Just to be clear, that November post of mine had nothing to do with the mail. Kino was backed up then, and I was venting.
Actually, the only mail problems I’ve experienced in recent times were some pretty horrible Media Mail shipments of items I’d ordered just before the holidays. (Big...
I am rarely a complainer in these forums, but this has been one hell of a slog.
My order was placed and confirmed by Kino on 10/23. This past Sunday, 11/8, they notified me that it has been "approved for packing" ("we have accepted payment from your bank", etc.) ... and still nothing further...
A quick note of praise:
I'd recently emailed Kino's customer service folks with my concern that my order for The Hurricane Blu-ray seemed to be in limbo. The next day I had a response assuring me that these orders were being handled manually due to that title's out of print status, and that...
They were wonderful. This one's Kino, too, so... here's the one that got me started. (I was late to the party; I didn't catch up with the first two Poe releases until after I'd seen this one.)
Nice blog, Peter. And well said. A very special Corman film, with a screenplay containing passages by Ray Russell and Robert Dillon that rank as sheer poetry in comparison with the norm...then or now.
And another first seen by me upon its release at the wonderful Gateway Theatre -- within a...