Archive for category: Technology

Warner Archive Collection – New Access to Old Movies

27 March, 2009 (18:00) | DVD, Industry, Technology, by Sean Axmaker | By: Sean Axmaker

Warner’s launch of the Warner Archive Collection, its new DVD on Demand site, was well covered earlier this week (see The New York Times’ The Carpetbagger, Susan King at the LA Times and Lou Leminick at the New York Post) but there’s been little follow-up in the days since. Maybe that’s because [...]

“The Robe” introduced a new Scope

15 March, 2009 (12:01) | DVD, Essays, Technology, by John Hartl | By: John Hartl

Whatever you think of the biblical blockbuster, The Robe, there’s no question that its phenomenal popularity marked a turning point in movie history.
Twentieth Century-Fox, which previously treated it rather shabbily on DVD, tape and laser disc, is finally recognizing its significance with a Blu-ray Special Edition that’s loaded with extra features. Among [...]