it was, but Altered States is surely the kind of thing Arrow should be licensing from WB. a director in their wheelhouse and a previously unavailable movie that's actually attainable (cause people need to let The Devils go already)dwk wrote: Fri May 31, 2024 9:19 pm I was refreshing my memory on why the guesses of Altered States and I assume this is the reason, but they said one of these is coming and that was the Child's Play movies.
mind you, I'm not a fan of Ken Russell or Linklater, but I can recognize both would be more ideal licenses than these big budget throwaways that don't seem to have a lot of defenders
surely some of those Shout titles will be carried over. I don't think they'll pass up a chance at more De Palma titles, for example. I'm trying to think personally of stuff they'd go for that Criterion wouldn't, or hasn't. Zabriskie Point seems like an obvious one, but it's also the kind of title Criterion may have just sat on for ages. it's tough to say, as I would've never imagined them getting some of the titles they did from the Paramount deal, but I'm now really grateful Arrow licensed them instead of Kino. the big difference is this deal has been US/UK so far, so it seems it basically has to be stuff that Criterion nor Shout have releaseddwk wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 6:37 pm I guess the question is what WB titles are left that they would be willing to license (not released on Blu by WAC or not The Devils) that 1) are exiting/interesting/good-great films; 2) that the current Arrow would be interested in; 3) that haven't already been picked up by Criterion or Shout ('though UK only releases of Shout titles are certainly possible and, frankly would make more sense than the WB titles that Arrow has announced so far)?
