Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#626 Post by Finch » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:34 pm

I'd love for Indicator to grab After Dark My Sweet. For my money, the best English language adaptation of a Jim Thompson book (the very best being Coup de Torchon) and an excellent performance by Jason Patric. Underseen compared to The Grifters and superior to the Frears film, except for Angelica Huston. I have no idea if anyone has the UK rights (Amazon UK is not listing a Region 2 DVD and I can only find results for the Artisan US disc). There is an English friendly French Blu-Ray from earlier this year but it'd be nice to see Indicator or Arrow or perhaps Eureka port it over.

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#627 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:56 pm

Seconded, it's a fantastic neo-noir (I wrote my thoughts a few months back)

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#628 Post by M Sanderson » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:08 am

After Dark, My Sweet is a masterpiece that I'd love Indicator to release.

Also anxious for another, One False Move.

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#629 Post by Finch » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:34 am

I just checked the BBFC website and it has not had a home video release since 1991 (!). The rights holder at the time was Virgin Vision.

One False Move is on my wishlist too!

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#630 Post by rapta » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:33 pm

M Sanderson wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:08 am
After Dark, My Sweet is a masterpiece that I'd love Indicator to release.

Also anxious for another, One False Move.
Reckon there's a good chance we'll get One False Move from them as they already did Devil in a Blue Dress.

And perhaps if they fancied more Bill Paxton, I'd love both A Simple Plan and Taking Tiger Mountain, and both would be perfect for a label like Indicator. And if they could wrestle it from Paramount, perhaps even Frailty?

As for Billy Boy Thornton, one title immediately springs to mind: The Man Who Wasn't There. But weren't there rumours Criterion may have that in the works?

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#631 Post by Pavel » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:55 pm

Lee Kline confirmed The Man Who Wasn't There on his podcast (the episode with Roger Deakins)

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#632 Post by M Sanderson » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:56 pm

rapta wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:33 pm
M Sanderson wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:08 am
After Dark, My Sweet is a masterpiece that I'd love Indicator to release.

Also anxious for another, One False Move.
Reckon there's a good chance we'll get One False Move from them as they already did Devil in a Blue Dress.

And perhaps if they fancied more Bill Paxton, I'd love both A Simple Plan and Taking Tiger Mountain, and both would be perfect for a label like Indicator. And if they could wrestle it from Paramount, perhaps even Frailty?

As for Billy Boy Thornton, one title immediately springs to mind: The Man Who Wasn't There. But weren't there rumours Criterion may have that in the works?
Frailty, that’d be nice.

One reason I’m hopeful for After Dark, My Sweet is that the film has a certain literary as well as cinematic pedigree, which Indicator can be respectful of.

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#633 Post by M Sanderson » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:58 pm

CSM126 wrote:
Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:07 am
Don Siegal’s Madigan, apparently.
more Don Siegel can only be a good thing.

On the subject of ‘60s thrillers, I’ve not seen Boetticher’s Rise & Fall of Legs Diamond in a long time & am eager to reacquaint, well into the Blu ray era. This is one id love to see. Obviously Indicator have done phenomenal work on Boetticher.

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#634 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:08 pm

I'd love to see it too, but it's WB so the odds are, putting it lightly, not good.

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#635 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:10 pm

M Sanderson wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:58 pm
CSM126 wrote:
Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:07 am
Don Siegal’s Madigan, apparently.
more Don Siegel can only be a good thing.
Unless it’s Madigan

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#636 Post by M Sanderson » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:56 am

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:08 pm
I'd love to see it too, but it's WB so the odds are, putting it lightly, not good.
A shame as I believe it’s not had a release since VHS

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#637 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:34 am

WB did put it out on DVD in the U.S. through the Archive line. Barebones but the transfer looks fine.

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#638 Post by Finch » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:20 pm

Thank you M Sanderson for highlighting Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond. I'd not heard of it before and it sounds like a treat. (Goes off to look for the Warner DVD online)

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#639 Post by rapta » Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:34 pm

therewillbeblus wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:10 pm
M Sanderson wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:58 pm
CSM126 wrote:
Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:07 am
Don Siegal’s Madigan, apparently.
more Don Siegel can only be a good thing.
Unless it’s Madigan
Would love to see more Siegel if possible, particularly Edge of Eternity, Stranger on the Run, Death of a Gunfighter, and Two Mules for Sister Sara.

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#640 Post by Finch » Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:24 am

A close up of the back cover on Amazon fr reveals Carlotta licensed After Dark My Sweet from Lionsgate. If Indicator were to strike a deal with Lionsgate, I'd add Bug, the Friedkin film, to my Most Wanted list (I have admittedly no idea if there is even an HD master for it). I've just gotten Carlotta's disc of the Foley (together with Gremilion's L' Etrange Mr Victor) but would also buy a UK edition if it adds more material on top of the director's interview (and Indicator almost certainly would).

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#641 Post by MichaelB » Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:35 pm

I’m beginning to think that this thread should be split in two, one covering its original purpose (i.e. actual concrete indications of incoming Indicator entertainments) and one for something like Idle Inspirations of Idealised Indicator Entertainments.

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#642 Post by therewillbeblus » Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:57 pm

That seems like a fair proposition for organization but hasn’t the Criterion Discussion and Random Speculation thread combined the two for seven iterations now?

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#643 Post by swo17 » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:05 pm

MichaelB wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:35 pm
Idle Inspirations of Idealised Indicator Entertainments.
Inflammations of Inquisitive Indicator Idolaters?

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#644 Post by Finch » Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:46 pm

It was nice to dream while it lasted.

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#645 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:20 am

It does seem Indicator are willing to put out Don Siegel movies when they can, as seen with Charley Varrick, The Lineup & (if the clue has been interpreted correctly) an upcoming Madigan Blu-ray. I’ll certainly support by buying Madigan, and would hope for more Siegel, when materials and rights permit.

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#646 Post by swo17 » Thu Aug 12, 2021 3:59 am

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#647 Post by Dr Amicus » Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:16 am

Naked Alibi? It's Gene Barry, and stills him in that show him dressed in the same clothes.

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#648 Post by soundchaser » Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:22 am

Good spot; that's the last still on this page.

Wonder if that means we're looking at possible Universal Noir sets?

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#649 Post by domino harvey » Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:25 am

I’d hope it’s being packaged with some other films, it’s a bit too ridiculous narratively to stand on its own

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#650 Post by Ribs » Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:54 pm

The crew behind Indicator appeared on the Indicator Cast, and shared some snippets:

(recommend listening to the interview, as it's really interesting!)

-Confirmed titles: Bartleby (1970), The Swimmer (got in exchange for giving Ishtar back to Sony),

-Ishtar had gotten to a point where the studio was asking for significant cuts to every single feature on the disc and to leave off things already licensed for it altogether, and they just decided to cancel the release instead of dropping it all, the studio did not want anything that discussed the film's past reputation at all, too many sensitivities, they could have done a vanilla edition and decided it wasn't in the spirit of the label

-There will be more foreign language titles that for the most part are being restored by Indicator themselves coming in the second half of next year

-There will be UHD releases beginning next year, including some of the aforementioned foreign titles

-The Harryhausen set was basically offset from coinciding with the Anniversary by COVID, it's still not totally locked as a thing that will definitely happen but they remain in positive discussions with the relevant studios

-They tease a very big, exciting announcement coming in the next few weeks that will be made for the company's 5th anniversary ("our biggest announcement in five years")

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