The CRITERION DVD and Blu-ray Thread

[Justin101]

I just checked and the American Sony release from 2009 is a 4K scan already and the criterion press release doesn't specify a new master just that it's 4K so it might be the same transfer you can already buy for £6.

[Justin101]

I'll be buying Burroughs anyway, that sounds like an interesting film about an interesting man.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I just checked and the American Sony release from 2009 is a 4K scan already and the criterion press release doesn't specify a new master just that it's 4K so it might be the same transfer you can already buy for £6.

However, if there are many more extra features (unlikely as the Sony release is very good), I might buy it anyway.

[Inspector Abberline]

This is the spec from Criterion website on the new release.

Restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
New interviews with Stanley Kubrick scholars Mick Broderick and Rodney Hill; archivist Richard Daniels; cinematographer and camera innovator Joe Dunton; camera operator Kelvin Pike; and David George, son of Peter George, on whose novel Red Alert the film is based
Excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein
Four short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the artistry of Kubrick
Interviews from 1963 with Sellers and actor George C. Scott
Excerpt from a 1980 interview with Sellers from NBC’s Today show
Trailers
PLUS: An essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film

New cover by Eric Skillman

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

This is the spec from Criterion website on the new release.

Sounds like a good companion to the Sony release, and I love that artwork.

[Rob4]

Cat People

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rob4

Cat People

Great news!

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

They've announced Carnival of Souls for the US slate in July, hopefully that one will be coming on the UK imprint too.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What a horrible cover that is.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What a horrible cover that is.

Typical Criterion arty farty, trying to be high brow (and failing miserably) "artwork".