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Join date: 27-Jun-2006
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Post: #274744
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274744/action/topic#274744
Time: 2-Mar-2007 12:23 AM

Well, about nine months after I placed my order for it on Amazon.co.uk, I finally received UTEOTW R2 from Metrodome. I'm totally unimpressed, and I haven't even popped the disc in yet. Don't get me wrong -- I'm thrilled to get a DVD to finally replace my laserdisc, but this seems like a budget release you'd find on sale for $5.99 at Target, certainly NOT the presentation this film deserves. From the back of the case: "Total Running Time: 151 mins * Region 2 * Colour PAL * Feature Aspect Radio: 1.78:1 * 2.0 Stereo * English" "Special Features: Theatrical Trailer, Essay on the films by Jason Wood". I haven't yet determined if this will suffer the 24fps->25fps 4% speedup problem, but is there any reason to think that it wouldn't? I'm not a big fan of watching any film two dozen times, so I haven't watched it in over five years now, saving up for the 'ultimate' release. Alas, this isn't it. But since there doesn't seem to be any encouraging news, I'll probably just break down and watch this one.

Post: #225211
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/225211/action/topic#225211
Time: 9-Jul-2006 1:21 AM

Nope, they didn't mention which version they'd be releasing. I don't have high hopes though -- this is the same sort of thing which happened with Anchor Bay here in the US. At this point, what is the best version to get, the Italian release, or the German release? I'd really like to avoid the PAL speedup problem, and I'd also like all the extras I can get. Also, on the non-subtitled portion of these releases, are these scenes on the US laserdisc release?

Post: #222410
Topic: Until the end of the World: Director's Cut (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222410/action/topic#222410
Time: 27-Jun-2006 11:47 AM

I talked to Metrodome this morning, and they said "not until October at least, but we plan to have it out this year for sure."

There's a small discussion about this over at the Wim Wenders forums.

In a perfect world, Critereon would pick this up. As far as I'm concerned, this is RIGHT up their alley. Then again, I'm almost hoping that the US release does get delayed so that IF it ever does get picked up, it might be released in HD. Then again AGAIN, I'm still on the fence on if I'm going to bother with HD dvds (due to drm, HDCP, etc.). Whatever. I know I don't have any idea how licensing and rights work, but I just don't understand why this stuff wasn't worked out when the film was being put together in the first place.

Anyway, I'm eagerly awaiting any English-language release, especially the director's cut. Hopefully it'll come out in my lifetime. At this point I keep my laserdisc player setup pretty much ONLY on the off chance I feel like watching this film (which I've only done twice so far since it was released years ago -- I don't want to get tired of it before I finally get to see the directors cut).