some news regarding an Italian release
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I’ve never watched this version.
Me neither, I never bought the Blu.
The new 4K/Blu pack is selling for over £50. I think it’s a waste of money when I bought the DVD for only £0.50.
Oh man fifty bucks seems like a lot for a blu ray. I love Once Upon a Time in the West but I wouldn’t pay that much for it.
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It’s ridiculous. This is why I don’t understand snobbish collectors who look down on those who still buy ‘obsolete DVDs.’ They don’t understand that some people have empty bank accounts by the end of a week. If I insisted on only having Blu and 4K discs, I’d have to give up collecting altogether.
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Been happy for many years with the quality of my 2 DVD collectors edition of OUATITW that I found at a pawn shop for a dollar. Want to support SW releases as much as I can, but for the money I’m more interested in titles that haven’t had a decent release yet as opposed to rebuying the Leone’s over and over.
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There’ll also be an Australia release in August… for the few friends we have on here from down under 
You can still get the US release for under $30 so don’t have to fork out ebay prices just yet And if you can wait on the non-collector’s edition cheaper yet.
that is what I recommend after having had the thing in my hands. Paramount hasn’t put much love into this. It’s cheap merch, none of it are real collectors items, aside from the poster motive but that one everyone already owns full size… not like the old GBU DVD that came with a booklet and really cool postcards, anyone remember these?
Yep would rather have a company that cared release this. It’s a generic collector’s edition for sure.
James Flower has just shared this YouTube video on Twitter that someone has made, which is a reconstruction of the proper ending using the newer remastered footage:
it keeps being re-shared or re-uploaded, but similar or identical vids have made the rounds for years. I wonder why it’s so hard for friggin mooks at Paramount to just replicate that, or call the Italians and ask for a reference as to what they think it should be etc.
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What’s the best bluray to buy of this film? (1080p - not interested in 4k)
Probably the most recent Italian one, but not so sure about the sound…
The picture quality popes are not sure if the 2011 Blu or the new 2024 one is the better one, as lots of DNR was applied to the 2024 master.
Many hope for the Italian Blu, which also will use the new restoration, they hope that that one will be more careful and avoids the Paramount mistakes. It is expected to be released later this year.
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Yeah if you’re patient, hold on and let’s see what the Italians pull off. If all else fails, just get the most recent Paramount BluRay, it’s still the Paramount cut, but you won’t find one that offers better picture quality, DNR notwithstanding…
what other cuts of the film exist?
The two main cuts these days are the ill fated ‘Paramount cut’ and the longer Italian cut.
But the blu-ray also includes a ‘restored’ version of the former, with literal seconds added I think.
so the difference is very minor? is it just 1 or 2 short scenes added?