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It is highly unlikely that U2 would buy the rights for the movie just to offer it as an additional disc for an anniversary set. The blu-ray is available for years, most fans will have it anyway. Maybe they could offer an empty slot in the booklet for moving the blu-ray disc there by the fans itself
Contrary to popular belief the blu-ray is already a good transfer of the source material. The source material is purposeful bad because U2 and Joanou just wanted to make the movie look that way (copying video and 16mm material to 32mm celluloid).
In any scene on the blu-ray the film grain from the original celluloid source is clearly visible. You can filter that away (create some "wax faces"), but you cannot really improve in getting more details with that. The grainy look is that "documentary" feel that was intended by the band. By filtering the film grain it will take the intended look away that was seen in the cinema.
The old DVDs cannot give you that cinematic "grainy" feel because the DVD resolution is too low to even display film grain properly. They smeared that grain and introduced some unwanted effects by that.
I'm not sure if this was directed to me, but either way, I will clarify.
I'm not as interested in a "better quality" transfer. I realize the movie was made in 1987/88 and the technology then was different. There is only so much one can do.
What I *am* interested in are the outtakes and additional footage that has remained only in grainy bootleg form. These items are out there, but often it was a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy and the resolution suffered considerably. I would enjoy seeing at least some of the cut footage in the original quality. THIS would make re-releasing the disc worthwhile.
Then, of course, the various audio tracks that have already been discussed thoroughly in this thread. But for me, the movie goes with the CD, and if the CD is re-released, it should be with the movie. And that may be why this was skipped. Perhaps there are still negotiations between U2 and Paramount about that extra footage. Perhaps once that clears, we may see that reissue. Of course, this is all speculation on my part. Maybe U2 will never re-issue R*H.