Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[flyonthewall2983]

Curdled (1996) UHD
Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm OCN

Starring William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Lois Chiles, Daisy Fuentes, Kelly Preston, Bruce Ramsay, Lupita Ferrer & Barry Corbin. Shot by Steven Bernstein. Produced by Quentin Tarantino. Written by Reb Braddock & John Maass. Directed by Reb Braddock.

Daisy Fuentes. Now THERE is a name I truly have not heard in over 25 years

Saw her instagram she’s still beautiful

[dws1982]

Fixed (for the record I just cut and pasted the announcement from a social media post. Curious to know if it was a mistake in KLSC's orignal announcement or if the account I copies it from screwed up.)

They initially put William Holden in their Facebook announcement. (Which they then changed to Stephen Baldwin, and then William.)

[jazzo]

Curdled (1996) UHD
Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm OCN

Starring William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Lois Chiles, Daisy Fuentes, Kelly Preston, Bruce Ramsay, Lupita Ferrer & Barry Corbin. Shot by Steven Bernstein. Produced by Quentin Tarantino. Written by Reb Braddock & John Maass. Directed by Reb Braddock.

I caught this at the Toronto Festival of Festivals’ Midnight Madness back in ‘96, at the height of a Tarantino high from the one-two punch of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

Fuhhhhck, was it terrible.

[yoloswegmaster]

Fletch and Fletch Lives, both from new 2K transfers, are coming from KLSC.

God, what a terrible film the first entry is. There is nothing funny or even particularly amusing about Chevy Chase being a wisecracking and sarcastic jackass, especially when his quips aren't nearly as biting as he or the writers believe them to be. A part of me is actually a bit impressed by how unfunny this is. Given how bad this is, I can't even imagine how the sequel could be even worse. Can't believe this is something that people are upset about not receiving a 4K release.

[Maladroit Aggregator]

Fletch and Fletch Lives, both from new 2K transfers, are coming from KLSC.

God, what a terrible film the first entry is. There is nothing funny or even particularly amusing about Chevy Chase being a wisecracking and sarcastic jackass, especially when his quips aren't nearly as biting as he or the writers believe them to be. A part of me is actually a bit impressed by how unfunny this is. Given how bad this is, I can't even imagine how the sequel could be even worse. Can't believe this is something that people are upset about not receiving a 4K release.

You're out of your mind. How familiar are you with the source material, or novelists like Dan Jenkins and Charles Portis, who write similar wry takes on genre material? It completely succeeds as a character study, if not a plot-driven "caper," akin to Altman's Long Goodbye. No, it's not as elegiac as the Altman, or as surprising as something like Miami Blues, but it's funnier than both. This is much more subversive than something like Beverly Hills Cop, where Murphy gets to crack wise and still strut around like a "hero." Chase here is closer to Jacques Tati than any typical 80s adrenaline detective. If you can't find the humor in a supremely irritating protagonist bumbling his way through a cast of straight faces, I can understand why this would be a chore. I could watch Chase in this mode all day long, and I say that as someone who only likes 2 or 3 of his flicks, and finds the entirety of the SNL community tiresome at best. I should also add that I never saw this film upon release, though I was the right age for it, and only came to it recently (as I also did with the John Hughes films, which are reprehensible, but I digress) so it's not a nostalgia trip.

The second film fucking sucks though.

[starmanof51]

You're out of your mind. How familiar are you with the source material, or novelists like Dan Jenkins and Charles Portis, who write similar wry takes on genre material? It completely succeeds as a character study, if not a plot-driven "caper," akin to Altman's Long Goodbye. No, it's not as elegiac as the Altman, or as surprising as something like Miami Blues, but it's funnier than both. This is much more subversive than something like Beverly Hills Cop, where Murphy gets to crack wise and still strut around like a "hero." Chase here is closer to Jacques Tati than any typical 80s adrenaline detective. If you can't find the humor in a supremely irritating protagonist bumbling his way through a cast of straight faces, I can understand why this would be a chore. I could watch Chase in this mode all day long, and I say that as someone who only likes 2 or 3 of his flicks, and finds the entirety of the SNL community tiresome at best. I should also add that I never saw this film upon release, though I was the right age for it, and only came to it recently (as I also did with the John Hughes films, which are reprehensible, but I digress) so it's not a nostalgia trip.

