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Re: Studio Canal/Kinowelt/Optimum

#1551 Post by MichaelB » Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:21 am

James Cameron himself is very keen indeed on degraining, and I suspect he'd have contractually-mandated approval. But I've also heard from a friend in the business that the 4K disc is a disaster - he honestly thought he'd been sent the wrong thing at first.

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#1552 Post by tenia » Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:35 am

James Cameron is keen on degraining, but the results so far never looked so poor (far from it), and in the case of Aliens, it was technically reasoned.
In the present case, it just looks like the UHE release of Predator, and I don't believe the 3D reasoning behind could ever justify so strongly filtering the movie.
MichaelB wrote:he honestly thought he'd been sent the wrong thing at first.
It's sadly not surprising that some would have reacted this way. :|

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#1553 Post by Caligula » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:13 am

BD's of Le Corbeau, Quai Des Orfèvres and La Prisonnière coming in March

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#1554 Post by Werewolf by Night » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:40 pm

Caligula wrote:BD's of Le Corbeau, Quai Des Orfèvres and La Prisonnière coming in March
In what country?

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#1555 Post by Caligula » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:43 pm

UK, as per Amazon.co.uk listings

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#1556 Post by kekid » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:45 am

Caligula wrote:UK, as per Amazon.co.uk listings
The French releases are completely English-friendly (including the supplements). Will UK releases be the same, apart from packaging?

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#1557 Post by MichaelB » Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:31 pm

No reason to assume otherwise: the mere fact that the French discs are completely English-friendly suggests that one master was created for at least two territories (as is common practice for StudioCanal).

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#1558 Post by Finch » Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:44 pm

If you don't mind French on the outer packaging there's no reason to wait till March and with these being Studio Canal, they won't be signficantly cheaper than the French discs for a good while yet. Plus, the stylish slim cases of the French discs do save space on the shelves.

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#1559 Post by kekid » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:13 pm

Finch wrote:If you don't mind French on the outer packaging there's no reason to wait till March and with these being Studio Canal, they won't be signficantly cheaper than the French discs for a good while yet. Plus, the stylish slim cases of the French discs do save space on the shelves.
Thank you, Finch and MichaelB, for your replies.

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#1560 Post by Caligula » Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:07 am

4K resto of Dambusters being issued by Studio Canal on BD in the UK on 4 June 2018

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#1561 Post by Pepsi » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:30 pm

The French releases are completely English-friendly (including the supplements). Will UK releases be the same, apart from packaging?
The UK disc start with the option French / English, so they are identical. The transfer of La prisoner is gorgeous, both the picture and the sound. Watched it projected, simply unbelievable wonderful.

The film is interesting (a little dated). Couldn't stop thinking in the first 30 min, that i'm watching Tati's Playtime, and the rest is a mix of Peeping Tom and Belle de Jour.

If only Henri-Georges Clouzot knew that 50 years later everyone has a camera in their pocket, and every child can google those kind of picture's in a second.

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Re: Studio Canal/Kinowelt/Optimum

#1562 Post by L.A. » Thu May 17, 2018 2:40 pm

Caligula wrote:4K resto of Dambusters being issued by Studio Canal on BD in the UK on 4 June 2018
This indeed is getting an impressive release. Five discs! :shock:

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#1563 Post by EddieLarkin » Thu May 17, 2018 6:32 pm

And in its originally intended widescreen aspect ratio for the first time ever, albeit only as an extra exclusive to the expensive multi disc LE set.

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#1564 Post by charal » Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:40 pm

Rivette’s THE NUN (1966) is up for pre-order at Amazon UK. Assuming Amazon will honour all pre-July orders from Australia now is the time to order this brothers and sisters.

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#1565 Post by What A Disgrace » Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:15 am

Renoir's The Crimes of Monsieur Lange is also up for pre-order, as are some 40th anniversary editions of Deer Hunter.

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#1566 Post by andyli » Sun Jun 03, 2018 8:32 am

According to Blu-ray.com, this batch of Studio Canal releases also include Bagdad Cafe, Last Year at Marienbad, The Seventh Seal, all newly restored in 4K.

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#1567 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:22 am

The Deer Hunter Limited Edition will include a UHD of the film.

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#1568 Post by tenia » Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:47 am

I suppose the cover could go in the dedicated topic :
Image


In terms of content, Amazon.fr has it detailed :
- UHD
- BD with the film newly restored in 4K
- dedicated BD for the extra features
- OST CD
- original script titled The Man Who Came To Play
- booklet written by a film critic

Extras :
David Thompson interview (new)
Michael Cimino interview for The South Bank Show (1979) (new)

Mickey Rourke introduction to the movie
Realising the Deer Hunter
Shooting the Deer Hunter
Playing the Deer Hunter
Commentary by Cimino
Commentary by Zsigmond & Fisher
Deleted scenes


Missing is the Vietnam War: Unknown Images documentary included on the Studio Canal older release and the trailer.
It could be that the booklet simply is the same than the one in the older SC release (which was written by Ryan Gilbey)

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#1569 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:57 am

Great cover, looking forward to picking this up

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#1570 Post by Altair » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:16 pm

Neither the old Studio Canal or the Universal releases were ideal (the former was edge-enhanced, the latter DNR'ed), so hopefully it's finally been treated right (and not pushed towards the teal-end of the colour spectrum, either...).

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#1571 Post by tenia » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:20 pm

I'm more afraid about SC tendancies to DNR and very poorly encode their movies. In this case at least, putting the extras aside is a good sign (though most of them are probably in SD so it might seem a bit extreme).

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#1572 Post by Altair » Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:32 pm

Their edition of the restored Ran however, was excellent (the colours were of course debatable, but not their fault), so I'm optimistic about the encode.

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#1573 Post by tenia » Wed Jun 13, 2018 3:01 pm

Yes, they have some hits but also plenty of misses. They DNRed most of their French Bergman releases, FUBARed the encode on Le magnifique (French release), Highlander and The Man Who Fell To Earth (on top of missing the restoration), and of course there is their trainwrecks that are Terminator 2 and Purple Noon.
However, Ran was very good, and the utmost majority of their UK Vintage Classics are tremendous.

It's always been rumored they have 2 technical teams, one good and one not so much. Let's just hope in this case, they gave the project to the good one.

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Re: Studio Canal/Kinowelt/Optimum

#1574 Post by rapta » Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:45 am

FWIW, their recent discs of Blood Simple, Mulholland Drive and The Graduate looked great to me. And I agree that Ran looked fantastic (colour debate aside).

It's a shame they got The Man Who Fell To Earth so wrong after getting The Third Man so right.

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Re: Studio Canal/Kinowelt/Optimum

#1575 Post by tenia » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:15 am

The Graduate, MD and Blood Simple were restorations not performed by / for them. Mulholland Drive was performed at Colorworks / Fotokem, most have input from Deluxe Culver City or Colorworks and all 3 show input from Criterion's own Lee Kline.

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