This week marks the release of my favourite film ever, Diva, on a super special edition DVD. It has been through a number of lackluster releases in the past but this time Lions Gate has released it as part of their Meridian Collection. So what is the problem you ask? I would think it is obvious - where the hell is my Blu-ray version? And a Blu-ray for Red Violin would be nice too while you are at it.

I think it is fair to say that serious movie lovers tend to be on the leading edge of home theater and many are yearning for releases like this on Blu-ray. As part of the ‘Cinema du Look’ movement, this film is visually stunning to say the least. If it is worth doing right, it must surely be worth doing in High Definition! And not Toshiba ‘we can make DVDs look like HD DVD’ HD - real HD.

When we see news that Criterion is going to release on Blu-ray, and that Eureka Entertainment will bring at least one of their Masters of Cinema series to Blu-ray, you would think that Lions Gate, a strong early adopter of Blu-ray, would bring us their Meridian Collection on Blu-ray, alongside their other ‘classic’ releases like Witless Protection and Delta Farce.

So this week the Raspberry award goes to Lions Gate Home Entertainment.

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