CRITERION! RELEASE GREED ON BLU RAY!!
358835
Why in the world hasn't Criterion put this on Blu Ray! All of the other obscure French and German titles they have, this is a travesty of the highest order. I am staging a one man posting crusade on their face book page. Please add them on facebook and post: "We want VON STROHEIM'S GREED on Blu Ray, and William Sent me to tell you this!". Lets get it done!
393123
I suggest you read the late/great Roger Ebert's review of the film itself. My comments mostly concern the Blu-ray's Picture Quality, from a company I'd never dealt with before (The Film Detective, located in Rockport, Mass.) "Beat the Devil"s BD PQ is darned good, all things considered (like not being available before now...) The paper indicates it's region-free, but I had to switch my player to R2 in order to watch. TFD's website indicates they have, or will be, releasing several dozen other classic films of the last century - e.g. Max and Dave Fleischer's "Gulliver's Travels" (1939 - in color!) and "My Man Godfrey" (1940); however these are all in SD format. If TFD would increase their current (September 2015) BD offerings from three, they might profit more.
748922
Problem with this 40th Anniversary blu-ray is that it is NOT the complete mini-series. The Last Supper scene where he tells that one one will betray him, tells Judas to go, and tells Peter he will betray him is NOT in this release!! Why? What stupid kid at Shout Factory in charge of this release was just phoning it in about what they were releasing? Also, the picture up until part 4 seemed fine and crisp, but then the color would shift as a scene would happen and skin tones would be off and the color of Robert Powell's blue eyes (yes, they are blue...even if they photoshopped the cover to be overtly so) looked green at best and brown most of the time. I don't think this film for blu-ray was remastered if they say it was.
4787412
I think Warner may have pulled the plug on the quantity pressed of the Ultimate cut since they already were saturated in two versions of the DVD, a Blu-Ray Director's cut, a Blu-Ray video game with the film in the package, the Black Freighter in both formats, and a video motion comic. Phew! They also gave it a list price that would milk every last cent out of only the diehard fanboys who held out to the end or had to have it to own every version.

But will I buy this one just to see the Black Freighter cut into the film? I think the high cost after seeing the IMAX showing and buying the Blu-Ray, the Game (w/Movie) and the Black Freighter disc is the dealbreaker on this one. I can just pop in the Black Freighter DVD when I know where to cut it in myself. Sorry, Zack, maybe when it shows up on the Goldbox Deals page at half off!
101988
As much pain as it will cause me to wait another year to see my favourite movies (extended) in blue-ray glory, none of us should give in to this cynical and downright nasty marketig ploy. Who hasn't already bought these movies at least once ?  We should be sending our views on this debacle directly to the studio too. A hundred stars for the movies, zero for greed.
4946094
I join you guys ! hope that someday they release a blu ray version of this amazing series !
4768745
Sorry but I refuse to be ripped off like this, Why on earth would they release the cut versions thinking people will buy? I won't be buying this version only for Warner to release a "special extended edition box set" in a years time.

Warner should have followed the example of the release of Star Trek TNG on bluray, where every episode has been remastered with new effects and extended bit cut in.
1274187
This is a review of the DVD version released 4/22/14 by Warner Brothers... and the BR  I picked them both up early and here is my review of them... NOT the movie, which I love.

WARNER BROTHERS rescued this masterpiece for us... and has just released it on both BLU RAY and DVD.  The Blu Ray is a revelation... of sight and sound.... I just watched it!!  WHY then did WB reissue the DVD full screen and basically just duplicate the crappy Universal edition that has been out forever?  I picked them both up, because I have a friend I've been telling about this magnificent movie  for decades and sadly he's an older fellow with no desire for a BR player... and I can't believe they just duped over the old Universal DVD without even changing the menus..... just lazy and greedy.... they obviously have the master as the BR is widescreen and stunning!  The reason I can't rate the BR higher than 4 stars is that it is a 5 star movie for me, but at nearly a $30 list price and NO extras? No making of, no Friedkin commentary?  Friedkin doesn't seem to be a hard guy to get to comment on .... ANYTHING... goodness he even has done commentaries on other peoples film like Vertigo and made special feature interviews for others movies like NARC, and Franhenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate... but WB couldn't get him to do anything for perhaps his most misunderstood classic and a film he loves?

This seems to be WB taking advantage of film buffs by issuing a cult classic, overcharging for it and screwing the DVD only buyers.. If you are  BR owner and want to see the film , pay your high price and enjoy!
4239073
So glad CRITERION didn't forget this splendid Japanese classic. However, I still hope a better and improved edition of this masterpiece will come out one day, and I've been looking forwad to it since receiving CRITERION edition. The image is brillant but still having some obvious flaws, and the extras are only for ones who ain't hungry for more... C'MON, show us what's real...
3496606
Have you noticed that at the time of this writing it's 35% off? There's a reason...

I salivated when I learned this set would be available, but for some reason put off preordering/buying it. I recently read a review that points out that Warner screwed up the Technicolor settings on this release of The Searchers (weird, considering they're the ones who with AOL developed the Ultra-Resolution "edge-enhancement" technology that constitutes the current state of the art in Technicolor restoration--at least for those shot using the three-strip process). It seems that they're aware of the problem and are planning to correct it by timing it to an IB print such as that used for the laser disk release, but until such time, fans might want to think twice before opening their wallets. I, for one, want to view Technicolor films the way their directors/cameramen intended them to be seen, with the original color calibration intact.

