Eureka / Masters of Cinema go Blu

[Ross Gowland]

[Ross Gowland]

Specs for The World:

• Gorgeous 25fps transfer of the film in its original frame-rate and 2.35:1 aspect ratio
• New and improved English subtitle translations
• Tony Rayns on THE WORLD: a new and exclusive video introduction to the film by scholar and critic Tony Rayns
• Made in China: a 65-minute documentary on the making of The World
• The World According to Jia Zhang-ke: a 24-minute video interview with the director
• A lengthy booklet containing a new essay about the film by Tony Rayns; an essay by Jia Zhang-ke; and a special dossier-afterword with further commentary on certain elements of the film and its ending

According to MoC:

We discovered that a 25fps progressive encode is supported by Blu-ray if the encode is flagged as interlaced. It looks no different to a progressive flagged encode because both upper and lower fields show the same image.

No idea what that means apart from the picture will be good, which is nice.

[Ross Gowland]

Specs for the Fantastic Planet/La planete sauvage BD. The stuff in bold is stuff new to MoC BD and not on their previous DVD version:

• Laloux sauvage, a new 55-minute documentary on the director
• Five short films by Laloux: Les Dents du singe (1960); Les Temps morts (1964); Les Escargots (1965, in a new 1080p transfer), Comment Wang-Fo Fut Sauvé (1987); La Prisonnière (1988)• The complete soundtrack for La Planète sauvage (1973)
• 56-page full-colour booklet, featuring an essay by Craig Keller; an interview with Laloux; and a lavish selection of ephemera and original promotional materials from the film

[John Hodson]

Eureka are releasing the 1944 film of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in August.

[malcy]

Does anyone know if the release of Paranoiac has been put back ? was supposed to be out today but my pre-order is not yet shipped and just checking online none of the major etailers have stock with many saying unavailable

Must exist as DVDBeaver had a review of the disk a week or so ago

[Ross Gowland]

The Hut have just emailed and said mine is on its way.

[malcy]

The Hut have just emailed and said mine is on its way.

Thanks mine has just shipped from them as well, as cheapest went for them.
Are Eureka very bad at getting stock out for release date ? as most of my pre-orders from various places ship the Wednesday or Thursday prior to release

[Ross Gowland]

They've had delays with this month's releases. I'm not sure if it's their fault or the manufacturers. It's a bit irksome, but they're such a small outfit (and producing great DVDs and BDs) that I forgive them.

[John Hodson]

On the horizon...

[John Hodson]

The Beaver reviews Vengeance Is Mine

Blu-ray.com on La planète sauvage

[Ross Gowland]

I'm glad they've got their copies. I've been waiting bloody ages for mine. Sendit are emailing apologies on a regular basis.

PS. To those at work, the Vengeance Is Mine screencaps feature a topless woman with her booby-doos showing.

PPS. The talk of banding on the image is a bit worrying. I'm hoping it's his system at fault, as it was with Picnic At Hanging Rock.

[John Hodson]

MoC details Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?:

BLU-RAY ONLY RELEASE

• Gorgeous high-definition transfer of the film in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio

• New and exclusive video introduction of the film by director Joe Dante (Gremlins 1 & 2, InnerSpace, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Hole 3-D)

• Vintage Movietone short which captures Jayne Mansfield on tour promoting the film

• Alternate music & effects track with a different musical score for the opening of the picture and other ‘temporary’ effects-placement

• Original theatrical trailer

• Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired

• 44-page booklet featuring two new essays by film writer David Cairns, and an exclusive 2003 interview about the film with Tony Randall, conducted by Ethan DeSeife

and Make Way for Tomorrow:

BLU-RAY ONLY RELEASE

• Gorgeous high-definition transfer of the film in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio

• 20-minute video piece with filmmaker and writer Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show; The Cat’s Meow) discussing the film and Leo McCarey’s career

• 21-minute video piece with writer Gary Giddins discussing McCarey’s work and the social and political contexts of the film

• Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired

• Lengthy booklet featuring a new essay on the film by writer and Library of America editor Geoffrey O’Brien, and an excerpt from Josephine Lawrence’s source novel Years Are So Long

[Fresno Bob]

The Beaver reviews Vengeance Is Mine

Why do they do that "I've watched it once and will add my opinion on the image quality later" reviews?
Don't put it up until the review is finished.

[desktidy]

MoC details Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

This is a surprising but welcome choice from MoC. Needless to say it should look great in HD.

I wonder what the chances are of MoC/Eureka following this up with the other titles from Fox's R1 Mansfield set.

I find Frank Tashlin's live-action work is very underrated. Perhaps we'll see an MoC BD of Caprice in the future? Perhaps not, but I'd buy it.

and Make Way for Tomorrow

Another release I'm really looking forward to. Hopefully the Criterion and MoC releases of this will be a success and could lead to McCarey's Ruggles of Red Gap getting a quality release.

[John Hodson]

The Beaver on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves