Forthcoming Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol. 4

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Re: Forthcoming Lists Discussion and Random Speculation Vol.

#2101 Post by Applesauce » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:06 pm

Eclipse is not officially available outside the United States/R1. Much like multi-region players, there are ways to get around the geographical Hulu restrictions.

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#2102 Post by TMDaines » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:08 pm

willoneill wrote:
Matt wrote:Hulu is the new Eclipse.
Except Eclipse is actually available to people outside the United States.
VPN/Proxy

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#2103 Post by willoneill » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:42 pm

Applesauce wrote:Eclipse is not officially available outside the United States/R1. Much like multi-region players, there are ways to get around the geographical Hulu restrictions.
There's more to R1 than the United States, buddy.

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#2104 Post by captveg » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:04 pm

Badlands and Monsieur Verdoux are ones I'll pick up at the next B&N sale in the summer. I'm not a big enough fan of The Blob to own it, and I need to see the other three. Solid month, just not my personal most wanted. Which is fine, really, because my wallet needs a break!

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#2105 Post by scotty2 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:06 pm

What a month. I've been waiting for years for A Man Escaped, the restored Colonel Blimp, M. Verdoux, and Badlands. I never bought the old New Yorker of the Bresson and have held off on the Criterion Powell despite my love for both films. I have only seen Verdoux and Badlands on the big screen--the former at a Chaplin festival and the latter on a double feature with Days of Heaven in 1998 when The Thin Red Line came out--and patience is finally being rewarded in March. I've not seen the Lang but I'm all over it too. A very expensive and enjoyable month for me, even if the selection is more canonical than some would desire.

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#2106 Post by HistoryProf » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:10 pm

TMDaines wrote:
HistoryProf wrote: i'll amend then:

Rossellini/Bergman Box w/ Stromboli/L’Amore/Voyage to Italy/India: Matri Bhumi
Why would India: Matri Bhumi and L’amore be there and not the three other films he made with Bergman?
The four I listed are those that are on Hulu+ as of September. That's the only reason I chose those particular titles...I also can't imagine a 7 film set, especially given all the language issues w/ Europa '51, Angst/Fear, and a few other of the titles. Will they do English versions and dubbed versions? pick one? hard to say.
HistoryProf wrote: i'll amend then:

Emigrants/New Land
Badlands
Rossellini/Bergman Box w/ Stromboli/L’Amore/Voyage to Italy/India: Matri Bhumi
Ministry of Fear
A Man Escaped
Last Wave/Picnic at Hanging Rock
Passion of Joan of Arc
I actually got 3 right this month. I think my previous best was 1 \:D/

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#2107 Post by denti alligator » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:19 pm

First month since I've been buying CC (1998) in which I want all titles. And there are quite a few!

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#2108 Post by Drucker » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:28 pm

Honestly, notwithstanding the usual (and totally valid) complaint of the lack of films from countries that aren't represented well and the lack of silents (and Eclipse sets, bizarrely) I think the slate for the first three months of the new year is incredible. I could see myself eventually getting all of them, and at least 7 or 8 of them are day one purchases for me.

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#2109 Post by donniedarko » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:33 pm

I'm looking forward to all of these

The most likely to get added to my collection is the Fritz Lang one because of the price. I'll probably also get Badlands and the Chaplin one

I'll probably pre order all three around Febuary

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#2110 Post by HistoryProf » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:19 pm

It's nice to see another $29.95 blu ray too. I was worried they were stopping that trend altogether...and it's a good one!

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#2111 Post by knives » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:35 pm

They had a pretty good one last month.

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#2112 Post by Shrew » Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:57 pm

So hopefully Eclipse is just being retooled? I imagine Matt's not far from the truth, with Hulu making all these films available and therefore cutting into the line's profit margins. Plus, I feel the back half of the catalog has been considerably riskier: as great as the Naruse, Czech, and Gremillion sets are, I can't imagine they bring in the same revenue as Bergman or even Ozu, let alone the relatively unknown Downey, Mailer, and Gainsborough.

What would be nice is if they started doing blu Eclipses, which would attract more attention and have a distinct quality advantage over Hulu. Of course, then they'd have to figure out if they would still do double blu/dvd releases or just blu, plus the extra problem of what to do with those films where the HD elements just aren't there.

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#2113 Post by matrixschmatrix » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:24 pm

It's not as though you can't put upscaled SD movies on a blu- if they have a set where one movie is an HD transfer and the rest aren't and can't be, they could stick it all on two blus and save me some room.

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#2114 Post by Brian C » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:45 pm

So now that Ministry of Fear has been announced, are there any more Langs that we're expecting?

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#2115 Post by Lowry_Sam » Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:48 am

Brian C wrote:So now that Ministry of Fear has been announced, are there any more Langs that we're expecting?
Woman In The Window
Mabuse box set

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#2116 Post by isakborg » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:21 am

As evidenced by my handle, Wild Strawberries means a lot to me - the Beginning, some fifty years ago. So, like a lot of people on the forum, I've been expecting the Blu-ray any day now. And getting the jitters with an increasing number of references here to Criterion's having lost the rights to it. I seem to recall Forum comments a few years ago, when a judgment on the SF rights issue came down, that we shouldn't worry about Janus retaining its Bergman library (borne out, you'd think, by the recent Bergman blu's). Would someone out there who is reasonably knowledgable on the issue like to comment? Tell me it ain't so, Joe. Either that or: Could this be the end of Rico?

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#2117 Post by JonasEB » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:16 am

Brian C wrote:So now that Ministry of Fear has been announced, are there any more Langs that we're expecting?
You and Me is a Universal-owned Paramount Lang that Criterion should do.

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#2118 Post by JonasEB » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:27 am

matrixschmatrix wrote:It's not as though you can't put upscaled SD movies on a blu- if they have a set where one movie is an HD transfer and the rest aren't and can't be, they could stick it all on two blus and save me some room.
Upscaling on a Blu-ray disc doesn't look nearly as good as letting your player upscale a DVD so I think that would be one step forward, two steps backward.

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#2119 Post by bamwc2 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:18 pm

JonasEB wrote:
Brian C wrote:So now that Ministry of Fear has been announced, are there any more Langs that we're expecting?
You and Me is a Universal-owned Paramount Lang that Criterion should do.
I'm not expecting it, but I would love it if Kino remastered Liliom and gave it a BD release. Their current edition, released back in 2004, leaves a lot to be desired according to the Beaver review.

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#2120 Post by knives » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:20 pm

The Fox released version on their disc of Carousel is pretty great.

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#2121 Post by bamwc2 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:54 pm

knives wrote:The Fox released version on their disc of Carousel is pretty great.
Thanks. I had no idea that it was a part of the set.

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#2122 Post by ianungstad » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:23 pm

Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once is a Westchester/Caidin title.
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#2123 Post by krnash » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:28 pm

Lowry_Sam wrote:
Brian C wrote:So now that Ministry of Fear has been announced, are there any more Langs that we're expecting?
Woman In The Window
Is this just speculation or does this have some support behind it? I'd just die for a good copy of it.

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#2124 Post by Brian C » Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:56 am

JonasEB wrote:You and Me is a Universal-owned Paramount Lang that Criterion should do.
I wish. Got a chance to see a 35mm print of this earlier this year and enjoyed it a great deal.

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#2125 Post by James43 » Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:32 pm

Man Hunt perhaps?

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