David Cronenberg

[EddieLarkin]

Rohmer wouldn't quite make the cut, as his final 3 films, even in the Potemkine box set, are DVD only. Adamson and Murphy are good shouts though!

[swo17]

Adamson and Murphy are good shouts though!

Do those sets cover their entire feature-length filmography though?

[EddieLarkin]

As far as I can gather the only features missing from both sets are lost films.

[domino harvey]

Give it enough time and I’m sure Jess Franco will be fully represented by an assortment of boutique labels. That’s how we’ll know physical media is dead, when they run out of Jess Franco movies to release

[Mario G.]

Completing the availability of his entire 22 feature film filmography on Blu-ray.

I wonder if there's a director who also has their entire output on Blu-ray with more films than Cronenberg? John Carpenter comes to 21 if you count his TV movies.

Spielberg, no? Or is there something (probably famously) not on blu I’m missing?

[EddieLarkin]

Give it enough time and I’m sure Jess Franco will be fully represented by an assortment of boutique labels. That’s how we’ll know physical media is dead, when they run out of Jess Franco movies to release

By my count, there are 77 of his films available on Blu-ray, and going by Wikipedia and IMDb his full filmography consists of somewhere between 173 and 206 entries. So we're not even half way there! 16 years into the format, that means we should see the rest by 2058*. Mercifully, many of us will be dead before then (saying this as someone who *sigh* owns 42 of the 77).

Spielberg, no? Or is there something (probably famously) not on blu I’m missing?

No, you're right, and at 33 films Spielberg is surely the winner (Ridley Scott is another Cronenberg beater at 27). Bergman, Allen and Lang all have bigger filmographies but each have a small handful of films that are still DVD only.

*edit, my maths has let me down here. It'll only take until 2042!

[domino harvey]

Spielberg does have a couple TV movies not out on Blu, though

[Finch]

Spider BD vs old HD master comparison

And a photo of the back cover shows that Sony have carried over the extras from the old US DVD, i.e. trailer, 3 featurettes and a Cronenberg commentary. A Blu-Ray.com user noticed though that a 4k version is also available on Amazon Prime (!).

[Matt]

eXistenZ is actually a Top 3 Cronenberg for me. I love it deeply.

Now available on 4K UHD + Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!

[Matt]

eXistenZ is actually a Top 3 Cronenberg for me. I love it deeply.

Now available on 4K UHD + Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!

I have this now and it looks great. Almost too great with the incredible clarity of the 4K transfer. I can see every pore on the actors’ faces. It looks as good or better than I remember from multiple 35mm viewings in 1999. A solid collection of extras as well, both new and pulled from previous editions. If you don’t need the “flesh-textured hard slipcase,” a standard edition will be available January 30.

[therewillbeblus]

The New Yorker on Cronenberg's approach to body horror and relatable sexual-existential transformation takes an interesting turn in its back half. Curious what people think of it, given Becca Rothfeld's very precise and dense analyses of Cronenberg's themes.

[vincentscor]

Hello. Does anybody know where can I access David Cronenberg's early TV documentary shorts? So far I've only found Winter Garden (1972). Thank you very much in advance!