well, actually, there is still some discs that are affected by PAL-speedup.
For example, Antichrist. I had a similar situation with my purchase of that BluRay. Same thing there, uncut blu-ray from criterion was RA-locked. The UK edition had all the same extras but was a couple of minutes shorter in runtime. The film was shot in 24p. And the UK dvd was in 50i. So I did some math and the percentage of difference in runtime was so close to 4% by just a hundredth of a percent. And that's probably because the covers of the blurays don't specify seconds. So I sent an email to the distributor of the UK bluray and they said that it basically was just the PAL speedup. Nothing was cut by the BBFC for the UK theatrical release so they couldn't advertise it as an un-cut version.
While 24p basically is possible globally as a viewing standard on TV's, a lot of movies are still nudged that little bit to conform to standards that will work well on 50i screens without any risks of dodgy 24p > 25p conversion stutter.
That is what I have understood from my meager research into the subject at least.
Backing up to the subject of the Videodrome editions. I did take the plunge and ordered the german edition (which seems to have both the theatrical and the un-cut editions according to reviews, The cuts to the theatrical would probably be that of the German Theatrical release.) from an austrian mail-order web-site specializing in hardcore porn, horror and general sleaze... And knowing the movie... it feels strangely appropriate to obtain the blu-ray that way. ;)
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SilentRunning
11 years ago
Well, I disregarded the 50/60hz BDs since none caring about integrity (like reviewers) of originals rate them anything but useless anyways. Thankfully these are rare used for non TV film material, and I don't think adjusting 24P ones can be all that common either, (not saying you are wrong though) I don't quite get your point about how that would change the whole pulldown problem, wouldn't that just be the same for 50/60 output of 24P source but still with the sideffect of bad original conversion of 24P>72hz (or whatever the electronics presents it as) to a modern screen?
As for the best way to experience Videodrome, maybe it is to record it of some satellite channel, to a VHS. ;)
And "Antichrist" felt like a series of speedup and slowdowns from start right all the way to the crawlers, so I'm not sure I could tell the difference on that one. :) Only film since "Tetsou" and "Irreversible" that managed to make me slightly carsick.
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