Criterion Collection goes Blu-Ray

Ghoulish Delight · 07-09-2008, 08:35 AM

No, upscaling does make for a better picture on an HDTV. But it would cost you less to buy a $60 upscaling Oppo DVD player + Playstation than it will to buy an Oppo BluRay player that also upscales regular DVDs.

Kevy Baby · 07-09-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

...buy a $60 upscaling Oppo DVD player...

The least expensive Oppo DVD player (new - from Oppo) is $169.

The only ones on eBay for under $100 are ones that don't output 1080p (only up to 1080i)

Snowflake · 08-25-2009, 10:42 AM

Okay, these are not blu-ray, but they are Criterion Collection

I've not seen any of these films, but they look really great. Anyone seen any of them? Mousepod?

Criterion Japanese Film Noir set

I Am Waiting
Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1957
In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara stars as a restaurant manager and former boxer who saves a beautiful, suicidal club hostess (Mie Kitahara) trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

Rusty Knife
Toshio Masuda, 1958
In Toshio Masuda’s smash Rusty Knife, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to leave behind a life of crime, but their past comes back to haunt them when the authorities seek them out as murder witnesses.

Take Aim at the Police Van
Seijun Suzuki, 1960
At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside is murdered. The penitentiary warden on duty, Daijiro (Michitaro Mizushima), is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.

Cruel Gun Story
Takumi Furukawa, 1964
Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa (Branded to Kill’s Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing the heist of an armored car carrying racetrack receipts. (This sounds very similar to The Killers with Sterling Hayden - another great film)

A Colt Is My Passport
Takashi Nomura, 1967
One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Japanese Film Noir Okay, these are not blu-ray, but they are Criterion Collection I've not seen any of these films, but they look really great. Anyone seen any of them? Mousepod? Criterion Japanese Film Noir set *I Am Waiting* Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1957 In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara stars as a restaurant manager and former boxer who saves a beautiful, suicidal club hostess (Mie Kitahara) trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. *Rusty Knife* Toshio Masuda, 1958 In Toshio Masuda’s smash Rusty Knife, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to leave behind a life of crime, but their past comes back to haunt them when the authorities seek them out as murder witnesses. *Take Aim at the Police Van* Seijun Suzuki, 1960 At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside is murdered. The penitentiary warden on duty, Daijiro (Michitaro Mizushima), is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers. *Cruel Gun Story* Takumi Furukawa, 1964 Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa (Branded to Kill’s Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing the heist of an armored car carrying racetrack receipts. (This sounds very similar to The Killers with Sterling Hayden - another great film) *A Colt Is My Passport* Takashi Nomura, 1967 One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.
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