Kagemusha - The Shadow Warrior

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Nov 2006, 15:14

Bisc: Have you seen any of Euraka's Masters of Cinema range, all their releases are fantastic.

jimmyscab wrote:Well if it includes the Stephen Prince commentary from the Criterion I doubt its the shorter cut.

Good point.

jimmyscab wrote:The Criterion does come with a lovely booklet though.

Dave F at DVD Times reckons a booklet is likely. The Criterion cover art is probably a bit nicer but the Cinema Reserve has a Tin bumping it IMO.

grim_tales wrote:Brad do yu know what other Cinema Reserve releases there are?

I wondered that and then searched for "cinema reserve" at DVD Times. Some are:

The Hustler
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Seven Year Itch
Patton
Lifeboat
Laura (1944)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
All About Eve (1950)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The range was launched in February: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60404

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Nov 2006, 05:40

grim_tales wrote: I wondered that and then searched for "cinema reserve" at DVD Times. Some are:

The Hustler
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Seven Year Itch
Patton
Lifeboat
Laura (1944)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
All About Eve (1950)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Add The Fly to the list. Remove Butch Cassidy and Patton since they're missing significant extras from their R1 counterparts.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Nov 2006, 16:33

Well no as Grim asked me what CR titles out, here's a list of all of them (12 in total, the 9 mentioned by me, 1 by Eva, Kagemusha + Abyss):

http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searcht ... ma+reserve

Including a new Abyss DVD, no idea if it's anamorphic or uncut this time though.

jimmyscab wrote:Now it gets a release over here, will no doubt turn up at £7.99 a few months down the line.

It's in a Tin so I doubt it will be below a tenner for sometime but sure near a tenner, so cheaper than the CC.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Nov 2006, 23:27

Still we haven't had confirmation whether this is the full Japanese cut or the truncated international cut.

The last Fox R2/4 Kagemusha release was the truncated cut (which is very watchable, but you do get a feeling that stuff is missing a la Kingdom of Heaven TC).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Nov 2006, 20:57

Still? The press release only came out 2 days ago. We have had:

jimmyscab wrote:Well if it includes the Stephen Prince commentary from the Criterion I doubt its the shorter cut.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Nov 2006, 21:18

Good point. Why would they cut the commentary to fit the shorter cut of the movie?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 06 Nov 2006, 21:24

grim_tales wrote:Good point. Why would they cut the commentary to fit the shorter cut of the movie?

Its called editing, many dvds have done it. Commentaries are hacked all the time.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Nov 2006, 00:39

Romero you were right:

Originally Posted by DaveF:
And with thanks to Noel who will be covering the release for the site later this month...

It's 152 minutes. It's the International Cut. I've updated the news item with this info.

Source: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?c ... mentpage=2

Criterion it is then.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Nov 2006, 00:40

LOOOOL! Why bother to release it then?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 07 Nov 2006, 18:39

Because the vast majority of people who will buy this probably don't even know there's a longer version.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Nov 2006, 18:41

Booooooo...b that really sucks.

jimmyscab · Post by **jimmyscab** » 07 Nov 2006, 21:26

Oh dear!

Stroking my Criterion right now LOL

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Nov 2006, 18:59

DVD Times review is up:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63272

* Same old transfer
* Cut version

Enough said.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 12 Nov 2006, 19:17

It is an odd situation when this happens, most people who buy it mind you wont know its cut and wont know the transfer isnt perfect.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 30 Nov 2006, 11:52

Crit the one to own? Well of the Western releases...

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Nov 2006, 19:30

Seems to be the best yes

I have yet to watch the Criterion release, still waiting till I do a Kurasawa marathon.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 30 Nov 2006, 19:33

Just give me your copy, you won't miss it. By the time you come to watch it there'll be nothing to play it on.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Nov 2006, 19:34

Oops I can't talk

A Kurosawa marathon

. Do you ever go out?

Lourdes wrote:Crit the one to own? Well of the Western releases...

Yes, it's a no contest.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Nov 2006, 19:42

The amount of time you spend on the net each day, is FAR more time than I spend watching films and TV shows

Far more.

Most normal people watch wayyyyy more TV than me, they watch all the soaps etc.. and then say to me where do I get the time?

Well I dont watch shit soaps

I would rather watch quality stuff than normal TV like most muppets.

Still its not as if I watch them all on the same day

i only have a few hours each day for TV shows and films, if any

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Nov 2006, 19:50

romerojpg wrote:The amount of time you spend on the net each day, is FAR more time than I spend watching films and TV shows Far more.

I know hence the

romerojpg wrote:Most normal people watch wayyyyy more TV than me, they watch all the soaps etc.. and then say to me where do I get the time?

I know hence the

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Nov 2006, 20:01

I knew you know, just explaining to the peeps out in net land