Except I believe Becky is talking about the new French animated feature by Chomet that was nominated for an Oscar this year.
http://www.amazon.com/Illusionist-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-DVD-Combo/dp/B003UESJII/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1298939263&sr=1-1 My two bits is that it's $26.99 for the combo set at Amazon and probably cheaper elsewhere --- the studios are doing it to give customers extra incentive to buy and it saves the costs of multiple releases (until the extra deluxe versions that come out in time for the holidays). It's a sign of the times and frankly, I think the minor studios (like us) we'll be moving towards that day soon too. And since it's animation, which is hell on compression for DVDs, there might be some of your customers that will really enjoy the blu-ray. I'll tell a quick story. I was testing out a new BluRay I made of one of our restorations off a computer file for one of our customers. Amy had already seen the film dozens of times in 35mm and DVD but as she was passing by, she watched for a second and exclaimed loudly, "Holy &#*^!" because it looked so much better than the DVD. That's when she allowed me to look into bringing out our films on bluray. -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected] www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook!
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