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  1. Anthony Neilson

    The Twilight Time News and Info Thread

    Not wanting to spread false hopes but a friend and colleague of mine was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the end of 2016 and the prognosis was very bleak. In early 2017 he was switched from chemo to an immunotherapy treatment, which he underwent for 5-6 months with no debilitating...
  2. Anthony Neilson

    Please Participate: Most Requested Paramount Titles

    ALFIE THE TENANT POPEYE DRAGONSLAYER ORCA: KILLER WHALE FUNERAL IN BERLIN THE GAMBLER BAREFOOT IN THE PARK CATCH 22 FOUL PLAY VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET THE TWO JAKES WATERLOO WHAT LIES BENEATH ON A CLEAR DAY BLACK SUNDAY STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR'S CUT
  3. Anthony Neilson

    MADHOUSE (1974) - Kino Lorber BD audio problem

    Unless you live outside the US. Unlike Criterion and pretty much every other company, Kino won't replace defective products for their international customers.
  4. Anthony Neilson

    Warner Bros. Catalog Blu-ray releases...?

    I accept the glum prognosis on catalogue releases but a few things confuse me if this is the case, and perhaps someone can enlighten me. If catalogue sells so badly, how can Olive be making any kind of profit, given their release schedule and price point? Why does WB not licence its movies to...
  5. Anthony Neilson

    Movies On Blu With A Teal Tint.

    Does it tell us anything about the teal debate that a discussion about the correct use of "an" has hijacked the thread? ;)
  6. Anthony Neilson

    Movies On Blu With A Teal Tint.

    True. But what do they know? Look how they pronounce their own locale. Anyone can see it should be "Hartill-pool". Which, in turn, reminds me of the old grammatical joke "The p is silent, as in swimming pool".
  7. Anthony Neilson

    Movies On Blu With A Teal Tint.

    I'll have you know, Sir, that I reside in the "Motherland" of which you speak and I can assure you that the "h" in historian is most definitely aspirated, except by those of a "cockney" persuasion and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. The "h" is also aspirated in hotel (even by cockneys) and, I...
  8. Anthony Neilson

    Movies On Blu With A Teal Tint.

    You're wrong though. "An" would not come before "historian" as the "h" is sounded. :B)
  9. Anthony Neilson

    Exclusive First Look: Twilight Time May/June 2014 Releases

    Yes, yes and a thousand times yes!
  10. Anthony Neilson

    TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT OR TITUS

    But TT are an odd case, aren't they? And I think this is partly why they get such flak. Look at the other premium-price labels: Criterion specialises in international cinema, and the perceived wisdom is that anything not in English isn't going to sell that well. Flicker Alley is releasing the...
  11. Anthony Neilson

    TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT OR TITUS

    First off, I don't have a problem with TT's prices. I don't feel ripped off if I pay $30 for a movie I like and I've bought all but a handful of the blu-rays they've released. I should also add that I haven't seen TITUS. However, I do remember reading an interview with Nick Redman where he said...
  12. Anthony Neilson

    A Sneak Peek at Zulu and Khartoum

    Bruce - I'd be interested to hear your take on TITUS, as it's causing a bit of a fuss too.
  13. Anthony Neilson

    Empire 1 Cinema Leicester Square London

    Whilst the conversion to IMAX is certainly better news than being sub-divided into several smaller screens, it does mean that there will now be no cinema in London with Dolby Atmos. Also, it does rather co-incide with a feeling of disillusionment about IMAX conversions. I've always chosen this...
  14. Anthony Neilson

    Empire 1 Cinema Leicester Square London

    This is melancholy news for me. The Empire 1 was the best cinema in the UK, imo. Its appeal was partly nostalgic - this was the cinema I first saw 2001 in, on my first ever visit to London in 1980 and it was the cinema that, even now, most resembles the auditoria (?) of my childhood - but it was...
  15. Anthony Neilson

    Eastwood - Two Mules For Sister Sara and Escape From Alcatraz - blu ray??

