Comments | akira_kurosawa: Criterion announces 3-DISC Seven Samurai DVD!

tessai in akira_kurosawa

Criterion announces 3-DISC Seven Samurai DVD!

Jun 15, 2006 11:37

New cover artwork
All-new restored, high-definition digital transfer
Commentary by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Donald Richie and more
Commentary by Japanese film expert Michael Jeck
50-minute making-of documentary, "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful To Create"
Two-hour conversation between Kurosawa and Nagisa Oshima
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YESSSSSSS!!!! seejaye June 15 2006, 18:06:57 UTC

This work of art it LONG-overdue for an upgrade, although Criterion did the best with what it had back during spine #2 time. I recently saw the film with new subtitles at a theater, and I think they're MUCH improved!

Can't wait!

Re: YESSSSSSS!!!! tessai June 15 2006, 18:20:32 UTC

Now the question becomes... what to do with my current Seven Samurai DVD?

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aehathor June 15 2006, 18:24:35 UTC

Whee!!!!!

elmocho June 15 2006, 18:43:01 UTC

I'll have to figure out what to do with my copy, too. And my VHS version. But if anyone asks what my favorite movie of all time is, I always know what to tell them. Sooner or later, the Missus and I will sit down to watch it... and there may be issues if she doesn't care for it. Maybe when I get the new copy, we'll have the ritual.

seejaye June 15 2006, 18:56:59 UTC

I first viewed Seven Samurai just after breaking up with my ex-, and I'm tellin' ya, if I had discovered this film while we were going out, she would've been IN for it. I was watching it once a week until I'd seen it 12 times (and that's still less than half the total times I've seen it.)

goldmineguttd June 15 2006, 20:04:44 UTC

Damn, I'm taking this off my netflix queue and just buying that sucker.

Of course its probably 70 bucks...

tessai June 15 2006, 20:08:43 UTC

MSRP is $49.99, which means you'll probably be able to find it for between $30 and $40... Not too terrible!

capndrseuss June 16 2006, 03:10:56 UTC

Will they ahve a widescreen or is there a widescreen? Ive only seen the fullscreen... blah my hatred for fullscreen.

I first saw Seven Samurai when I was about 5. I saw it once again in the 9th grade. Since then, I have viewed it 54 times. Still my favorite.

tessai June 16 2006, 04:40:25 UTC

Well, the original aspect ratio is 1.37:1, so it should be fullscreen. I don't think Kurosawa started filming in widescreen until The Hidden Fortress, 4 years after Seven Samurai.