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hnimmo
10-03-2002, 21:55
I am interested in purchasing the Criterion editions of the above (Musashi Miyamoto; Duel At Ichijoji Temple; Duel At Ganryu Temple) for use on my Region 2 player. Can these three discs be played on a Region 2 player ? The reason I ask is that I have visited several sites and all of them show Musashi Miyamoto as being encoded for Region 0 while Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Duel at Ganryu are shown as encoded for Region 1 which seems strange.


Hugh
theblairwitch
10-03-2002, 22:02
Hi Hugh,

Got mine in my hand at the moment (!) and they read as follows:

Musashi Miyamoto - region 1
Duel At Ichijoji Temple - no mention of region encoding
Duel At Ganryu Temple - region 1

Which seems bizarre ! Hope that is of assistance,

Simon
theblairwitch
10-03-2002, 22:11
You may also want to check out Michael Brooke's definitive guide to regions and reviews (which lists all of the Samurai films as region 1 :( ) here:

http://217.33.154.203/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11852
hnimmo
10-03-2002, 22:22
Simon

Thanks for all your help. I thought I read somewhere that all Criterions were Region 0 encoded but obviously that is not the case.


Hugh
theblairwitch
10-03-2002, 22:30
Horses for courses.

It depends how Criterion license the product from the studio in question, some are happy for them to be region 0 and hence playable throughout the world, others stipulate that Criterion will only get the rights in they have a limited (region 1) release.

Have a goosey at the list for full details.
Michael Brooke
11-03-2002, 09:57
Criterion discs are region-free unless they’re compelled by the rights holder to make them Region 1 – examples of the latter include the Buena Vista titles (<I>Armageddon, The Rock, Chasing Amy, Rushmore</I>) and the Toho Japanese titles (the Samurai trilogy and the Kurosawa titles).

In the case of the latter, I suspect the Japanese owners wanted to keep the region 2 NTSC market to themselves – which makes perfect commercial sense.

Oh, and I've got some good news about the Criterion list - when clearing out my hard drive at work I found an earlier draft of the long-missing A-K list! I'll clean it up a bit and upload it later today.
charlie angel
11-03-2002, 10:37
Originally posted by Michael Brooke
Oh, and I've got some good news about the Criterion list - when clearing out my hard drive at work I found an earlier draft of the long-missing A-K list! I'll clean it up a bit and upload it later today.

Great news - that list really is a handy reference tool :)
James45
11-03-2004, 10:50
Criterion are listing a new boxed set of the Samurai Trilogy for May 2004 available at a reduced price and containing all three of the current discs. Typical! I've just received my copy of Samurai when I read this news!
Narshty
11-03-2004, 10:51
The transfers on all three are absolute crap, though. I'm not going near them until Criterion have done a complete restoration and remaster. You can see actual tape damage to the master used for the DVD at times!
James45
11-03-2004, 10:56
Oh wonderful:( really looking forward to watching this now!:cry: The R2 versions are supposed to be awful as well aren't they? Is there a decent version available?

I thought this one (from CD-wow) was a bootleg when it arrived, the cover design is awful and the liner notes primative to say the least.
KeyserSoze
11-03-2004, 11:14
same here.

Its perfectly watchable though.

really bad discs by Criterion standards though. And i paid £15 for each of em !

i kinda like grain and print damage, kinda adds to the charm :nuts: but not what i pay for.
James45
11-03-2004, 11:16
Originally posted by KeyserSoze
i kinda like grain and print damage, kinda adds to the charm :nuts:

:lol:

EDIT: After watching it I actually kind of agree with you! Great film... now I wait for the box set in May or do I order the others now?
Walrus Man
11-03-2004, 19:47
Originally posted by James45
Criterion are listing a new boxed set of the Samurai Trilogy for May 2004 available at a reduced price and containing all three of the current discs. Typical! I've just received my copy of Samurai when I read this news! DVD Pacific have the boxset for pre-order for less than 30 notes, plus possible customs charges of course.

I just noticed that this thread was brought back from the dead exactly two years since the last post. :eek:
droach75
11-03-2004, 20:28
you should be alright with DVDPacific, i have bought a lot of stuff from them from multiple dvds (4 or 5) in one box to a couple of copies of the Hithcock Crietrion boxset (which is 5 films 6dvds ) and never had any custom charges.
Cornelius
11-03-2004, 21:37
Originally posted by droach75
you should be alright with DVDPacific...Not any longer.
James45
12-03-2004, 10:42
Originally posted by Walrus Man
I just noticed that this thread was brought back from the dead exactly two years since the last post. :eek:

Only 13 minutes out!
KeyserSoze
12-03-2004, 13:49
Originally posted by James45
:lol:

EDIT: After watching it I actually kind of agree with you! Great film... now I wait for the box set in May or do I order the others now?

i was joking about print damage. But i am a fan of film grain, i like it :nuts: its like the pops and clicks on vinyl :dork:


and as for DVDpacific, if they are getting caught, where should we order our R1s from ? :cry: