{"id":6909,"date":"2013-08-20T19:47:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2013-08-20T19:47:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:47:35","slug":"criterion-to-shift-to-dual-format-blu-raydvd-releases-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6909","title":{"rendered":"Criterion to shift to Dual-Format Blu-ray\/DVD releases in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this November, Criterion will begin releasing titles as Dual-Format Blu-ray \/ DVD editions, a cost-saving strategy that&#8217;s already present on some indie UK labels like Eureka, and has been applied to select releases from Shout Factory and Synapse Films.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Future proofed&#8217; might be a littl<a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Film_679_ZatoichiSet_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4230\" title=\"Film_679_ZatoichiSet_original\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Film_679_ZatoichiSet_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a>e bit of a stretch &#8211; the term sounds like a marketing word to assuage lingering fence-sitters before taking the inevitable BR plunge &#8211; but Criterion&#8217;s Peter Becker goes through the practical reasons releasing titles on separate DVD and BR editions no longer makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>See the label&#8217;s Current section for Becker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/2873-why-dual-format\" >lengthy blog<\/a>. The first batch of Dual-Format releases will include Noah Baumbach&#8217;s <strong>Frances Ha<\/strong>, Charlie Chaplin&#8217;s <strong>City Lights<\/strong>, Yasujiro Ozu&#8217;s <strong>Tokyo Story<\/strong>, and the 25 film monster boxed set <strong>Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this November, Criterion will begin releasing titles as Dual-Format Blu-ray \/ DVD editions, a cost-saving strategy that&#8217;s already present on some indie UK labels like Eureka, and has been applied to select releases from Shout Factory and Synapse Films. &#8216;Future proofed&#8217; might be a little bit of a stretch &#8211; the term sounds like [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[2165,2166],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1Nr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}