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Taketori Washizu
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#26 Post by Taketori Washizu » Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:39 pm

Kirkinson wrote:And a re-do of Time Bandits is even less likely than Brazil now that Anchor Bay re-did theirs (and the transfer is excellent).
I prefer Criterion to Anchor Bay for the most part. I am well aware of the Divimax transfer by Anchor Bay, but it doesn't have the Gilliam commentary track, so that cancels it out for me. :cry:

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#27 Post by Lino » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:35 am

I wonder if the new anamorphic edition will be packaged in the same way as the original one. It is also time to ask Mulvaney if they will take replacement orders...

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#28 Post by BrightEyes23 » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:52 am

does anyone else have a problem with their director's cut disc? Mine freezes when they're coming up on the elevator...and it won't play...i can only skip ahead and even then i cant go back to that point without it freezing.

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#29 Post by Gigi M. » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:18 pm

I guess is your copy. Mine is fine.

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#30 Post by FilmFanSea » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:46 pm

BrightEyes23 wrote:does anyone else have a problem with their director's cut disc? Mine freezes when they're coming up on the elevator...and it won't play...i can only skip ahead and even then i cant go back to that point without it freezing.
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#31 Post by thomega » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:48 pm

The single disc edition is a nice move. This way we can upgrade the transfer without having to buy the unchanged extras again.

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#32 Post by Cinesimilitude » Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:18 pm

very very nice of them.

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#33 Post by denti alligator » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:32 pm

they should have something set up where we can send them just the disc of our box set and get just the disc of the new one in return. I'd even pay $10-15 for this.
By the way Denti, you have exactly 666 posts. Very creepy.
I know. And I like it that way. Goes nicely with my "location."
Now I don't really want to post again .... that'll make some happy, won't it. If only I'd hit 666 a week and a day ago.
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#34 Post by Gigi M. » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:45 pm

denti alligator wrote:they should have something set up where we can send them just the disc of our box set and get just the disc of the new one in return. I'd even pay $10-15 for this.
That's a very good idea Denti. Someone should email CC folks. By the way Denti, you have exactly 666 posts. Very creepy.

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#35 Post by Narshty » Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:03 pm

Well, that's where the single disc release comes in...

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#36 Post by Morbii » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:17 pm

Jun Dai, I guess you were proven wrong only a year after the fact :O. It seems kind of morbid that they are re-releasing this, but I guess an anamorphic transfer won't hurt.
denti alligator wrote:I know. And I like it that way. Goes nicely with my "location."
Now I don't really want to post again .... that'll make some happy, won't it. If only I'd hit 666 a week and a day ago.
Did you borrow your "location" line from the band Sigh?

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#37 Post by Cinesimilitude » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:02 pm

denti alligator wrote:
By the way Denti, you have exactly 666 posts. Very creepy.
If only I'd hit 666 a week and a day ago.
SncDthMnky wrote: great postcount by the way, invunche. would've been a tad bit spooky to hit it yesterday.
The Invunche hit the creepy number only a few hours after that day had ended.

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#38 Post by kinjitsu » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:00 pm

New details are up at Criterion

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#39 Post by Matt » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:04 pm

kinjitsu wrote:New details are up at Criterion
I don't get it. Aren't the "new" details the same as the old details? Isn't this just a repackaging and a simultaneous individual release of disc one?

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#40 Post by CSM126 » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:06 pm

matt wrote:
kinjitsu wrote:New details are up at Criterion
I don't get it. Aren't the "new" details the same as the old details? Isn't this just a repackaging and a simultaneous individual release of disc one?
New transfer, new box art, same special features.

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#41 Post by kinjitsu » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:08 pm

matt wrote:I don't get it. Aren't the "new" details the same as the old details? Isn't this just a repackaging and a simultaneous individual release of disc one?
Updated details are up at Criterion

How's that, smarty pants? ](*,)

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#42 Post by Jeff » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:14 pm

kinjitsu wrote:Updated details are up at Criterion
As far as I can tell, they're not "updated" either. "New, pristine widescreen transfer of Terry Gilliam's 142-minute final cut" is the way they described the old transfer. It will say something about "high-definition" or "anamporphic" when they update. They still have the old box art up too.

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#43 Post by Matt » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:21 pm

Jeff wrote:
kinjitsu wrote:Updated details are up at Criterion
As far as I can tell, they're not "updated" either.
Exactly. And has there actually been any indication that there will be a new transfer? I'm not trying to shore up votes for the Richard Cranium award here, I'm just trying to clarify exactly what this new release is.

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#44 Post by CSM126 » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:25 pm

As far as a new transfer goes, here's the re-release description from Image:

Pitting the imagination of common man Sam Lowry against the oppressive storm troopers of the Ministry of Information, this bitter parable for the Information Age has come to be regarded as an anti-totalitarian cautionary tale equal to the works of George orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut. Gathering footage from both the European and American versions of his celebrated masterpiece, Terry Gilliam has assembled the ultimate 142-minute director's cut of Brazil - now in a gorgeously remastered new transfer.

(Emphasis added)

Compare to the original release description from Criterionco.com:

Pitting the imagination of a common man against the oppressive storm troopers of the Ministry of Information, this bitter parable for the Information Age is more relevant than ever. Gathering footage from both the European and American versions, Terry Gilliam has assembled the ultimate 142-minute director's cut of his most celebrated film, then annotated it with a shot-by-shot commentary on an alternate audio channel.


Yes, I think it's safe to assume the movie has been freshly restored.

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#45 Post by Matt » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:26 pm

CSM126 wrote:Yes, I think it's safe to assume the movie has been freshly restored.
Well, I disagree, but I'll shut up about it for now.

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#46 Post by GringoTex » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:36 pm

matt wrote: And has there actually been any indication that there will be a new transfer?
Image website indicates it's a high definition transfer. And certainly it will be anamorphic, unlike the original.

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#47 Post by Gigi M. » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:55 pm

Yes, is a new transfer. The single disc edition gets spine #351.

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#48 Post by souvenir » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:01 pm

so Brazil becomes the first Criterion film on dvd to have two spine numbers?

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#49 Post by Cinesimilitude » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:15 pm

I cant think of a better choice. :D

this thread should now be renamed to "51 & 351 Brazil"

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#50 Post by bunuelian » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:33 pm

You can't have any more spine numbers! There's only one left and I need that to speculate on!

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