John Carpenter's "Dark Star" on blu-ray on Apr. 3, 2015,
in 2 editions.
- 1-Disc Standard Edition (cat#: TCBD-0435) (Buy from Amazon JP
)
- 2-Disc Limited Edition (cat#: TCBD-0434) (Buy from Amazon JP
)
Specs
Basic Disc Specs
Region code: A
Video: VistaVision/16:9 enhanced/1080p HD *1
Audio:
- English dts-HD MA 5.1
- English dts-HD MA 2.0
*1: Some of the special features are in SD,
which must be NTSC.
Main feature:
Includes 2 versions of the movie,83mins theatrical cut and 73mins director's cut.
Special features:
1-Disc edition
- 3D Guide to the Dark Star Ship
- Written Intro by Dan O'Bannon (w/ Japanese subtitles)
- Trivia
- Posters and Stills gallery
- Original and Japanese trailers
2-Disc edition
has everything in 1-disc edition, PLUS:- Making-of *2
- Interview with Sci-Fi Author Alan Dean Foster
- Interview with actor Brian Narelle
Also, the 2-disc edition comes in a box packaging.
with some 20-page booklet (presumably in Japanese only),
a set of 8 postcards featuring foreign poster artwork.
Notes
The 2-disc edition seems to be a good combination of
US VCI's "Thermosteller" edition and
UK Fabulous Films and French Carlotta editions.
To my understanding,
US edition has lots of special features but doesn't have the director's cut.
Both UK/French editions have 2 versions of the movie, but
only has "Let There Be Light" documentary (117mins) as special features.
Japanese 2-disc editon has 2 versions of the movie
and most of the special feautures from VCI edition.
The only omission is
Audio Commentary by "Super Fan" Andrew Gilchrist.
As always with Japanese BDs, the price is very high.
So, not many people consider to get it
but if you are a kind of "collector", maybe?
Or, if you already have US VCI edition,
you may want to get Japanese 1-disc edition
only to see shorter director's cut.
Japanese BD is expensive but region coded A
(and SD materials are NTSC),
while UK/French BDs are region coded B
(and SD materials are likely PAL).
