If this is the case, would like to email Studio Canal and maybe ask them of the possibility of including both cuts. Who to get in touch though? :-kThere appear to be two versions of the film:
- the international cut, running ~90 minutes
- the Senegalese cut, running ~105 minutes
Today, I've ended up comparing several releases of The Elephant Man, and this "fade" is not present on any of them. It is not on the original R1 Paramount DVD, the previous StudioCanal Collection Blu-ray, or the current Criterion & Studio Canal Blu-rays. Can anyone name a release that has actually has this fade?Stefan Andersson wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:49 pm Not sure where this should be posted, since it concerns The Elephant Man on both Studio Canal and Criterion discs -- but Studio Canal was apparently responsible for restoring the film, so here goes: there is a fadeout missing from the film discussed here on p. 19 onwards (scroll down for video comparisons):
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... 28&page=19
A good example of a QC issue.
Thread also discusses a missing fade to white on Criterion´s Eraserhead (corrected), missing fade-in to the jitterbug sequence in Mulholland Drive (not corrected) and the soundtrack of Elephant Man.
There is a decent list of the Romulus Films in Wikipedia’s entry on “John and James Woolf”.yoloswegmaster wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:58 pm Studiocanal now owns the catalogue for Romulus Films. Some of the films in the catalogue include African Queen, Moulin Rouge, and Richard III.
Obviously both BFI and Eureka released some of these recently - The African Queen from MoC; Moulin Rouge, Cosh Boy, Beat the Devil, The Good Die Young, and Room at the Top from BFI. Apparently those are obviously all fine and currently unaffected by the deal since they had already bought a license, but I expect StudioCanal will continue releasing them on home video when their rights expire.yoloswegmaster wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:58 pm Studiocanal now owns the catalogue for Romulus Films. Some of the films in the catalogue include African Queen, Moulin Rouge, and Richard III.
A year late, understandably, but these will finally be out in June and July.eerik wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:15 pm Australian retailer Kicks (who appear to be the equivalent of Zoom in the UK) have listed Verhoeven's Basic Instinct 4K UHD for July, and Kurosawa's Ran for September. If the latter is correct then it should be the existing restoration from 2016, which makes me hope they will also release Mulholland Drive on UHD.
Do you know if Ran will have the controversial new color timing?eerik wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:57 pm Ran
4K Collector's set on Amazon.fr
4K release on EzyDVD.com.au
Man, I really, really hope they re-did it and dialed back the god-awful teal...eerik wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:27 pm I would assume it's the same 2016 restoration. Probably with a new HDR grading, so they could have revised it.
I imagine The Howling is just a 4K release as they didn't release the Blu-ray that long ago. Peeping Tom, Near Dark, The Outsiders and The Servant are going to be new scans I'm guessing (and Terminator 2, as I imagine they decided to re-do it?). Mandabi and Basic Instinct have already been announced. Ghost Dog might not be in the UK as it was previously Film4, but I'd be happy whoever released it here (it's a favourite of mine).eerik wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:31 pm Studiocanal Cinema Club have released a new Catalogue 2021 trailer, which lists the following re-releases as coming soon:
Terminator 2
Paris Frills
Mr Klein
Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Great Flamarion
Peeping Tom
The Howling
Near Dark
Coup de torchon
Basic Instinct
Bridget Jones's Diary
Mandabi
Carnal Knowledge
The Outsiders
The Servant
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
That's kind of astonishing - I actually remember when one of the LaserDisc sets was considered a crown jewel for any home theater owner, but of course that was over 20 years ago.swo17 wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:05 pm Well that's a missed opportunity because T2 has notoriously been poorly served on disc
The person at Studio Canal who attended Lyon Film Festival last year said it's known "The Howling really needs to be restored", but nothing about T2. My guess is that FWIW, it's a recent 4k restoration supposedly approved by Cameron so people think the job was done, even if it's actually awful. Some consumers defending this crap doesnt help though.swo17 wrote:Well that's a missed opportunity because T2 has notoriously been poorly served on disc