Awesome news for both Panic Room and Thief.

It's strange to read in a fan restoration forum, the news of the tealed-to-death director's cut of THIEF released, considered awesome!

Nothing wrong with that. It's a new director's cut, no one's saying it's a replacement for the theatrical. I don't see why someone would take an issue with that, it's honest and not pretending to be anything else

It's still the director's vision, even if it's the vision he had decades later. More than you can say about any open matte

Oh, yes, it IS a replacement. No original untouched theatrical cut included just like the 2014 Criterion Blu-ray. We're deprived from the original historical film. Nobody cares about HIS vision HE wants to enforce. A film is a group effort and part of (pop) culture history. It morally and ethically belongs to us. Nobody has mandate to go back in time and change the past. Mann is amongst the worst revisionists anyway among Lucas, Cameron, Scott, Spielberg, Cundey, Fujimoto, Storaro... Those guys owe us their careers and fortunes, and they take a number two on all of us. There never was a proper "Heat" home video release (terrible non-colors), there's now 3 cuts for "The Last of the Mohicans" and only 2 on Blu-ray with the latest ruined colorwise. There's now 3 cuts for "Ali", and only 2 on Blu-ray in different regions. There's at least 3 cuts for "Manhunter" and only one looks decent, at least it's the theatrical one. "The Insider" was ruined colorwise on Blu-ray while the DVD and old TV broadcastings had the proper colors... Theatrical cuts, looks and mixes are the real deal. Anything else should only be considered as a bonus. The sad part is the industry wants almost universally to impose the new version. You can't even buy "Blade Runner" on its own nowadays. The standalone edition is The Final Cut. It's also the one shown on streaming and TV now, falsely labelled as being a 1982 film... with Atmos and CGI implemented!

@velocity It is an issue when the theatrical cut isn't available in the same latest format. Anyway, I hope Arrow will fix that.

Or, for short, what Titanic just said. Is Arrow supposed to make their own edition or is it just wishful thinking?

Welll, since they did release a blu-ray with both cuts, maybe they have the rights for a UHD release too. We'll see.

More AI BS!

Even Interstella 5555 has been ruined by AI: https://www.reddit.com/r/DaftPunk/commen.../#lightbox

And yet corporations never learn NOT to AI upscale the masters. Viewers rather have untouched 2K DI masters placed into the 4K disc (with less compression issues; worked with The Shallows (2016) & Drive (2011) Second Sight releases) despite limited by the source masters

Would have been mondo excellent if both cuts of Thief made it to 4K officially.. Maybe Arrow Video.

Just finished SK13, the doc on Kubrick/Eyes Wide Shut, HIGHLY recommended. Fascinating. Not sure I agree w/ his final take, but what a hell of a ride

@Bilbofett where can we watch it?

Corporations just want to make money. If upscaling a 1080p master with AI cost 5 000 $ vers investing 15 000 $ to scan in 4K + 10 000 $ to redo the color timing, they won't hesitate.

Amadeus coming to 4K with the theatrical cut https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=35684

About fucking time!

@Hitcher sk13movie.com

For Amadeus Theatrical, looks like the JP LD audio can finally sync once the 4K is out: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Amadeu...803/page/1