Vinegar Syndrome and Their Partner Labels

[therewillbeblus]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Yes, I liked it but not nearly as much as Genèse or Les Démons

[Red Screamer]

Several Futures continues to have out the coolest output. The Razor’s Edge is an impressionistic portrait of adolescence numbed by / dazzled by / scarred by endless war. Saab invents a fragile fiction in the ruins of her own city while the bullets and the bombs are really still flying in the background. Plus, Juliet Berto shows up for reasons I can’t remember. It’s a bit scattershot, but I found it inspired and moving.

[TechnicolorAcid]

I didn’t realize it but Vinegar Syndrome is releasing Night School on 4K (probably because I’m so used to seeing the theatrical poster instead of the cover art VS used) and while it’s not a good movie at all and remains a blur, it does have the sexiest use of a pomegranate I’ve seen captured on film so it has that going for it. Haven’t seen Body Snatchers but I’ll probably check it out before buying it and I do love seeing more Ferrara on 4K.

[Aunt Peg]

Tiki Tiki is huge. I’m really impressed by what Canadian International did with it, and this is exactly the kind of film that I hope they continue releasing

I've been wanting to see this for over 3 decades. Hope it may have been coming since it was recently restored and I'm so pleased to see it make it's physical media premiere (if I'm not mistaken).

[Aunt Peg]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Not in the same league as Genesis (2018) or The Demons (2015). I can't remember if it is largely shot in extreme close-up or long shots, and I can't tell from the trailer. The style made the film very distancing to me and somewhat uninvolving.

[spectre]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Yes, I liked it but not nearly as much as Genèse or Les Démons

I’d mostly agree with this – Who by Fire doesn’t quite reach the transcendent power of Genesis, but it’s still a nuanced and at times intense exercise in putting a bunch of people together in one space and letting the various tensions slowly ratchet up. There’s also a bunch of magic-realist-style formalist flourishes, some of which work better than others.

Not sure if people have seen these, but a couple of recent films Who by Fire reminded me of a lot were Good One and Falcon Lake, and of those three I’d say Lesage’s film is easily the most successful. If you liked either of those then I can’t imagine you wouldn’t enjoy this one at least as much.

[dwk]

Mixed Blood UHD is part of today's daily deals. $18 for the limited edition and $13.50 for the standard edition. And thw Go Fish Blu-ray is also part of today's deals, $14 for the limited edition and $12 for the standard.

[luxta]

VSA are releasing Faces of Death Part II (1981) on 4K.

Spoiler

Additional info:

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original negative elements
Alternate 78-minute U.S. Video Version of FACES OF DEATH II (sourced from video)
A never-before-seen deleted scene from FACES OF DEATH II (5 min)
Footage from the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, which was included in some home video versions of FACES OF DEATH II (3 min)
Video trailer
Reversible sleeve artwork
English SDH subtitles

[What A Disgrace]

Reviver 3 has 24 short films, several of them animated and one of them an Oscar winner, totaling four hours, and includes commentary by "REVIVER programming team (and guests!)", totaling four hours in length.

[Yakushima]

Marcel Pagnol: My Father's Glory, My Mother's Castle is part of today's daily deals. $15.99 for standard, $17.99 for limited.

[mfunk9786]

They’re really hyping up whatever they’re announcing on the 5th…

“Then, on the 5th, get ready for the most unlikely 4K UHD debut in the history of the format. We kid you not…”

[MichaelB]

Something shot in Pixelvision?

[hearthesilence]

Something shot in Pixelvision?

I posted about this, but a new restoration of Nadja premiered at MoMA back in January (I was there - a memorable evening, even Hal Hartley came out for it) and it later opened at BAM. So I'm guessing Nadja?

(If it wasn't for that, I would've guessed Another Girl Another Planet which makes far more extensive use of Pixelvision, but I imagine a 4K master of Nadja is ready to go and hence ripe for a UHD reissue.)

Also, in case anyone missed it, Michael Almereyda's producers did say the next restoration of his films (currently being worked on with Criterion) would be his adaptation of Hamlet.

[CSM126]

Something shot in Pixelvision?

I posted about this, but a new restoration of Nadja premiered at MoMA back in January (I was there - a memorable evening, even Hal Hartley came out for it) and it later opened at BAM. So I'm guessing Nadja?

(If it wasn't for that, I would've guessed Another Girl Another Planet which makes far more extensive use of Pixelvision, but I imagine a 4K master of Nadja is ready to go and hence ripe for a UHD reissue.)

Also, in case anyone missed it, Michael Almereyda's producers did say the next restoration of his films (currently being worked on with Criterion) would be his adaptation of Hamlet.

Nadja is credited to Grasshopper and Arbelos, neither of whom I’m aware of having a licensing agreement with VS (or anyone else). I’d expect Arbelos to release that themselves.

Knowing VS they’ll issue something shot on shitteo as a 4K disc because they know someone will pay $80 for it.

[dwk]

The announcement on the 5th ia a Vinegar Syndrome Archive title and those have mostly been low budget shlock

[rwiggum]

They’re really hyping up whatever they’re announcing on the 5th…

“Then, on the 5th, get ready for the most unlikely 4K UHD debut in the history of the format. We kid you not…”

The full cut of the Zapruder film with over 4 hours of special features