200 Irréversible

[soundchaser]

I'm certainly happy to see y'all break the "rule," whether it was ever established internally, publicly stated, or just all in our heads. And to that point, I can't seem to find any mention from you of that rule being a rule, but a quick search of the speculation thread turns up lots of people mentioning it, so I have to imagine it was stated a little more clearly somewhere...

MichaelB, from Facebook, admittedly back before they released Ninety Degrees in the Shade:

As for non-English-language films, the current policy is to stick with exclusively English-language films, but never say never. As it happens, there's an upcoming Indicator title that will be presented in two distinctly different versions, one entirely in a foreign language, since it was an international co-production that was shot twice over with actors speaking the relevant version's language whenever possible (so we're talking visibly different takes, a more complex situation than a mere dub), and as luck would have it the licensing deal included the rights to both versions. But since the film is much better known in the English version (thanks to most of the leads and the scriptwriter being British), it's not quite the same thing.

So not necessarily a hard and fast rule, but certainly an implication. And I'm sure it wasn't the only one. I don't think it's unreasonable for us to raise an eyebrow about this.

[senseabove]

Nah, my point is that I'm raising both eyebrows at the possibilities. I'm fine with Indicator "diluting the brand" of comprehensive, obscure releases that we love them for by expanding to comprehensive, obscure non-English releases.

I still want a *@$&^#! "Sirk at Universal" box, though.

[mizo]

Broken record: Please use the mad money this brings to fund boxes of Deville, Chabrol, Ruiz, and Mouret

I have nothing to add to this but YES YES YES PLEASE

[knives]

Broken record: Please use the mad money this brings to fund boxes of Deville, Chabrol, Ruiz, and Mouret

Chabrol was literally the first thought that passed my mind. Somebody please give me The Hatter’s Ghost.

[therewillbeblus]

Broken record: Please use the mad money this brings to fund boxes of Deville, Chabrol, Ruiz, and Mouret

Hell, if this gives enough to grease the wheels for whatever muscle is holding up California Split, it's a win

[andyli]

Did the German release from last month (compared here) use the same 4K restoration? Looking at the screenshots I couldn't believe it's a new 4K scan. There's practically no improvements on previous transfers.

[Adam X]

2. I hope Indicator realizes that this decision to release a foreign language film is...something they can't go back on

I'm strangely encouraged by how repeatedly unacknowledged this question is here and elsewhere...

It was mentioned in the Indicator podcast interview released late last year that they've decided to start branching out into non-English language films.

[MichaelB]

Did the German release from last month (compared here) use the same 4K restoration? Looking at the screenshots I couldn't believe it's a new 4K scan. There's practically no improvements on previous transfers.

I haven’t seen either the German release or the master that Indicator will be using, but bear in mind that this film was shot on Super 16, so there’s an absolute upper limit to the amount of detail that can be extracted from this material.

[andyli]

Fair point. At least I can trust Indicator to have rendered the grains better than appeared in those German screenshots.

[mhofmann]

Did the German release from last month (compared here) use the same 4K restoration? Looking at the screenshots I couldn't believe it's a new 4K scan. There's practically no improvements on previous transfers.

I haven’t seen either the German release or the master that Indicator will be using, but bear in mind that this film was shot on Super 16, so there’s an absolute upper limit to the amount of detail that can be extracted from this material.

True, but I have a pretty good feeling what Super 16 grain might look like... and whatever the German/French release has delivered unfortunately doesn't look like it. Instead it looks harshly digital, with clumpy, processed approximations of what once was grain.

[yoloswegmaster]

Someone on the blu forum emailed Indicator about the transfer, and apparently there is no 4K restoration for it and it seems like they will use the same transfer from past releases.

[tenia]

I regret not seeing the re-release in theater to have gauged what was shown there but the comparisons I saw indeed look like the original cut is pretty much the same old source and that the new cut is using the same digital master as a source since they all are sharing the same "pixels", which seems unlikely if the workflow went back to the film elements.

[MichaelB]

Update from Powerhouse:

As you may be aware, during the past month or so there have been some problems with the Amazon listing for our forthcoming IRREVERSIBLE Limited Edition. We're extremely pleased to announce that these issues have now been completely resolved.

Additionally, some news on the restoration: following conversations with Gaspar Noé and Studiocanal, we have confirmation that the feature presentation is not from a 4K restoration, as was previously announced, but rather a 2K one. The film was originally post-produced at 2K (meaning a true 4K version will never be possible). The restorations of both cuts of the film were prepared in 2019, with Noé himself overseeing all aspects.

Final specs for IRREVERSIBLE will be announced very soon, including a number of exciting new additions. We are extremely proud of the work that has gone into making this release as good as it possibly can be, and we can't wait for you to see the results.