Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3) (7 Viewers)

[borisfw]

Sweet another Spaghetti western.

 

[Gary OS]

Sweet another Spaghetti western.

Yep. I have a good friend whose two favorite genres are spaghetti westerns and noirs. He loves the violence and cynicism. I’m gonna email with this news now. He’ll be elated.


Gary “thank you, Kino, for continuing to knock them out of the park” O.

 

[Bernard McNair]

Very happy for Ace High.
Can Mr. Insider please advise the running time and which version that will be released?
Thank you

 

[borisfw]

Hopefully the longer version of Ace High.

 

[lark144]

Sunday's Facebook Announcement:

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

2019 HD Master from a 4K Scan!

ACE HIGH (1968) Starring Eli Wallach, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters & Kevin McCarthy – Shot by Marcello Masciocchi (A Stranger in Town, The Big Racket) – Music by Carlo Rustichelli (A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die) – Written & Directed by Giuseppe Colizzi (God Forgives… I Don’t, Boot Hill, All the Way Boys).

View attachment 141576

Can't wait! Saw this many times when it first came out. The most entertaining of Terence Hill & Bud Spencer's many pairings.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray August 16th from Kino Classics!


Coming Apart (1969)
Starring Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, Viveca Lindfors
Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg


Rip Torn (Men in Black) gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the cell phone diaries of today, the entire film is shot through a mirror from a single hidden camera in a one-room apartment. Over the course of several personal encounters, Joe becomes a voyeur of his own reflection, documenting his own emotional disintegration. Although entirely scripted, this fierce, frank, and explicit film seems improvised. The acting is so explosive it seems uncontrolled and the sex scenes have been described as real and pornographic. In dramatic opposition to Hollywood’s narrative filmmaking aesthetic, Ginsberg calls attention to the presence of the camera, abandoning cinema’s “omniscient eye” for a deliberately conscious “camera eye.” Truly ahead of its time, Coming Apart remains a visionary and transformative piece of American cinema.


Special features:
*"From the Paris Premiere," an interview with Milton Moses Ginsberg (2004, 3 Min.)
*Rip Torn Memorial, filmed at The Actors Studio (2019, excerpt)
*Coming Apart: 50th Anniversary Interview (2019, 31 Min.)
*KRON: Along the Avenue of Time (2020, 105 Min.), an experimental feature by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Milonga in a Lonely Station (2020, 5 Min.), a short film by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Optional English SDH Subtitles

 

[lark144]

Coming to Blu-ray August 16th from Kino Classics!


Coming Apart (1969)
Starring Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, Viveca Lindfors
Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg


Rip Torn (Men in Black) gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the cell phone diaries of today, the entire film is shot through a mirror from a single hidden camera in a one-room apartment. Over the course of several personal encounters, Joe becomes a voyeur of his own reflection, documenting his own emotional disintegration. Although entirely scripted, this fierce, frank, and explicit film seems improvised. The acting is so explosive it seems uncontrolled and the sex scenes have been described as real and pornographic. In dramatic opposition to Hollywood’s narrative filmmaking aesthetic, Ginsberg calls attention to the presence of the camera, abandoning cinema’s “omniscient eye” for a deliberately conscious “camera eye.” Truly ahead of its time, Coming Apart remains a visionary and transformative piece of American cinema.


Special features:
*"From the Paris Premiere," an interview with Milton Moses Ginsberg (2004, 3 Min.)
*Rip Torn Memorial, filmed at The Actors Studio (2019, excerpt)
*Coming Apart: 50th Anniversary Interview (2019, 31 Min.)
*KRON: Along the Avenue of Time (2020, 105 Min.), an experimental feature by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Milonga in a Lonely Station (2020, 5 Min.), a short film by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Optional English SDH Subtitles

View attachment 141634

I love this movie. My roommate knew the cinematographer, so we ended up going to the premiere at Cinema Village on 12th street. Afterwards, I overheard Israel Horovitz, the playwright, talking to some friends. "Whenever I see Rip Torn in the theatre," he said, "I'm convinced he's going to jump off the stage and attack me. This is the first time I've felt completely safe."

 

[jayembee]

Coming to Blu-ray August 16th from Kino Classics!


Coming Apart (1969)
Starring Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, Viveca Lindfors
Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg


Rip Torn (Men in Black) gives one of the great screen performances as a psychiatrist secretly filming his own mental breakdown in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s classic exploration of dark eroticism and self-referential cinematic form. Anticipating the cell phone diaries of today, the entire film is shot through a mirror from a single hidden camera in a one-room apartment. Over the course of several personal encounters, Joe becomes a voyeur of his own reflection, documenting his own emotional disintegration. Although entirely scripted, this fierce, frank, and explicit film seems improvised. The acting is so explosive it seems uncontrolled and the sex scenes have been described as real and pornographic. In dramatic opposition to Hollywood’s narrative filmmaking aesthetic, Ginsberg calls attention to the presence of the camera, abandoning cinema’s “omniscient eye” for a deliberately conscious “camera eye.” Truly ahead of its time, Coming Apart remains a visionary and transformative piece of American cinema.


