new special edition
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djsmokingjam — 15 years ago(April 26, 2010 06:11 AM)
It's a gem of a word
Here's the details from the back of the packaging, thanks to Arrow Films:
THIS AMAZING
2-DISC EDITION CONTAINS:
4 sleeve art options
Double-sided fold-out poster
Exclusive Collectors Booklet
Set of 6 original poster art postcards
THIS DVD SET CONTAINS :
Theatrical Cut in 5.1 and Stereo sound
plus choice of 4:3 and 16:9 presentations
SPECIAL FEATURES :
Original Theatrical trailer
Wampyr: The Italian Cut with English
Subs featuring legendary Goblin Score
The audio recollections of Romero,
Savini, Gornick and Rubinstein
Making Martin:
A recounting documentary
Original TV and Radio Spots
Martin Photo Album
To find out more, check out the last few pages of this message board thread - http://www.cult-labs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=754
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padraic2001eire@yahoo.co.uk — 14 years ago(October 31, 2011 03:12 AM)
yellowrobe1,
The first edition of
Martin
that was released on Region 1 DVD was in 4:3 only; however, the quality was not great. The colours were quite faded and it effectively looked like a shoddy VHS transfer.
The latest Special Edition Region 2 DVD - which I currently do not own - apparently offers the movie in both 4:3 and 16:9. Do you know if Romero had a preferred aspect ratio for
Martin
? It seems, since he shot it in 4:3 (or 1:37 : 1, according to IMDB) that that would be the aspect ratio he would have preferred it to be viewed. However, directors such as Stanley Kubrick are known to have shot certain movies - such as
The Shining
and
Full Metal Jacket- which were shot in 4:3 and then cropped for subsequent DVD and Blu-Ray releases, without a lot of complaint from fans.
Has Romero ever stated a preference for Martin, do you know?
- which were shot in 4:3 and then cropped for subsequent DVD and Blu-Ray releases, without a lot of complaint from fans.
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zachtheman — 14 years ago(January 21, 2012 09:02 AM)
on the commentary track on the lions gate dvd he states that he likes the 4:3 ratio better despite the lions gate dvd is cropped but he seamed to be happy with the transfer overall despite the ratio
but annoyingly there are reports on the internet that the 4:3 version of martin on the arrow disk comes with some sound glitches and is out of synch
has anyone here watched the Italian version im interested how it differs from the directors cut
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yellowrobe1 — 13 years ago(June 30, 2012 08:19 AM)
Thanks for the answer Zach. I only just noticed that question now. I was pretty sure Romero did indeed prefer 4:3 for that film but wouldn't have been able to provide much of a basis for that assertion the way you did.