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I think this is maybe more relevant. From your review of the second release of French Connection... "I'm one of those people who believes that if a film wins important awards for Best Picture, Cinematography, Screenplay, et al, that when it is released on Blu-ray that it should come as close to...

It feels like you strongly believe that Lucas himself personally supervised this new release and directed the removal of grain/waxy appearance that everyone's talking about -- is that right? I don't see why there should be handwringing either way about his intentions or whether we, as the...

It's true. She's onscreen, almost in every shot, for an uninterrupted 30 minutes with only two brief dialogue sequences. She manages to do so much without words.

The 5.1 track is included in lossless, as well as the original mono track which is much more balanced in its mix. It sounds wonderful here.

This thread started with nit-picking of the titles chosen and questioning the idea of releasing this kind of boxed set. Hostility was maybe not the right word. I love this community and I think, as collectors, we all have vibrant opinions and always will. Great! But as someone who is acutely...

This seems to me to be a more consistent set than Volume One but that's subjective. It's really surprising to see some of the hostile comments here, given this audience. UHD releases of catalog titles certainly aren't happening every day and each one of these films has a constituency. I didn't...

This is beyond weird because FedEx attempted delivery of this for me last week (I have no idea why this vendor is requiring signatures during a pandemic, but that's another story), they left a note saying signature was required, and they came back the next day and left the package without any...

I'm reminded of the Fall 2012 brouhaha when they released the Hitchcock titles on blu for the first time and several of the titles had issues with the credits. Does everyone remember that? I'd lean to being understanding given the pandemic but Universal just has a history of being sloppy with...

I'm beyond thrilled to see Criterion taking on this title.... but seeing the announcement details that this is a one (1) disc blu ray release is concerning. They released Barry Lyndon on 2 discs (for blu) and really should do the same here. This is way too much content (including the lengthy...

No Scream of Fear in the Hammer boxset? Hoping that will come soon from PW/Indicator.

Many thanks, Mike. I appreciate your update (and value Home Theater Forum very much). And I didn't mean to suggest that RAH is the absolute only expert here - but, being who he is, he certainly is the rockstar of the restoration world. :D

Thanks for your thoughtful response, Mike. And I have to draw a distinction - I've worked in the film and entertainment world and have never (apart from film school) handled film. I'm assuming that goes for the great majority of people in these fields. The larger point I was making, which still...

This page should give you some background on tramlines.

There ARE tramlines as well as minute scratches throughout both the credits and the later sequence at the racetrack - both sequences heavy on opticals, obviously, with the "viewfinder" effects of the supposed binoculars. As a more casual user of this site it's a bit jarring to see a select few...

Outstanding news! Shout/Scream Factory seems to be on a roll this fall...