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HackMaster
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
Posts: 4,612
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Picnic At Hanging Rock 3-disc Deluxe Edition
It's a R2 UK release, June 30. This is one I might have to wait for a Blu-ray of.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0017WVSS...29&camp=211189 |
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Don't Monkey With Me!
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: South Florida, But Far from the Hell that is Miami
Posts: 5,628
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Is this a good film? I hear things here and there about it, but would love to know what people on this forum think about it.
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HackMaster
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada
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I love it. One of the most haunting films ever made IMO.
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Peace, bitch
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Iceland
Posts: 2,487
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It's an AMAZING film. You'll definitely never forget it. Might take a while to warm up to it, though. It's pretty slow, quiet (apart from once crazy scene) and atmospheric.
If you like David Lynch and/or unconventional, non-linear, inconclusive cinema, then I suggest you give it a try. This SE sounds amazing, although I'm not really that interested in the theatrical cut. The documentary sounds nice, though. And my old copy was pretty cheap, so I might double dip.
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Fuck it.
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Dallas
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It's an exquisite film. Excellently eerie.
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Stalker
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Victoria, TX
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I knew it. Fuck, I just knew it. Before I even clicked the thread, I knew this wasn't going to be a R1/R0 NTSC release. Damn, it seems like every country in the world except the US and Canada has (or will have) a special edition DVD release of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Why is Criterion sitting on this title? They've had ten years to rerelease it properly (1.78:1 anamorphic transfer, the 2-hour Dream within a Dream documentary from 2004, a commentary track with Peter Weir and perhaps Anne-Louise Lambert (Miranda), the seven minutes of deleted footage from the theatrical cut) but we get nothing. In 2008 we still have a non-anamorphic barebones DVD of this wonderful film. Pathetic. Criterion needs to license it to another studio. They obviously don't give a damn about it.
The same thing is happening with Ms. 45. 16x9 enhanced uncut DVDs are popping up in other countries, but good 'ole Image Entertainment just doesn't give a shit.
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Horny Spirit
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Ghost World
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Great Kat slave
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Hell-as
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Will purchase! This is one of my favorite films.
Shannafey, I advise you to see this. One of the most atmospheric movies ever.
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Asshole Extraordinaire
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,297
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I remember being really intrigued and kind of spooked by it when I saw it on Showtime in the late 70's/early 80's, and I sought out a copy on VHS through one of the catalogue importers/dubbers I used to buy from (and feeling ever so illicit while doing so)...
I watched it recently and realized that it's pretty damn annoying. It's got atmosphere in spades, but man...I hate to say I think I've had it with this movie. |
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Hellbound Heart
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Night Is The New Day
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Sounds nice. I've been almost going to order the Aussie 2-disc set, but it sounds like this one may be superior.
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The Eighth Samurai
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Sounds great...this is one my favorite films, and I'd definitely love to have a nice SE for it, especially one in anamorphic WS.
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HackMaster
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Crashed
Posts: 16,576
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![]() Here's some cover art. Also: Quote:
Don't forget, Criterion are coming up with a single disc release too: ![]() Special Features: Quote:
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Peace, bitch
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Iceland
Posts: 2,487
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Unless the R2 has some serious image-problems, the Criterion version kinda blows in comparison ... Which isn't often the case!
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Victim
Join Date: May 2004
Location: The Marsten House in spring, Monroeville Mall in winter, Comfort Station in summer and the Bates Motel in autumn
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This appears to be the Australian DVD from a few years back with the Theatrical Cut included. A commentary would definitely have made me pick up this UK release but my Aussie disc will do just fine.
LUCIO!!!!
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The Eighth Samurai
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Baltimore, MD
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That's because the Criterion version is almost 10 years old. They've been re-releasing many of their older titles with anamorphic transfers, better restorations, and more extras, so there is hope that sometime in the future they'll re-release it.
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