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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:58 pm 
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peerpee wrote:
At the moment, we're booked up well into 2013 and we're not in acquisitions mode. It's frustrating that can't release 7 or 8 a month!

You're doing amazing things at the current rate, man. Don't worry too much!


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:25 pm 

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I wish I could get more excited about this batch of Hollywood studio licenses and inevitable Criterion Blu-ray upgrade overlap. Without an Eclipse or Flipside equivalent, MOC is kind of leaving me behind, or vice versa.

Muriel on Blu, though ... that'd be tempting.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:08 pm 
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Now hurry up and give Cockfighter the release it deserves.

This is probably impossible for a UK label, thanks to the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act. From what I hear, the hotel room scene almost certainly infringes it, which makes the uncut version legally unreleasable in Britain.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:12 pm 

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peerpee wrote:
I'm afraid DF upgrades of CHIKAMATSU and AKASEN CHITAI would rely very heavily on these new UGETSU and SANSHO DFs performing well. We would, of course, love to do them in 1080p.

Just to thank Eureka for the Mizoguchi's. I have them all in DVD, but will double dip whatever you release. Chikamatsu would look wonderful. I hope everybody buys the first two titles and you keep on 'Mizogushing'. Thanks anyway.

PS: What about Oharu which has only had mediocre DVDs at best?


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:31 pm 
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MB17 wrote:
PS: What about Oharu which has only had mediocre DVDs at best?

Criterion is likely releasing this in 2012.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:28 pm 

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swo17 wrote:
MB17 wrote:
PS: What about Oharu which has only had mediocre DVDs at best?

Criterion is likely releasing this in 2012.

Great! Thanks


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:18 pm 

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Swo17,

I've been on the lookout for a Criterion Oharu for quite a while, but haven't seen any hint that one is coming, at least in an immediate future. Did I miss something?


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:45 pm 
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It's one of the more easily read clues in this photo, originally discussed here.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:43 am 
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Perkins Cobb wrote:
I wish I could get more excited about this batch of Hollywood studio licenses and inevitable Criterion Blu-ray upgrade overlap. Without an Eclipse or Flipside equivalent, MOC is kind of leaving me behind, or vice versa.


Unfortunately, I feel the same way. Apart from "A man vanishes" and "Coeur fidele", I really can't remember what was the last film that MoC released which wasn't already available, even in an English friendly release. Of course I'm looking forward to some of the upgrades, particularly the Pasolinis, but still I'm looking back yearningly to those days when MoC blew my socks with first time releases like the Mizos, Ichikawas or Franjus, not to speak of "Asphalt" or "Michael"...


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:52 am 
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Tommaso wrote:
Apart from "A man vanishes" and "Coeur fidele", I really can't remember what was the last film that MoC released which wasn't already available, even in an English friendly release.

Four out of the five versions of Touch of Evil included in the MoC package?


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:14 am 

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All three widescreen versions are in the later R1 edition.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:28 am 
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Two out of the five versions, then?


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:55 am 

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MichaelB wrote:
Two out of the five versions, then?

Not that I disapprove of MOC's Touch of Evil package in any way, but that's hardly the same thing as debuting an obscure film on home video, which is what Tommaso is getting at.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:36 am 
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Aren't both of the extra movies on the Imamura discs otherwise unavailable? Were Comizi d'amore or Sopralluoghi in Palestina, or the wartime Hitch shorts on Lifeboat available?

I don't see why we should restrict ourselves to the main feature on a disc for this little game.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:42 am 

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Indeed, those "second features" on the Imamura double bills are a big deal, much like the lesser-known Ozu films buried on the BFI Blu-rays. I'll probably get around to buying some of both, mainly for the more obscure film.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:51 am 
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matrixschmatrix wrote:
Aren't both of the extra movies on the Imamura discs otherwise unavailable? Were Comizi d'amore or Sopralluoghi in Palestina, or the wartime Hitch shorts on Lifeboat available?

The extra Imamuras were not available, but if you have the CC set, getting them means double dipping. "Sopralluoghi" is available in a truly excellent Italian release with English subs (which includes the best documentary on Pasolini I've ever seen, 2 hours long).


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:53 am 
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Just make everyone happy and release a bunch of Grémillon.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:23 pm 

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I'd preferably like a balance. I'm loving the titles that are coming out right now but my heart yearns for some Eustache, Uchida, A Page of Madness and Limite (in fact, any of the titles that the World Cinema Foundation released would be welcome!).

I think having 'minor' works as extras is a great practice. To me, they massively increase the value of the product as it feels like a '2 for the price of 1' deal or 3 for the price of 1 in the case of Lifeboat. I'd love if MoC could track down Renee Falconetti's previous work for inclusion in their Passion of Joan of Arc Blu-Ray. I can't find any conclusive evidence if they survive or not but a poster at NitrateVille reported that they apparently reside at the Cinematheque Francaise.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:01 pm 
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Hellman's The Road to Nowhere from MoC? Was this already known?


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:17 pm 

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matrixschmatrix wrote:
Were Comizi d'amore or Sopralluoghi in Palestina, or the wartime Hitch shorts on Lifeboat available?

The wartime Hitchcock shorts are still available. (Although the forthcoming MoC release is of course a much better deal all round for those who haven't already bought them...)


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:24 pm 

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We've been getting a lot of films from the US and Japan lately. It would be sweet if MoC released stuff from, let's say Eastern Europe or Scandinavia.

Cheers!


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:19 pm 
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This most recent batch of announcements has finally pushed me over into getting a region-free blu ray player. Certainly great stuff has been accumulating, but this group pushed me over the edge.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:34 pm 
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Whoohoo! - Great!


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:47 pm 

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Max von Mayerling wrote:
This most recent batch of announcements has finally pushed me over into getting a region-free blu ray player. Certainly great stuff has been accumulating, but this group pushed me over the edge.

Touch of Evil did this to me. I own it, and about 10 MoC releases in full. I still won't have enough saved up for the Oppo I want until March...but it's great to stock up. (Just sending you s'more positive feedback!)


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:53 pm 
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We've all been there. The release of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? did it to me. I couldn't resist. :D


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