Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3) (6 Viewers)

[jayembee]

Yes, the Three Henrys (Hathaway, King, and Koster) are not generally given their...ahh...overdue due.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Please, back to Kino Announcements!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Yes, the Three Henrys (Hathaway, King, and Koster) are not generally given their...ahh...overdue due.

That's a discussion for another thread.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming July 20th!

Thunderbolt (1929)
• Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
• Trailers
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

From Josef von Sternberg, the legendary director of The Blue Angel, Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus, comes this Pre-Code proto-noir that mixes electrifying thrills with torrid romance. Condemned gangster Thunderbolt Jim Lang (George Bancroft, Old Ironsides) plots revenge on the young man (Richard Arlen, Beggars of Life) who stole his girlfriend (Fay Wray, King Kong) and landed next to him on death row. Featuring script work by Charles Furthman (Underworld) and Jules Furthman (The Big Sleep) with Hollywood greats Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve), Thunderbolt is an emotional drama renowned for its pioneering use of early sound technology, expressionistic visuals and bold blending of genres.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray June 8th from Kino Classics and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung!

The Woman One Longs For (1929)
Starring Marlene Dietrich
Directed by Kurt Bernhardt

Marlene Dietrich for years insisted that The Blue Angel (1930) was her screen debut, when in fact she was catapulted to fame by this silent drama of 1929, which fits neatly among the visually dynamic and emotionally dark melodramas of Josef von Sternberg and G.W. Pabst. Uno Henning stars as a young businessman whose plans of marriage are interrupted when he becomes entranced by a haunting young woman (Dietrich) who seems to be the victim of a monocled sadist (Fritz Kortner). Like Dietrich, director Kurt Bernhardt would emigrate to the United States and enjoy a long career making films based around strong female characters, including Possessed (Joan Crawford), A Stolen Life (Bette Davis), and Miss Sadie Thompson (Rita Hayworth). Restored in 2012 by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, this edition is accompanied by a spectacular original orchestral score by Pascal Schumacher.

Special features:
*Audio commentary by film historian Gaylyn Studlar
*Orchestral score by Pascal Schumacher in 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo
*Optional English subtitles

 

[battlebeast]

Thanks, everyone! I really didn’t know anything about this film save that so many wanted it. I hope one day KINO will surprise me with one of the gems I’m waiting for!

 

[dana martin]

2 great announcements, where other fear to, or seldom, tread

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 8th from Kino Classics and StudioCanal!

Under the Sand (2000)
Starring Charlotte Rampling
Directed by Francois Ozon

The incomparable Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, The Night Porter) gives one of her most acclaimed performances in Francois Ozon's mesmerizing tale of loss and grief. For many years, Marie (Rampling) and Jean (Bruno Cremer) have happily spent their vacations together at their country house. One day at the beach, Marie naps in the sand while Jean goes for a swim. When she awakens, he is gone. Did he drown? Did he run off? Distraught, Marie notifies the authorities. But after an extensive search, no body is found, and Marie is left in a painful limbo, unable to properly grieve for her lost love.

Special features:
*Archival audio commentary by director Francois Ozon
*Archival interview with star Charlotte Rampling
*New audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger
*Optional English subtitles
*Trailer

 

[bujaki]

Coming July 20th!

Thunderbolt (1929)
• Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
• Trailers
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

From Josef von Sternberg, the legendary director of The Blue Angel, Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus, comes this Pre-Code proto-noir that mixes electrifying thrills with torrid romance. Condemned gangster Thunderbolt Jim Lang (George Bancroft, Old Ironsides) plots revenge on the young man (Richard Arlen, Beggars of Life) who stole his girlfriend (Fay Wray, King Kong) and landed next to him on death row. Featuring script work by Charles Furthman (Underworld) and Jules Furthman (The Big Sleep) with Hollywood greats Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve), Thunderbolt is an emotional drama renowned for its pioneering use of early sound technology, expressionistic visuals and bold blending of genres.

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Great cover art for a great movie!

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming July 20th!

