Twilight Time / Redwind

[beamish13]

Silver and Heard also collaborated on Between the Lines, which is another MGM title that has been released as an MOD and would be a great pickup for Twilight Time.

[Rayon Vert]

Excellent news about Chilly Scenes of Winter. A superb film, one of the very best of the 70's.

Any dissenting opinions? This would be a blind buy for me, but at TT's costs I think twice.

[FrauBlucher]

Pick up the UK Blu, it carries over the same commentary from the Fox DVD that'll no doubt pop up here.

Thanks for the suggestion. Will do that. I was hoping to see if the Hathaway phantom page may be this title.

[captveg]

The 1953 Columbia 3D western Gun Fury has been confirmed to be on tap for a 2017 release.

[domino harvey]

Already posted last week (see previous page)—"Don't delay as it's gone in 4 weeks!" Now it's down to 18 days, and I look forward to more hard sell between now and the fateful midnight hour of 9/12:
Hey, dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 2 weeks! Now you have no excuses!
Hey, dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 3 days! Now you have no excuses! None!
Hey, last-second dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 2 seconds! Now you have no excuses! None! Why didn't you add this to your collection before literally the last second? Your loss.

You can't make this shit up: It's fucking up for sale again

It went out of print, and then we were asked by the studio to put it up for sale again.

[hearthesilence]

Weird. Well, at least Bonjour Tristesse is now on sale by itself, I'll probably pick that up.

[captveg]

Already posted last week (see previous page)—"Don't delay as it's gone in 4 weeks!" Now it's down to 18 days, and I look forward to more hard sell between now and the fateful midnight hour of 9/12:
Hey, dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 2 weeks! Now you have no excuses!
Hey, dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 3 days! Now you have no excuses! None!
Hey, last-second dawdlers! This will be OUT OF PRINT in 2 seconds! Now you have no excuses! None! Why didn't you add this to your collection before literally the last second? Your loss.

You can't make this shit up: It's fucking up for sale again

It went out of print, and then we were asked by the studio to put it up for sale again.

At least it's still discounted to $10. Whoever the rights reverted to must not have immediate plans to reissue it.

[hearthesilence]

Saw Bonjour Tristesse last night - had it for days now as it shipped pretty fast. Transfer's excellent, and the film is even better than I remembered. Godard was famously inspired by Seberg's performance, casting her in Breathless and calling that role a "continuation" of this one, and I remember being a little surprised by that when I first saw this film because Seberg came off pretty wooden compared to the others. But then I realized Godard may not have been that fluent in English when he saw this, and when you're not a native speaker of the language spoken by an actor, the way you assess that performance can change a bit. So with that in mind, I paid less attention to her line readings and more to her facial expressions and body movements (arguably the most important elements in film acting), and it does make an enormous difference - you can see how great Seberg can be expressing everything visually.

Once you accept the shortcomings of the dialogue - the source material was written by a teenager, and to me at least, it really shows - the film does indeed feel like a masterpiece, a great example of Preminger's abilities at his peak. Absolutely wonderfully composed, the camera work is perfect, you can easily see how it was a huge inspiration on Godard, with some scenes serving as clear templates for his own compositions.

[domino harvey]

It's likely that the film was dubbed into French, actually. Many of the Hollywood films the Cahiers crew loved were not seen in the original language

[hearthesilence]

Ah, then things would make even more sense!

[domino harvey]

A limited special offer from TWILIGHT TIME this Wednesday, November 9th at 4 PM Eastern Time - an autographed copy of AT CLOSE RANGE - signed by Director JAMES FOLEY! This will be available to those customers who spend a minimum of $149.75, before shipping, on other TWILIGHT TIME product. You must add the signed edition to your cart and check out successfully with an order confirmation number to qualify. There will be a page just like the other titles to be added to your cart located on the homepage within the TWILIGHT TIME new releases box. This is a first come first serve offer, with a limit of one per customer. YOU MUST HAVE THE QUALIFYING TWILIGHT TIME ITEMS WITHIN YOUR CURRENT ORDER, NO PREVIOUS ORDERS OR FUTURE ORDERS QUALIFY.

