Yes, "The Devil's Disciple" was a great unappreciated film. Lancaster, Douglas, and Olivier in a Shaw play- who can ask for more? I hope all the Lancaster-Douglas films make it to Blu-ray: Gunfight at OK Corral, Seven Days in May, Devil's Disciple, List of Adrian Messenger. Twilight Time interest?
Should be no problem to order the item, but it will take quite a while to get here. Can't help with the German, but keep in mind that they use the identical Web software to Amazon here. So if you're familiar with the button positions and meanings here, they'll be the same in Gemany. One caution...
Because they can hold more information as in the recently released Rathbone-Bruce versions of Sherlock Holmes. And because they're less prone to scratches.
Pity they'll be on DVD only. A Blu-ray release, like all the Buster Keaton's we've been getting, would have been great. And more compact on the shelf, too.
I ordered both "Capricorn One" and "The Eagle Has Landed" on BD from Amazon.co.uk; the cost was approximately $30 per disc including air mail shipping. I'm looking forward to them as replacements for the really inferior standard DVDs. They should be here later this week.
I really think that this is a good time for Criterion to test the Blu-ray waters. I expect that a large percentage of the movie buff crowd who've bought Criterion in the past are already high-def owners and Criterion's active presence could push most of the rest. I've bought most Criterion...
That's not quite fair. Universal's given ius films like Spartacus, The Sting, Casino, and Deer Hunter and Paramount's given (inexplicably) Reds. Not exactly X-box crowd films. Let's just hope there'll be many more in 2008/
It's a pleasure to find an HD thread where the arguments tend to be polite and the discussion focuses on some of the real issues. The ad hominem attacks and hate-filled comments from both sides on some of the other sites are frightening. How can we discuss the really important issues like Iraq...