Olive Films

[knives]

I think the film was partially shot on 35mm though I wouldn't be surprised if it was edited entirely in video.

[hearthesilence]

According to Lincoln Center's website, they recently screened a 35mm print of it. It's not 100% conclusive, but at least it means 35mm film elements do exist for this film. (And apparently, parts were shot on film.) However, I don't know if this means the best source for this film is a film element, or if the first generation source of the completed cut is a video master. If the former, Blu-Ray helps, if the latter, then I have my doubts that Blu-Ray would be an improvement over DVD.

[menthymenthy]

Although the "reality tv" footage in Numero Deux was shot on Video, the monitors themselves, screening the footage, was re-shot on 35mm. And then there are the shots of Godard sleeping on the editing table. So, even though an odd choice for blu-ray, the 35mm would be the best source.

In any case, the 35mm print screened at Melbourne Cinematheque earlier this year was excellent.

[EddieLarkin]

OLIVE FILMS is proud to announce the following NEW acquisitions. All of these films will be released on DVD and BLU in 2014:

Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Comedy/Drama
Dir: Robert Altman – Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, Kathy Bates
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Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) Adventure
Dir: William Marshall – Errol Flynn, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead
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Man of Conquest (1939) Epic Historical Drama / Western
Dir: George Nichols – Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, George “Gabby” Hayes
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The Private Life of Bel Ami (1947) Drama
Dir: Albert Lewin – George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine
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Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) Film Noir
Dir: Robert Siodmak – George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Rains
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Track the Man Down (1955) Film Noir
Dir: R.G. Springsteen – Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, George Rose
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A Black Veil For Lisa (1968) Gialo Horror
Dir: Massimo Dallamano – John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi
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The Eternal Sea (1955) War Drama
Dir: John H. Auer – Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger, Virginia Grey
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Hell's Five Hours (1958) Film Noir
Dir: Jack L. Copeland – Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Vic Morrow
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No Man's Woman (1955) Film Noir
Dir: Franklin Adreon – Marie Windsor, John Archer, Nancy Gates
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The Quiet Gun (1957) Western
Dir: William F. Claxton – Forrest Tucker, Lee Van Cleef, Mara Corday, Jim Davis
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Stranger at My Door (1956) Western
Dir: William Witney – Macdonald Carey, Patricia Medina, Skip Homeier, Slim Pickins
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Flying Disc Man From Mars (1950) Serial/Science Fiction
Dir: Fred C. Brannon – Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye
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The Invisible Monster (1950) Serial/Horror
Dir: Fred C. Brannon – Richard Webb, Aline Towne, Lana Bradford
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The Beat Generation (1959) Crime Drama/Rock-N-Roll
Dir: Charles F. Haas – Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Louis Armstrong, Jackie Coogan, Vampira, James Mitchum
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The Big Operator (1959) Crime Drama/Rock-N-Roll
Dir: Charles F. Haas – Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Ray Danton, Jim Backus, Jackie Coogan, Vampira
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The Shanghai Story (1954) Film Noir
Dir: Frank Lloyd – Ruth Roman, Edmond O’ Brien, Richard Jaekel, Whit Bissell
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The Weapon (1956) Thriller
Dir: Val Guest – Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Nicole Maurey
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Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) Western
Dir: Allan Dwan – John Lund, Brian Donlevy, Joan Leslie
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World of Ransom (1954) Film Noir
Dir: Robert Aldrich – Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny

[zedz]

It's wonderful that Come Back to the Five and Dime is finally being released, and it's ridiculous that nobody has released it until now.

[Ashirg]

They also provided artwork for upcoming DVD and blu-ray of Anthony Mann's Men in War and Douglas Sirk's Sleep, My Love so these titles are coming very soon.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

A Black Veil For Lisa sounds interesting. I've never heard of its director tho. Is that one any good?

[domino harvey]

Strange Affair of Uncle Harry is great and if you thought the ending of Woman in the Window was contentious, just wait! Excited for the (excellently titled) Dwan too

[knives]

A Black Veil For Lisa sounds interesting. I've never heard of its director tho. Is that one any good?

Haven't seen it, but the director is reliable enough. Certainly the films I've seen of his are some of the better acted Italian trash flicks I've seen with just enough style to be comfortable in the lulls. He's probably most seen as the DP for the first two Dollars movies.

[Grisbi]

The Dwan is going to be a big discovery for a lot of people I think, it's a complete corker and even beats JOHNNY GUITAR to some of its own punches. It's my favorite of all Dwan's westerns that I've seen, and I have enormous respect for his work in the genre.

If anyone talks about Charles F. Haas today, it would likely be in the same breath as Borzage's MOONRISE, which he wrote and produced, but he was an interesting Hollywood director in his own right for a little while in the 50s, and I'll be picking up those oddball Rock n Roll films for his name alone. What I wouldn't give for a company like Olive to some how get their hands on his Universal western STAR IN THE DUST with Richard Boone, which is a beautiful minor masterpiece.

Aldrich's WORLD FOR RANSOM getting a release is a pretty big deal for me as he's one of my favorite directors; it's an excellent little noir and his first personal film, and I can't imagine it's been seen by many in anything approaching ideal circumstances. And Lewin's BEL AMI is an old school auteurist fav, it'll be nice to finally check that one out. Very excited for this lineup!

[mteller]

Excited that Sleep, My Love is coming at last. One of my top noirs.

The Beat Generation is fucking bananas.

