piln on 10/4/2006 at 20:41
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http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=6623)
That page compares the region 2 Signature Collection to the region 1, and advises to go for the region 1. A quick search for Dail M For Murder and Foreign Correspondent told me that the region 1 US releases of both films are considered by DVDCompare.net to be the best available - and those are the same editions that you'll get in the Signature Collection.
Just did a quick search for Strangers On A Train too - there are a couple of other versions that are the same, but none better. Search for all the films if you can be arsed, but that's a pretty good start for the Signature Collection. DVDCompare's a great site, I use it almost every time I buy a DVD.
Mr.Duck on 11/4/2006 at 02:41
So I guess that mostly settles it, the Signature Collection shall eventually stand next to the Masterpiece Collection. And I'm watching The Birds atm, actually :).
Great stuff, great stuff.
Fig455 on 11/4/2006 at 04:14
I have tons of his stuff. No box sets, just grab one or two at the store when I see them. My favorites are The Lady Vanishes, and Rear Window.
Scots Taffer on 11/4/2006 at 06:32
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http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005EAXD.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpgI own (
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005EAXD/kelkoompcpc-dvd-21/ref%3Dnosim/026-9086695-6222054) the above Hitchcock Collection, it was a gift from friends for my 21st (who were smart enough to
get my taste).
Although I think this boxset release and the collections that followed are quite bloated with a lot of Hitchcock's lesser works (
The Trouble With Harry for instance is a very hit-or-miss affair), you cannot deny that it is a Collection and it actually has a few of my favourites on there. Namely
Psycho,
Rope and
Shadow of a Doubt.
I still don't own copies of
Vertigo,
The Birds,
Strangers on a Train or
The 39 Steps, but I want them.
That doesn't mean I don't like any of the others, just that I wouldn't rewatch them regularly enough to justify the purchase - this list includes:
Marnie, North by Northwest, and
Dial M for Murder.Mr.Duck on 11/4/2006 at 21:45
The link was bogus, Scotteh...so, what collection's the one you have? :)
btw...I am -obviously- going to get the US release of any collection I might get (in this case, it seems I'll be getting the Signature one), since I'm next to the States, not next to the UK ;).
piln on 11/4/2006 at 22:08
Quote Posted by MrDuck
btw...I am -obviously- going to get the US release of any collection I might get
Well, that depends if you want the best versions or not ;). Quite often the most obvious/closest regional choices are far from the best versions available. I have a bunch of films from elsewhere in Europe and some Australian editions that beat both the US and UK releases (I have some great Korean and Japanese special editions too, but you can't always rely on subs for the special features). It's not hard to get hold of whatever version you want over the 'net.
It's often easy to assume the Criterion version of a film will be the best DVD release available, but if it happens to be in UK label Eureka's "Masters Of Cinema" series too, the latter will probably be superior (Onibaba, for example).
Scots Taffer on 11/4/2006 at 23:40
Quote Posted by MrDuck
The link was bogus, Scotteh...so, what collection's the one you have? :)
Gah, sorry. That's fixed now. This was a limited release when it came out and now it seems that it's discontinued, a shame since it was a very well put together collection - I'll try my damnedest to find Volume 2 now.
The collection contains:
Psycho, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Trouble With Harry, Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, Saboteur and
Rear Window.
Mr.Duck on 12/4/2006 at 00:05
Quote Posted by piln
Well, that depends if you want the best versions or not ;). Quite often the most obvious/closest regional choices are far from the best versions available. I have a bunch of films from elsewhere in Europe and some Australian editions that beat both the US and UK releases (I have some great Korean and Japanese special editions too, but you can't always rely on subs for the special features). It's not hard to get hold of whatever version you want over the 'net.
It's often easy to assume the Criterion version of a film will be the best DVD release available, but if it happens to be in UK label Eureka's "Masters Of Cinema" series too, the latter will probably be superior (Onibaba, for example).
Alas, 'tis not the easiest of things to get something overseas, what with the Mexican customs being an anal-retentive pain in the ass for such things...aaand, from what a poster linked above, it seems the Signature Collection's better on the US release than the UK one, I think :).
Scotteh - thanks for fixing the link, luv <3
piln on 12/4/2006 at 00:25
Oh, silly me, I guess my head is upside-down... for some reason I though you were in Canada. But yeah, iirc the US Signature Collection has more films and the UK's Dial M For Murder has the wrong aspect ratio :mad:
at least I would be :mad: if I'd bought it
Scots... (
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NFWI/203-0479560-5101504) hows about this then?
