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ellipsis7 · #126 Post by **ellipsis7** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:10 pm

Mighty!

#127 Post by **swo17** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:22 pm

peerpee wrote:We ditched the expansive booklet at the last minute. The BD has a 20-page booklet now, the DVDs booklet contains the same content. We're putting all the articles online instead, it was getting silly at 120-pages.

Here are actual fullsize grabs from the MoC Blu-ray of SUNRISE (Czech print)

What's silly is the size of those screengrabs (though they look phenomenal!)

Re: the book decision, of course I am still going to buy this right up (assuming it's region-free, yes?), but for future reference (and in case you ever put this to a vote), thick books make movies seem more important, and also, I prefer to do my reading on the crapper, not while sitting in front of a computer screen.

sidehacker · #128 Post by **sidehacker** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:28 pm

I can't even believe those screenshots are real. Just amazing.

T99 · #129 Post by **T99** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:05 am

We ditched the expansive booklet at the last minute. The BD has a 20-page booklet now, the DVDs booklet contains the same content. We're putting all the articles online instead, it was getting silly at 120-pages.

Sad news. There's nothing greater than dwelling into a thick booklet after seeing a good film. Reading the articles online isn't quite the same. I hope this isn't a new trend you're starting!

peerpee · #130 Post by **peerpee** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:08 am

It just got way too large for us to manage. We'd be sending out something the size of a doorstep in the mail. There are lots of other costs associated with such a large package too.

We didn't want to include some of the essays and not others, so we cut the lot.

We probably will not be doing any booklets larger than 48-pages again. Thanks to the Blu-ray box.

Sanjuro · #131 Post by **Sanjuro** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:50 am

Oh, well. If it's a cost thing, it can't be helped. So long as all the books up until this release stay as big and chunky as they are.

It's still Region free, right?

max_cherry · #132 Post by **max_cherry** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:24 am

peerpee wrote:We probably will not be doing any booklets larger than 48-pages again. Thanks to the Blu-ray box.

does it means "at all"? or only in case with blu-ray editions?

Bleddyn Williams · #133 Post by **Bleddyn Williams** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:14 am

peerpee wrote:It just got way too large for us to manage. We'd be sending out something the size of a doorstep in the mail. There are lots of other costs associated with such a large package too.

We didn't want to include some of the essays and not others, so we cut the lot.

We probably will not be doing any booklets larger than 48-pages again. Thanks to the Blu-ray box.

So the book has gone from 120 to 68 to 20? Seeing the screen caps, I'm getting this anyway, but that is disappointing. A nice booklet helps make the package feel special.

Does this mean there is material in the original MoC DVD booklet that isn't being ported onto this blu-ray edition?

#134 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:15 pm

One more reason to hate Blu-rays

T99 · #135 Post by **T99** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:25 am

We probably will not be doing any booklets larger than 48-pages again. Thanks to the Blu-ray box.

Oh man... Isn't there a company that can make bigger Blu-ray boxes? Or can't you just release the Blu-ray in a normal DVD box? It doesn't sound like a major problem.

peerpee · #136 Post by **peerpee** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:33 am

We have plans to do something larger for METROPOLIS, DIE NIBELUNGEN, and a few other titles, and DVD booklets can go larger than 48-pages. Timing was the main factor here - rather than a new policy.

sidehacker · #137 Post by **sidehacker** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:04 pm

I can hardly control my excitement just thinking about having this, Metropolis, and Die Nibelungen on blu-ray. I'm seriously acting like a little girl in my head.

MichaelB · #138 Post by **MichaelB** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:25 am

peerpee wrote:We have plans to do something larger for METROPOLIS, DIE NIBELUNGEN, and a few other titles, and DVD booklets can go larger than 48-pages. Timing was the main factor here - rather than a new policy.

The BFI released Nighthawks with a properly bound 76-page booklet, but had to stick it and the Blu-ray case in a separate cardboard slipcase - there's clearly no way it would fit in a standard one.

tojoed · #139 Post by **tojoed** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:25 am

For those who care about this sort of thing, the Blu-Ray of Sunrise has been given spine number 100.

peerpee · #140 Post by **peerpee** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:47 am

Fraid it hasn't.... we're putting the BDs at the top there... we're still debugging the new site.

The SUNRISE BD is #1, like the DVD.

MichaelB · #141 Post by **MichaelB** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:01 pm

Beaver (on the DVD; Blu-ray to follow)

Mark Metcalf · #142 Post by **Mark Metcalf** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:13 pm

How come Beaver does not have a comment comparing the new MOC Sunrise to the Ford At Fox edition? Or did I just miss it?

Saturnome · #143 Post by **Saturnome** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:37 am

Check the Ford at Fox review, it's between She Wore the Last Yellow Laugh and The Vampire who shot Faust.

manicsounds · #144 Post by **manicsounds** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:37 am

Saturnome wrote:Check the Ford at Fox review, it's between She Wore the Last Yellow Laugh and The Vampire who shot Faust.

you mean Murnau / Borzage

But then again, the "Export Version" from the Fox boxset, is it the same as the "Czech Print" from the MoC?

James · #145 Post by **James** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:47 am

manicsounds wrote:
Saturnome wrote:Check the Ford at Fox review, it's between She Wore the Last Yellow Laugh and The Vampire who shot Faust.
you mean Murnau / Borzage

But then again, the "Export Version" from the Fox boxset, is it the same as the "Czech Print" from the MoC?

No, I'm fairly certain they said that the prints included on the newest Sunrise release are brand new restorations.

Mark Metcalf · #146 Post by **Mark Metcalf** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:00 am

Sorry, Yes, I mean Murnau/Borzage.

HerrSchreck · #147 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:03 am

No they're not-- they're using the hi def digital transfers from Fox used in the MurBorz box. Primary difference being they're actually encoding the HD transfer of Sunrise in it's 1080p rez, rather than cmpressing down to SD a la the DVDs in the box set.

fiddlesticks · #148 Post by **fiddlesticks** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:31 pm

Saturnome wrote:Check the Ford at Fox review, it's between She Wore the Last Yellow Laugh and The Vampire who shot Faust.

I think you should use spoiler tags for information like this. Faust is totally ruined for me now.

Saturnome · #149 Post by **Saturnome** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:38 pm

Yeah, silly directors who put spoilers right into the title of their films. The thing is that if you play by the rule people can't tell what film you are talking about.
(And I have just realized that yellow laugh doesn't translate from french into english, too bad)

Hmpf I'll try get back into the topic: I wonder how the American print will turn out on Blu-ray. The Czech print looks wonderful from the screencaps, but the American print is far more blurier. Will the blur turn into grain? (I tried)

TheGodfather · #150 Post by **TheGodfather** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:52 am

Yes it is dissapointing that the booklet is not as big as first said it would but looking at the dvdbeaver caps, the transfer makes more than up for that. It looks gorgeous

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