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[therewillbeblus]

The KL Insider's comments are even more ridiculous than first stated on the heels of I comme Icare getting announced. Nice way to dismiss a film you're releasing.

When public recklessness has no consequence in an organizational culture..

[dwk]

Face/Off UHD was today's KLSC announcement.

[Finch]

This should be an easy upgrade over the Blu-Ray which had a lot of DNR but Paramount are so inconsistent with their UHDs and we never know which title is getting handled by the experts or the morons in their in-house authoring team. Have Kino ever handled a scan of a Paramount license themselves?

[therewillbeblus]

Face/Off UHD was today's KLSC announcement.

Wait so is this a Christmas movie now

[dwk]

This should be an easy upgrade over the Blu-Ray which had a lot of DNR but Paramount are so inconsistent with their UHDs and we never know which title is getting handled by the experts or the morons in their in-house authoring team. Have Kino ever handled a scan of a Paramount license themselves?

If i am remembering correctly it is a mix. Some of the masters are from Paramount and some are (or will be) done by Kino. However, I think most, if not all, so far have been done by Paramount.

[tenia]

The KL Insider's comments are even more ridiculous than first stated on the heels of I comme Icare getting announced. Nice way to dismiss a film you're releasing.

Which is incredible because he actually doesn't even answer to a discussion there, he just out of the blue starts a rant importing the discussion here.

I suppose, since he's seemingly reading this thread, it might be useful to remind that he hasn't been banned from here after what, 5 posts ?, for no reason, but good for him if blu-ray.com still allows him to keep this bullish behavior going while a 100th of this behavior would get any regular member there permaban.
Tl;dr : karma.

[black&huge]

Face/Off UHD was today's KLSC announcement.

Wait so is this a Christmas movie now

Eh why not. The two main characters do receive surprise gifts after all

[brundlefly]

Face/Off UHD was today's KLSC announcement.

Wait so is this a Christmas movie now

Sure. There's an exchange of presence.

[FrauBlucher]

Happy New Year!
Coming Soon on 3-D and Standard Blu-ray!
3-D Restoration by 3-D Film Archive, LLC !
The Glass Web (1953) Starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Marcia Henderson, Richard Denning & Jean Willes – Shot by Maury Gertsman (Red Ball Express) – Directed by Jack Arnold (It Came from Outer Space, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Outside the Law, Tarantula, The Tattered Dress, Man in the Shadow, No Name on the Bullet).

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Cop (1988) (BD) (DVD previously OOP)
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) (DVD previously OOP)

Also, incorrectly presumed OOP, Trouble Man (1972) BD will be back in stock soon.

[FrauBlucher]

A pre-melodrama Sirk

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 2K Master!

Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) Starring Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie & Charles Coburn – Shot by Clifford Stine (Bedtime Story) – Screenplay by Joseph Hoffman (No Room for the Groom) – Directed by Douglas Sirk (The Tarnished Angels).

[soundchaser]

A pre-melodrama Sirk

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 2K Master!

Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) Starring Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie & Charles Coburn – Shot by Clifford Stine (Bedtime Story) – Screenplay by Joseph Hoffman (No Room for the Groom) – Directed by Douglas Sirk (The Tarnished Angels).

Oh my God FINALLY.

This is one of Sirk’s absolute best. (Also Charles Coburn is definitely the lead.)

[Feego]

Glad to see this coming to Blu. It didn't hold up as well as I hoped on my recent second viewing, but it's still a fun little movie with some eye-popping colors that should look great in HD.

[bottlesofsmoke]

Incredible news, one of Sirk's best films and a ton of fun! Hopefully this release leads to a new level of appreciation, it's one of those movies I've gone out of my way to show to friends and family and every single one has loved it.

[therewillbeblus]

Amazing, hands-down his best film and an utter delight from start to finish

[FrauBlucher]

Kind of surprised by the reaction. Not that folks like it but referring to it as Sirk's best :-k

[therewillbeblus]

Well I admittedly don't like most Sirk, but personally I'd be more surprised to hear someone call a Sirk film a "delight from start to finish" considering his knack for rather solemn melodrama! This is a totally different vibe than what he's typically known for. May as well post my thoughts from a while back to give a clearer picture of what's so great (and different) about it:

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?: Charles Coburn is a cinematic treasure, and just when I thought he couldn’t be funnier, this film comes along and uses his best assets to land a seemingly impossible series of gags. This isn’t the first time Coburn has played a rich man faking his way through a layman’s world for laughs, but it might be the best of the bunch. His surrealist finger painting is so funny that can only be topped by Roberta’s reaction to it, in one of its best scenes, though I’d wind up down a rabbit hole of writing a book if I engaged in the process of trying to single out any more when so many are equally perfect. The hilarity finds its way to meet melodrama but keeps this aspect light and makes the mother figure rather exaggerated as a kind of cartoonish satire, but doesn’t minimize the consequences of this superficial stance. It’s to the credit of the script and actors, but mostly Sirk and the editing room, that this film never really sinks into a pit and humor shines through each despairing scene, allowing the darkest of moments to still remain in light. It even has a weird half-musical scene! I appreciated the mature choice not to go for capital-M “Message” in Coburn remaining humble and secretive throughout the shenanigans all the way to the very end (and his stone-faced attitude throughout the melodramatic extremities is really the key focal point that keeps the vibe from boiling over). In fact, the subtler message this ends with is fitting for a spirit-of-Christmas movie, which I suppose it is in its iconography already but doubles down with the final thematic notes. Dare I say this comedy is Sirk’s best film? I think it is. Coburn’s dance with jazz hands and all certainly helps.

