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Author Topic: SCHINDLER'S LIST is magnificent on Blu Ray Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-13-2013 04:12 PM                        With the exception of one new short feature, the new bd set has only the stuff that was on the previous dvd and I had no problem with that. Steven Spielber and Universal could have only issued a blu ray set with the movie on one disc and the the special features on another but BD & DVD is the norm today. The 2nd dvd has part two of the movie running well over an hour and the special features running about an hour and a half, there was not too much space to include more features unless they went to another dvd but that would have increased the price of new blu ray set of SCHINDLER'S LIST and I do not think Spielberg wanted to do that. When you consider laserdiscs costing about forty dollars and NO special features, blu rays are a bargain today with what ever additional features they come with. With prices as low as $22.95 at Best Buy for SCHINDLER'S LIST with a gorgeous picture on the blu ray and beautifully packaged, I was very happy with what I got. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-13-2013 05:23 PM                     Why are you making excuses for Universal? The industry has habituated consumers to expect special features on Bluray and DVD -- especially in the case of an "Anniversary" or "Special Edition" release of a high-profile movie.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-13-2013 05:34 PM                        I am not making excuses for Universal, Manny ! It is my personal opinion and I am entitled to it ! -Claude  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-13-2013 08:05 PM                     But...but... ...who wouldn't want more? quote: One is fun, why not two? And if you like two, you might as well have four And if you like four, why not a few Why not a slew More! More! If you've got a little, why not a lot? Add a bit and it'll get to be an oodle Every jot and tittle adds to the pot Soon you've got the kit as well as the caboodle More! More! Never say when, never stop at plenty If it's gonna rain, let it pour Happy with ten, happier with twenty If you like a penny, wouldn't you like many much more? "More" (excerpt) by Stephen Sondheim from the film, "Dick Tracy"  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-14-2013 03:57 PM                        quote: Manny Knowles The industry has habituated consumers to expect special features on Bluray and DVD -- especially in the case of an "Anniversary" or "Special Edition" release of a high-profile movie. And one effect of that has been to raise the barriers to entry to smaller publishers of arthouse and re-release titles. The big studio labels can afford to publish lavish re-releases of their archive classics as loss-leaders. This brings them a number of indirect benefits, e.g. keeping the brand out there, promoting sales to broadcasters, airlines, non-theatrical screenings etc. The smaller video publishers - people like Milestone, Kino, Eureka, Criterion, the British Film Institute and Artificial Eye - can't afford to do this. They often also face the problem of having to partner with non-profit archives who need some return on the investment they've put into a restoration, and/or the the film's actual rights owner. The result is that that you're less likely to find their titles heavily discounted on Amazon, there can be fewer or no extras, and sometimes the transfer and/or source element isn't as nice as you'd get with a studio title. But these companies, many of them very small businesses, are taking big risks to put out titles that only a few hundred people worldwide are likely to buy. With all that in mind, I admit that I was probably being a little unfair in my review of the Kino They Made Me a Fugitive on this forum. $30 for a so-so transfer of a 90-minute film and no extras is not great on the face of it, but both Claude and Manny make valuable points: in the laserdisc era we'd have been happy to pay that, and the studios are now raising the bar to heights at which smaller players are finding it increasingly difficult to aim for.  |  IP: Logged

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