ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#26 Post by MichaelB » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:30 pm

peerpee wrote:Mine too, David. Probably gonna beat ya! :)
Nah - I've had mine for a week. No box or artwork, though, so you'll have a slight advantage.

I haven't had a chance to watch it in full yet (I can only watch Blu-rays on the main family telly, and I haven't had a clear two-hour-plus run at it yet), but a casual browse suggests it's truly eye-popping. You can certainly see where the money went.

The big disappointment, though, is that the extras are all 576p SD PAL - including the short The Red Shoes Ballet. Who on earth is going to favour that over the 1080p version? Other niggles: there's nothing on the restoration (though a big feature in the current Sight & Sound compensates in part), and the chaptering is a bit on the stingy side - you can't jump to the beginning of the ballet proper, for instance, which is pretty unforgivable. The extras on my now ancient Criterion disc are far superior.

But none of that should detract from the quality of the main feature, and on that score it seems well worth the money.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#27 Post by peerpee » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:53 pm

Gonna watch it, enjoy it, and flog it -- then wait for the Criterion Blu-ray.

Unfortunately, I didn't get *any* post today. Very unusual. Postie obviously having a day 'chillaxing'.

Hopefully tomorrow.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#28 Post by peerpee » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:30 am

It finally showed up. Michael - did your disc have the Scorsese intro and Schoonmaker footage from Cannes 2009? They turned that around pretty quickly (4 weeks?)

Not had time to watch the Blu-ray properly, but I had a 10-minute flick. Looked fantastic - but slightly less eye-gorging than I was expecting. A little soft? -- Just an initial, non-scientific observation. Keen to hear what others think.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#29 Post by Murdoch » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:17 pm

Could someone post screen caps? I am dying to see this.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#30 Post by Brianruns10 » Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:19 pm

Here, here! I've gotta see if I'm gonna have to snag one of those UK copies, or wait for the inevitable Criterion re-release.

BR

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#31 Post by HerrSchreck » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:00 am

Jesus... this makes Blu-Ray upgrading seem so much more urgent...

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#32 Post by Person » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:23 pm

I was in HMV today and I picked up a copy of the Blu-ray and was surprised to see that it states, "Main feature: 1080p 1.78:1". Obviously it's the 1.33:1 OAR within the fixed 1.78:1 HD ratio, right? I imagine that a Beaver review will appear presently.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#33 Post by Ashirg » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:45 pm

At least it's not cropped like it was on MGM HD channel as reported by DVD Savant on June 8.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#34 Post by Napier » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:46 pm


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#35 Post by JAP » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:10 pm

The August issue of Sight & Sound carries an interesting article by Ian Christie on The Red Shoes restauration. Available online.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#36 Post by Person » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:10 pm

JAP wrote:The August issue of Sight & Sound carries an interesting article by Ian Christie on The Red Shoes restauration. Available online.
In fact, what has now been created is essentially an ingenious copy or simulacrum of the 1948 film, even to the extent of retaining the original circular cue marks that signalled the end of each reel for the projectionist.
Eh? Please tell me that those faux-cigarette burns are not on the Blu-ray?

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#37 Post by MichaelB » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:08 pm

Person wrote:Eh? Please tell me that those faux-cigarette burns are not on the Blu-ray?
I didn't spot any.

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#38 Post by criterionsnob » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:18 am


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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#39 Post by Person » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:06 am

david hare wrote:No there are no reel end color markers - in fact I dont think Ive ever seen any on any British films printed by the old London Technicolor facility out at Heathrow.
Really? That makes it doubly odd that the digital presentation at Cannes had CG reel-change marks. A quaint idea, but pointless.

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#40 Post by Arkadin » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:22 pm

I have had this bd release for about 6 weeks or so, and wanted to note that it was originally only an HMV exclusive, but is now available to order through regular amazon.uk.
It is a locked to region B release unfortunately, but luckily for me that is of no concern, as I have a region free bd player now.
It is a glorious release for sure, and I highly recommend it.

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#41 Post by SuperBlu » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:15 pm

I ordered ITV's blu-ray of The Red Shoes from Amazon UK 3 weeks ago, and it said 6-10 days delivery. It still hasn't been shipped. Now it's out of stock and only sold by sellers. It can't be out of print already, right? It came out just a few months ago.

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Re: 44 The Red Shoes

#42 Post by tojoed » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:17 pm

SuperBlu wrote:I ordered ITV's blu-ray of The Red Shoes from Amazon UK 3 weeks ago, and it said 6-10 days delivery. It still hasn't been shipped. Now it's out of stock and only sold by sellers. It can't be out of print already, right? It came out just a few months ago.
No, it's not out of print. You can get it here and at just about any High Street retailer in the UK.

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Re: 44 The Red Shoes

#43 Post by SuperBlu » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:31 pm

tojoed wrote:
SuperBlu wrote:I ordered ITV's blu-ray of The Red Shoes from Amazon UK 3 weeks ago, and it said 6-10 days delivery. It still hasn't been shipped. Now it's out of stock and only sold by sellers. It can't be out of print already, right? It came out just a few months ago.
No, it's not out of print. You can get it here and at just about any High Street retailer in the UK.
I'm in the US. The price and shipping fee at HMV make it too expensive for me. At Amazon UK the final price would be around US$23 whereas at HMV it would be well over 30. Why isn't it sold at Amazon UK anymore? Is it now an HMV exclusive like some other blu-rays? Also, none of the third-party sellers at Amazon UK ship overseas. I also asked Jon Mulvaney about a Criterion release and got no reply, so I guess there is nothing in the works, even though Janus did the restoration.

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Re: 44 The Red Shoes

#44 Post by Matango » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:34 pm

No reply from Mulvaney is more likely to mean there IS something in the works than not.

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#45 Post by MichaelB » Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:44 am

Matango wrote:No reply from Mulvaney is more likely to mean there IS something in the works than not.
...and the Region B coding of the ITV box (since they don't usually region-code) suggests that someone else has the rights to Region A...

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#46 Post by swo17 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:53 am

I'm not going to attempt to dig it up, but there was a post on Facebook about a month or two ago that went something like this:

Some guy: I bet the Blu-ray editions of Lola Montes and The Red Shoes are going to look great.

Criterion: They sure will!

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Re: ITV: The Red Shoes Blu-ray

#47 Post by Matt » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:57 am

Guys, there is no reason for speculation on this title. It is coming.

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