[Cronenfly]

A limited special offer from TWILIGHT TIME this Wednesday, November 9th at 4 PM Eastern Time - an autographed copy of AT CLOSE RANGE - signed by Director JAMES FOLEY! This will be available to those customers who spend a minimum of $149.75, before shipping, on other TWILIGHT TIME product. You must add the signed edition to your cart and check out successfully with an order confirmation number to qualify. There will be a page just like the other titles to be added to your cart located on the homepage within the TWILIGHT TIME new releases box. This is a first come first serve offer, with a limit of one per customer. YOU MUST HAVE THE QUALIFYING TWILIGHT TIME ITEMS WITHIN YOUR CURRENT ORDER, NO PREVIOUS ORDERS OR FUTURE ORDERS QUALIFY.

There are still copies of this available as of this writing. I know it's a bit like playing Russian Roulette now that Indicator and Signal One are apt to pick up any/all of the Sony/Fox/MGM titles TT are handling, but I figure there are a number available right now that are either unlikely to get released elsewhere or are as good as they are going to get transfer and extra wise (Inserts, Cutter's Way, Hardcore, The World of Henry Orient, American Buffalo, Lenny, and Pretty Poison all passed this test for me). Still overpriced, but the signed offers probably represent the best deal one is apt to get on these (plus American Buffalo remains only $10). Would pick up some of the Loaches or Neil Jordan's Angel, but the lack of subs really pisses me off (ditto the crap yellow non-removable subs on the Truffauts).

[fdm]

Interesting. Just got an email from Screen Archives regarding there being (nothing but Twilight Time) items in my wish list or cart so here's a 10% off discount code. But the exclusions: "THIS DISCOUNT DOES NOT APPLY TO CODE RED, SCORPION RELEASING OR TWILIGHT TIME MOVIE TITLES. ANY OF THESE TITLES ADDED TO THE ORDER WITH THE DISCOUNT WILL BE CANCELED." Oh well, looks like I just saved 100%.

[Feego]

I got the same e-mail and also only have Twilight Time items in my cart/wish list. I've received similar e-mail discount codes before. It's just a promotion that comes up periodically from Screen Archives that has nothing to do with Twilight Time specifically (even if that's all you have in your cart).

[fdm]

What I trying to point out was that previous such coupons didn't have such limitations. (At least the few I received in the past.)

[pointless]

Stardust Memories (Woody Allen, 1980)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet artwork:

[pointless]

Nicholas Nickleby (Douglas McGrath, 2002)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Director Douglas McGrath
  Creating a Classic: The Making of Nicholas Nickleby
  The Cast on the Cast
  View on the Set Multi-Angle Feature
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet artwork:

[pointless]

The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and David Del Valle
  Stills Gallery from the Del Valle Archive
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet artwork:

[pointless]

The Keys of the Kingdom (John M. Stahl, 1944)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians Kenneth Geist and Chris Mankiewicz
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet artwork:

[What A Disgrace]

Barefoot Contessa and Keys to the Kingdom! That's a least two titles that I want

to wait and see if Signal One or Arrow or MoC or maybe even the BFI will release.

[pointless]

The Bullet Train (aka Shinkansen Daibakuha) (Junya Sato, 1975)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Music & Effects Track
  Big Movie, Big Panic: Junya Sato on The Bullet Train

Booklet artwork:

[pointless]

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Release Date: Mid-December, 2016.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, November 30th at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:

• Isolated Score Track
  Audio Commentary with Film Historians Randall Cook, C. Courtney Joyner, and Steven C. Smith
  The Making of The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
  The Harryhausen Chronicles
  This Is Dynamation!
  Original Theatrical Trailer

Booklet artwork:

[Gregory]

Is Twilight Time now having cover designs done by children coloring them in with marking pens? Pretty sure that Gulliver never wore a pink hat, purple waistcoat, and red stockings in that film! Another amazing TT eyesore.

[jsteffe]

My guess is that their regular artist quit unexpectedly.

[domino harvey]

I believe it's actually from the opening credits: