2022-2024 Blu-ray, 4K Projects? (9 Viewers)

[OliverK]

Bill has a great list of confirmed 4k and 4k rumors list here too:

The Digital Bits - The 4K Ultra HD Release List

thedigitalbits.com

Oh yes, I am having a look at it every so often. A lot of coulda woulda shoulda involved with that list.

Inland Empire on UHD has to be a typo or somebody at Criterion is not really that well acquainted with its SD production history.

 

[Worth]

Oh yes, I am having a look at it every so often. A lot of coulda woulda shoulda involved with that list.

Inland Empire on UHD has to be a typo or somebody at Criterion is not really that well acquainted with its SD production history.

It's making the rep cinema rounds and being touted as a "4K restoration," whatever that means.

 

[OliverK]

It's making the rep cinema rounds and being touted as a "4K restoration," whatever that means.

It means that these "restorationists" have lost touch with reality. This was intentionally shot in almost the worst possible way so why try to improve it now? Even a 1080p master really is too good for it. I hope that Criterion reconsiders to give this hopeless production - when it comes to picture quality - a 4K master when almost all other movies they have access to would have more potential to look good on UHD.

Best way to show this 480i movie even in a movie theater would be on a DVD: Put it in a DVD player, blow it up on the big screen, let them marvel at the analog video artefacts and tell the audience that David Lynch thought it was a great idea to shoot a movie with a 480i video camera when he could easily have done a lot better even on a shoestring budget.

 

[OliverK]

Here is a kind of "restoration" report, it figures that Criterion did it so that they can also release his other movies but I wish they would not almost be bragging about it:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/janus_promo_packages/687-/InlandEmpire_RemasterNote_web_original.pdf

The effort they go through is rather comical and you got to wonder why somebody would ever shoot 60Hz and then convert it to 24 Hz - it is a recipe for disaster.

I also do not understand why Lynch apparently now tries to make it prettier - having second thoughts maybe? In any case the (ugly) movie has been made and if I ever want to watch it I will get a DVD or a Blu-ray to make it look properly ugly and nasty as this is how Lynch chose to produce it - I want the full experience and not the version where he tries to somehow cover things up.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear indeed.

 

[OliverK]

Making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear indeed.

David Lynch is a fantastic director and a real character but I wish somebody would have taken that 480i camcorder off him and replaced it with an HD camcorder instead.

 

[JamesSmith]

Any news on projects for the fourth quarter yet?

--jthree

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Any news on projects for the fourth quarter yet?

--jthree

Wayne's World from Paramount in 4k

Casablanca from Warner in 4k

The Lost Boys and Poltergeist are apparently going to be announced shortly

 

[Jeffrey D]

Wayne’s World- that’s an unexpected one.

 

[OliverK]

Wayne's World from Paramount in 4k

Casablanca from Warner in 4k

The Lost Boys and Poltergeist are apparently going to be announced shortly

I used to think that the studios would try to release a higher percentage of catalog movies that could shine in UHD. Clearly I was mistaken.

 

[Erik_H]

Earlier this week, The Digital Bits reported that "multiple industry and retail sources" have indicated that Sony is working on a third 4K collection for release during the holiday season and that the set is likely to include, among others, "From Here to Eternity" and "As Good as It Gets." Let the speculation commence...

 

[PaulaJ]

Earlier this week, The Digital Bits reported that "multiple industry and retail sources" have indicated that Sony is working on a third 4K collection for release during the holiday season and that the set is likely to include, among others, "From Here to Eternity" and "As Good as It Gets." Let the speculation commence...

There are listings on Amazon France for 4Ks of The Last Picture Show and It Happened One Night, so perhaps those two titles will be in the next set too.

 

[Worth]

Earlier this week, The Digital Bits reported that "multiple industry and retail sources" have indicated that Sony is working on a third 4K collection for release during the holiday season and that the set is likely to include, among others, "From Here to Eternity" and "As Good as It Gets." Let the speculation commence...

Haven't we all been waiting with baited breath for As Good as it Gets in 4K?

 

[trajan007]

How about SILVERADO?

 

[jayembee]

Wayne’s World- that’s an unexpected one.

Not to me, it isn't. The other week, I picked up the 2-disc blu-ray with both films.

 

[OliverK]

Not to me, it isn't. The other week, I picked up the 2-disc blu-ray with both films.

It would have been nice if you could have picked up Barabbas instead or Lord Jim - now we only get Wayne's World in UHD

 

[Keith Cobby]

How about SILVERADO?

Would really like this on 4k disc, but if it comes as part of a set I would wait for a single.

 

[JamesSmith]

Remember the good old days when we still had video and music stores? When we had regular CD and video releases? Gosh! I miss those days. In the early 2000's, it seemed we had several tv DVD releases a week. Now, it's barely a trickle for the whole year. Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops put out about 6 compilation albums a year, and I enjoyed them. Now, there's no regular "Pops" releases. Not like there used to. Some film restoration companies would announce what big projects they were working on. Now everyone keeps everything close to their vest. I miss those days.
three

 

[JamesSmith]

Anybody if some companies would go and finish some projects that they never got around to. I remember Walt Disney Treasures (those steel can DVDs) never got around to the Chip n Dale volume. If firms are looking for shows that have never come to on VHS or DVD, they should recheck what they've done and not done.

--jthree

 

[OliverK]

Some film restoration companies would announce what big projects they were working on. Now everyone keeps everything close to their vest. I miss those days.

While I understand the reasons for not sharing too much information it also makes this hobby poorer.
I have already mentioned it a few times but as an example I remember when the very nice Blu-ray of King of Kings was released with only some bare bones extras ported over from the DVD and no real previous announcement, sharing of work being done etc.

It is of course still a very good Blu-ray but it could have been a lot more exciting if there had been a bit of a buildup to the release and if the release had been accompanied by a few words by the people who worked on it.