The Bride Comes Home (1935)
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Screen icons Claudette Colbert (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, It Happened One Night) and Fred MacMurray (Hands Across the Table, Double Indemnity) co-star in this classic screwball comedy set against the backdrop of Chicago during the Depression. At the center of a romantic triangle is Jeannette Desmereau (Colbert), a socialite left penniless by the stock market crash who takes a job as a writer for a men’s magazine. Her two on-again, off-again suitors just happen to be her hard-boiled editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and the company’s wealthy owner, Jack Bristow (Robert Young, Crossfire). Tempers flare, opposites attract and true love wins out at the end in this fast-paced delight directed by Wesley Ruggles (No Man of Her Own) and featuring memorable comic turns by supporting players Edgar Kennedy (Duck Soup), Donald Meek (You Can’t Take It with You) and William Collier Sr. (All of Me).

 

[bujaki]

Coming July 20th!

The Bride Comes Home (1935)
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Screen icons Claudette Colbert (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, It Happened One Night) and Fred MacMurray (Hands Across the Table, Double Indemnity) co-star in this classic screwball comedy set against the backdrop of Chicago during the Depression. At the center of a romantic triangle is Jeannette Desmereau (Colbert), a socialite left penniless by the stock market crash who takes a job as a writer for a men’s magazine. Her two on-again, off-again suitors just happen to be her hard-boiled editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and the company’s wealthy owner, Jack Bristow (Robert Young, Crossfire). Tempers flare, opposites attract and true love wins out at the end in this fast-paced delight directed by Wesley Ruggles (No Man of Her Own) and featuring memorable comic turns by supporting players Edgar Kennedy (Duck Soup), Donald Meek (You Can’t Take It with You) and William Collier Sr. (All of Me).

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Fred MacMurray never looked lovelier!

 

[dana martin]

Coming July 20th!

The Bride Comes Home (1935)
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Screen icons Claudette Colbert (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, It Happened One Night) and Fred MacMurray (Hands Across the Table, Double Indemnity) co-star in this classic screwball comedy set against the backdrop of Chicago during the Depression. At the center of a romantic triangle is Jeannette Desmereau (Colbert), a socialite left penniless by the stock market crash who takes a job as a writer for a men’s magazine. Her two on-again, off-again suitors just happen to be her hard-boiled editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and the company’s wealthy owner, Jack Bristow (Robert Young, Crossfire). Tempers flare, opposites attract and true love wins out at the end in this fast-paced delight directed by Wesley Ruggles (No Man of Her Own) and featuring memorable comic turns by supporting players Edgar Kennedy (Duck Soup), Donald Meek (You Can’t Take It with You) and William Collier Sr. (All of Me).

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well, that makes 2 of the 7 films they worked together available in HD.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 15th from Kino Lorber and SenArt Films!

Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time (2021)
Directed by Robert May

Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time is a true story about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monumental discovery and tempts fate for fortune as he hatches a secret plan to prove his claim. With his estranged son at his side, he secures an entertainment and personal injury lawyer who assembles a team — a retired blackjack dealer, a veterinary assistant, and a dog. The plan? To covertly remove gold bullion from within the most restricted area of Federal land deep within Superstition Mountain, Arizona. But the one risk greater than facing the unforgiving terrain and Federal prosecution is time.

Special features:
*Additional scene: Jesuit Tomb
*Optional English SDH subtitles
*Trailer

 

[lark144]

Fred MacMurray never looked lovelier!

I like Fred Mac Murray better when he's skeezier, the kind of movies where middle-aged housewives would hit him with handbags because of the character he played. But even in movies where he's supposed to be charming and romantic--like "Hands Across the Table" (coming soon from Kino)--there's a darkness, not a devil may care insouciance as much as a selfishness and even emotional brittleness underneath that breeziness. And I like that in his performances. It shows depth, and complexity. He's a much better actor than he seems to be at first glance.

 

[lark144]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 8th from Kino Classics and StudioCanal!