The second film fucking sucks though.

Gonna have to back you up here, Maladroit

[beamish14]

Fletch and Fletch Lives, both from new 2K transfers, are coming from KLSC.

God, what a terrible film the first entry is. There is nothing funny or even particularly amusing about Chevy Chase being a wisecracking and sarcastic jackass, especially when his quips aren't nearly as biting as he or the writers believe them to be. A part of me is actually a bit impressed by how unfunny this is. Given how bad this is, I can't even imagine how the sequel could be even worse. Can't believe this is something that people are upset about not receiving a 4K release.

I love many of Michael Ritchie’s films and concur. I’ve read the novel it’s based on as well, and Chase just doesn’t work in this part at all. The whole tone is just too goofy, and none of the humor lands with me. I do like the idea of “beach bum” noir, as seen in 8 Million Ways to Die (Ashby film, not the novel) and Kem Nunn’s novel Tapping the Source

The second film does have a mildly amusing Song of the South parody at the start

[beamish14]

Fletch and Fletch Lives, both from new 2K transfers, are coming from KLSC.

God, what a terrible film the first entry is. There is nothing funny or even particularly amusing about Chevy Chase being a wisecracking and sarcastic jackass, especially when his quips aren't nearly as biting as he or the writers believe them to be. A part of me is actually a bit impressed by how unfunny this is. Given how bad this is, I can't even imagine how the sequel could be even worse. Can't believe this is something that people are upset about not receiving a 4K release.

You're out of your mind. How familiar are you with the source material, or novelists like Dan Jenkins and Charles Portis, who write similar wry takes on genre material? It completely succeeds as a character study, if not a plot-driven "caper," akin to Altman's Long Goodbye. No, it's not as elegiac as the Altman, or as surprising as something like Miami Blues, but it's funnier than both. This is much more subversive than something like Beverly Hills Cop, where Murphy gets to crack wise and still strut around like a "hero." Chase here is closer to Jacques Tati than any typical 80s adrenaline detective. If you can't find the humor in a supremely irritating protagonist bumbling his way through a cast of straight faces, I can understand why this would be a chore. I could watch Chase in this mode all day long, and I say that as someone who only likes 2 or 3 of his flicks, and finds the entirety of the SNL community tiresome at best. I should also add that I never saw this film upon release, though I was the right age for it, and only came to it recently (as I also did with the John Hughes films, which are reprehensible, but I digress) so it's not a nostalgia trip.

The second film fucking sucks though.

I love Dan Jenkins and Portis-I just really dislike this film! And Beverly Hills Cop, too. Dead Solid Perfect is hysterical, and I don’t understand golf at all

[pianocrash]

I was never a fan of the Chevy Chase Fletch movies, but I did enjoy the Jon Hamm Confess, Fletch, which has a better wig-to-character ratio than the originals. A little sad that it definitely is not going to continue with Hamm, or at all? I mean, we live in a world where there was three seasons of a Get Shorty-derived IP, and we can't even give HammFletch one more shot?

[beamish14]

I was never a fan of the Chevy Chase Fletch movies, but I did enjoy the Jon Hamm Confess, Fletch, which has a better wig-to-character ratio than the originals. A little sad that it definitely is not going to continue with Hamm, or at all? I mean, we live in a world where there was three seasons of a Get Shorty-derived IP, and we can't even give HammFletch one more shot?

I really enjoyed Confess, Fletch as well

[The Curious Sofa]

I really enjoyed Confess, Fletch as well

Same here, if there's one recent comedy that deserves a cult following, it's this one. I had no idea Jon Hamm could be so funny (and I never cared for Chevy Chase).

[jazzo]

Count me in on confessing my love for Confess, Fletch, which, to me, seems to understand the tone of McDonald's books better than the Ritchie films (of which I was the perfect age for, and liked quite a bit back then). But, having revisited both recently, I found them exhausting to sit through.