Special features:
*"From the Paris Premiere," an interview with Milton Moses Ginsberg (2004, 3 Min.)
*Rip Torn Memorial, filmed at The Actors Studio (2019, excerpt)
*Coming Apart: 50th Anniversary Interview (2019, 31 Min.)
*KRON: Along the Avenue of Time (2020, 105 Min.), an experimental feature by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Milonga in a Lonely Station (2020, 5 Min.), a short film by Milton Moses Ginsberg
*Optional English SDH Subtitles

View attachment 141634

Well, son of a gun! I remember asking about the possibility of releasing this on blu-ray over at the other site, since Kino had released it on DVD circa Y2K. Don't recall who the KL Insider was at the time (maybe Mr. Lime?). Back then, he didn't think it was likely.

 

[Ed Lachmann]

"Exploration of dark eroticism" mentioned in tandem with Viveca Lindfors means day one purchase for me.

 

[Kaskade1309]

No release date has been announced. The MSRP will probably be $39.95 like it is for most of their 4K/UHD releases.

Thanks much.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray August 23rd from Cohen Media Group and Kino Lorber!

The Burned Barns (1973)
Starring Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Miou-Miou
Directed by Jean Chapot

Two titans of French Cinema are brought together for this crime drama set in the snow-covered French countryside on the border with Switzerland. The body of a young woman is found savagely murdered near the isolated Burned Barns farm run by Rose (Oscar®-winner Simone Signoret) and her family. The police work begins and the investigating judge, Pierre Larcher (Alain Delon), soon comes to suspect that Rose’s family, and in particular her sons, may have played a role. Signoret and Delon are outstanding as two forces playing a game of wits with profound consequences. Featuring a stunning soundtrack by electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.

Special features:
*Interview with crew (26 min.)
*Trailers

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray August 30th from Kino Lorber!

Olga
Directed by Elie Grappe
Starring Anastasia Budyashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio

Olga (Anastasia Budyashkina) is a talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, dreaming of Olympic gold and trying to fit in with her new team in her new home. As she prepares for the European Championships, the Ukrainian people back home in Kyiv rise up in what has become known as the Maidan Revolution, suddenly involving everyone she cares about. Olga is left a powerless, distant bystander as her mother, an investigative journalist, faces danger as she challenges the brutal Yanukovich regime. Incorporating documentary footage from the 2013 uprising, Olga is a tense, sensitively handled tale of exile reflecting the clash between the personal and the political in a young woman’s search for identity.

Includes:
*Optional English subtitles
*Theatrical trailer

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray August 30th from Cohen Media Group and Kino Lorber!

Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
Directed by Jacques Deray
Starring Jean Rochefort, Michel Auclair, Charles Vanel, Jose Giovanni, Claude Dauphin, Michele Mercier, Daniela Rocca

In this stylish heist noir from director Jacques Deray, master director of the French crime film, five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties. Restored in 2K from a 4K scan of the surviving 35MM interpositive (the negative is lost), the film boasts stunning black and white photography, supported by a lush and memorable score. Deray assembled an impressive cast of stars, including Charles Vanel (WAGES OF FEAR), Michel Auclair (THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), future director José Giovanni (TWO MEN TO KILL) who also co-wrote the film, and Jean Rochefort, in a brilliant casting against type from his largely comedic roles up until then. This rediscovered crime thriller is sure to please fans of classic film noir.

Special features:
*The Score of SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE - an evaluation of the film by François Guérif, screenwriter and film noir historian, along with Jean Rochefort biographer Jean-Philippe Guerand (28 minutes)
*Re-release trailer

 

[Thomas T]

Coming to Blu-ray August 30th from Cohen Media Group and Kino Lorber!

Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
Directed by Jacques Deray
Starring Jean Rochefort, Michel Auclair, Charles Vanel, Jose Giovanni, Claude Dauphin, Michele Mercier, Daniela Rocca

In this stylish heist noir from director Jacques Deray, master director of the French crime film, five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties. Restored in 2K from a 4K scan of the surviving 35MM interpositive (the negative is lost), the film boasts stunning black and white photography, supported by a lush and memorable score. Deray assembled an impressive cast of stars, including Charles Vanel (WAGES OF FEAR), Michel Auclair (THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), future director José Giovanni (TWO MEN TO KILL) who also co-wrote the film, and Jean Rochefort, in a brilliant casting against type from his largely comedic roles up until then. This rediscovered crime thriller is sure to please fans of classic film noir.

