by lhb412 » Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:20 am
Hmmm, it seems that the Criterion Collection will be putting out a new blu-ray edition of Leave Her to Heaven. It's an awesome classic film, often considered noir even though it's in vibrant color. Thing is, once upon a time I paid a not insubstantial amount of money for the Twilight Time release of the film. Will the Criterion Edition be a significant upgrade? Apparently the original negative is lost, or something like that, which is why even though the film is visually stunning apparently the color and detail is more muted then it should be? I'm not an expert, but if Criterion manages to work some sort of magic to make the film look better I suppose I might have to pick it up!
Man, the entire idea behind Twilight Time really deflated, didn't it? Their entire deal was that physical media was on the way out and that through their limited editions these would be the last chance you'd get to own physical copies of these films in high definition. This has been substantially disproven and practically every significant film that they released has been re-released either by other boutique labels or buy Sony themselves with their Warner Archive-esque made on demand pressed discs.