Strange Affair of Uncle Harry is great and if you thought the ending of Woman in the Window was contentious, just wait! Excited for the (excellently titled) Dwan too

Great movie with a terrible ending.

[solaris72]

Flying Disc Man From Mars (1950) Serial/Science Fiction
Dir: Fred C. Brannon – Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye

Never seen this but I do love old-timey serials. Wonder if they'll release it on blu. If so it might be the first serial released on blu? (I could be wrong about this)

[Ashirg]

Anthony Mann's Men in War and Douglas Sirk's Sleep, My Love will be released on DVD and blu-ray on April 15.

[EddieLarkin]

Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker and Joseph Losey's Stranger on the Prowl also announced.

[captveg]

Finally, The Pawnbroker. My most wanted title of their yet-to-be-released acquisitions.

[perkizitore]

Where is Caught?

[knives]

Hopefully at the bottom of a river.

[Ashirg]

UPDATED COMPLETE LIST: COMING IN 2014 FROM OLIVE FILMS (Underlined titles are announced already): Fedora (1978) – Man on the Roof (1977) – The Adalen Riots (1969) – Elvira Madigan (1967) – Raven’s End (1963) – Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1973) – The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1963) – Ophelia (1962) – J’Accuse (1938) – The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977) – Guilty of Romance (2011) – Himizu (2011) – The Bamboo Saucer (1968) – Bang! Bang! You’re Dead! (1966) – Cry Danger (1951) – Young At Heart (1954) – Men in War (1957) – Sleep My Love (1948) – The Pawnbroker (1964) – Stranger on the Prowl (1952) – Up the Junction (1968) – Betty Boop Volume 3 (1932 -1938) – Johnny Come Lately (1943) – Love Happy (1950) – Operation Petticoat (1959) – So This is New York (1948) – Flying Tigers (1942) – Home of the Brave (1949) – Good Sam (1948) – Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) – Caught (1949) – The Lost Moment (1947) – Arch of Triumph (1948) – The North Star (1943) | Armored Attack (1957) – Forever Female (1953) – The Other Love (1947) – Magnificent Doll (1946) – That’s My Man (1947) – I’ve Always Loved You (1946) – Betty Boop Volume 4 (1932-1938) – High School Confidential (1958) – Distant Drums (1951) – South of St. Louis (1949) – Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) – Try and Get Me (1950) – Cauldron of Blood (1970) – Beware, My Lovely (1952) – Outrage (1950) – Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) – Dragonfly Squadron: In 3D Blu-ray (1954) – Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) – Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) – Man of Conquest (1939) – The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) – Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) – Track the Man Down (1955) – A Black Veil For Lisa (1968) – The Eternal Sea (1955) – Hell’s Five Hours (1958) – No Man of Her Own (1955) – The Quiet Gun (1957) – Stranger at My Door (1956) – Flying Disc Man From Mars (1950) – The Invisible Monster (1950) – The Beat Generation (1959) – The Big Operator (1959) – The Shanghai Story (1954) – The Weapon (1956) – Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) – World For Ransom (1954) and more to be announced.


He also says:
I've heard that both Riot in Cell Block 11 and Moonrise are with Criterion.

[captveg]

Dragonfly Squadron: In 3D Blu-ray (1954)

Looks like Bob Furmanek was greatly involved with this upcoming release:

"While filmed in dual 35mm Polaroid 3-D in August 1953, interest in the process had greatly diminished and DRAGONFLY SQUADRON was released flat only in March 1954. For decades, historians and film buffs believed the original left and right elements were long gone and considered this film a "lost" 3-D title, never to be seen by anyone. Until now.

The 3-D Film Archive has found the lost elements and will present this Golden Age 3-D feature for the first time in the original stereoscopic 1.85:1 widescreen version. We are performing a complete 2K digital restoration utilizing the left/right camera negatives and master 35mm fine grains. This restored HD 3-D version is better than ever before as a result of shot by shot stereoscopic digital correction and alignment techniques."

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EDIT: Correction - Bob and 3D Film Archive are actually the current rights holders, not Paramount.

[Bob Furmanek]

Thanks captveg.

The 3-D Film Archive own the rights and we are currently restoring it from the original left/right camera negatives. The 3-D alignment is being corrected shot by shot and the upcoming Blu-ray will look better than ever before.

Here's the original trailer. Be sure to watch in HD for optimum quality.

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[Randall Maysin]

Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Comedy/Drama Dir: Robert Altman – Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, Kathy Bates

awwww mann!! fuhk, sh*t, etc. Olive will probably do a decent job with the transfer, but I was really hoping this would be a criterion. I mean, if any film deserves that sort of boost, it's this one. it's one of the most magical films I've ever seen.

[Perkins Cobb]

Not finding it anywhere else, but Lou Lumenick is reporting on Twitter that Frank Tarzi has left Olive. Not great, Bob.

[scotty2]

Tardy musings on Too Late Blues here.

[hearthesilence]

I just watched Letter from an Unknown Woman on Olive's Blu-Ray disc. It played through, but there's a frame at 00:41:16 that has some artifacting where the picture breaks up a bit into something like a series of bars.

I saw something similar on another Blu-Ray disc and when I posted about it, Nick said it was "almost certainly an HDCAM SR glitch. Reusing tapes is the main culprit. It plagued MoC for many months but we caught each one in proofing, thankfully."

[captveg]

5/6/14

Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Love Happy (1950)

amazon.com pre-orders are up. I bet we get the rest of the May lineup sometime this upcoming week.