DVD enthuiasts who subscribe to the Criterion Collection’s newsletter got a welcome piece of news this evening. The label is planning on releasing titles in the high definition BluRay format starting in October.<\/p>\n
Here’s the news, cut and pasted directly from the horse’s mouth.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019ve picked a little over a dozen titles from the collection for Blu-ray treatment, and we\u2019ll begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature glorious high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match our standard-def editions.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what\u2019s in the pipeline:<\/p>\n
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear<\/strong><\/p>\nAlongside our DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor<\/strong>, we\u2019ll also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. Our Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer; we will also release an updated anamorphic DVD of Nicolas Roeg\u2019s outback masterpiece at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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