What a year for buffs of Billy Wilder and the 4K/UHD format.
Thus far:
The Apartment - 4K:UHD - Kino Lorber
Double Indemnity - 4K/UHD - Criterion
Some Like It Hot - 4K/UHD - Kino Lorber
Seems by the order of things listed here, Criterion could balance out the scales with a nice 4K/UHD release...
For what it’s worth, Jake, I’ll be double-dipping, too…just not, though, in such a shorter frame of time. If the Redman commentary is potentially holding your interests, order one now and get the Criterion down the road at a B&N sale. Heck, half price will serve ‘em right for not being able to...
Jake, there’s a half dozen ways to answer your question. Far easier to answer if I personally knew your specific likes and dislikes, but I’ll give it a shot.
I, myself, am biased towards the commentaries of Nick Redman and his Peckinpah posse, over all others. I also know that if I...
Thanks for the heads up, Traveling Matt. I’ll buy this 4K/UHD Day One, but not a chance in Hell I’d ever toss a precious BD commentary away that has the input and exchanges of Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman. This, and this alone, is what will save the older BD of “Double Indemnity” from ever being...