New FRENCH CONNECTION Blu-ray

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Looks like a new BD of The French Connection has been released in the US (through Best Buy for the time being) with a new transfer supervised by William Freidkin AND Owen Roizman (who famously voiced his disapproval of the last BD), restoring the film to the way it's supposed to look (no colour chages!). Unfortunately, the BBC documentary has been dropped ,and so has the featurette on the colour timing (understandable).

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Yeah,leave this one alone William Lucas,sorry,George Friedkin......

[Paul@Lovelockandload]

What is it with these people? They can do whatever the hell they like for all I care but INCLUDE the original versions too.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

What is it with these people? They can do whatever the hell they like for all I care but INCLUDE the original versions too.

Going to order this now me thinks. The old BD was a traversty.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Yeah Lucas and Friedkin......'Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed the ability to destroy a classic is insignificant next to the power of the purist!'

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Going to order this now me thinks. The old BD was a traversty.

Yeah and I bought both the first and the box to get the underatted second!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

Yeah Lucas and Friedkin......'Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed the ability to destroy a classic is insignificant next to the power of the purist!'

I bet we see Predator released soon as one of these Filmaker Signature Series discs with remastered picture.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

It's done deliberately......they know they can't **** us over with the Extreme/Director's/Producers Vision/Never before seen/More gore than before cut reissues anymore!

[platostotal]

Yes, one of my favourite films may finally get a BD release worth buying( I posted before that my mate bought the first BD and I thought it was faulty) just lets have it... grain, original palette and all in glorious HD.

[Daemonia]

I'll definitely pick up this edition. Friedkin proved what a good job he's capable of with The Exorcist. That looked marvellous on BD. Although at one point he had threatened to do a French Connection-style recolouring. Thankfully, it seemed that he didn't. The BD of The Exorcist looks terrific. Let's hope this new edition of French Connection achieves the same standard.

I don't want a 70's (or 80's) movie to look like a new film. I want it to look like a 70's movie, but with all the attendant benefits that an HD restoration provides. Old films can look magnificent on BD, just look at the stunning transfer for How the West Was Won.