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[Prime, SUBS] Mulholland Drive (The Criterion Restoration) Added to Prime Video

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[Prime, SUBS] Mulholland Drive (The Criterion Restoration) Added to Prime Video
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Faro on 03/04/2023 - 21:31 primevideo.com (1316 clicks)
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Jumping on the dreaded [SUBS] bandwagon to promote a bit of a rarity as far as I'm aware

Mulholland Drive is David Lynch's magnum opus to many, but what makes this special is that it is the Criterion Restoration. Criterion are an American company that is "dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality"

With the exception of the 'Roma' blu ray a few years ago, Criterion blu rays and 4ks are not officially sold in Australia and their subscription service - The Criterion Channel - is also not available here without a VPN.

Given these details and the fact most of Ozbargain has a vendetta against physical media as if a DVD killed their dog, I thought I'd give some attention to a bonafide masterpiece (that I await all the criticism and claims of "overrated" that will inevitably crop up) available on one of the easily accessible services here.

I just loaded it up and, dare I say it, this version may almost look better at a glance than my physical blu ray copy.

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  • Barry off EastEnders on 03/04/2023 - 21:36
    +19

    This is great OP, don't be apprehensive in the future! Thanks for sharing this!

  • Jake T on 03/04/2023 - 21:36
    +13

    I got excited for a Criterion deal here thinking it was a local 4K disk release. I didn’t know we had a vendetta against physical media here? Lol

    • Faro on 03/04/2023 - 21:37
      +6

      Maybe it's just a vendetta against me owning physical media (if you check my post history)

      • Jake T on 04/04/2023 - 01:14
        +7

        Oof, yeah fair enough. Well I’m always here for your physical deal posts!

      • jastreb on 04/04/2023 - 06:41
        +4

        I am old school and love to get physical..physicall…errr anyway …thumbs up for you

    • somejono on 03/04/2023 - 22:23
      +1

      I considered getting the US 4K Criterion of Mulholland Drive over the Australian 4K release, but it didn't make sense to me to pay double for nicer packaging and a booklet even though I have my own collection of Criterions. The Australian StudioCanal release of Mulholland Drive 4K is using the same transfer as the UK release, which is consistently superior to the US Criterion in its video quality (sharpness, clarity, grain presentation). On special features, it's almost equivalent to the Criterion, but missing one 3 minute deleted scene. But unfortunately doesn't look like the Australian 4K release is available anymore… so looks like the US or UK are your main options. I'd still probably get the UK one

      • Jackson on 03/04/2023 - 23:42

        Wow, is there that much difference between. 4k releases? I mainly focus on 3d bluray since 2d can be streamed

        • somejono on 04/04/2023 - 08:58
          +1

          It depends on the release, but I think it definitely pays off to do a bit of research before picking up titles. Australian 4K releases tend to compare favourably with US in terms of video quality, but might be very lacking in special features (which I care about but others don't). A lot of US 4K releases do not have HDR when their UK or European counterparts do, which can be pretty frustrating. I'm mainly interested in niche 4K titles that are not streamable in 4K (or even HD) in Australia (or the US, UK etc)

          • Scrobo on 04/04/2023 - 17:06
            +1

            @somejono: Yeah, I own a film scanning and restoration company, and we have clients come to us to do a region specific 4K restoration from the original camera negs, and then some other region 4K releases goes to some clowns with a cheap scanner restoring from an Interpositive or a Print. There can be a huge difference between 4K releases of the same movie, especially when various companies own the rights in different regions.

            • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 23:17

              @Scrobo: What has your company produced out of curiosity?

              Anything major?

              • Scrobo on 06/04/2023 - 13:51
                +2

                @Faro: Recently the films we have finished that are out on 4K disc now or in the next month few months, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Spotswood, Suspiria, The Piano, Shine, The Dundee movies, Going Down, Patrick, a lot of European films that most people here probably know, and upcoming another 12 Australian 70s and 80s horror films, and we also scan for other companies to restore from, like Bloodbath at the House of Death, Turkey Shoot, and a bunch of others I can't think of at the moment,.

                • Mondorock on 06/04/2023 - 13:55

                  @Scrobo: Suspiria isn't Australian?

                • Faro on 06/04/2023 - 13:57

                  @Scrobo: You don't happen to work with ViaVision/Imprint films, do you?

                  • Scrobo on 06/04/2023 - 14:04

                    @Faro: We haven't done any work for Imprint as of yet.

  • Chip Diamond on 03/04/2023 - 21:37
    +6

    Lost Highway is still my favourite.

    • Faro on 03/04/2023 - 21:39
      +1

      Was hoping that may have been on there as well, but no luck. Still yet to see that and have my eye on its 4k on Amazon, but it just seems to be going up in price :/

      • Chip Diamond on 03/04/2023 - 21:46
        +1

        4K immersion would be pretty unreal. I wonder if it adds a layer of surrealism to the Mystery Man intro.

        • Faro on 03/04/2023 - 21:57
          +1

          Haven't seen the movie yet! But super interested in doing so!!

