The 4-Disc Blu-ray release of Grindhouse from Via Vision Entertainment was originally produced as a Limited Edition of 2,000 units only, with a set of 8 photo cards and a thick, lenticular case. That set appears to be out of print on Via Vision’s website, but is still available elsewhere. The standard edition replicates the insert and disc-based contents, but with a slipcover instead.
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This is a substantial amount of bonus materials, culling together most, but not all, of the previously-available extras on DVD and Blu-ray. The BD Live option is no longer viable, but there are also some scattered extras from various releases across the world that didn’t make it onto this set, specifically in Japan. That Blu-ray release contains a number of on-set and red carpet interviews with the cast and crew, as well as B-roll, and several Japanese TV spots and trailers. The German Blu-ray release includes a Music Jukebox option, the What is Grindhouse? featurette, and several US TV spots and trailers. The Tarantino XX: 20 Years of Filmmaking also includes an additional Extended Music Cue, which is Unexpected Violence by Ennio Morricone. Outside of that, everything else is here and accounted for in one package.
Despite my own personal mixed feelings about how well Grindhouse holds up in light of events that came much later that are not its fault, it’s still a great package that’s been highly influential on filmmakers of all sorts. Via Vision’s Blu-ray package offers the finest visual and aural quality available with all of the various versions and a massive extras package to boot, making it the definitive release of the film on Blu-ray.
Grindhouse (Blu-ray Review)
Submitted 10 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to homevideo@feddit.uk
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Emperor@feddit.uk 10 months ago
For me, the main problem is that Death Proof just isn’t that good… I might overlook that and consider getting the set but I tried rewatching Planet Terror and ran head first into this:
During the opening credits a Rose McGowan is on stage, scantily-clad and weeping right under the words “Harvey Weinstein”. I had to turn it off. So it would be a largely unwatchable boxset for me. Pity as it was a fun idea but still…
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I remember watching it when it came out and being so excited but after twenty minutes I realised “oh QT can make shit movies” and that I was no longer a teenager that would cream at anything QT touched. The illusion was broken.
Emperor@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Yeah, until then he’d been hitting it out of the park and it felt like every film he was ever going to release was guaranteed to knock it out of the park. Then came Death Proof…
As far as I’m concerned he’s only made one great film since, Django Unchained, so I see Death Proof as some kind of turning point.