Press Notes: Stagecoach

By David Hollingsworth
June 22, 2010
07:50 PM

I'm glad that Ford's masterpiece finally received the DVD treatment it so richly deserved. This is western storytelling at it finest. Ever since the first glimpse of a very young John Wayne, film history has never been the same, and we cinema aficionados are all the more better for it.
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By P Welch
August 02, 2010
11:03 PM

I guess this is where I provide this info. I purchased both Stagecoach and Days of Heaven on Blu-Ray but had to return both. Neither one would resume the film in the same place after pressing "stop". After pressing STOP, both films would eventually revert back to the menu after a couple of minutes when attempting to restart the film. I have settled for the DVD version of both. I wish you could fix this problem. I really wanted them on Blu-Ray.
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By Shaun
August 03, 2010
11:20 PM

P Welch, For whatever reason Criterion had authoring issues in their first year or so of Blu-rays. With the release of The Leopard, Red Desert, etc. in late June 2010 we finally were given a fix - a prompt asks if you want to resume the film from where you left off. I hope the feature is here to stay. I don't think there was a need for you to return them. From the very first Blu-rays, Criterion had the nice "Timeline" feature. I quickly got in the habit of hitting my green button to bookmark before quitting - problem solved. It's also a nice feature for marking important/favourite scenes for study or what have you. The "couple of minutnes...attempting to restart the film" is nothing. You make it sound like an issue. Blu-rays take longer to start than DVDs, it's as simple as that. By the way, how would this cause you to return the films? With the use of 12-year-old features like chapter settings and scan buttons you could have been back to where you quit within seconds. And even if you forgot to bookmark - using the Timeline could have got you back to your spot just a quickly. I think you were too hasty and neglected to explore the Blu-ray's features. Happy viewing.
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