[HinkyDinkyTruesmith]

Although it's inaccurate to say this is a "pre-melodrama" Sirk (his German films are largely melodramas akin to his late career ones), I will throw in my voice as someone who loves Sirk and say this is very much one of his best films –– for me, it's probably in his top three or four (with the last three he directed for Universal). Thematically, it's of a piece with his melodramas although this one comes down on the side of the kids rather than the parents (not unheard of in Sirk, but uncommon). I find it funny that blus saw it as not going for a capital-M "Message" however, since the film begins with a title card that reads (if I recall correctly): "This is a story about money –– remember it?" It's straightforwardly a moral tale, a satire on middle-class money-grubbing, but Sirk's directorial elegance and lightness of touch prevent it from feeling like the sort of moralizing that blus suggest it doesn't do.

And it has one of the great child performances, by a four-time Sirk starrer, Gigi Perrau.
"We're going to get two pedigreed French poodles."
"But I can't speak French!"

[soundchaser]

It’s VERY akin to All That Heaven Allows in terms of messaging, I think. I’ll copy and paste my thoughts from the dedicated Sirk thread as well:

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
The diamond in this comedy rough — the contrary manifestation of the same energies present in All That Heaven Allows, and not just because it’s Sirk’s first time working with Rock Hudson. He’s fantastic here, even if he gets less screen time than you’d imagine given his top billing. The real hero of the film is Charles Coburn, who puts in an absolutely delightful central performance as the millionaire determined to will his money to a deserving family. His brief stint as a soda jerk (“strawberry surprise!”) and his platonic relationship with Piper Laurie (who fares much better here than she did in the last film) are equal parts heartwarming and hilarious, but society as a whole cannot abide either of them. It’s the latter that gets him into trouble with the townsfolk, who suspect him of being in love with her. This plot doesn’t feel miles removed from the one in All That Heaven Allows, with gossip and scandal the order of the day, but in this case it’s even more ridiculous, since there’s no romance going on. Much like in that picture, the magic of Sirk’s use of color is evident from the start. This is the first of these films in which his mise-en-scène could be described as “masterful”: the incredible difference between the family’s original house and the lavish one they move to is apparent not just in their set design but in the way they’re framed and shot. Kudos for the ending, too, which feels both earned and surprising. This is the most well-known of these films for good reason: it’s far and away the best. (Although Coburn’s dancing alone is enough to justify its existence.)

[therewillbeblus]

I agree with all that, but to clarify, I’m not oblivious to the message the movie is making regarding its satire etc. Rather, I think it subverts the expections to heighten that particular messaging with melodrama that would call all characters to arms, wrapped around an ideological-emotional battle or whatever, by simply having Coburn disengage from all opportunities presented to clarify events in the denouement. This tweak essentially makes the message switch gears to prioritizing simple, attainable caring gestures over an “important” focus on the more “serious” relationship dynamics and such Sirk usually allots more emphasis to (not without reason!)

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR Dolby Vision Master!

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, Sting & Nick Moran – Shot by Tim Maurice-Jones (Revolver) – Written & Directed by Guy Ritchie (Snatch, RocknRolla, The Gentlemen).

[ryannichols7]

Coming March 28th!

12 Angry Men (1957)
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a New 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Drew Casper
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• 12 ANGRY MEN (1997 Film Directed by William Friedkin and Starring Jack Lemmon)
• BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT: Making of 12 Angry Men
• INSIDE THE JURY ROOM: Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

edit: didn't realize there is a new track. anyone ever hear anything from Gary Gerani?

[The Narrator Returns]

This was announced a few weeks ago but I didn't learn until today that Kino is releasing a restored version of Susan Seidelman's Making Mr. Right in March. A really wonderful movie that's been ignored for much too long, hopefully this raises its profile.

[beamish14]

This was announced a few weeks ago but I didn't learn until today that Kino is releasing a restored version of Susan Seidelman's Making Mr. Right in March. A really wonderful movie that's been ignored for much too long, hopefully this raises its profile.

I adore that film. I’ve always seen it as being a nice complement to David Byrne’s True Stories

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 2K Master!
The Hell with Heroes (1968) Starring Rod Taylor, Claudia Cardinale, Harry Guardino, Kevin McCarthy, Pete Duel, William Marshall, Tanya Lemani, Sid Haig & Wilhelm von Homburg – Shot by Bud Thackery (Coogan’s Bluff) – Music by Quincy Jones (The Getaway) – Directed by Joseph Sargent (White Lightning, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three).