Same with Foul Play, which I loved back in the '80s, but after a recent rewatch, now just seems desperate to capture some of What's Up Doc’s magic, yet in reimagining a gender-reversal version of it, Foul Play somehow forgot to include Doc's wit and astonishing ability to balance screwball romance with absolutely delightful characters. Goldie acquits herself nicely (and does, from what I can tell, her own impressive practical stunt-work), but Chevy is such an asshole that he practically sinks the whole thing for me.

Or Colin Higgins, talented though he may have been, is still no Bogdanovich, Benton and Henry.

Or I just lost my taste for Chevy's brand of humour.

Or I was in the wrong mood for it. I don't know.

[The Curious Sofa]

I haven't read the books, but it's the brazen insincerity of almost everything Hamm says and his don't-give-a-damn attitude that's so funny. I only saw the first of the Fletch films with Chase, and I barely remember it, but then I always found his persona off-putting. Subsequent revelations about his character haven't made him any more palatable to me.

I saw Foul Play when it came out and remember liking it, both because of Goldie Hawn and as a homage to Hitchcock. In some ways, it struck me as more successful than Hitchcock's similar Family Plot. Foul Play has been on my "to re-watch" list for ages to see how it has held up, but I never seem to get around to it.

[captveg]

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

Bluebeard's Eight Wife (1938)
House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Maid in Sweden (1971)
Naked Alibi (1954) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Real McCoy (1993)
The Secret Ways (1961) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Strange Door (1951)

Update via KLI: "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, House of the Seven Gables, The Real McCoy and The Strange Door are not out of print, we still have some stock and they'll be added back soon."

[captveg]

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

12 Angry Men (1957) UHD

[dwk]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative!

Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) Starring Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, Sela Ward & Patrick Wayne – Shot by José Luis Alcaine (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) – Written & Directed by Hugh Wilson (Police Academy).

[schlafen]

Paths of Glory 4K UHD is only $9.99 right now during the Kino Lorber Winter Wonderland sale.

[hearthesilence]

Quite a few UHD's that are going OOP are $9.99, but be warned, some of them (like The Manchurian Candidate, which has audio issues anyway, and The Night of the Hunter, which is SDR only, and Paths of Glory) may be ones that Criterion is picking up as their Blu-ray counterparts are part of Criterion's current library.

[yoloswegmaster]

The Night of the Hunter has a DV/HDR grade

[beamish14]

Quite a few UHD's that are going OOP are $9.99, but be warned, some of them (like The Manchurian Candidate, which has audio issues anyway, and The Night of the Hunter, which is SDR only, and Paths of Glory) may be ones that Criterion is picking up as their Blu-ray counterparts are part of Criterion's current library.

Yep. I’d avoid most of the MGM titles Kino will lose

[captveg]

Even if Criterion releases them on UHD they're unlikely to have all of them come along in a timely manner unless they change their release strategy. So it may be worth it on a title to pick up for $10 if you think it may be years until a Criterion UHD shows up.

[beamish14]

I keep staying on the fence with Welles’ The Stranger. Surely it’ll get a UHD and maybe a Rosenbaum or McBride commentary one of these days?

Wakamatsu’s United Red Army is still a DVD-only release that they want $20 for

[dwk]

I really wish we'd get the real story behind MGM licensing and, apparently, revoking the UHD rights to those titles.

[hearthesilence]

The Night of the Hunter has a DV/HDR grade

Misremembered what was wrong with it - aspect ratio is incorrect (though close) and instead of the original soundtrack, they provide a mono downmix of the 5.1 track, reportedly with audible phasing effects.

[yoloswegmaster]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative!

Prophecy (1979) Starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante & Richard Dysart – Shot by Harry Stradling Jr. (Convoy) – Music by Leonard Rosenman (Barry Lyndon) – Written by David Seltzer (The Omen) – Directed by John Frankenheimer (The Train, Seconds, The Challenge).