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I understand what the follow-up statement was - I can read English. But here is the ORIGINAL statement - which directly negates the second statement. I believe they gave De Palma what he wanted, then the Internet exploded, he probably didn't like being called out, they probably convinced him...

No others may see it as De Palma asking for something, being given it, and then having the merde hit the fan.

I don't know, shall we? You've responded to many posts in this thread. So have I.

Well, this is the point. If this was De Palma's wish in the first place, which is what the first statement absolutely implied or inferred, then that is where the blame goes. Criterion, in honoring his wishes, perhaps against their better judgment, got the flack and decided to either have a...

I'm just gonna say that the original statement made by Criterion would not invalidate anything Mr. Harris said in his post. The follow-up statement seems to these eyes to be an attempt at damage control of the first statement.

I would say that at this point no one has seen the fixed disc and therefore no one knows what the actual framing will be - they only know that Mr. De Palma's requested squeeze will be gone - we'll see what that does to the framing but I would not automatically assume it will match the MGM -...

I don't believe anyone in this thread has gotten the disc other than Colin Jacobson, who IS a reviewer.

Where do you see that De Palma requested a correction? He asked them to apply an anamorphic squeeze, they did and he was satisfied. The complaints came in, Criterion is now saying THEY don't think it accurately reflects the film and THEY are repressing the discs without it. I'm sure they made...

Here's the thing - there is ONE name on the Transfer Supervisor credit - not two, not three - just one - that name is Brian De Palma and that is where the buck stops.

You're kidding, aren't you? One is a close shot on Miss Dickenson, one is a wide shot. Completely different shots. The wide shot would require completely different lighting than the close shot. This is not peculiar to this film, it's happened in every color film since the beginning of time...

Still have to see it and will in a couple of weeks. BUT - re the color and calling out the two caps in the museum scene - different shots, different lighting, cannot compare. And in the cap that follows where Angie Dickenson is on the steps - not a whiff of green anywhere - pure gray for the...

I'd have to put it on again, but I remember being happy with it and thinking it looked as it should. Didn't get the Arrow as I knew it was the exact same master.

How can anyone be defending this release on this forum when not one person has SEEN it? There may be something wrong, there may not be - we need to SEE it.

I have to see it for myself, and unfortunately that won't be until August 18th. Yes, in one of the caps Nancy Allen looks thin but I can't go by that - I just have to see the thing, then can give my opinions. I cannot tell anything about the color from those caps - I have the original Blu-ray...

Again, who knows WHAT the previous transfer was, how it was done, how it was cropped. You simply cannot assume the previous transfer was correct. Then again, Mr. De Palma may have seen the extra side info and liked it. I know when I did the transfer of my film we absolutely used the little bit...

Nancy Allen's face only looks odd if you're comparing it to the cap above. Now, a simple Google search of Nancy Allen and dressed to kill turns up a bunch of stills (not frame grabs, actual stills by a photographer). As it was in Carrie, her face is thin, sorry. Here. Looks thin to me.

Yep. The circles may have always been ovals. Rushing to judgment is never a good idea.

Actually, if you read my post at that point in the post I was talking about - the color, not the supposed stretching.

Have we not learned not to rush to judgment on these things, especially in terms of comparing to other transfers? It's also important to note, that while he doesn't really have a clue, the Beaver, who is the ONLY one of us who's actually seen the transfer, ultimately says he's beginning to...

Have we not learned not to rush to judgment on these things, especially in terms of comparing to other transfers? It's also important to note, that while he doesn't really have a clue, the Beaver, who is the ONLY one of us who's actually seen the transfer, ultimately says he's beginning to...