BD 126 The Naked Prey

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#1 Post by **swo17** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:39 pm

SPECIAL FEATURES

Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
24-PAGE BOOKLET featuring an essay on the film, rare archival imagery, and more!

What A Disgrace · #2 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:13 pm

If it keeps the commentary from the Criterion, I'll get it, but its hard to get excited about yet another Criterion release from Masters of Cinema.

#3 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:13 pm

What A Disgrace wrote:If it keeps the commentary from the Criterion, I'll get it, but its hard to get excited about yet another Criterion release from Masters of Cinema.

It's easy for me when it's a title Criterion hasn't bothered to upgrade yet \:D/

tenia · #4 Post by **tenia** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:17 pm

Absolutely. That's why I'm less intrigued by Seconds, because I already bought the Criterion.
Curious about the extras though.

NABOB OF NOWHERE · #5 Post by **NABOB OF NOWHERE** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:44 pm

tenia wrote:Absolutely. That's why I'm less intrigued by Seconds, because I already bought the Criterion.
Curious about the extras though.

Be great if they could conjure up the filmed interview at London's NFT in the 70s with JF in both spikey and charming mode in front of an earnest beard-stroking coven of cinephiles.

cana7cl · #6 Post by **cana7cl** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 5:24 pm

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:
tenia wrote:Absolutely. That's why I'm less intrigued by Seconds, because I already bought the Criterion.
Curious about the extras though.
Be great if they could conjure up the filmed interview at London's NFT in the 70s with JF in both spikey and charming mode in front of an earnest beard-stroking coven of cinephiles.

From Amazon:

SPECIAL FEATURES

Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
24-PAGE BOOKLET featuring an essay on the film, rare archival imagery, and more!

#7 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 5:42 pm

Well, I guess I'll wait for Criterion to upgrade after all

#8 Post by **swo17** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 6:05 pm

I'll bet there are loads of other special features though that they just haven't advertised:

- interactive menu screen
- scene selection
- widescreen presentation
- protective plastic casing
- casing has notches so everything isn't just sort of floating around in there
- functionality in Blu-ray players and 4K Blu-ray players
- physical tangibility
- purchasability in stores in the UK and via the internet worldwide
- digital rendering of decades-old film materials through the miracle of technology -- see Cornel Wilde as he really looked back in the '60s!
- audio/visual synchronization
- film presented in its entirety

Arrow · #9 Post by **Arrow** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:22 pm

I just need to know how big the booklet is in the Criterion.

#10 Post by **swo17** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:44 pm

Chris's review of the Criterion wrote:Finally, we get a 28-page booklet, containing an essay by Michael Atkinson, which briefly covers Wilde’s directing career as well as a brief analysis of the film. Also included is a segment from a 1970 issue of “Films and Filming” containing an interview with Wilde, who talks about his move to directing and offers some insight into his films, though there is only brief mention of The Naked Prey.

Minkin · #11 Post by **Minkin** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:48 pm

swo17 wrote:I'll bet there are loads of other special features though that they just haven't advertised:

- interactive menu screen
- scene selection

I used to have a DVD of Disney's Peter Pan that advertised:

"Character artwork on the disc!"

Meaning that the actual DVD (the disc) had the same stupid image of Peter Pan that the front cover had.

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Criterion booklet is 29 pages btw (30 if you go by MoC's system of counting the back cover as a page).

rapta · #12 Post by **rapta** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 9:04 pm

swo17 wrote:I'll bet there are loads of other special features though that they just haven't advertised:

- interactive menu screen
- scene selection
- widescreen presentation
- protective plastic casing
- casing has notches so everything isn't just sort of floating around in there
- functionality in Blu-ray players and 4K Blu-ray players
- physical tangibility
- purchasability in stores in the UK and via the internet worldwide
- digital rendering of decades-old film materials through the miracle of technology -- see Cornel Wilde as he really looked back in the '60s!
- audio/visual synchronization
- film presented in its entirety

As with many of their other titles that they've newly announced (recent example being Medium Cool) extras aren't confirmed until later down the line, sometimes not even 'til a month or so beforehand.

FrauBlucher · #13 Post by **FrauBlucher** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:47 pm

Beaver Wow, the caps are beautiful.

RossyG · #14 Post by **RossyG** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:15 pm

It's even better in motion. A fabulous presentation with a fascinating documentary to accompany it. Recommended unreservedly unless you're squeamish about faked human on human violence or real animal on animal violence.

And there's also stock footage of elephants being shot which some might not like.

MichaelB · #15 Post by **MichaelB** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:23 pm

rapta wrote:As with many of their other titles that they've newly announced (recent example being Medium Cool) extras aren't confirmed until later down the line, sometimes not even 'til a month or so beforehand.

...and the extra in this case is a substantial one: Sheldon Hall's account of the film's decidedly troubled production is absolutely riveting.

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