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Hey Faux Hulot, don't judge me before knowing the full story. Like Invuche, we responded to this member who posted:

You all don't know shit.

HVE are scumbags. You think management gives a fuck about the people who work for them? Please. It's just business. They are worker bees, nothing more.

I feel for a few people there, but most of them are mediocre trash, and deserve what they got. I hope their families fucking starve.

This guy seems to have been fired or mistreated by HVE before being acquired by Image and i responded with my sarcastic remark. I do really feel bad for the real HVE employees laid off because of this sale and only wish the best for them and their families.

dx23 wrote:Hey Faux Hulot, don't judge me before knowing the full story... I do really feel bad for the real HVE employees laid off because of this sale and only wish the best for them and their families.

OK, point taken, and certainly no attack on you implied -- didn't mean to sound judgmental anyway. I've read the whole thread and just forgot about that exchange. But as for the full story, a dear friend of mine worked for HVE so I have a pretty good idea of a few things there, and it does sound like the laid-off folks were definitely not done right by management.

There is no better way to show that your pissed off then to leak all those titles that is being worked on.

cinephrenic wrote:There is no better way to show that your pissed off then to leak all those titles that is being worked on.

I like the way you`re thinking.

Duckworth is right. I work(ed) as an HVE Designer and the production staff has always kept eyes and ears open to the interests of the cinefiles here and elsewhere. It's been a pleasure to bring a quality product to a community that is so responsive and nuanced.

Thank you all for the benefit of the doubt over these last 4 years. I think I speak for the outgoing production staff in suggesting that our attention to detail is a direct result of your attention to detail.

Duckworth is right. I work(ed) as an HVE Designer and the production staff has always kept eyes and ears open to the interests of the cinefiles here and elsewhere. It's been a pleasure to bring a quality product to a community that is so responsive and nuanced.

Thank you all for the benefit of the doubt over these last 4 years. I think I speak for the outgoing production staff in suggesting that our attention to detail is a direct result of your attention to detail.

I hope you all find the new jobs you deserve -- at an employer more grateful for your efforts than HVE.

Michael Kerpan wrote:I hope you all find the new jobs you deserve -- at an employer more grateful for your efforts than HVE.

I want to see a "How To Start Your Own DVD Company" thread come out of this. There might be a trust-fund kid/lottery winner in the audience with a wild hair or two.

I'll happily join in the thanks to all these folks. I very much appreciate the job they did in making interesting and unusual films available to us in good editions.

I'm really not sure how relevant this is to the Image/HVE thing, but you never know.
"This Old Cub" which is credited as an HVE release on theirs and Amazon's website, is listed as an Emerging Pictures release in THIS review.

As for this (sorry I'm just reading this thread now,) this DVD was printed and sold online and in some stores in the Chicago area with this artwork when the film premiered this year, and was not released to retailers (proceeds going to a Diabetes foundation.) I assume that HVE just came in and got a distribution deal for it, and did not opt to alter the artwork.

If they're reading, I'd definitely like to say "thanks". The Flaherty discs, Shinoda's Pale Flower, the Fukusaku box set, la Cienaga, Mikey and Nicky, their Suzuki releases, M. Klein, and those are just the films that are important to *me* (there are many DVDs of theirs I have yet to see).

Also, I'd say it's splitting hairs to compare the HVE releases to those of Criterion, and I think that's a compliment.

Steven H wrote:If they're reading, I'd definitely like to say "thanks". The Flaherty discs, Shinoda's Pale Flower, the Fukusaku box set, la Cienaga, Mikey and Nicky, their Suzuki releases, M. Klein, and those are just the films that are important to *me* (there are many DVDs of theirs I have yet to see).

Also, I'd say it's splitting hairs to compare the HVE releases to those of Criterion, and I think that's a compliment.

Ditto! (Plus the Kurosawa titles)
Thanks for all the time and effort put into your wonderful work.

...or are you going to stay selfish and self-serving and continue to ask for a list of titles?

Apparently the forum has lost its sense of humor.

Thanks from me as well. I was exposed to many a unknown gem as a result of HVE and never had to worry about shoddy or neglected transfers. Good luck to all and any ex-employees who may be reading this.

However, for some reason, my checkbook is asking me to say "Good riddance!"

So if Image was co-distributor of Criterion, and Image owns DVDPlanet.com, and DVDPlanet.com sells all Criterions for 35% off MSRP, and now Image owns HVe and is sole distributor of Criterion can we expect cheaper HVe prices on DVDPlanet.com? and possibly even cheaper Criterion prices (doubt that one)?

it's silly to me that while I can pick up Bob Le Flambeur for $19.47, Mikey and Nicky is $22.46

Image owns DVDPlanet.com

And I heard somewhere that they also own Deepdiscountdvd.com .

Soon I heard that they will buy Sony/MGM.

Steven H wrote:Also, I'd say it's splitting hairs to compare the HVE releases to those of Criterion, and I think that's a compliment.

And I`d go as far as to say that it`s a compliment for Criterion.

I hope that´s a sign that the rest of the Emile de Antonio films (another series of releases HVE had taken on) will come out, as well.

Image has launched their new (deep sigh) Flash-based site:

http://www.image-entertainment.com/

Glad to see they're at least consistent in moving from one irritating and bandwidth-sucking web technology to another. And I'm so pleased that I can no longer sort Criterion releases in order of release date or price.

matt wrote:Image has launched their new (deep sigh) Flash-based site:

http://www.image-entertainment.com/

Glad to see they're at least consistent in moving from one irritating and bandwidth-sucking web technology to another. And I'm so pleased that I can no longer sort Criterion releases in order of release date or price.

oh my god, this site is a piece of crap!

I like that there's an Image logo on every "loading" message box.

Altough websites that are designed in flash are attractive and creative, I find it real tedious waiting for loading to take place on every damn thing you press.

Does anyone think it likely that releases that have been carried by Image (for example, all those Italian classics Bicycle Thief, Ossessione, Germany year Zero, etc) would likely be available for Criterion treatment? Is there any evidence out there other than sheer speculation?

Tribe

Not to mention La Terra Trema and Rocco.

Oh great...

Lions Gate offers to buy Image Entertainment

It's called consolidation and surely it can't continue to surprise people.