Special features:
*The Score of SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE - an evaluation of the film by François Guérif, screenwriter and film noir historian, along with Jean Rochefort biographer Jean-Philippe Guerand (28 minutes)
*Re-release trailer

View attachment 141719

Reference is made to the film's "lush and memorable" score without naming the composer. He's Michel Magne.

 

[Claude North]

"Exploration of dark eroticism" mentioned in tandem with Viveca Lindfors means day one purchase for me.

Not to mention Rip Torn...

 

[Robin9]

Coming to Blu-ray August 30th from Cohen Media Group and Kino Lorber!

Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
Directed by Jacques Deray
Starring Jean Rochefort, Michel Auclair, Charles Vanel, Jose Giovanni, Claude Dauphin, Michele Mercier, Daniela Rocca

In this stylish heist noir from director Jacques Deray, master director of the French crime film, five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties. Restored in 2K from a 4K scan of the surviving 35MM interpositive (the negative is lost), the film boasts stunning black and white photography, supported by a lush and memorable score. Deray assembled an impressive cast of stars, including Charles Vanel (WAGES OF FEAR), Michel Auclair (THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), future director José Giovanni (TWO MEN TO KILL) who also co-wrote the film, and Jean Rochefort, in a brilliant casting against type from his largely comedic roles up until then. This rediscovered crime thriller is sure to please fans of classic film noir.

Special features:
*The Score of SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE - an evaluation of the film by François Guérif, screenwriter and film noir historian, along with Jean Rochefort biographer Jean-Philippe Guerand (28 minutes)
*Re-release trailer

View attachment 141719

I don't know this film but it sounds interesting. Incidentally, I'm appalled that the OCN to a 1963 film has been lost.

 

[commander richardson]

Reference is made to the film's "lush and memorable" score without naming the composer. He's Michel Magne.

This film is a wonderful thriller one of the very best with no special effects just a superb story line that will have the viewer guessing all the time until the very last scene. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
The music is fine but there was never a full score release as such and never on CD . I searched for it sometime back and found only an EP of high value so I passed.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming September 6th!

The Oblong Box (1969) Limited Edition Re-Release
• 2015 HD Master
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Steve Haberman
• Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee (1969): Narrated by Vincent Price
• Radio Spots
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 96 Minutes 1.85:1 Rated R
Coffins, blood and live corpses! A gasping, gnawing, heart stopping evil lies buried in The Oblong Box. Do you dare unearth its wrath? Vincent Price (The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Twice-Told Tales) and Christopher Lee (The Crimson Cult, House of the Long Shadows) are at their terrifying best as a plantation owner with a shocking family secret and a wealthy doctor desperate to continue his morbid experiments on human flesh in this Edgar Allan Poe’s (Tales of Terror) classic tale of the living dead! Price returns to his English manor from an African trip with his mad, mutilated brother and buries his chained up sibling alive. When the body is exhumed, the madman somehow still alive begins a systematic search for vengeance. Co-written, produced and directed by horror great, Gordon Hessler (Cry of the Banshee, Scream and Scream Again) with top-notch cinematography by John Coquillon (Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron).

 

[sultan of cinema]

This film is a wonderful thriller one of the very best with no special effects just a superb story line that will have the viewer guessing all the time until the very last scene. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
The music is fine but there was never a full score release as such and never on CD . I searched for it sometime back and found only an EP of high value so I passed.

I believe that Michel Magne also did the lush scores for the five Michelle Mercier "Angelique" films.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming September 6th!

Twice-Told Tales (1963) Limited Edition Re-Release
• 2015 HD Master
• Audio Commentary by Film Historians Richard Harland Smith and Perry Martin
• "Trailers From Hell" with Mick Garris
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

Color 120 Minutes 1.66:1 Not Rated
A Terrifying Trilogy of Passion, Poison and Possession! It's spine-tingling terror in triplicate virtuoso of horror. Vincent Price (The Raven, The Tomb of Ligeia) dials up the depravity in this spellbinding trilogy of Nathaniel Hawthorne's (The Scarlet Letter) chilling classics! Dripping with demented genius, poisonous plants, oozing blood and a corpse in a wedding gown, Twice-Told Tales spins three gripping, diabolical nightmares of madness, mayhem and murder most foul. Price stars in all three stories, including "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", about a scientist who finds the fountain of youth... and lives to regret it; "Rappaccini's Daughter", the twisted tale of a demented father whose love for his daughter turns poisonous; and "The House of the Seven Gables", the ghostly legend of an ancient cursed family who lived for power... and died for greed. The stellar cast includes Sebastian Cabot (The Time Machine), Brett Halsey (Return of the Fly), Beverly Garland (Chicago Confidential) and Joyce Taylor (13 Frightened Girls!).