Joseph McBride revealed on Facebook that Olive is reissuing Welles' Macbeth on Blu-ray in a deluxe set that will include both versions. Extras are still being determined, but McBride confirms recording a commentary track for the release and Jonathan Rosenbaum notes in the same Facebook feed that he is writing an essay. I assume sales of the first Blu-ray have done well for Olive.
DeMille's 1915 film the Captive will be coming to Blu-ray in September, alongside a lot of junk (Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe, the Horrible Dr. Hichcock, Jekyll and Hyde Together Again, Mankillers, the Monster of Piedras Blancas, Yours Mine and Ours). There is not even a circulating copy of this one floating around back channels, so quite an exciting announcement!
I'd be interesting to see Blanche Sweet in an early feature, after seeing her often in Griffith's Biograph shorts, but not being particularly a fan of the DeMille/MacPherson silents it's difficult to justify a blind buy of this. It would've been nice if, like other labels such as Kino and Image used to do, they could've included another DeMille silent (if any have been similarly mastered and scored) but fortunately, for a film that's all of 50 minutes, Olive lowered their usual SRP to $24.95 for the Blu.
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knives wrote:The Horrible Dr. Hichcock is actually quite fun, though obviously not the major release of the DeMille.
It's generally regarded as one of the best Italian horror films of all time, so I think a lot of people would disagree with Domino dismissing it as "junk."
High Noon
Mastered from new 4K restoration
“A Ticking Clock” - Academy Award-nominee Mark Goldblatt on the editing of High Noon
"A Stanley Kramer Production" - Michael Schlesinger on the eminent producer of High Noon
“Imitation of Life: The Blacklist History of High Noon” - with historian Larry Ceplair and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein
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Theatrical trailer
Johnny Guitar
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Introduction by Martin Scorsese
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"Johnny Guitar: The First Existential Western" - an original essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Theatrical Trailer
Johnny Guitar is now 1.66 by the way, so may be worth holding onto the first release too if you want both ARs
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