There was a bit of a twitter twitfest about Certified Copy a while back. IFC of course outputs a lot of titles through Criterion. Criterion passed on Certified Copy, and a lot of twitter cinephiles were up in arms. But it seems likely that IFC will do a DVD of it via their other output line with MPI, after they have exhausted as much as possible on proprietary VOD. MPI does do a fair amount of Blu Ray.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]>wrote: > I do not even see this title in US DVD release yet. It is IFC and I > would think they would release it in standard DVD. Sony seems to be > the main company going Blu Ray only. > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Meghann Matwichuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Eileen, > > > > Yes, I've noticed this with several DVDs of upcoming or recent feature > films > > -- mostly art-house type movies. Fortunately, they all appear to be > > packaged with a standard disc, so that patrons who do not have a BluRay > > player will still be able to view the film. My guess is that it is > becoming > > more cost-effective for the distributors to include both kinds of discs > in > > one package rather than release two separate packages for both SD and > > Bluray. They're also no doubt hoping that most users will be > transitioning > > to Bluray, which I'm not entirely convinced will happen -- and certainly > > isn't happening in the campus environment. (Very few classrooms here are > > outfitted with Bluray players or projection capabilities.) Two that come > to > > mind for which I've noticed this are The Illusionist (recent animated > film) > > and Another Year. Also, for one PBS documentary (Salt). I've emphasized > to > > our staff and student attendants that we will need to look more closely > at > > our Bluray records to determine which are packaged with SD discs and > which > > are not. It's a pain, but I'm afraid it's the only option at this point > if > > we want these titles in the collection (and we do). Separating the discs > > would be problematic for cataloging and we would also lose the cover art. > > > > Best, > > > > ************************* > > Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. > > Associate Librarian > > Film and Video Collection Department > > Morris Library, University of Delaware > > 181 S. College Ave. > > Newark, DE 19717 > > (302) 831-1475 > > http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo > > > > On 7/18/2011 8:06 PM, Karsten, Eileen wrote: > > > > Dear CW, > > > > Is it becoming a trend now to only release films in Blu-Ray? I had my > third > > request for a film, this time Certified Copy, which I have found only in > > Blu-Ray. Does anybody know if this film will be released as a standard > DVD? > > > > Thank you for your help in this matte. > > > > > > Eileen Karsten > > Head of Technical Services > > Donnelley and Lee Library > > Lake Forest College > > 555 N. Sheridan Road > > Lake Forest, IL 60045 > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues > > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries > and > > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an > effective > > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > > distributors. > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues > > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries > and > > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an > effective > > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > > distributors. > > > > > > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > [email protected] > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > -- <http://feeds.feedburner.com/CinemaPurgatorio> <http://twitter.com/cpurg> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cinema-Purgatorio/23920572611> <http://youtube.com/user/cinemapurgatorio> <http://vimeo.com/cinemapurgatorio> <http://www.imdb.com/company/co0245223/> email list <http://cinemapurgatorio.com/mailing-list> cinemapurgatorio.com
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