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I can't believe they missed their chance with this Kim Novak set to bring Strangers When We Meet back in print. I wonder if they would ever license it to Criterion (if Criterion would ever be interested)?

Gregory wrote:I can't believe they missed their chance with this Kim Novak set to bring Strangers When We Meet back in print. I wonder if they would ever license it to Criterion (if Criterion would ever be interested)?

Yup, it sure seems like a wasted opportunity.

Gregory wrote:I can't believe they missed their chance with this Kim Novak set to bring Strangers When We Meet back in print. I wonder if they would ever license it to Criterion (if Criterion would ever be interested)?

Several of their Richard Quine titles went OOP... I wonder if Sony'd ever consider him high-profile enough for a director's set?

Matt wrote:I just saw the new documentary on Candy Darling and learned that if it weren't for Kim Novak, there probably would not have been a Candy Darling (at least not the particular iteration we got), so she gets a pass from me.

Sorry to go OT, Matt, but how was the Darling doc?

It was okay. Totally lacking in narrative focus, but full of interesting vintage footage and audio recordings. Worth watching when it eventually runs on the Sundance Channel or gets released on DVD.

zq333zq wrote:

Gregory wrote:I can't believe they missed their chance with this Kim Novak set to bring Strangers When We Meet back in print. I wonder if they would ever license it to Criterion (if Criterion would ever be interested)?

Yup, it sure seems like a wasted opportunity.

To my eternal chagrin, we've lost the rights to STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET. I mentioned to Criterion. Would be a great, great title for them in my opinion.

Did a lot of Quine films expire because the rights holders are shopping them around? Paramount's Suzie Wong and Sony's Solid Gold Cadillac also just went out of print. These are low, low profile films, I can't imagine that whoever owns them thinks they can find a better deal out there in this market, but it seems like more than a coincidence

domino harvey wrote:Did a lot of Quine films expire because the rights holders are shopping them around? Paramount's Suzie Wong and Sony's Solid Gold Cadillac also just went out of print. These are low, low profile films, I can't imagine that whoever owns them thinks they can find a better deal out there in this market, but it seems like more than a coincidence

SOLID GOLD CADILLAC has actually been OOP for awhile, but Sony still has all rights.

zq333zq wrote:

Gregory wrote:I can't believe they missed their chance with this Kim Novak set to bring Strangers When We Meet back in print. I wonder if they would ever license it to Criterion (if Criterion would ever be interested)?

Yup, it sure seems like a wasted opportunity.

i've not seen the film, but that post made me want to more than just about any other i've seen on any blog. If the film is half as evocative as that piece, then it sounds fascinating.

Matt wrote:It was okay. Totally lacking in narrative focus, but full of interesting vintage footage and audio recordings. Worth watching when it eventually runs on the Sundance Channel or gets released on DVD.

Thanks. I'll certainly track it down now. Was Peter Hujar interviewed?

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:Was Peter Hujar interviewed?

No, but Fran Lebowitz and Jayne County are, with hilarious results.

Beaver's review of 'Human Desire' from the upcoming Noir vol. 2 box is not so hot.

Beaver's review of the entire set

Given the disappointing news about Human Desire -- after such a long wait -- has anybody seen the Spanish release? Is it from the same source as the Japanese DVD?

There were two different Human Desire releases in Spain - from Suevia Films and from Columbia/Sony as part of "New Columbia Classics" line. Which one do you have?

Good lord those are some really crappy subtitles.

Indeed.

Very botched job on the subs from Sony...

Is the R2 release for Experiment in Terror a Moviemail exclusive? I can't find it anywhere else. The £11.99 price + shipping is a bit high for me.

marnum wrote:Is the R2 release for Experiment in Terror a Moviemail exclusive? I can't find it anywhere else. The £11.99 price + shipping is a bit high for me.

There's a German release from Sony available at Amazon.de

jojo wrote:Good lord those are some really crappy subtitles.

no kidding...not only the awful gold but putting them in gray boxes? wtf were they thinking?

This was brought to my attention by Eddie Muller regarding Simon Abrams' inability to distinguish Kim Novak from Deborah Kerr when the "critic" has the film, the packaging, and IMDb right in front of him...

Everything about the Pushover section is a joke-- what person even semiliterate in film in his right mind wouldn't invoke Double Indemnity before Flubber in connection to this film? And Ms Kerr had only been working at least ten years prior to Novak, an actress she in no way shape or form resembles. And such a mistake also betrays ignorance of one of the classic Sternberg/Deitrich relationships in Hollywood, of Quine/Novak, which of course started here. This is why no one takes the internet seriously

HistoryProf wrote:

jojo wrote:Good lord those are some really crappy subtitles.

no kidding...not only the awful gold but putting them in gray boxes? wtf were they thinking?

They wanted to recreate a VHS feeling for the fanboys who owned them back in the days...

Ovader wrote:This was brought to my attention by Eddie Muller regarding Simon Abrams' inability to distinguish Kim Novak from Deborah Kerr when the "critic" has the film, the packaging, and IMDb right in front of him...

The confusion probably arose because each starred in a famous movie with a climax involving a nun ringing a bell and a fall from a high place. I'm always confusing Kathleen Byron and Jimmy Stewart.

A Spanish website alleges that Sony have announced a Blu-Ray of Bridge on the River Kwai for fourth quarter 2010 release

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