Six stars for the films themselves, BTW. I only wish the non-Warner titles could have been included, but I'm thrilled that the entire Cavalry Trilogy is finally on disk. And to see Three Godfathers make it to DVD is the frosting on the cake.
4690772
I guess 1 billion plus at the worldwide box-office is not good enough. Not to mention how much the studio made after they duped us all by releasing TWO different versions of the films. I absolutely love these movies but I will wait for the extended versions before I buy the blu-ray. I don't mind shelling out a few bucks more special edition blu-rays but when greedy studio executives try get more money from us in this economy it completely amazes me the mindset of people. Why couldn't they put both versions on one disc each. We all know why. Its not like they wouldn't fit. There is plenty of room on a dual layer disc. Even if there isn't they could package them together. But it seems greed will always win out.
2433179
Oh My !
I just have received this Blu Ray today ( Sept 09, 2014 ). Long Story Short, The Movie itself is just brilliant
But the blu ray Version of this movie is very poor, Just no difference from its DVD picture quality,
So So Disappointing !!! Just don't buy it if you have a DVD of this movie. It's not remastered for Blu Ray at all. The Great Race [Blu-ray]

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Absolutely correct. There's no difference from the dvd. No chapter list or thumbnails. Same set up and font as the plain dvd, which is of pretty darn good quality to begin with. I had waited and hoped for a much better treatment of this wonderful classic. It's a pretty slipshod release. I was disappointed too. However, I do love the film itself and I dare you to find me a better pie fight in any other film !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oh My !
I just have received this Blu Ray today ( Sept 09, 2014 ). Long Story Short, The Movie itself is just brilliant
But the blu ray Version of this movie is very poor, Just no difference from its DVD picture quality,
So So Disappointing !!! Just don't buy it if you have a DVD of this movie. It's not remastered for Blu Ray at all. The Great Race [Blu-ray]

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There's no doubt  that the movie itself is Just Brilliant
But the quality of this Blu Ray is the same with the DVD of it
I have received the blu ray of this film on Sept 9th, 2014 expecting a usual blu ray picture quality
But the fact that I found is very very disappointing as there's no difference than the DVD at all
It seems not to be remastered nor any special care given to transfer this film to Blu Ray
I just can't understand why they realese this on Blu Ray in such a poor picture quality
I really want to return it but I can't as they would not accept as it's a movie.
4284036
My headline is what watching this movie will be like for you with this shoddy Bluray release - SUBTITLED!! Kino Lorber once again has gone on-the-cheap with another Bava release. Their last offering was "Black Sunday" which like this one DOES NOT include the American Version of the Film!! The version we all grew up on playing on TV and before that at the drive-in was a recut, rescored, and most importantly ENGLISH version which included Boris Karloff's real voice. This version will ONLY feature the Italian Version of the movie WITHOUT Karloff's inimitable intonation AND SUBTITLES (unless you speak Italian). Now, admittedly the Italian Version is the stronger of the two - the 3 stories appear in a different order and slightly different cuts than they do in the American Version, which softens the horror and dumbs things down a little for the US Market. But for the Bluray release BOTH versions should most definitely have been included. A very small label from the UK recently released this title with BOTH versions as well as a SLEW of mouth-watering extras that are also not present in this lame release! Kino Lorber is a bigger label with more funding at their fingertips but has just decided to sloppily slap the same Italian version released on DVD a decade ago onto a Bluray and reel in the cash with the least amount of effort. Say NO to these slapdash releases and demand that Kino Lorber treat these iconic classics with the care and respect they deserve!
4404245
I have been waiting for "The Complete Epic 1902-1959" to be released on DVD for years. And now I want it on Blu-Ray. This isn't it. I'm talking about the 1981 VHS release of the first two films combined into one, in chronological order with additional scenes. Godfather II, as everyone knows, contains flashbacks which don't necessarily add to the narrative. Tell the story in the order it takes place, throw in some lost footage, and add the third film to that, and we have an awesome epic film that isn't interrupted by 3 sets of opening and closing credits, telling one continuous epic story... 1902-1979.

This release has its place for purists, but I want the saga edition.
3574309
Boycott this DVD !!!!

MGM has released only 1/2 of the movie !!!!

The other 1/2 has been arbitrarily cut off and thrown away !!!

This film was shot in CinemaScope 2.35:1 aspect ratio in 1968, but on MGM's DVD you are getting a 1.33:1 (Full Screen) aspect ratio !!

So, MGM has cut off the left side or the right side or some from each side of the frame leaving you with NOT EVEN ONE frame of film as the director shot it -- not even ONE frame as this fine film was shown in theaters !!!!

MGM hang your head in disgrace !!!!
409041
This boxset will include Theatrical version, and you know the reason right? That's right, simply the greedy studios are planning to release later the extended editions so they can make more money out of you.

So it's up to you people, destroy this release by not buying it! If their sales are low the studio is gonna realize they can fool you. If you buy it anyway, the studio will know they can do anything they want and you're gonna still buying their movies anyway.

Don't buy this collection! and tell others to do the same!
1878389
No release date for this  on BLU-RAY or DVD! 7/31/12. How can you review a DVD or Blu-Ray movie before you have seen the DISC?