Rear Window (Blu-ray SteelBook) [Germany]

[Scraggy]

Release date: October 10, 2019
Purchase link: Amazon DE
Price: €16.99

 

[CleverLoginName]

Good call @ethnosax

 

[Scraggy]

Ah, the old question about classic poster art vs. modern interpretations. Steelbook collectors need something worth collecting. If film companies are going to try something new, at least make it well, & not some pale imitation. The Durieux version, as a Mondo release would be fine, but imagine a matching set...I'll start saving up!

 

[virkia]

The back is up . . . with the delectable Grace Kelly looking more alien than human and even dare I say it slightly Smurf-like ...

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... with touches of the Andy Warhol artwork on this Rosenthal studio glass dish:-

Definitely fits in however with recent Hitch steelbooks.

Personally got nothing against blue women or indeed any other colour women:-

Spoiler

Cortana

 

[ethnosax]

You're slacking, @virkia — it's not Smurf-life, it's this Blue Velvet poster:

 

[virkia]

Hmm. I was trying to figure out what still of Jimmy Stewart they used for the cover, and . . . I think it's from Vertigo. ?? I'll go ahead and agree with the rest of you now, that this steelbook art is disappointing.

As far as I remember he's always nattily dressed in VERTIGO and wears jimjams in REAR WINDOW from beginning to end.

 

[ethnosax]

As far as I remember he's always nattily dressed in VERTIGO and wears jimjams in REAR WINDOW from beginning to end.

This is from when he wakes up after the nightmare in Vertigo.

 

[virkia]

This is from when he wakes up after the nightmare in Vertigo.

Pretty sure it's from REAR WINDOW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (and wrestling):-

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For a bit of fun there's this REAR WINDOW / Kubrick mash-up which should amuse . . .but caution should be exercised as contains a certain amount of nudity:-


Back to the steelbook artwork: the World Cinema Library release is probably more your cop of tea:-

Spoiler

 

[virkia]

This is from when he wakes up after the nightmare in Vertigo.

Yes, quite so, I'd forgotten that bit ... and it's even in the trailers ... Sueurs froides Bande-annonce VO

 

[virkia]

Unsurprisingly same artwork as Korea:-

Title on the front I could do without but as this latest Hitch collection has a similar basic title treatment throughout I'm presuming that the same will continue if they do any of the others:-

 

[Serpenty]

It's on Zavvi/Zoom now listed at £14.99. Overall I'm disappointed with the artwork the film deserves better than this. I hate the Smurf looking Grace Kelly... oh well I'll probably pick it up as it's one of my favourites.

 

[tono06]

I thought this was glossy! Never seen this film so I went for blind buy and I got it yesterday, So far i don’t really like the Steelbook but I hope I like the film.