Mark Edward Heuck
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What's been rather disappointing in the decade and a half since New Line Cinema became a mini-major is that aside from their John Waters library, there is a large number of titles that they released in their early days that have never made it to DVD, or in some cases even VHS. Granted, it's quite possible New Line no longer has the rights to these movies, and they may have no perceived value in this star-driven market, but I'd still love to see them. Both Image and Criterion have worked out licensing deals for their catalog, and we have been treated to older titles like XTRO and ALONE IN THE DARK, in some cases even with extras. But there's many more like one wouldn't believe.
For starters, Robert Shaye has stated that he began New Line to distribute the classic drug scare film REEFER MADNESS. Sure, there are dozens of PD editions of this movie, wouldn't it be interesting if New Line and Image did a disc, maybe with a Shaye commentary talking about the early days of his company and meeting John Waters and others?
Also, New Line and Image did excellent widescreen laserdiscs of four Sonny Chiba STREET FIGHTER movies, which in fact have been the source material for the dozens of ripoff DVDs available today. I'd like to see them go back and do these right, with some participation from Chiba and his eternal fan Quentin Tarantino.
Here are some others notable titles that I would want to see New Line visit:
SHADOWMAN (RED NIGHTS) last film by Georges Franju
LEGEND OF SPIDER FOREST (VENOM) Peter Sykes horror
THE TATTOOED HIT MAN segements by THE HIDDEN director Jack Sholder
DESPAIR Rainer Werner Fassbinder
STAY AS YOU ARE Marcello Mastroianni and Nastassja Kinski
WISE BLOOD John Huston adapts Flannery O'Connor
THE CRIPPLED MASTERS legendary cult kung fu
CORRUPT (COPKILLER) Harvey Keitel and Johnny Rotten in another oft-bootlegged title
SINCERELY CHARLOTTE Isabelle Huppert drama
THE LAST ROMANTIC LOVER EMMANUELLE director Just Jaeckin directs Dayle Haddon, who still looks lovely in those new cosmetic ads, by the way
For starters, Robert Shaye has stated that he began New Line to distribute the classic drug scare film REEFER MADNESS. Sure, there are dozens of PD editions of this movie, wouldn't it be interesting if New Line and Image did a disc, maybe with a Shaye commentary talking about the early days of his company and meeting John Waters and others?
Also, New Line and Image did excellent widescreen laserdiscs of four Sonny Chiba STREET FIGHTER movies, which in fact have been the source material for the dozens of ripoff DVDs available today. I'd like to see them go back and do these right, with some participation from Chiba and his eternal fan Quentin Tarantino.
Here are some others notable titles that I would want to see New Line visit:
SHADOWMAN (RED NIGHTS) last film by Georges Franju
LEGEND OF SPIDER FOREST (VENOM) Peter Sykes horror
THE TATTOOED HIT MAN segements by THE HIDDEN director Jack Sholder
DESPAIR Rainer Werner Fassbinder
STAY AS YOU ARE Marcello Mastroianni and Nastassja Kinski
WISE BLOOD John Huston adapts Flannery O'Connor
THE CRIPPLED MASTERS legendary cult kung fu
CORRUPT (COPKILLER) Harvey Keitel and Johnny Rotten in another oft-bootlegged title
SINCERELY CHARLOTTE Isabelle Huppert drama
THE LAST ROMANTIC LOVER EMMANUELLE director Just Jaeckin directs Dayle Haddon, who still looks lovely in those new cosmetic ads, by the way