When I first read this thread last October I made a mental note to get on board with the Blu-ray, for all the above good reasons, in addition to which I was living in L.A. at the time and can remember the publicity and seeing the film (though I have no idea which theater I saw it in). I hate to say I never saw it after that and had pretty much forgotten it, and somehow the DVD never came to my attention. But if the Few Words above aren't sufficient to compel an immediate buy, I don't know what will be. Nevertheless, it was a crazy year for me in many ways, with lots of movie buying included, and I finally got to it about a month ago. I thank my lucky stars I did, because -- for me -- this honestly has been a thousand times more rewarding than my seeing it the first time. (Well, duh. It's that way with a lot of movies and many other such things. We learn to appreciate the things that passed us by the first time, and that's the good part about putting on a little age. But I digress.)
I have now watched the film straight through, watched it again with BK's commentary (with Nick Redman, who goes hours without saying anything and when he does interject a comment or a question, it's a pearl of perfection), watched it again with BK's and Cindy Williams' and Stephen Nathan's thoroughly delightful commentary, devoured the excellent hour-long documentary and every other extra, and studied the excellent detailed notes about the long path to this Blu-ray, summarized by RAH above.
The movie itself is a gem in every way, and I look forward to many more viewings. I have friends who didn't see it, and I know they're going to eat it up when I show it to them. (All will be encouraged to BUY.) And I love this look of real film more than I can say. If we lived in the proverbial perfect world, THIS is what movie collecting would be about, every damned time. Congrats and thanks to all concerned.
I have now watched the film straight through, watched it again with BK's commentary (with Nick Redman, who goes hours without saying anything and when he does interject a comment or a question, it's a pearl of perfection), watched it again with BK's and Cindy Williams' and Stephen Nathan's thoroughly delightful commentary, devoured the excellent hour-long documentary and every other extra, and studied the excellent detailed notes about the long path to this Blu-ray, summarized by RAH above.
The movie itself is a gem in every way, and I look forward to many more viewings. I have friends who didn't see it, and I know they're going to eat it up when I show it to them. (All will be encouraged to BUY.) And I love this look of real film more than I can say. If we lived in the proverbial perfect world, THIS is what movie collecting would be about, every damned time. Congrats and thanks to all concerned.
