Imprint

[Finch]

Yeah good call, and not the most horrible price for five films, a documentary and a hard cover book. The $110 for a single film (TCM 2003) on the other hand is extortionate. I must say the Kingdom series UHD is tempting too.

Edit: anyone know if the Blu-ray edition of The Kingdom is also a Fidelity encode? It's a $50 difference between the 4K and BDs.

[Finch]

I asked Imprint and they confirmed the BD set is Fidelity encoded too. That'll do just fine for me.

[Zot!]

I asked Imprint and they confirmed the BD set is Fidelity encoded too. That'll do just fine for me.

I am sure you are aware, but the Zentropa Von Trier remasters are an interesting lot. In this case Kingdom's first two seasons were shot super 16 cropped to 4:3 and processed on video for PAL broadcast. For the the remaster they went back the film and re-applied the aggressive processing digitally that now preserved the maximum resolution and re-cropped the film for widescreen television. I already own the MUBI set, so I'm not too tempted by this, but interestingly MUBI released this in the original 25fps AND 24fps...but I assume Imprint will stick to 24fps for maximum compatibility.

All this to say that while FiM will probably do a bang up job here, the show is already a weird assemblage of original material updated for today's tech.

[domino harvey]

Powell and Pressberger vol 1 is getting a standard release (so multi disc in one case versus individual cases) in October

[swo17]

A new series called British Bloodlines, the first volume of which features four films starring Joan Collins:

Revenge
Quest for Love
Dark Places
The Monster

[JSC]

Imprint will be releasing Directed by... Steven Soderbergh, which will include:

Kafka / Mr. Kneff
King of the Hill
The Underneath

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=39098



Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

[Maltic]

Imprint will be releasing Directed by... Steven Soderbergh, which will include:

Kafka / Mr. Kneff
King of the Hill
The Underneath

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=39098



Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

Imprint don't usually break up their box sets, do they?

Or maybe you're counting on a US or UK label.

[JSC]

They have in the past. For example with the Gene Hackman set I was able to get individual titles.
Maybe it depends on the set. Whether its Imprint or another label I'll still wait since I already own
the other two in the box.

[domino harvey]

Only interested in Kafka, so I might wait until it gets a separate release. (Strangely, it
appears that the dubbed Mr. Kneff will have burned-in subtitles).

That’s because of how Soderbergh re-edited it to be silent, it’s intentional

[JSC]

That’s because of how Soderbergh re-edited it to be silent, it’s intentional

I'm a bit confused... as in a silent film? The last bit of news I heard was that the film was being
re-dubbed with a German language soundtrack.

[domino harvey]

I was going off on Imprint’s description, perhaps it is I who am confused