NEW Rashomon DVD: It's looking better than the Criterion!

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Oh I didnt know it was 68 minutes, thats good. Thanks :)
I'll wait and see if this new DVD beats the current ones. :)
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The R4 looks to be best then...
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Or the Criterion.
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Yeah, I guess if the R2 is NTSC-PAL.
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Definitely ignore ALL UK DVDs. They all suck.
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For the 10-year anniversary of Kurosawa's death, the Academy Film Archive and Kadokawa have made a new restored digital print of RASHOMON. Expect a slew of new DVDs and the like in the near future.

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http://the.lastcandle.net/2008/09/19/cu ... n-affected
(interesting to read the Criterion print was not from the original)
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Interesting, I think I'll wait then.