Films (Almost Entirely Surround)

[Marplot]

All sorts of 4k for $5.99 at Best Buy and Amazon right now.

 

[jamesc]

Still traveling to the Heart of my 4K Collection: from "The horror! The horror!" to "The wonder! The wonder!" I LOVE this one, and so do both critics and directors: #19 on the 2022 Sight and Sound Critics' poll and #18 on the Directors' poll. It has never looked and sounded better than this 4K release!
View attachment 86086 Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
Searching for the cover art, i see this beauty can be had for $13.99 at Amazon!
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Apocalypse-Now-4K-Blu-ray/241662/#Reviewhttps://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/72468/apocalypsenow40thanniversaryedition4kultrahdbluray.htmlhttps://thedigitalbits.com/item/apocalypse-now-final-cut-uhd-bd

Curious which version did you end up watching?

 

[Clement]

Curious which version did you end up watching?

Great question! I do watch each version (theatrical, redux, final) about once a year, feeling each one has something special to offer. But since i'm going through those Sight and Sound polls, and since the date listed on the polls is 1979, and since that is the version i fell in love with when i first saw it in a theatre in Chicago upon its initial release with a group of friends preparing to leave for college, and since We were all tripping balls that day and rewatching that version still seems to trigger horror/beauty flashbacks, i went with the 1979 theatrical version last night! wOw, that was a long-ass answer to a short, and to-the-point question! Stay Surrounded, Comrade!

 

[jamesc]

Very cool! I first saw it in Chicago as well but it would've been a home video release unfortunately. I'm not intimately familiar with the film but I think I've seen a couple of versions over the years. I think I'll start with the theatrical version to refresh my memory. Thanks!

 

[Clement]

4K–Let it reign! This magical musical drops in at #10 on the Sight and Sound Critics' poll and #53 on the Directors' poll

Gene Kelly, Stanley Donan Singin’ in the Rain
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Singin-in-the-Rain-4K-Blu-ray/309174/#Reviewhttps://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/103115/singinintherain4kultrahdbluray.htmlhttps://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/singin-in-the-rain-4k-uhd-blu-ray-review/

 

[4-earredwonder]

From MGM/SCREAM FACTORY director Brian De Palma's CARRIE [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby VISION/DTS~HD MA 5.1/2.0/MONO]

https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/110623/carrie19764kultrahdbluray.html

 

[4-earredwonder]

Available December 12th from Curzon Film World, director Wim Wenders Native UHD4K restoration of WINGS OF DESIRE [German: DTS~HD MA 5.1 w/English Subtitles]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wings-Desi...67-a3a4-02b99b1d89fe&pd_rd_i=B0BGSXKRWH&psc=1

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming February 27th from Second Sight Films director George A. Romero's MARTIN [Native UHD4K Restoration/HDR10+]

Less Expensive Edition also available w/o the "Swag!'

 

[4-earredwonder]

For the PURIST who can't get enough of Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER. From THE FILM VAULT/Release Date December 12th.



https://vice-press.com/blogs/news/the-film-vault
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Blade-Runner-4K-Blu-ray/325702/#Review

 

[JediJoker]

For the PURIST who can't get enough of Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER. From THE FILM VAULT/Release Date December 12th.



https://vice-press.com/blogs/news/the-film-vault

Too bad it only contains the Final Cut. I've been hoping for a definitive box set of all released versions of the film.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Too bad it only contains the Final Cut. I've been hoping for a definitive box set of all released versions of the film.

Agreed, JJ .... but it's Christmas and a nice gift to myself ....about $71 delivered from AmazonUK.....paid that much for some OOP SACDs!

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Too bad it only contains the Final Cut. I've been hoping for a definitive box set of all released versions of the film.

Same here. I bought the book-packaging release that has all 5 cuts years ago on Amazon for like $8 (on my birthday too!), and I’ve been waiting for a release with 4K versions of all. According to the Blu-ray.com forums, all the 4K’s of the Final Cut only have the Atmos track, which is truly jaw dropping (I have the iTunes digital version of Final Cut 4K, and even lossy, it’s demo worthy)… but makes some SFX changes. Would love to see a 4K Dolby Vision set with all cuts, and all audio tracks. Figure if I wait long enough it will happen.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Disappointingly, The Film Vault's lavish UHD4K boxset of Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS doesn't fare as well according to Blu.ray.com:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/GoodFellas-4K-Blu-ray/325705/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

Same here. I bought the book-packaging release that has all 5 cuts years ago on Amazon for like $8 (on my birthday too!), and I’ve been waiting for a release with 4K versions of all. According to the Blu-ray.com forums, all the 4K’s of the Final Cut only have the Atmos track, which is truly jaw dropping (I have the iTunes digital version of Final Cut 4K, and even lossy, it’s demo worthy)… but makes some SFX changes. Would love to see a 4K Dolby Vision set with all cuts, and all audio tracks. Figure if I wait long enough it will happen.

Sounds good on paper, PM, but doubtful Warner who owns the rights to Blade Runner will embark on such a reissue of ALL 5 cuts in Native UHD4K. Perhaps one of the reissue companies might do so but with 4K titles still 'trickling' out of the studios and so many of those titles being consigned to reissue companies other than the majors and the very fact many of them are 'exclusives' being remastered and released abroad, I'm justifiably thrilled to just have Ridley Scott's FINAL CUT in such an elaborate box set!

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Warner Archive and director John Huston THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA based on the play by Tennessee Williams [1080p/DTS~HD MA 2.0]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Night-of-the-Iguana-Blu-ray/69022/#Review

Highdefdigest's HIGHLY RECOMMENDED review of John Huston's THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA

https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/111257/thenightoftheiguana.html

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Available December 12th from Curzon Film World, director Wim Wenders Native UHD4K restoration of WINGS OF DESIRE [German: DTS~HD MA 5.1 w/English Subtitles]

All well and good, but waiting for a blu ray Faraway, So Close! (the sequel).

Imagine there could be a problem with licensing the soundtrack music.

 

[JediJoker]

Would love to see a 4K Dolby Vision set with all cuts, and all audio tracks. Figure if I wait long enough it will happen.

I wouldn't expect that, but a set with 4Ks for the two cuts that were definitely edited on film or in digital—the theatrical and Final cuts—with the rest on 1080p Blu-ray would be great.

 

[4-earredwonder]

From thedigitalbits website:

BREAKING: JAMES CAMERON CONFIRMS THE ABYSS IS COMING TO 4K ULTRA HD BY MARCH 2023​

 

[jefe1]

Great I had to look a long time to find a used DVD and had trouble with the video window size....
Will be happy to toss that out.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Great I had to look a long time to find a used DVD and had trouble with the video window size....
Will be happy to toss that out.

Cameron has prepared a brand new restoration/remaster of The Abyss to HIS specifications so hopefully we'll be getting a perfect Native UHD4K in the proper aspect ratio .... all previous releases have been wonky, at best!