    In the UK, though; along with the mediocre JOE KIDD. And HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER has been confirmed as coming soon by a Universal rep. You can see HD clips of that on one of the generic featurettes that appeared on the Uni 100th editions (I forget which featurette it was). Looks great, from what I...
  16. Anthony Neilson

    Eastwood - Two Mules For Sister Sara and Escape From Alcatraz - blu ray??

    ALCATRAZ now confirmed as coming in June to the UK, so the US should announce soon. If not, you can import. I already have the French disk and it's English friendly. Not sure of the region off-hand, but Paramount are usually ok. I warn you now, though, that the transfer is pretty underwhelming...
  17. Anthony Neilson

    Eastwood - Two Mules For Sister Sara and Escape From Alcatraz - blu ray??

    I think ALCATRAZ was mooted as coming in late 2013. No idea if or when the others will arrive.
  18. Anthony Neilson

    Eastwood - Two Mules For Sister Sara and Escape From Alcatraz - blu ray??

    ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ will be coming to Blu in the US later this year, according to a Paramount e-mail reply to a member of anothe forum. Both TWO MULES and HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER are scheduled for released in Europe this year, by Universal, so there's a good chance a US release will follow.
  19. Anthony Neilson

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    I made exactly this point a few months ago, before the haranguing, stuck-record tone of this thread forced me to more worthwhile methods of procrastination. There is nothing creative people like more than to say f*** you to studio dictates. 'Twas ever thus. The only indisputable information...
  20. Anthony Neilson

    3D Blu-ray Review Prometheus 3D Blu-ray Review

    Poor Ridley. In what other profession would we excuse the shoddiness of one job because the practitioner was doing two other jobs at the same other time? Would you be so forgiving of an overworked plumber? Would you accept the fact that your table collapsed when the carpenter pleaded that he was...
  21. Anthony Neilson

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Certainly. If you will please stop scurrying to other forums to make posts like this: Oh dear; that really is my lot at the HTF. Mr Neilson (I won't use first names; it implies a friendly familiarity which doesn't exist), you cheeky condescending little lecturing Roobarbian lurker you; well...
  22. Anthony Neilson

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    But you do disagree with John's assertion that the 1.66 is mis-framed, right? So the real problem is the PQ on the disc. I certainly agree with that.
  23. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    You didn't offend me at all. I just didn't understand why you were praising them for fixing stuff when there was no evidence that they had.
  24. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    Now read RAH's responses to the rest of the set and tell me how grateful you feel.
  25. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    Silly point. I'm not a studio and I don't have millions of dollars, or a film legacy to protect/ market/honour. I'm just saying that buying the product is enough. Active congratulations we should keep for studios that produce exceptional product otherwise they lose what little currency they...
  26. Anthony Neilson

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    Now don't be rude, John. You're not the last sane man, however you might feel. You're showing an ignorance here of what goes on in the actual making of a film. Cocking a snook at your studio is a pretty common occurrence. It is now and it was then. The profit motive that you use to bolster your...
  27. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    Here are Nick's first assessments: SABOTEUR - BD50 - R0 - Checkdisc date 9th August 2012 Length 01:48:48 / AVC / DTS-HD MA 2 Ch. 48kHz / Confirmed AR 1.37:1 / 8/10 SHADOW OF A DOUBT - BD50 - R0 - Checkdisc date 7th August 2012 Length 01:47:49 / VC-1 / DTS-HD MA 2 Ch. 48kHz / Confirmed AR...
  28. Anthony Neilson

    Aspect Ratio Documentation

    I don't know who's right here. The one thing I do feel we're missing is the basic variable of human nature. It's possible - and no-one can say it isn't - that Asher and Fisher preferred 1.37. It's possible that - whatever edict came down - they thought "F**k them and their widescreen. We'll...
  29. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    So THE BIRDS comes out of that pretty well then! :)
  30. Anthony Neilson

    USHE Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Blu-ray)

    Sorry, but I'm getting a slightly different message here. Less than half the set reviewed and out of that six, three he's rated 3/5. And we still have some of the most problematic discs - according to Nick - to be assessed. Now that's not terrible but it's not good either. It suggests that Uni...
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