Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

[yoloswegmaster]

Coming March 9th!

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (1974)
• 2017 HD Master From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary by Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, David Wedlle and Nick Redman
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Josh Olson
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Art
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

[dwk]

Another Twilight Time rescue

March 16th!

RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985)
• Brand New 2K Master
• Audio Commentary with Co-Star Eric Roberts, and Film Historians David Del Valle and C. Courtney Joyner
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Rod Lurie
• Limited Edition Slipcase
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

[therewillbeblus]

Both great ones too

[beamish14]

Both great ones too

absolutely, but Arrow beat them to the punch and has already released great editions of both.

[therewillbeblus]

Oh of course, and I have them, but for stateside folks who aren’t region free it’s great that they’re available

[dwk]

Arrow's Runaway Train used the same old master as the TT disc and I seem to recall that it has some scratch removal errors. So if Kino doesn't screw up, their release should look better than the previous blus.

[captveg]

More OOP based on no longer appearing on the website:

Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) (DVD still available)

[captveg]

More OOP based on no longer appearing on the website:

Witness to Murder (1954) (DVD still available)

Also, it looks like KL may have had some retailers return copies of Man of the West (1958) because the BD is back in stock after being unavailable for some weeks now.

[Mr. Pingboom]

How does Kino Lorber make money? Sheer volume of product? They’re always running some sort of deep-discount sale, and their discs are already pretty inexpensive (for licensed content). It seems they announce a new title every day or two, and it’s almost always something I can’t imagine selling more than a few hundred titles. I’m not trying to be catty, I’m genuinely perplexed.

[whaleallright]

My guess is much like clothing retailers like Gap, etc., the true break-even price for their product is very low, and that's why they can have "sales" seemingly every few days. Basic consumer psychology suggests this is a better strategy than just keeping the standard price even lower than it is. I've paid full price for some Kino titles in part because it's a business I am happy to support, especially if it encourages them to put out more of the kind of titles I'd like to see (and which almost nobody else is putting out): stuff like the Pioneers sets, silent films, etc.

It is curious that several of the major studios' "legacy" divisions clearly see an advantage in licensing older titles in bulk to companies like Kino, as opposed to reserving them for their proprietary streaming services (and thereby beefing up the number of titles they can boast of offering, even if practically very few subscribers are going to be watching Reginald Denny features). I have heard that the cost of making digital transfers of film elements has gone down in recent years, so that may be part of it.

[hearthesilence]

Also, when you search for titles on their site, you'll get quotes for different types of rentals, not just consumer product, so it's possible most of their money is made through other types of distribution, and the home consumer division helps maintain their profit margin by serving as an additional revenue stream rather than their main source of revenue.

[captveg]

More OOP based on no longer appearing on the website:

Hickey and Boggs (1972)

[dwk]

Reports are that the Mad Max Blu-ray isn't from the 4K master, but it does have the original mono track. And it seems Kino, rather than fixing this, has opted to delete their facebook post saying the Blu would be from the 4K master.

[GetHarryPalmer]

How does Kino Lorber make money? Sheer volume of product? They’re always running some sort of deep-discount sale, and their discs are already pretty inexpensive (for licensed content). It seems they announce a new title every day or two, and it’s almost always something I can’t imagine selling more than a few hundred titles. I’m not trying to be catty, I’m genuinely perplexed.

Maybe you should ask this question somewhere where a KL representative actually posts. After Shout and Criterion, they're the most successful label in the business.

[Adam X]

Reports are that the Mad Max Blu-ray isn't from the 4K master, but it does have the original mono track. And it seems Kino, rather than fixing this, has opted to delete their facebook post saying the Blu would be from the 4K master.

Well that's disappointing.

[therewillbeblus]

Noirvember sale in effect until the 24th, glad to see the Chabrols and A Kiss Before Dying included in a sale

[kompromiss]

Is "The Spiral Staircase" OOP already? Only DVD is available on the kinolorber site.

[Glowingwabbit]

Is "The Spiral Staircase" OOP already? Only DVD is available on the kinolorber site.

I don't think so. They said at the start of the sale they won't be restocking anything (i.e. no backorders) so once they run out of their current inventory they would be removing it from the site.

[swo17]

But captveg has been posting things as "OOP based on no longer appearing on the website"

[Glowingwabbit]

But captveg has been posting things as "OOP based on no longer appearing on the website"

Oops my bad. I haven't been following for awhile so didn't realize that's how OOP was being defined here. So yeah it's OOP.

[captveg]

But captveg has been posting things as "OOP based on no longer appearing on the website"

Oops my bad. I haven't been following for awhile so didn't realize that's how OOP was being defined here. So yeah it's OOP.

I only post notices of titles in the "While Supplies Last" sale that sell out, as those are truly OOP. Any other titles that sell out from other sales are due to temporary stock depletion and are not OOP, but will be unavailable to purchase at Kino's website for a little while.

The Spiral Staircase (1946) is a temporarily out of stock title, and is not OOP.

[captveg]

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

American Dreamer (1984)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) (DVD Still Available)
China Moon (1994)

EDIT: Apparently The House on Carroll Street (1988) is simply temporarily out of stock.

[yoloswegmaster]

Ang Lee's Lust, Caution is going to be released on March 30

Lust, Caution (2007)
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Eddy Von Mueller
• Titles of Deception & Lurid Affections: Discover How Ang Lee's Passion Fueled Every Step of This Erotic Thriller -- From Recreating the Period to Directing the Talented Cast
• Theatrical Trailer
• 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Lossless Stereo
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

[captveg]

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

Highway Dragnet (1954) (DVD Still Available)
Mulholland Falls (1996) (DVD Still Available)

[FrauBlucher]

Beaver....Fellini's Casanova