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Blu-ray by MoC!

posted 15 years ago by WillBarks
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Yay! "Masters of Cinema" is bringing out a Blu-ray of this Murnau film this year in the UK. That would be the first silent film on Blu-ray!

[–] ihmemies 15 years ago

Seems to be finished and available now. Includes both movietone (bad quality) and czech (noticeably better quality) versions.

I'm not sure if the cuts are the same though, and I don't know whether you can use the movietone soundtrack when watching the czech version.

Hopefully a review of the blu-ray appears soon.

[–] WillBarks 15 years ago

Here it is: ;)

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/sunrise.htm

[–] rnmboon 15 years ago

Blu-ray.com has a review up. And it is very positive indeed: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sunrise-Blu-ray-Review/6696/

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[–] Starcraft_rules 15 years ago

This partucular movie is a waste of money on BD, yes. It's negatives are too damaged.
However if you take The General on BD - it looks gorgeous and I hope they'll release more oldies in high resolution.

[–] WillBarks 15 years ago

???
Why would it be a waste of money to have a beautiful silent movie on Blu-ray? You can chose from a pristine foreign print or the original which has lesser detail.
All in all it comes more close to how you would see this film in a movie theatre than ever.

[–] munspel 14 years ago

The original film it was shot on has a higher resolution than blu-ray does and certainly higher than a DVD. Then why wouldn't it make sense to put it out on BD to get a better picture and audio?

[–] geode 15 years ago

DVDbeaver claims that this is not region-locked, but it will not play on my LG BD300 region A machine. So much for the single most expensive Blu-ray disc I have purchased to date. Has anyone else bought this and had a more pleasant experience ?

Oh Lord, you gave them eyes but they cannot see...

[–] WillBarks 15 years ago

The Blu-ray is region free. Did you install the latest firmware on your BD player?

Actually, Sunrise is usually available at a sensible price, e.g. 24$ with free shipping worldwide directly at Eureka:

http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/BD.html

[–] geode 15 years ago

That is about the same price I paid for it from Amazon.com.uk...but it ramainds the most expensiev single blu-ray I have bought.

I did not install the latest firmware because it has been described as "toxic" by multiple people and I feared it would wreak some unwanted havoc as it did to other machines. Apparently all it does is allow youtube downloads which I have no intention of requiring. But the harm it did is described as stopping DVDs from playing, which has happened to me anyway.

Oh Lord, you gave them eyes but they cannot see...

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[–] blue-7 12 years ago

The Blu-ray version of SUNRISE plays just fine on both of my Panasonic players and on my brothers Panasonic and Sony Blu-ray machines. So the problem isn't with the discs. Try the firmware update for your machine. If you still have trouble take your SUNRISE disc to a local dealer and try playing it on a store machine.

[–] Umberto-L 12 years ago

If anyone is interested in watching 'Sunrise' in 720p High Definition for free, here is to you: http://youtu.be/GnLVMREVA6M