Under the Sand (2000)
Starring Charlotte Rampling
Directed by Francois Ozon

The incomparable Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, The Night Porter) gives one of her most acclaimed performances in Francois Ozon's mesmerizing tale of loss and grief. For many years, Marie (Rampling) and Jean (Bruno Cremer) have happily spent their vacations together at their country house. One day at the beach, Marie naps in the sand while Jean goes for a swim. When she awakens, he is gone. Did he drown? Did he run off? Distraught, Marie notifies the authorities. But after an extensive search, no body is found, and Marie is left in a painful limbo, unable to properly grieve for her lost love.

Special features:
*Archival audio commentary by director Francois Ozon
*Archival interview with star Charlotte Rampling
*New audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger
*Optional English subtitles
*Trailer

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A stunning, subversive, immersive beauty of a film, made when I thought no one, in France, had the talent or interest to do so anymore.

 

[cadavra]

I hate to sound like a broken record (too late!) but Juanita Hall, who plays the Aunt, is not Asian. She is African American (father) and Irish (mother). So it's a nearly all Asian cast.

Let the record reflect this important correction.

 

[Robin9]

I like Fred Mac Murray better when he's skeezier, the kind of movies where middle-aged housewives would hit him with handbags because of the character he played. But even in movies where he's supposed to be charming and romantic--like "Hands Across the Table" (coming soon from Kino)--there's a darkness, not a devil may care insouciance as much as a selfishness and even emotional brittleness underneath that breeziness. And I like that in his performances. It shows depth, and complexity. He's a much better actor than he seems to be at first glance.

In my opinion, Fred MacMurray was one of the best actors ever in movies. He always nailed the character pretty much perfectly but you could never see him doing any acting! He always seemed to be just "phoning it in." When you look at the wide range of characters he played and got right, he must have unusually good but apparently without acting!

 

[Suzanne.S]

Coming to Blu-ray June 8th from Kino Classics and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung!

The Woman One Longs For (1929)
Starring Marlene Dietrich
Directed by Kurt Bernhardt

Marlene Dietrich for years insisted that The Blue Angel (1930) was her screen debut, when in fact she was catapulted to fame by this silent drama of 1929, which fits neatly among the visually dynamic and emotionally dark melodramas of Josef von Sternberg and G.W. Pabst. Uno Henning stars as a young businessman whose plans of marriage are interrupted when he becomes entranced by a haunting young woman (Dietrich) who seems to be the victim of a monocled sadist (Fritz Kortner). Like Dietrich, director Kurt Bernhardt would emigrate to the United States and enjoy a long career making films based around strong female characters, including Possessed (Joan Crawford), A Stolen Life (Bette Davis), and Miss Sadie Thompson (Rita Hayworth). Restored in 2012 by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, this edition is accompanied by a spectacular original orchestral score by Pascal Schumacher.

Special features:
*Audio commentary by film historian Gaylyn Studlar
*Orchestral score by Pascal Schumacher in 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo
*Optional English subtitles

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Definitely looking forward to this. I just saw it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It was presented as part of the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival. The festival was online this year and had some great offerings. This is one I had not even heard of before, let alone seen. It is quite interesting and well worth watching.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I just deleted one post because it asked the Kino Insider to comment on whether a list of movies are being considered for BD release. We have politely requested that such posts not be posted in this thread as it places the Kino Insider in a bad position. Since, that request has been ignored by certain posters, we will just start deleting posts and issuing temporary/permanent thread bans to those that refuse to follow our thread directives.

Edit: The forum is seriously considering making this thread just announcements only which means the general membership will not be able to post in this thread. I don't think any of us would like that thread solution. Please, help us not go there by following this thread's posting guidelines.

Finally, do not post your comments to this particular post in this thread. If you need to comment or make a suggestion then do so using private messaging. Thank you.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Thunderbolt is a wonderful surprise and one of my most wanted and The Woman One Longs For will certainly be super interesting. Two fabulous titles and I imagine they will look great, as the Murnau Stiftung titles are always gorgeous in HD.