Kino Lorber Studio Classics

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3826 Post by senseabove » Thu Nov 25, 2021 11:13 pm

KL has been saying that someone else has Midnight for almost two years, which basically confirms it's the company that likes to sit on licenses for years.

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#3827 Post by Finch » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:44 pm

Time Out of Mind (1947) seems to be today's announcement from a 2k restoration.


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#3829 Post by Finch » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:25 pm

It bears repeating, do not pay attention to Svet's reviews. The Kino UHD has terrible compression and the audio drops out during Siegel's cameo, something that the Arrow BD fixed. Your only option at this point is the Arrow BD as the Shout Factory BD is also poorly compressed. Between this and the Silence of the Lambs UHD, it has now become prudent to wait for reviews with people with technical expertise (not Svet or Gary Tooze or Bill Hunt) and close knowledge of the film in question. It's a pity since Kino's first UHDs were good (Hannibal, Misery, The Good The Bad & The Ugly) but given their stance of taking or leaving it with flawed discs, it's no longer safe to preorder from them.

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3830 Post by dwk » Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:39 pm

Fragment of Fear was today's 70s Sony titles announcement.

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#3831 Post by Finch » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:18 pm

What are all the people on BR.com going to do if tomorrow's title isn't Carrie? Ideally, Arrow have UK and US rights and give the 4k to Fidelity in Motion/David MacKenzie. We can't rely on Kino to check the masters they get from MGM as the wrong color space on Lambs and the flawed audio on Body Snatchers proved.

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#3832 Post by ChunkyLover » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:09 pm

"Paths of Glory" UHD confirmed.
Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New Dolby Vision HDR Master!

Paths of Glory (1957) Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou and George Macready – Co-Written, Co-Produced and Directed by Stanley Kubrick (The Killing, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).

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#3833 Post by Finch » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:23 pm

Fingers crossed the encode is done well on this one.

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#3834 Post by dwk » Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:54 pm

Really is a shame that MGM has gone all in with Kino, I just hope that a quality UK label will be interested in releasing some of this stuff on UHD (and are able to license them before Amazon shuts the door.)

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#3835 Post by Calvin » Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:52 pm

It's strange that they couldn't get Blow Out when seemingly everything else that Criterion had released was for the taking.

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#3836 Post by ryannichols7 » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:33 pm

now very curious to see whether Arrow brings Carrie out on UHD.

Paths of Glory is an interesting pick for Kino because I really wonder what they'll attempt to do for exclusive supplements. Joseph McBride for Some Like it Hot was a nice get but what could they do for PoG beyond the existing Criterion and MOC tracks (both excellent)? really curious

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#3837 Post by Finch » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:57 pm

Calvin wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:52 pm
It's strange that they couldn't get Blow Out when seemingly everything else that Criterion had released was for the taking.
Did Kino Lorber Insider explicitly say they didn't have Blow Out?

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#3838 Post by dwk » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:22 pm

Kino said they didn't have Blow Out.

On the Carrie front, Vinegar Syndrome has an MGM deal and said they have a big 70s horror film coming next year on UHD, but what they consider big may not be what everyone else considers big.

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#3839 Post by nitin » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:59 am

The Killing is surely going to be another one in the future, maybe even Kiss Me Deadly. They picked up a fair few 50s MGM UHD licenses.

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#3840 Post by ChunkyLover » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:01 am

nitin wrote:
Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:59 am
The Killing is surely going to be another one in the future, maybe even Kiss Me Deadly. They picked up a fair few 50s MGM UHD licenses.
KLI said "Kiss Me Deadly" was not "big enough" for an UHD (prove them wrong Criterion!).

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#3841 Post by Roscoe » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:23 am

Calvin wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:52 pm
It's strange that they couldn't get Blow Out when seemingly everything else that Criterion had released was for the taking.
Was BARRY LYNDON for the taking for a Kino Lorber 4K UHD release?

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#3842 Post by cdnchris » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:34 am

It's a Warner title so more than likely not.

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#3843 Post by captveg » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:07 pm

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avanti! (1972) (BD)
Mafia! (aka Jane Austen's Mafia!) (1998) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)

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#3844 Post by hearthesilence » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:18 pm

FWIW Avanti! is a really cheap BD in Europe, and the encoding may even be better (albeit negligibly so). I got mine a year ago for less than $10 USD shipped from a German vendor. I forgot why shipping wasn't an issue - maybe it's just cheaper from Germany?

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#3845 Post by Finch » Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:12 pm


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#3846 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:05 pm

Finch wrote:
Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:12 pm
Kino's December sale is on
Come September and Night Has a Thousand Eyes are already on sale, and the Cohen Hail Mary is a measly $10

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#3847 Post by Finch » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:24 pm

I'd have gone for the Cohen disc of Howard's End if it hadn't been cropped. I got Doc, The Great McGinty and The Good Fairy (Sturges' script and Wyler's direction).

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#3848 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:34 pm

The Good Fairy is a masterpiece, you won't be sorry if you haven't seen it before

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#3849 Post by Finch » Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:28 am

I hadn't seen it before but the BFI article on the 10 essential Sturges films sold me on it, and I can't wait (ditto McGinty). Perhaps the packages will arrive before Christmas still.

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#3850 Post by brundlefly » Thu Dec 02, 2021 11:09 am

Milestone's new Filibus blu is $11.99.

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