Vinegar Syndrome and Their Partner Labels

[Zot!]

When will my vintage porn distributers cease with these antics, this is the final straw!

They haven’t handled vintage porn for some time now, at least according to my very shy friend.

Or rather, it’s been hived off to the Mélusine label.

Fair enough, just being a jerk. To be fair though, they maintain a one-legged porno star as their corporate masthead.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Fair enough, just being a jerk. To be fair though, they maintain a one-legged porno star as their corporate mascot.

Not sure if anyone else has flagged this online, but I remember listening to the DVD commentary of said star's film who said she was 17 when she made the film. So their mascot is a one-legged porn star who was a minor.

[jt938]

As if they couldn't get any sleazier.

[BoltzmannBrain]

Is it common for a pre-ordered film to suddenly disappear from their site? I was checking on At Close Range in my order history, but the actual product listing is absent.

It’s Partners Only month. All VS tiles are hidden to drive focus on their partner labels. VS titles will return in January

Their business model is so fucking weird. On the one hand they're huckster shills for the worst junk, on the other, they'll apparently hide titles from the public for 30 days? Tired of games these companies play.

They've done that for a long time now, before partner labels were a thing the VS website was just closed for the entire December and June. Reason was that they got so many orders in the Black Friday and HTBF sales that they needed a month to get all of the shipping done and they didn't want to get new orders during that time as it would have only complicated the shipping process. Then partner labels came along and the intention of the partners-only months is to dedicate two months in a year for promoting those labels. VS is now able to handle new orders during December and June but they won't put their own releases back to the website in those months because that would defeat the purpose of giving the spotlight to the partner labels.

[swo17]

Movie Orgy with slipcover will probably sell out overnight

Actually even the standard edition is completely sold out now

[therewillbeblus]

Movie Orgy with slipcover will probably sell out overnight

Actually even the standard edition is completely sold out now

Hopefully it'll be reprinted for retail sites(?)

[karmajuice]

Movie Orgy with slipcover will probably sell out overnight

Actually even the standard edition is completely sold out now

Hopefully it'll be reprinted for retail sites(?)

Standard editions typically get reprinted, especially if they sell like hotcakes. I think the only thing preventing a reprint would be the rights lapsing, and I don't see that being an obstacle here.

In any case, that's what I'm betting on because I would like to grab a copy at some point, but wasn't inclined to pay the full price.

[therewillbeblus]

Yeah that's what I figured, and I'm in the same boat. Thanks!

[swo17]

And then in a year it'll get re-released with a variant slipcover

[knives]

Fair enough, just being a jerk. To be fair though, they maintain a one-legged porno star as their corporate mascot.

Not sure if anyone else has flagged this online, but I remember listening to the DVD commentary of said star's film who said she was 17 when she made the film. So their mascot is a one-legged porn star who was a minor.

A minor in some locations, but not others.

[Zot!]

Fair enough, just being a jerk. To be fair though, they maintain a one-legged porno star as their corporate mascot.

Not sure if anyone else has flagged this online, but I remember listening to the DVD commentary of said star's film who said she was 17 when she made the film. So their mascot is a one-legged porn star who was a minor.

A minor in some locations, but not others.

Yeah, but...and I REALLY don't want to get involved here, wouldn't VS be responsible for making sure the participants were legal in ALL states they distribute this to.

[yoloswegmaster]

Kani and Carlotta teamed up to commission a new restoration of Lino Brocka's 'Macho Dancer'.

[Maltic]

It would have been wonderful with a +4hr Dante/Davison commentary on The Movie Orgy, but I guess they weren't up for it at this point.

[andyli]

Once again Film Movement has fucked it up. Their Shall We Dance? release is almost unwatchable despite being sourced from a 4K restoration. If they keep doing these amateur-level encodes I'm not getting anything from them in the future. A shame they seem to be in possession of quite a lot of essential Asian cinema.

[nicolas]

Once again Film Movement has fucked it up. Their Shall We Dance? release is almost unwatchable despite being sourced from a 4K restoration. If they keep doing these amateur-level encodes I'm not getting anything from them in the future. A shame they seem to be in possession of quite a lot of essential Asian cinema.

What a shame, won’t be buying it now. I’ve told them and VS about this before but of course they don’t care. Thanks for sharing!

[agnamaracs]

This was already mentioned as coming, but CIP just posted the trailer for Vinyl to their YouTube channel

[mhofmann]

Once again Film Movement has fucked it up. Their Shall We Dance? release is almost unwatchable despite being sourced from a 4K restoration. If they keep doing these amateur-level encodes I'm not getting anything from them in the future. A shame they seem to be in possession of quite a lot of essential Asian cinema.

What a shame, won’t be buying it now. I’ve told them and VS about this before but of course they don’t care. Thanks for sharing!

Also had a quick look at the disc and it is indeed a disastrous encode.

[Peacock]

Pink Line:

Satō Volume 3 confirmed for January.

This will go up for preorder on day 4 of subscriber week.

[luxta]

As with every previous Subscriber Week, new releases and merch will be added to the VS site at exactly 12:01 PM ET each day. This year, look forward to a genre bending 4K debut from VSU, a 1970s New Hollywood masterpiece and a 1980s classic both from Cinématographe, a 50s monster deep cut from VSL, the next in our Satô series from Pink Line (in collaboration with Mélusine), plus the debut duo from our latest Sub-Label, Iconoscope, which will bring to 4K a 70s horror TV movie classic along with a Blu-ray collection of a 1950s horror series.

[jt938]

The Cinematographe releases are speculated to be Married To The Mob ('80s classic) and The Gambler ('70s New Hollywood masterpiece) for anyone wondering.

[yoloswegmaster]

plus the debut duo from our latest Sub-Label, Iconoscope

They have lost their fucking minds with the number of sublabels that they have created. For anyone wanting to keep track, this is the 9th VS sublabel.

[luxta]

4K a 70s horror TV movie classic

Hopefully Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, which would confirm the rumors of a deal with Warner.

[agnamaracs]

plus the debut duo from our latest Sub-Label, Iconoscope

They have lost their fucking minds with the number of sublabels that they have created. For anyone wanting to keep track, this is the 9th VS sublabel.

Which, of course, is not included in a subscription.

So why even subscribe?

[CSM126]

[domino harvey]

Cutter’s Way vs Married to the Mob: which film will win the boutique label hopping trophy?