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That sounds like a fun weekend, where do I sign up for one of those

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By the time they come out now on Blu Ray, people wouldve thrown away their Blu Ray players. Theyll be some sort of streaming service. 
Of course BAT was filmed in full in Paris, theres too much evidence, Even M said shed lost it but we saw it on her shelves. She's hilarious. No need to worry, weve seen it enough. At this stage id rather have a full V.T in whatever quality and ROL promo Roxy. 
RIT??? Hope theres great full footage!! but it if its the Lisbon crap weve seen on youtube 100 times no wonder she said no, you had to be there.  
Strange things happen (I dont like to say it) but when M.J and Prince passed.. out came 100 good quality concerts you never knew existed. 

very true. But doesn't she have like, a warehouse or something? Doesn't she had an archive of  full on costumes from her entire career? Surely there must be tapes too. We've SEEN them on the shelves! I'd love to be a dust mite on the walls of that place. I would duplicate like black mould to get a close look at everything 

What have we seen on which shelves?
Also tapes are pretty useless cause you can only get DVD transfers from them and a lot of detail is lost. In order to get it in HD it needs to be transferred from film.

Well, she IS back with Warner… perhaps a little treat for us is in store.

if they release blond ambition tour bluray then we'll all be disappointed as we won't get to moan about her not releasing it anymore. thats part of the fun

By the way ... Now that Miramax doesn't exist any more and (Harvey Weinstein is gone too) Paramount owns the right for the "Truth or Dare" footage... I think she once said that she doesn't own the rights and Miramax demanded a lot of money for them, and that's why I can't use it in their documentary "I'm going to tell you a secret."?

They can release and extended version of Truth or Dare.. With all the songs filmed without edit like "Express Yourself" (I can't believe they cut the iconic kick from the film.) ? 
Some frame from the trailer that were cut from the film looks amazing! ? 
 

It was a 3 night shoot 

Confessions would be SUPER easy as they even aired it on TV in HD so it's literally waiting (and begging) to be pressed on disc.

I'm going to quote/paraphrase a director I asked specifically his thoughts on this matter (whether or not the Paris show would have been filmed in full or only partially). He didn't work on a Madonna show, but he has been directing/filming shows for close to 35 years, and was in charge of the filming of one of the biggest series of concerts ever held in europe just 2 years ago, gathering almost 250.000 people. He knows his shtick. "Considering the technicality used for this show at the time (the ToD filming of the BAT show in Bercy), the 35mm cameras/cranes used, not only it wouldn't make sense, it's also technically not feasible to purposely stop and then resume filming without interrupting the show for at the very least 20 solid minutes. If you tell me the final number was filmed (and it was), and there was no interruption of the kind during the concert (there wasn't) then the show was filmed in full, it's as simple as that".

Oh, as someone mentioned Bjork before, her fans complain that she releases too much. lol.

Why do we have poor concerts on blu ray ( Mdna , s&s & rebel heart ) but classic ones not ??? Surely confessions tour is a no brainier and could be put out as a limited release safe as RIT Paris ?

Who knows for sure but the fact all these tours are available on YouTube will imply the rights aren't in the hands of someone who has a vested interest to make money.  
They are a great nostalgia trip and you get alot of great recordings from the unofficial sources. (Virgin Dallas, RIT Lisbon etc).
To grab hold of any of them, remaster them and edit them would likely not be commercially viable anyway...and lets face it Dear Ms voice has improved post Evita.
In summary, hold onto the nostalgia and nab a bootleg version.  It's a win win for fans.
 
 
 

Well to be fair, look at the footage they used for the MDNA Blu-ray. Some of it looked like it was straight up ripped from a 180p B&W security cam. 

There is this. A camera that looks to be on a crane during Where's the Party. This is where she says "My stage is too small" Just prior to getting into the song. Looks like it is filming her, but who knows. Would not be for the screens. None of those cameras were hovering like that.
I must admit there are no cameras to be seen on the two bootlegs from July 4, 1990 that are floating about. Though maybe they got wide shots that night. Maybe all crane shots were July 3 and wide and some crane shots on July 4 (so they were too far back to be seen) and close-ups on July 6. The shot from Live to Tell where the camera circles around her as she is staring at the cross has to be July 6 as I have seen that part on the bootlegs from Jul 3 & 4 and no camera is seen
 

There is an archive, correct.  Perhaps she and Alec made some agreement regarding the footage (because of the documentary, or whatever)?

So the director and DOP have answered the question. What about Madonna? Do interviewers ever ask her? I wish one would point out how popular the bootlegs are before asking.

Yeah but film reels arn't the same as cassette tapes. People don't cary reels around with the intention of playing them every 30 minutes no matter where they go. Those things were likely put in storage right after editing was completed.

Who knows. I don't even think Madonna herself knows. She might. However, I do not believe for one second that these tapes are lost. If she can keep journals and demo cassettes from the 70s and onwards, then she would most likely have a copy of this tour. So, I'd say she keeps her life well documented. And the BAT would be no different. 

Linda Hollingshed (line producer)was contacted last year and stated that the full show wasn’t filmed; just select songs. (She previously said in 2012 that the full show was filmed..)
However, when Toby Phillips (cinematographer) was asked the same question last year, he said the full show was filmed.

But Bat-Fan says all of Paris was filmed, either on video or film. Is he wrong?

I mean it makes complete sense to edit performances for films like TOD and IGTTYAS. And to be honest I really love the behind the scenes footage. But. To not officially release the show as a full concert boggles my mind. It’s weird how she’s never spoken about it other than “I’ve lost the footage” lmao wtf. LIES! Liza Minnelli LIES!

Finally, here are the Blond Ambition Tour upscales, Nice and Japan. Both in HD and UHD. I hope you like them.