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Aug 25, 2014 · Picture 10/10. In what is easily the biggest surprise for me this year, Criterion releases Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz on Blu-ray in a new dual-format edition, presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The high-definition transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. A standard definition version is found on the ...
Mar 13, 2018 · Film and jazz critic—and this film’s number one fan based on all evidence here—Gary Giddens appears in an introduction for the film, as well as in an audio commentary, the latter alongside music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano. In the intro Giddens spends 16-minutes explaining his love for the ...
Nov 25, 2019 · Picture 8/10. The Criterion Collection presents Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve on Blu-ray in a new 2-disc set, delivering the film on the first dual-layer disc in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. The 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation comes from a 4K restoration scanned from the 35mm original camera negative.
Jul 31, 2010 · The next piece, called Black Orpheus and That Bossa Nova Sound!, runs 18-minutes and features Jazz historian Gary Giddens and author Ruy Castro (both recorded separately) who both talk about the film briefly (Castro being a little critical of it) and then move on to the history of Bossa Nova, including its birth and first appearance, and the film’s part in making it popular in North America.
Jul 23, 2024 · ZHansen wrote:I'm trying to play a blu-ray with only a 3.0 surround audio option (the All That Jazz Criterion disc) but don't have any external speakers, so all I'm getting is faint background sound. My player is the Sony UBP-X700.
Oct 13, 2014 · Picture 8/10. George Sluizer’s 1988 version of The Vanishing receives a Blu-ray upgrade from Criterion, who again present the film in its original aspect ratio of about 1.66:1 on a dual-layer disc. The high-definition transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. The upgrade is substantial over Criterion’s previous DVD.
Nov 4, 2004 · All That Jazz. Alphaville. Amarcord. America Lost and Found: The BBS Story. The American Friend. Amores Perros. Andre Gregory & Wallce Shawn: 3 Films. Anatomy of a Fall. Anatomy of a Murder.
Sep 22, 2019 · A silent film, Häxan comes with a score that was created in 2001 by Gillian B. Anderson for Criterion’s DVD edition, based on the 1922 score for the film. It was presented in 2.0 stereo and 5.0 surround on the DVD. Criterion only provides the 5.0 surround track here, presented in DTS-HD MA. It’s a newer recording so it sounds clean and ...
Nov 28, 2013 · City Lights delivers one of the stronger video transfers of the Chaplin films Criterion has released so far. Source materials are unsurprisingly its only limiting factor; it has been beautifully restored but the image is still faintly laced with minor scratches, bits of debris, stains, and pulsating, but the digital presentation itself is just ...
Aug 8, 2024 · CC40. #1 by swo17 » Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:08 pm. CC40. This monumental forty-film box set celebrates forty years of the Criterion Collection by gathering an electrifying mix of classic and contemporary films, and presenting them with all their special features and essays in a deluxe clothbound, slipcased edition. CC40’s eclectic selection ...
