![]() ![]() While most of Criterion 2022's upgrades included UHD, they did upgrade only on BD Le corbeau and The Tales of Hoffmann, and Masculin féminin before that in 2021, all three based on 4K restorations. I wonder actually, considering they're still releasing BD-only stuff from 4K masters, if it's not so much a poor use of a label's resources when it's deemed having enough sales potentials to warrant it, ie : would Criterion pass on a possible HDR UHD because the title is deemed not be big enough, while a SDR UHD of Night of the Living Dead probably was seen as a no-brainer because it has such sales potential. I don't see it as much of a problem if it's a brand new 4K SDR master that is so far unavailable on localised home video (see Wings of Desire and Branded to Kill). Thu 7:06 amI think a 4K SDR release can be a very poor use of a label's resources, but that's really only the case if it's the same 4K master that's already been released on Blu-ray (see Night of the Living Dead, In the Mood for Love, The Seventh Seal). ![]() Maybe enough people are dying to upgrade their Branded to Kill and Fisher King blus and that’ll give the company a few more years to produce HD copies of classics still trapped in DVD land but I’m not holding my breath I’m glad Flowers of St Francis got a new restoration recently, but will a film like that ever get released on disc, when UHD is the fad and those upgrades are being prioritized, in addition to new missions to propel other subsets of demographic voices into the market, plus Netflix/Amazon/Neon deals, etc etc? Will we ever get films like My Sex Life… under these conditions? I’ve banged this drum before, and honestly I’m happy to be saving money right now, but sometimes when restorations are completed and available and companies sit on the rights without a bright format future, it gets a bit frustrating. With insiders like MichaelB et al’s predictions that physical media has a rapidly closing window where manufacturing and distribution costs will still stand to yield a profit against the demand, I find this strategy of simultaneously releasing blu-UHD upgrades, DVD-blu upgrades, and new releases to be a bit stressful in slowing down the pace as we approach a potential yet unknown date of format death. The 400 Blows (released on UHD in France) Night of the Hunter (coming to UHD from Kino)Ī Bout de Souffle (on UHD from Studio Canal)īarry Lyndon (will surely get released on UHD from either Criterion or WB at some point) Seven Samurai (would be a prime contender for UHD if rights issues were sorted out)ĭo The Right Thing (already has a non-Criterion UHD) ![]() Here's a list of every film in the critics top 50 available from Criterion on a sub-UHD format: Portrait of a Lady on Fire seems like a safe bet, but I'm less sure about Jeanne Dielman, Close-Up, Daisies, and Beau Travail. Which prominent S&S risers could we expect to get UHD releases sooner rather than later? From what I've heard, the elements for Tokyo Story aren't exactly UHD-friendly, although that's always been prominent on the list anyway. ![]()
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