    • shabaka on 03/04/2023 - 21:58
      +1

      lost highway > mulholland drive IMO. much crisper and stronger

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 03/04/2023 - 23:19
      +1

      We've met before, haven't we?

    • PinzVidz on 03/04/2023 - 23:35
      +3

      Lost Highway has a bloody impressive soundtrack too.

      David Lynch might be working on something new too atm, he stopped doing his daily weather report on YT late last year.

    • Meconium on 04/04/2023 - 16:01

      Lost Highway? (profanity) that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

  • Barry off EastEnders on 03/04/2023 - 21:39
    +9

    Physical copies all the way!

  • superbass on 03/04/2023 - 21:42
    +4

    That Naomi Watts scene…

    • Faro on 03/04/2023 - 21:42
      +4

      She is in many scenes…

    • foxinsox8 on 03/04/2023 - 22:24
      +2

      I know the one you mean.. when she changes from demure ingenue to sex siren in a second?

      • superbass on 03/04/2023 - 22:46
        +1

        Yeh. That one on the couch.

  • Barry off EastEnders on 03/04/2023 - 21:46
    +1

    NAPKIN!

    • shabaka on 03/04/2023 - 21:58
      +1

      this is the girl

      • Faro on 03/04/2023 - 22:01
        +2

        Oh, baby, I've told every little star
        Just how sweet I think you are
        Why haven't I told you?
        Da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da

  • RedCheeseGuy on 03/04/2023 - 21:56
    +1

    Eventhough I know the ending, this is still rewatcheable as it is both magical and tragic.

    • 900913 on 03/04/2023 - 22:04
      +2

      The film was originally intended as a Twin Peaks spin-off series, with Audrey Horne as the lead character.

      • RedCheeseGuy on 03/04/2023 - 22:11
        +2

        Twin peaks, another Lynch classic.

        Would have been interesting to think what it could've been, but Mulholland Drive is a masterpiece.

    • FallaM on 04/04/2023 - 08:56

      It really is the most magical movie I've ever seen. Somehow Lynch nailed the runtime and editing to perfection.

      • RedCheeseGuy on 04/04/2023 - 16:57

        Agree and the score is quite something… Haunting.

  • HX925 on 03/04/2023 - 22:10
    +1

    Speaking of physical media, this is an upgrade to my VHS version. Thanks.

    • Mondorock on 06/04/2023 - 13:56

      VHS? Nice try, this movie came out in 2002.

  • lostgoat on 03/04/2023 - 22:17

    WD U did better than the other sub Dude that has 1/2 ur votes over 4 days .
    32 votes in 43 mins :)

  • spokeydokey on 03/04/2023 - 22:24
    +1

    Yeah thanks so much for sharing this, OP - a genuinely haunting and striking masterpiece!

  • toasty on 03/04/2023 - 22:27
    +1

    Thanks for the heads up @Ninternet.

    Looking forward to watching this again and it will be interesting to see the Criterion version.

  • rockinrors on 03/04/2023 - 22:46
    +9

    Heads up for anyone in Brissy— GOMA's cinematheque is screening Blue Velvet on 35mm next week…and it's free!

  • formulated on 04/04/2023 - 00:05
    +1

    I'd just added it to my watch list before seeing this post. It absolutely is worth the post about out how rare a release and yet accessible this is now, in the hope that interest could lead to more Criterion releases on the platform - which really would continue to elevate it beyond what Netflix offers.
    Streaming on a projector in a smoke filled room will be my screening method of choice.

  • Save Medicare on 04/04/2023 - 01:20

    Someone cc Alex Lahey to this deal

  • Postal Dude on 04/04/2023 - 03:10
    +6

    I just watched it and it was great and I'm so confused

    • whyisave on 04/04/2023 - 03:32
      +1

      yes, even with the restoration, I don't think I will understand this movie.

  • pacificstorm on 04/04/2023 - 04:21
    +3

    Though this is more an announcement than an actual bargain, it's a good post nonetheless for a great movie.

  • syousef on 04/04/2023 - 05:18

    You interpretted this as a bargain. Very meta.

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 11:58
      +3

      "Whether this is a bargain or not comes down to your experience with the post. I won't explain whether this is or isn't the case, so your interpretation is valid."
      - David Lynch (probably)

  • Skinnerr on 04/04/2023 - 07:30

    One 9f the strangest movies I've ever seen, still don't understand it!? 🤔

    • gwindsor on 04/04/2023 - 07:32
      +1

      Yep, anyone who tells you that they have worked out what is going on in this movie is a liar!

      • bargainy on 04/04/2023 - 07:45
        +3

        Without spoilers, a dream inside a dream.

        • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 08:09
          +2

          But also a re-authoring of a life that never quite lived up to expectations.

      • Phanatic on 04/04/2023 - 14:16
        +1

        Literally one of three films I examined in my Honours thesis for its dream-logic narrative structure.

        Love it. Still don't get it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    • Solrak on 04/04/2023 - 11:02
      +2

      That's a Lynch movie all over. You're not meant to understand it.

