Kino

[HerrSchreck]

Look to the Murnau Foundation in Germany for the answer to that, not Kino (they're just licensees of the restorations like MoC & Divisa Red).

[rodrigokino]

FYI: The new Metropolis won't hit U.S. shelves until late 2010, or even 2011. But yeah, we're all waiting for the folks at the Murnau Foundation to update us. RB

[Rich Malloy]

Does anyone have a link to the source of the new HD Sacrifice print?

Is this a confirmed release? Any possibility of blu-ray?

[jsteffe]

Does anyone have a link to the source of the new HD Sacrifice print?

Is this a confirmed release? Any possibility of blu-ray?

Check out the January 18 entry on Bret Wood's blog. What he says about the transfer process is pretty interesting, I think. No mention of a release date yet, but he does specifically mention Blu-ray. Hooray!

P.S. People I trust have been telling me great things about Harvard Beats Yale 29 - 29. It's nice to hear they're doing a Blu-ray of that one.

[HarryLong]

Look to the Murnau Foundation in Germany for the answer to that, not Kino (they're just licensees of the restorations like MoC & Divisa Red).

I knew that Murnau Stiftung handled the restoration process, Herr Schreck. I interviewed Martin Koerber for FILMFAX on the occasion of the last restoration. But I though that since Brandao was posting here he might have an idea when the new version might be ready. And he did.

[swo17]

Does anyone have a link to the source of the new HD Sacrifice print?

Is this a confirmed release? Any possibility of blu-ray?

Check out the January 18 entry on Bret Wood's blog. What he says about the transfer process is pretty interesting, I think. No mention of a release date yet, but he does specifically mention Blu-ray. Hooray!

Thanks for sharing that. I'm willing to be patient as long as I know they're working hard at getting it right. I have to hope that Kino is also working toward upgrading their other Tarkovsky films as well.

[Adam]

But I can certainly vouch for the work put on the production (and release) of the Momma's Man DVD, a title that streets on May 5 – in two weeks.

This DVD comes with an exclusive 42-minute featurette directed by Azazel Jacobs, where he returns the film's set (i.e. his parents' house), and also brings a 14-minute short film by Ken Jacobs titled "Capitalism: Child Labor."

Thanks! Ken's "Capitalism" films are brilliant, and should all be released. Good thought to include one here. And they were created on video, and generally rentable on DV Cam or Digibeta, so a DVD or Blu-Ray release would be fine. Although they would be better projected, filling your field of view.

[Tom Hagen]

The Resnais set arrived today . . . I am absolutely amazed that they got four DVDs to fit into a single keepcase!

[kaujot]

The first season of Gossip Girl manages five.

I know this only because I've checked it out to people. Scout's honor.

[swo17]

Um, I too can confirm this about Gossip Girl. From, um, checking it out to people...yeah.

[manicsounds]

So do the "Get Smart" season sets, 5 discs per season in a single width case.

[ezmbmh]

Assuming upcoming DD and DVDP sales, I'm thinking finally of taking the plunge on the Griffith Masterworks box(es). Any reason not to, as in BR possibilities pending, or better non-R1 versions?

[domino harvey]

Even DVDBeaver likes the Griffith Kino sets, and brother, that should tell you something

[dr. calamari]

Picked up Dementia/Daughter Of Horror and The Old Dark House for $9.99 each today...hopefully Dementia doesn't suck, and I've seen ODH a few times and could stand to see it a few more.

[Tribe]

Picked up Dementia/Daughter Of Horror and The Old Dark House for $9.99 each today...hopefully Dementia doesn't suck, and I've seen ODH a few times and could stand to see it a few more.

Dementia/Daughter of Horror absolutely doesn't suck...it's really much more than just a poorly made B-movie...I'd describe it as some fever dream, think Orson Welles at his most delusional and working with the thinnest of plots to come up with an example of noir surrealism. Seriously, Dementia is pretty damn good and a steal at $9.95.

And, if I recall correctly, I think Dementia was filmed in the same town Welles filmed Touch of Evil.

[HerrSchreck]

Dementia is one of my favorite films of all time. Only film Parker ever made.

And yep, it was filmed in the same Venice that Welles shot TOE. You'll see a bunch of the same arched exteriors.

[dr. calamari]

Dementia is one of my favorite films of all time. Only film Parker ever made.

And yep, it was filmed in the same Venice that Welles shot TOE. You'll see a bunch of the same arched exteriors.

Great! Your recommendation, and Herr Tribe's, make me a lot less apprehensive about getting it than I was when I ordered it. Of course, it's only $9.99 but it's not for nothing that I'm known as The Cheapest Man In The West, and I hate blind buys that fail to live up to even my low expectations. Can't wait to see it!

[Tribe]

I ordered 3 Seconds Before Explosion (Ida, 1967) and Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! (Suzuki, 1963). The descriptions make them sound great, right up my alley in terms of weirdness. Anyone familiar with these two films?

And I was tempted to pick up the Debauched Desires box of Nikkatsu Pink movies by Masaru Konuma. Anyone familiar with these films as well?

[Doctor Sunshine]

I can only speak to Detective Bureau which will not disappoint. It's just as wild as Youth of the Beast minus the more extreme visual flourishes--such as the coloured flower on the black-and-white background at the beginning--but it more than makes up for that with a great scene in a dance hall which I still recall vividly a couple years on.

I couldn't find anything at all on the 3 Seconds or its director before the few DVD reviews appeared. I was trying to think how Kino might have selected it, seeing as there's a couple dozen other Nikkatsu directors mentioned by authors into these kind of films yet to be exploited on DVD. I concluded that they must have vetted movie titles for awesomeness and then picked the best films out of those; so, I've ordered them both too.

[What A Disgrace]

I wonder what Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913 could be?

EDIT: this is what it means

[skuhn8]

I wonder what Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913 could be?

EDIT: this is what it means

Nice packaging--as to contents: Kino's got great big bull's balls for sure. This looks fabulous!

[Matt]

I knew if I waited long enough on that French set someone would release it in R1.

[HarryLong]

An amazing collection! Worth it for the Alice Guy material alone.

[HerrSchreck]

Ho.

ly.

CRAP! Excellent!

Kino did for classic French silent films what the French won't do-- subtitle them. In ANY language!

God bless 'em for putting out a release of this pedigree and heft in this market. Cojones of a bull elephant! Keep up the good work!

[htdm]

I don't have the French set but is this a complete port over of the contents of that set or a selection?