Studio Canal / Kinowelt / Optimum

[fdm]

kekid, did you try removing/replacing the sleeve while the front flap was opened up? Seems to be what was done in the unboxing video when he seemed to be having trouble removing it (dunno if he put it back on later that way using that technique...) Also seems I've run into a similar situation somewhere along the line.

[kekid]

Thank you, everyone who tried to help me with this. Yes, I tried to re-insert the inside box while keeping the flap open. It did not work. The opening is simply too small. As to throwing out the outer sleeve and keeping everything inside: yes, that is a god option. As long as I was going to do something to the packaging, I decided to economize on the shelf-space and put the discs in a single plastic box. I will save the book somewhere. Lastly, I did now watch the video. It is essentially advertising. It was interesting that the guy never re-inserts the inside box into the sleeve, the operation where I had problem.
In any case, I guess we have beaten this to death. I will just write it off as bad luck.

[MichaelB]

This is why I went for the steelbook edition, which had the additional advantage of being a fair bit cheaper. (I’m only interested in the UHD disc, which could come in a plain CD case for all I care.)

[What A Disgrace]

This is why I went for the steelbook edition, which had the additional advantage of being a fair bit cheaper. (I’m only interested in the UHD disc, which could come in a plain CD case for all I care.)

Same here, except that I really did care about the packaging. I just hate StudioCanal's limited edition packaging, but I do like steel books. They take up much less room on the shelf!

[Calvin]

I didn't have any problems with the packaging, but it is undoubtedly tight and clearly causing more bother than its worth. Other than that it might be Studio Canal's most impressive release ever - encoded by David Mackenzie / Fidelity in Motion, a booklet that's substantial and worthwhile, a great selection of extras. Hopefully they use that same model for Breathless and Ran. Though they can feel free to drop the 'art cards' - does anyone find any value in them?

[FrauBlucher]

Beaver on the 4K UHD of The Elephant Man

[ellipsis7]

Just spooling through the newly arrived SC Fellini blurays - THE WHITE SHEIK & NIGHTS OF CABIRIA - and they are very nice indeed... Crisp picture, great grain & emphatic blacks - in short pretty lovely 4K restorations & transfers... Superior technically & qualitywise, especially THE WHITE SHEIK, to their previous LA STRADA SC bluray restored edition...

[Yakushima]

Watching the new SC bluray of NIGHTS OF CABIRIA - the new restoration looks absolutely magnificent!

[eerik]

November 2020

[tenia]

Le cercle rouge will be released in France in UHD on Nov 18th 2020. New 4k restoration.

[domino harvey]

Any breakdown on new extras for the Godard?

[domino harvey]

Apparently the above special edition with vinyl soundtrack and 40 page booklet plus art cards will be exclusive to Amazon.co.uk

[tenia]

I have no idea yet since it has just been announced. A good guess would be to check the former UK BDs, since I suppose the new discs (UHD & BD) are likely to replicate the same options. As soon as I'll have more details, I'll post them here.

[Cash Flagg]

Apparently the above special edition with vinyl soundtrack and 40 page booklet plus art cards will be exclusive to Amazon.co.uk

I can’t wait to not be able to order it!

[eerik]

Le cercle rouge will be released in France in UHD on Nov 18th 2020. New 4k restoration.

Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Three Days of the Condor, Serpico, and Ran are also expected for this year.

[eerik]

Le cercle rouge will be released in France in UHD on Nov 18th 2020. New 4k restoration.

Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Three Days of the Condor, Serpico, and Ran are also expected for this year.

Amazon France has a bunch of them all listed for 18th November. :-k

Serpico
Three Days of the Condor
Total Recall
La haine
Le cercle rouge

[yoloswegmaster]

I don't see anything about a 4K UHD release of Ran.

[RitrovataBlue]

Ran is one of my most wanted UHD upgrades, alongside The Red Shoes. I’m glad StudioCanal is taking the initiative to upgrade it. Hopefully, they’ll use this opportunity to fix the color timing from their BD. All of their UHDs to date have ranged between solid and spectacular, so it seems likely that they will. Is there any indication if are all new restorations or will Ran be sourced from the previous 4K?

[Grisbi]

Amazon UK is running a sale on some random box set titles, and seem to be shipping to the US again at reasonable rates. Just ordered the Studio Canal Bunuel and Melville sets for a total of 75 USD shipped, which struck me as a heck of a good deal.

[eerik]

Any breakdown on new extras for the Godard?

From Amazon:
NEW Still not…Breathless
NEW Trailer
Room 12, Hotel de Suede
Introduction with Jefferson Hack
Film Presentation by Colin MacCabe
Tempo - Godard Episode

also includes: 4K UHD and Blu-Ray 12" Vinyl Original Soundtrack, Written and Composed by Martial Solal, 40 Page Booklet, Poster, 4 Artcards

[domino harvey]

Thanks eerik!

The excellent Yield to the Night is coming to Blu-ray in the UK from SC in October!

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

The excellent Yield to the Night is coming to Blu-ray in the UK from SC in October!

Glad about this but had hoped that Powerhouse would have stepped in for this one and opened the gate for other UK late 40's and early 50's items from J lee-Thompson, Crichton, Leacock and Birt that deal with the impact of post war austerity and squalor on women and children particularly regarding the moral ground.

[domino harvey]

It does seem like a very Indicator-type movie, but I’m glad to see it coming out— I’ll probably hold onto my DVD for the opened up aspect ratio though. The main thing I’ve carried in memory from this film is how many different ways they worked out filming Dors inside her jail cell, not sure how these compositions will fair closed in to widescreen, though it’s obvious it was filmed to protect both ratios

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

It does seem like a very Indicator-type movie, but I’m glad to see it coming out— I’ll probably hold onto my DVD for the opened up aspect ratio though. The main thing I’ve carried in memory from this film is how many different ways they worked out filming Dors inside her jail cell, not sure how these compositions will fair closed in to widescreen, though it’s obvious it was filmed to protect both ratios

That concern also has great implications for the pre-title sequence too.

[eerik]

November 2020


A brand new 4K 30th anniversary restoration, approved by Paul Verhoeven

The UHD disc and 2 Blu-ray discs
2 CD Soundtrack
Double-sided poster
6 Artcards
48 Page Booklet with exclusive essay by Kim Newman


Open your mind: Scoring Total Recall
Total Excess: How Carolco changed Hollywood
Dreamers Within the Dream: Developing Total Recall
Audio commentary by Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger
New Trailer
Making of Documentary
Imagining Total Recall featurette
The Special Effects of Total Recall featurette