....after all, I wrote the biography of Victor Fleming, who directed 60 per cent of the movie.
But I don't, since apparently the only new thing about "The Scarlett Edition" is the title. (The cover features Clark Gable's Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara in more of a bodice-buster pose than what you see at left.)
The plethora of Blu-ray editions may become counter-productive for everyone, including the money-men.
Call up the Amazon page for "Gone With the Wind" and you'll first see the regular Blu-ray and the "70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition" of the film, both released just a few months ago. The Scarlett Edition provides all the Blu-ray extras that were in the Collector's Edition without the other collectibles. Why couldn't this have been available during the initial push for the 70th anniversary reissues?
When the gift box for Fleming's other 1939 classic, "The Wizard of Oz," came out, Target simultaneously marketed a similar stripped-down version, now available as "The Emerald Edition."
I applaud the cleverness of the rhyming color titles, but I think movie-lovers and movie companies would benefit from giving consumers the full variety of choices right away.
What do you think about the way DVD and Blu-ray companies package, repackage and reprice their products?