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I just learned about this company yesterday.
It seems it specialises in releasing public domain films on Bluray.
I hear they're planning to release 20 films per month.
Well, i hope not, because that means they would have to sacrifice quality and they wouldn't be able to pay the deserving attention to each release, especially since it's a starting label.
Also I hear they will be BD-Rs.

Anyway, what would be your wishlist for them?

Mine for starters:
-His Girl Friday-Santa Fe Trail-Till the Clouds Roll By-Life with Father-Father's Little Dividend-Royal Wedding-The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
 

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Quite frankly, I don't think we need the blu-ray equivalent of junk PD DVD's but, if other people want to spend their money on it, more power to them.
 

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I share the same concerns over BD-R's, picture quality, DNR, etc. But if my choice (which for some of these films will definitely be the case) is a decent but not perfect HD presentation or nothing at all, I'll probably opt for the former. 100% of something is something, 100% of nothing is nothing. And I doubt we'll ever see these films in any "restored" format.
 

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I understand your concerns, I don't want BD-R either.
But I think this is not a matter here of a Film Detective release or an X company release that we're discussing.
This is a matter of a Film Detective release or no release at all!
Because as I understand it , they will be releasing films that no-one else would care to release on Bluray.
So, you would prefer no release?
 

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Konstantinos said:
I understand your concerns, I don't want BD-R either.
But I think this is not a matter here of a Film Detective release or an X company release that we're discussing.
This is a matter of a Film Detective release or no release at all!
Because as I understand it , they will be releasing films that no-one else would care to release on Bluray.
So, you would prefer no release?
Exactly. I don't particularly like DVD-R's either but I buy the WAC releases because some of those films will never see a better version, certainly not a BD release. So, the same for these public domain releases, many of which are the deepest catalog titles around. So, if that's the best I can get, I'll take it. Now, I will say I won't pay premium prices for them, no more than $15 in my mind, but as long as the quality is, for instance, a "3" on a scale of "5". Many of the Olive Films releases fall into that quality and I've bought those (the BD-R issue notwithstanding).
 

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Over at the "other" forum, the Film Detective rep is actively posting. Here's the official response re: BD-R's, DNR, etc....

To answer ........'s question, and also to respond to the comments regarding BDR: first of all, I looked at ..........'s reviews, and I'd like to thank him for purchasing and enjoying the version of Kansas City Confidential I restored several years ago. Many people enjoyed that and a few thought too much NDR was used. Most of the feedback, however, was positive. Obviously, we are coming at this to be sensitive to the feedback, but also not to overlook the fact that our library is made up of many PD films as well as titles that we're looking to bring out in 2015 that are under license. The prospect of home video is one we're going about cautiously. We have been fans of what Warner Archive has released for the most part. The company that we work with for BD-R also does work with the major studios. Our goal is to have the option to make blu-ray available as opposed to only standard definition. Releasing classic movies and upgrading them is always a financial challenge, and obviously, there's room to upgrade existing content from the budget, lesser-quality transfers that are in the market. So again, we appreciate all the feedback, and we're going to stay in touch and show examples of digital files online once we have them to preview.
 

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I wouldn't expect too many releases that have quality studio releases on DVD. The company rep said the following on blu-ray.com: "When a title such as His Girl Friday exists and there's the opportunity to put out an HD from original negatives, it doesn't make sense to pursue those titles even though we have 35mm HD elements."
 

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atfree said:
Over at the "other" forum, the Film Detective rep is actively posting. Here's the official response re: BD-R's, DNR, etc....

So again, we appreciate all the feedback, and we're going to stay in touch and show examples of digital files online once we have them to preview.
Some online previews could potentially change my mind.
 

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The public domain DVDs of those films never looked very good, so why would Blu-rays look any better if they're coming from the same weak source material? Aren't they or do they have access to three strip negatives for those Technicolor films like Life with Father and Till the Clouds Roll By?
 

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atfree said:
Over at the "other" forum, the Film Detective rep is actively posting. Here's the official response re: BD-R's, DNR, etc....

To answer ........'s question, and also to respond to the comments regarding BDR: first of all, I looked at ..........'s reviews, and I'd like to thank him for purchasing and enjoying the version of Kansas City Confidential I restored several years ago. Many people enjoyed that and a few thought too much NDR was used. Most of the feedback, however, was positive. Obviously, we are coming at this to be sensitive to the feedback, but also not to overlook the fact that our library is made up of many PD films as well as titles that we're looking to bring out in 2015 that are under license. The prospect of home video is one we're going about cautiously. We have been fans of what Warner Archive has released for the most part. The company that we work with for BD-R also does work with the major studios. Our goal is to have the option to make blu-ray available as opposed to only standard definition. Releasing classic movies and upgrading them is always a financial challenge, and obviously, there's room to upgrade existing content from the budget, lesser-quality transfers that are in the market. So again, we appreciate all the feedback, and we're going to stay in touch and show examples of digital files online once we have them to preview.
Hmmmm.. I didn't like that "DNR" part...
 

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Matt Hough said:
The public domain DVDs of those films never looked very good, so why would Blu-rays look any better if they're coming from the same weak source material? Aren't they or do they have access to three strip negatives for those Technicolor films like Life with Father and Till the Clouds Roll By?
They have restored them from original 35mm elements from what I understand.

Most public domain DVDs I think don't come from these sources.
 

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Exactly. I thought originally that Jane Powell's dress in the opening number from "Royal Wedding" was white, but after seeing Warner's authorized DVD, I discovered her dress was actually closer to a pastel shade with glitter all over it!
 

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Noach Kowalski said:
Lol. Not sure if serious... ;)
oh I am most defiantly serious, :D ,

as for this, it' the same company that did Kansas City Confidential, so I haven't heard to many good things, love a good mystery though, so some classic film detective's, I would be up for that.
 

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Some PD films can clean up quite nicely.Second Chorus (released by Film Chest) looked pretty good. Some people had a problem with the sound (not me), but the PQ exceeded my expectations
 

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