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Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:34 pm
by Barmy
Umm, it's projected video, hence it looks video-y. Even the most sophisticated video projector can't disguise this. That may change when laser projection starts being used.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:30 am
by StevenJ0001
montgomery wrote:I went to see it, and it is definitely an HD source. While the resolution itself was pretty good, every time the camera moved (and when characters moved quickly), there was a significant amount of both jerkiness and flickering that went a long way to ruining the experience. Is this kind of thing common with HD? Does it have to do more with the equipment or the transfer itself? Also, some of the colors (reds, greens mostly) looked blown out and video-like.
What you're describing sounds like there was something seriously wrong with the setup they were using.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:01 pm
by whtm0197
Hi
I just got my box set in the mail today, having bought it from chapters indigo here in Canada. And much to my dismay there was no booklet in it.
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem with this set, and if it'll be a hassle to get a booklet from Criterion. I've emailed a couple of the addresses on the site, but being Xmas break no one is in.
thoughts?
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:10 pm
by piano player
whtm0197 wrote:I just got my box set in the mail today, having bought it from chapters indigo here in Canada. And much to my dismay there was no booklet in it.
I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem with this set, and if it'll be a hassle to get a booklet from Criterion. I've emailed a couple of the addresses on the site, but being Xmas break no one is in.
thoughts?
Shouldn't be a problem. (I'm assuming you bought it directly from Criterion, otherwise you should send it back to the retailer and get a new copy).
The booklet is - barring exceptional circumstances such as yours - located in the television part of the box, just behind the chapter selection.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:33 pm
by whtm0197
Shouldn't be a problem. (I'm assuming you bought it directly from Criterion, otherwise you should send it back to the retailer and get a new copy).
The booklet is - barring exceptional circumstances such as yours - located in the television part of the box, just behind the chapter selection.
I didn't buy the product from Criterion. I bought from a canadian book retailer online, and they are currently out of stock on the item. It'll be a while before they can get me a new one. I have the discs, and they are fine, just want the booklet to complete the set. Do you think they will send it to me even is i haven't bought from them? it is a criterion product after all.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:38 pm
by fiddlesticks
Email "Jon Mulvaney" at
[email protected] and request a replacement booklet. They don't send them overseas, but I think Canada will be no problem.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:59 am
by LesRoches
I recently purchased the set in the DVD Planet sale, and it too was missing the booklet. I emailed Jon Mulvaney and received the booklet 3 days later. They should accommodate you.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:41 pm
by HerrSchreck
I gave the Big Set to my old lady as a gift this year and it too did not have a booklet. I shot CIA Director Casey *cough* oops sorry I mean "Mr Mulvaney" a line and he said CC will reissue another when they reopen this coming week.
Seems, I now see, to be an edition-printing-wide problem, which is why I didn't bother returning it from whence it came... as CC are generally known to be good about this sort of thing.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:52 pm
by Cronenfly
I'm a Canuck as well with the exact same problem (received the F+A set yesterday without a booklet), and you have nothing to worry about, whtm0197: I've received replacement booklets from CC on numerous occasions quickly and with no hassles. I expect this time will be no different.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:54 pm
by markhax
I got the 5-DVD set for myself and also for my son or Christmas--both were missing the booklet!
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:53 am
by JanPB
montgomery wrote:I went to see it, and it is definitely an HD source. While the resolution itself was pretty good, every time the camera moved (and when characters moved quickly), there was a significant amount of both jerkiness and flickering that went a long way to ruining the experience. Is this kind of thing common with HD? Does it have to do more with the equipment or the transfer itself? Also, some of the colors (reds, greens mostly) looked blown out and video-like.
It must have been a defect of the projection. I saw the HDCAM version of
Fanny and Alexander at the San Rafael Film Center a couple of months ago and it looked
phenomenal. I saw none of the effects you mention, the presentation looked very filmic (I was quite surprised).
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:29 pm
by Matt
The new region-free, English-subbed
Svensk Filmindustri Blu-ray of the theatrical version makes Criterion's DVD look like a sack of maggoty potatoes (though it looks ever so slightly horizontally stretched). Pity they didn't do the TV version.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:49 pm
by Michael
Matt wrote:The new region-free, English-subbed
Svensk Filmindustri Blu-ray of the theatrical version makes Criterion's DVD look like a sack of maggoty potatoes (though it looks ever so slightly horizontally stretched). Pity they didn't do the TV version.
My god!
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:04 pm
by Dylan
The new transfer is absolutely luminous! A great surprise, since I always assumed (per Criterion's transfer) that the colors for this film were supposed to be desaturated. I always thought Sven Nykvist did a fine job with this film, but the new transfer really drives home the reason he won the Oscar that year - the colors (particularly the reds) just shimmer.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:15 pm
by stereo
I have to agree with Matt; as much as I'd love to buy the SI BR, I simply far prefer the extended TV version to the point I doubt I would ever watch the theatrical cut much again.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:24 pm
by aox
Since this has been remastered and put out, does this mean we might see a Criterion BR reissue of this film?
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:33 pm
by piano player
The blue ray looks incredible. What an enormous improvement over the Criterion. But the again, as others have pointed out, it's not worth buying because the five hour version is the only way to watch this film.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a Criterion blue ray of the television version.
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:27 am
by JanPB
Dylan wrote:The new transfer is absolutely luminous! A great surprise, since I always assumed (per Criterion's transfer) that the colors for this film were supposed to be desaturated.
The film always looked very saturated to me, and the HDCAM version I saw in San Rafael was no exception. This is about 4 x resolution of BluRay. The HDCAM cassettes I saw had what looked to me like the Criterion logo in the corner (wink wink).
Re: 261-264 Fanny and Alexander
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:28 pm
by psufootball07
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:13 pm
by domino harvey
God, what if they do Fanny and Alexander and it's only the theatrical version
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:20 pm
by MyNameCriterionForum
Does the theatrical version still have the fart joke?
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:22 pm
by willoneill
MyNameCriterionForum wrote:Does the theatrical version still have the fart joke?
Yes, but it's missing the two best scenes in the film.
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:45 pm
by mteller
domino harvey wrote:God, what if they do Fanny and Alexander and it's only the theatrical version
Oh man, I hadn't considered that possibility. That would really, really suck.
It'd suck if they left off
The Making of Fanny & Alexander too.
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:57 pm
by denti alligator
mteller wrote:domino harvey wrote:God, what if they do Fanny and Alexander and it's only the theatrical version
Oh man, I hadn't considered that possibility. That would really, really suck.
It'd suck if they left off
The Making of Fanny & Alexander too.
They would be stupid to only release the theatrical version. I'm not worried about that. Who watches anything but the television version, anyway?
Re: Criterion Facebook Page
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:40 pm
by aox
They set a possible precedent with their release of The Last Emperor on blu.
