole treatise here (and I expect it's already been written) about the perception of films being very much dependent upon how they're presented (e.g. seeing "Lawrence of Arabia" in 70mm at the Ziegfeld vs. seeing it on a 42" TV screen - or worse. I have a friend who condemns "2001"...

I still have the "playbill" given in lieu of credits for the original release of "Apocalypse Now". Perhaps a reasonable idea for movies released in only 3 theaters (as was "Apocalypse Now") but perhaps not for those released in 3000. (72 year old here thinking that three hour movies released...

"Superman" a year earlier had eight minutes of closing credits - something I remember because they were all chopped off on the initial VHS release. (Thread digression: what's the movie with the longest closing credits? I would assume something with lots of digital effects.)

I expect many of us here wouldn't be bored.

The roman numerals are for 1971 - not 2021.

Of course. The efforts of all these organizations (and of course individuals like yourself) is VERY much appreciated. (Side note: I've been following your career for years, and "Napoleon" at Radio City in 1981 is still one of my most treasured movie going experiences - as is "Lawrence of...

Thank you for clarifying that. I'll add these two "out of pocket" for this year. (Not that it matters, but I've already distressed by broker's assistant by having quite a long list of charities which I'm supporting through my IRA distributions.)

So you're saying NONE of the ones I've been donating to for ages - or just add the two you've mentioned to the mix? (This gets somewhat tricky as I've worked things out with my broker to do distributions from my IRA and things are pretty much already in place for the coming year. I just did a...

I have donated fairly religiously to The Film Foundation for years. Should I be directing my donations elsewhere? (Note that I also donate to the National Film Preservation Foundation, the George Eastman Museum and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.)

I saw the movie in real 15/70 IMAX and found it curious that I didn't notice the shift from the 1:1.43 ratio and what was supposedly standard 2.2 5 perf 70. It seemed that the 2.2 was somewhat cropped. (Somewhat heretical I know, but I suspect I'll probably enjoy the home version on my fairly...

I assume you've perused Bob Furmanek's Aspect Ratio Documentation thread?