ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!! I cannot wait fo this release!! I only wish someone would unearth the other ethnic language films of the 1930's, including the Edgar Ulmer / Avramenko Ukrainian language films! Such a fascinating and overlooked bit of cinema!
Just to add another view, the film looks more or less as I remember it theatrically. It is shot with a lot of on set atmosphere, which can dissipate and renders some scenes inconsistent from shot to shot in terms of diffusion. Furthermore the DP also used a lot of diffusive and softening...
One other note, I'm sure the good folk at Kino don't need any suggestions, but an excellent extra for this release would be the 30min adaptation of 'Silver Blaze' with Christopher Plummer. Not sure where the rights reside but i do own a fairly good 16mm print of it...
I've spent most of 2018 buying almost everything you guys have had to sell, so my VERY best wishes to you all. And if you could miraculously procure 'Murder By Decree' and 'Freud: The Secret Passion'... but even if not, thank you for a wonderful year of film collecting!!!
I’ve put together a short ‘wish list’ that combine Universal owned Paramounts as well as their own branded library. Strictly my own fantasy releases but if anyone official even looks into one or two of these I’d be deeply grateful.
1) On the ‘mystery series’ or famous detective characters...
That's interesting, I've never heard that before. I obviously don't doubt your info in the least but when I was a part of an interview of Wilder in the mid 90's he was quite insistent that the Mirisch Bros still had the footage. Perhaps he was more 'hopeful' than 'certain,' but... what a shame!
The BFI release of BOAN is quite an extraordinary restoration and package of extras however it does suffer from some compression artifacting (particularly noticeable in the titlecards.) I'm hoping the TT version will improve on that one flaw in that otherwise superb edition. I'll be buying!
To say nothing of films like 'Up The Down Staircase' or the long awaited 'Last Summer.' I love WA and buy practically everything they've got to sell, SD and Blu Ray, but this is the first year I've felt like my patience is being a bit tested, especially with a film like 'Gwangi.' They have...
Is Kevin Brownlow's 'Hollywood' something acquirable from Freemantle, even in SD? Or are the rights problems there beyond just a license deal?
Many thanks for the excellent releases!!!
Its always been a bit of a muddle between HBO/Warners. Michael Dinner's "Heaven Help Us" is in a similar predicament. Also some BBC titles seem to languishing with Warner's rights, including the very excellent (if standard definition) 1982 mini-series adaptation of 'The Citadel' with Ben...
Well I've had a fun, new Amazon experience. They've sent me an empty envelope. I contacted the site and based on the outside label it was supposed to contain Quiet Man and Shane...... AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Its like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. Good grief...
Just as a purely academic digression, roughly where on the 2k/4k spectrum would 16mm or standard Technoscope fall? (Has no relevance whatsoever, but how often do you get to ask one of the world's foremost a nerdy question?)
I hope someone more knowledgeable than myself will correct this if I'm mistaken, but my impression was that Batjac wasn't the most careful of companies with their assets. In fact, wasn't the general release edit actually overseen by Michael Wayne? Its understandable if there's a slight merging...
You seem to be under some impression that by not supporting third-party boutique distributors or foreign outlets you can bring about some corporate shift in the value studios place on their library product as it relates to optical media?
Warners and Sony do still have 'true believers' in...
Well, hang on, this is a site that is generally frequented by 'hopeless geeks,' many of whom prioritize the ownership of titles meaningful to them in the best editions possible. It is not a guarantee that a title released overseas will be put out domestically, particularly of older library...