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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3426 Post by hearthesilence » Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:59 pm

I'll have to check out that book. Regarding anything championing W.C. Fields's films, an old Entertainment Weekly article and Roger Ebert are the only ones that comes to mind. That's how I got to know The Bank Dick (Ebert's favorite) and It's a Gift, and that was many years ago. Fields was a great comedian - even Orson Welles wanted to make a film with him when he first got to Hollywood.

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#3427 Post by Tuco » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:41 am

So glad to see Fields getting some attention. Like so many comedians who flourished in the 30's, a link to vaudeville. Perhaps not the most "cinematic" of films, but the best of them (especially IT'S A GIFT), can cause serious injury to one falling out of a chair from laughter.

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#3428 Post by Maltic » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:44 am

Godot wrote:
Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:27 pm
Maltic wrote:
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:40 am
It occurs to me that I've never actually read anything scholarly or semi-scholarly on Fields, except for Sarris' rather dismissive takes.
The biographies of Fields by Simon Louvish and James Curtis are both entertaining and have observations about his performance style and evolution. But the two books I recommend for analysis are Louvish's entry in the BFI Film Classics on It's a Gift (1994) and William K. Everson's The Art of W.C. Fields (1967). It's a Gift is one of my favorite films, so any discussion of it is delightful. Louvish does a commendable job of connecting the movie's skits and characters to previous films and stage routines, to emphasize how different Harold Bissonette is from Fields' usual protagonist, and how he tweaks details to create memorable scenes. Everson's book is like his many others, with profuse plot and scene descriptions, written before home video, when older films could be difficult to see, so he acknowledges the reader may not know or remember. But he also inserts observations about Fields' overall career, compares him to other comedians and some of the meta context, and exudes his usual enthusiasm for the films that makes you want to rush out and watch them again.
Sounds great!

I actually had the BFI book sortlistet on amazon.co.uk, though Brexit has reduced my activity there :cry:

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3429 Post by captveg » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:33 pm

KL Insider confirmed another 116 titles licensed from Universal. Blu-ray only.

3 TV movies, 2 4KUHD titles (one from 2000s, one from 2010s), no silents or TV shows. Some pre-code titles, apparently lots of film noir titles.

8 Code Red and 6 Scorpion.

They're "looking to add 1-3 more titles that need some additional research, one of those is a TV movie."

Some further narrowing of titles in deal being done on Blu-ray.com forums by standard Q&A about release years / actors / directors.
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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3430 Post by soundchaser » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:38 pm

Hopefully their other Sirks have performed well enough to have *finally* licensed Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

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#3431 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:40 pm

With that many titles licensed, there's a good chance any film Universal released on DVD is eventually coming via KLSC. Wish other studios were as generous

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#3432 Post by soundchaser » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:43 pm

Well, I just asked: no Sirk in the new batch. The wait goes on.

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#3433 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:50 pm

KL Insider gives decades of releases:
1929 x 1
1930s x 24
1940s x 23
1950s x 39
1969s x 11
1970s x 7
1980s x 5
1990s x 4
2000s x 1
2010s x 1
Would Universal give any of the 30's horror films to KL? 24 seems like a lot for 1930s

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#3434 Post by Ribs » Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:51 pm

They also said there are another ten Noir sets planned, which is probably a chunk of those 40s and 50s licenses.

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#3435 Post by Calvin » Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:14 pm

It's a bit disappointing that they've got another two dozen 30s films from Universal and yet no Edward L. Cahn films.

Kino did confirm to me that they've got at least one James Whale though, so that's something.

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3436 Post by Feego » Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:27 am

Was it known around here that Peter Ibbetson is being released on August 10? Because I just found this today and hadn't seen it mentioned on these boards.

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#3437 Post by swo17 » Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:52 am

I wasn't aware but that's great news!

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#3438 Post by dwk » Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:16 pm

captveg wrote:
Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:33 pm
KL Insider confirmed another 116 titles licensed from Universal. Blu-ray only.

3 TV movies, 2 4KUHD titles (one from 2000s, one from 2010s), no silents or TV shows. Some pre-code titles, apparently lots of film noir titles.
I wonder if the 2 UHDs are the other two Riddick movies - The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and Riddick (2013)?

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#3439 Post by captveg » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:21 pm

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

The Wonderful Country (1959) (BD)

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#3440 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:42 pm

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

Aspen Extreme (1993) (BD) (DVD still available)
Camp Nowhere (1994) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)

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#3441 Post by captveg » Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:11 pm

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

Big House, U.S.A. (1955) (BD)

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The January Man (1989) (BD) has been re-added to the website, so some copies must have been uncovered after it sold out.

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3442 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:29 pm

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

Certain Fury (1985) (BD) (DVD still available)
Manhandled (1924) (BD) (DVD still available)

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#3443 Post by therewillbeblus » Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:39 pm

Shame about Manhandled, probably a good cue to pick up the remaining Dwans just in case

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#3444 Post by captveg » Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:58 pm

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

Duel at Diablo (1966) (BD & DVD) (I think this one has been gone for a while and I just missed it)
Mulholland Falls (1996) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3445 Post by hearthesilence » Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:47 pm

Kino's advertising a summer sale, and going by an order I placed very recently, a lot of the sale prices remain the same, but alas their Blu-ray of A Sunday in the Country can now be had for $10 and I bought it for $18.

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3446 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:54 pm

Rule of thumb: Never, ever pay more than $12 for a KL title, just wait

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#3447 Post by swo17 » Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:02 pm

Target B2G1s and DD 15% off sales are also a good time to pick up Kino titles

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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions

#3448 Post by hearthesilence » Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:17 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:54 pm
Rule of thumb: Never, ever pay more than $12 for a KL title, just wait
But they need our money. How else will they fund their replacement disc programs?

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#3449 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:48 am

The current sale has a bunch of Godard titles cheap, including (what are not advertised as, but which surely are) Cohen releases going for much less than Cohens typically go for. I also noticed that the Cohen blu of Under the Sun of Satan is on sale there- for a lot more than the others (~$25) but that’s significantly less than it’s been marked at by third party sellers for the last year or so. I just assumed it was OOP and doomed to be a greater splurge

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#3450 Post by captveg » Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:24 pm

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

52 Pick-Up (1986) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
River of Death (1989) (BD) (DVD still available)

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