  • edisonAU on 04/04/2023 - 08:18
    +1

    I have watched Twin Peaks (all the seasons), but not Mulholland Drive. Which series is stranger and/or scarier?

    • Theycott on 04/04/2023 - 08:24
      +1

      Mulholland Drive is scarier (although that first scene with Judy in the reboot is one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen).

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 08:37
      +2

      Also worth noting Mulholland Drive is a film, not a series.

      If you loved Twin Peaks though, I highly recommend Mulholland and Blue Velvet

      • hyperfuzz on 04/04/2023 - 08:53
        +1

        Also worth noting Mullholland Drive was originally shot as a pilot for a new series, which they then made into a feature.

  • drezy on 04/04/2023 - 08:23

    Awesome, always been meaning to watch this movie, loved the twin peaks series

  • Wolfenstein98k on 04/04/2023 - 08:40
    +1

    Why would it look better than your Blu-ray copy? If nothing else, this is compressed heavily to stream

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 08:41
      +3

      Probably just the colour grading and contrast that criterion are known for.

      Hence I said "at a glance".

  • hyperfuzz on 04/04/2023 - 08:52
    +3

    as a side note - Criterion & Lynch just did a restoration of Inland Empire. only out on Criterion Collection Blu Ray I believe at the moment. interesting as it was all shot on MiniDV I believe

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 08:55
      +2

      An AI upscaled 4k. Definitely has me intrigued considering the original had a max resolution of 480p I'm pretty sure

  • FallaM on 04/04/2023 - 08:55
    +1

    I only watched this for the first time like 3 weeks ago and it probably became my favourite film ever. The entire thing even down to the chemistry between the two main actresses was just so enamouring. Also looking at theories after the film is even more fun :)

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 08:56
      +1

      Had a very similar experience. My first watch was a few months ago and then made a bunch of friends watch it on my birthday last month. Their reactions were definitely a mixed bag.

      • FallaM on 04/04/2023 - 08:57

        I think a lot of people will come away with it at first with a "What just happened?" and then learn to love it as you unfold the movie through the hundreds of theories on the internet.

  • beltdrive on 04/04/2023 - 09:17
    -1

    One of the greatest films of all time IMO.

  • ttacx on 04/04/2023 - 09:54
    -3

    Probably one of the worst films Ive ever watched. Absolute weird boring trash. Enjoy!

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 10:03
      +9

      Lucky for you, Bullet Train and the latest Dave Hughes Stand-up special are also available for streaming!

      • ttacx on 04/04/2023 - 10:05
        +3

        Hooray!

      • Jackson on 04/04/2023 - 10:16
        +2

        Bullet Train wasn't that bad, anyone going in expecting something different than they got may have been deluded

        • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 10:21
          +2

          I'll amend that comment…

          Lucky for you, Bullet Train Kindergarten Cop and the latest Dave Hughes Stand-up special are also available for streaming!

        • lostgoat on 04/04/2023 - 10:46

          So are you saying if I hated Bullet Train . Don't bother watching OPs movie ?

          • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 10:56
            +2

            @lostgoat: Bullet Train is a lame action comedy. Mulholland Drive is an absurdist arthouse noir. They're not alike

            • lostgoat on 04/04/2023 - 10:59
              -1

              @Faro: Well your movie on the link has a 7.9 rating .
              That is hard enough to get and worth giving it a go .

              • Meconium on 04/04/2023 - 16:04

                @lostgoat: If you use IMDb ratings to judge a movie's quality… stick with Bullet Train or Kindergarten Cop.

      • G-rig on 05/04/2023 - 10:03

        Yeah bullet Train was fun and fairly stylised, wouldn't say it's bad. Something different anyway.

        You guys should check out that series Warrior. It's got it all - martial arts, western, sex scenes.

    • bleeder on 04/04/2023 - 12:27

      I feel like I'm the only person that just thinks it's OK, everyone else loves or hates it

  • bleeder on 04/04/2023 - 12:28
    +2

    When I watched this I felt like the lower quality added to its charm, probably the best version would be VHS.

    • Faro on 04/04/2023 - 12:46

      Nostalgic feelings ≠ factual truth

    • FallaM on 04/04/2023 - 18:49
      +2

      Yeah until you hear Llorando echoing through your speakers

  • ozshark on 04/04/2023 - 19:17
    +2

    Came here to say it is worth it just for Llorando! One of the most spellbinding musical performances in film I can remember seeing. Just listening to it stand alone is OK, but I think the impact came from seeing it in the context of the film.

  • beebul on 05/04/2023 - 13:26

    Thanks I will watch over Easter.. I haven't watched since I owned it on DVD

  • HangryCakeStore on 08/04/2023 - 12:30
    -2

    I wonder how much more old media shows were fuelled with promotion items, propaganda and political views in the past?
    You can’t keep simping for everything old..

    Edit: definitely be cigarettes and religious advertising in most classics

    • Faro on 08/04/2023 - 12:44
      -1

      What? What does that have to do with anything related to this post?

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