Trainspotting (Criterion Collection) (4K + Blu ray Digipak) [USA]

[C.C. 95]

Release date: January 30, 2024
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $39.96 (4K+Blu ray) , $31.96 (Blu ray Only)
Amazon- $34.99

Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: John Hodge, Irvine Welsh
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle

• United Kingdom
• 1996
• 94 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English

A jolt of adrenaline shot straight to the heart of 1990s British cinema, this darkly funny adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel was a major breakthrough for director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, and screenwriter John Hodge. With live-wire energy and stylistic verve, Trainspotting bounces across the life and times of Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a Scottish heroin addict who, along with his misfit mates, gets high, gets in trouble, gets clean, and gets high again, all in a bid to outrun the banality of modern existence. Kinetically cut to an iconic soundtrack of techno, rock, and Britpop, this indie phenomenon chooses life in all its ugly, beautiful, terrifying exhilaration.

FILMMAKER-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Danny Boyle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald, screenwriter John Hodge, and actor Ewan McGregor
• Nine deleted scenes with commentary from the filmmakers
• Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting,” a documentary featuring archival interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage
• Memories of “Trainspotting,” a documentary from 2008 featuring the filmmakers and actors McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle
• Reflections from soundtrack artists Iggy Pop, Jarvis Cocker, Bobby Gillespie, Damon Albarn, Leftfield, Underworld, and more
• Theatrical teaser and trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• More!
• PLUS: Essays by critic Graham Fuller and author Irvine Welsh, Welsh’s glossary of terms from the film and book, and glow-in-the-dark packaging

ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER:

 

[Noodles]

NEED!

 

[Inb4LoKi]

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[C.C. 95]

 

[JGCramp]

Honestly, that packaging doesn't bother me because it reduces the plastic use, although I would prefer a slipbox to that tab. One thing that you can do is put the discs in a paper CD sleeve (cutting around a few of the sides/edges as needed), which then fit into the digipak. This way you can pull out the sleeve with the disc inside it and then just remove the disc from the sleeve without having to worry about it getting scuffed up from the digipak. I did that with Citizen Kane release and a few others like that.

 

[C.C. 95]

Honestly, that packaging doesn't bother me because it reduces the plastic use, although I would prefer a slipbox to that tab. One thing that you can do is put the discs in a paper CD sleeve (cutting around a few of the sides/edges as needed), which then fit into the digipak. This way you can pull out the sleeve with the disc inside it and then just remove the disc from the sleeve without having to worry about it getting scuffed up from the digipak. I did that with Citizen Kane release and a few others like that.

It shouldn't be full price.
This is not what people are paying for. This is like AOL CD mailers from 25 years ago.
Not to mention that a BD-100 in a slip pocket will become unreadable after a few times in an out of that pocket (BD-100s are MUCH more sensitive to scratches).
Very disappointed. I will wait for Eureka, Second Sight, or Arrow 4K edition. (One of them should end up doing it- hopefully with Fidelity-in-Motion doing the encoding)