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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:01 pm
by What A Disgrace
My one condition for participating in this sale was that I would finally get Love Me Tonight, but for Filibus I will forsake this condition and participate anyway.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:40 pm
by captveg
More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:
Cannon for Cordoba (1970) (BD) (DVD still available)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) (BD) (DVD still available)
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:27 pm
by dwk
Kino is re-releasing F/X and F/X 2 as a double feature on February 1st.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:25 pm
by captveg
More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:
Cannon for Cordoba (1970) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
Heartbreak Hotel (1988) (DVD) (BD still available)
Running Wild (1927) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
V.I. Warshawski (1991) (DVD) (BD still available)
Removed from the WSL sale and still available:
A Game of Death (1947) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
The Killing of Sister George (1968) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
Trapeze (1956) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) (DVD) (BD previously OOP)
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:27 am
by agnamaracs
Weird. Jess Franco's Female Vampire (a Redemption title) was part of the sale, but now the blu-ray isn't even listed on the site. That was a shoo-in for me, too.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:03 pm
by dwk
Kino's announcement today is Brian Trenchard-Smith's Stunt Rock from a 4K master.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:46 am
by senseabove
Add another log to the "don't pre-order Kino Lorber discs" fire. Apparently
the L/R channels are swapped on the surround mix for
The Hard Target UHD:
Watch the train go by at 20:40, and as it moves from right to left, the audio moves from left to right. There are numerous other instances throughout the movie where there's directional activity that's not properly placed (motorcycles go whizzing by in the wrong direction etc.)
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:47 am
by tenia
Reading this, it'd seem the 5.1 UHD track has an authoring issue while the 2.0 track just has a crappy source as a whole.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:23 pm
by dwk
We QC'd it 13 times, there is nothing wrong with it....it is how John Woo wants it....it is what the studio gave us....all the reviewers gave it a glowing review we will not be offering a replacement....etc.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 7:32 pm
by CSM126
Upcoming Blu-ray.com headline:
“Kino to customers: drop dead”
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 7:38 pm
by domino harvey
It’s still a numbers game overall, but given how few UHDs they’re counting on, you’d think at least those would be given some extra attention
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 7:56 pm
by Glowingwabbit
agnamaracs wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:27 am
Weird. Jess Franco's
Female Vampire (a Redemption title) was part of the sale, but now the blu-ray isn't even listed on the site. That was a shoo-in for me, too.
I've seen this happen to other Redemption titles during sales. Thus far none have returned. Not sure if that's it for Kino selling them or if it's just a long wait for more copies. They can still be found on Amazon..
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:26 pm
by captveg
Glowingwabbit wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 7:56 pm
agnamaracs wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:27 am
Weird. Jess Franco's
Female Vampire (a Redemption title) was part of the sale, but now the blu-ray isn't even listed on the site. That was a shoo-in for me, too.
I've seen this happen to other Redemption titles during sales. Thus far none have returned. Not sure if that's it for Kino selling them or if it's just a long wait for more copies. They can still be found on Amazon..
It usually means they're out of stock and expect to remain out of stock until after the sale is over.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:26 pm
by captveg
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:48 pm
by yoloswegmaster
They are releasing Bruno Dumont's 'France' in February, as well as a Josephine Baker Double Feature ('Princess Tam Tam' and 'Zou Zou').
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:58 pm
by EddieLarkin
Heh, that makes the refusal to do anything about the Silence of the Lambs issues an even bigger slap in the face. On that disc you have an image quality issue that is demonstrably a result of an error, and no sign of the original audio track.
Whilst Hard Target as far as we know has its original track (it may sound phasey, but there's been no suggestion it wasn't this way originally), and the 5.1 remix has a comparatively minor error (ultimately it can be fixed at home, by simply swapping the LS and RS cables at the AVR).
Not to mention the obvious, that SotL is a much bigger title!
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:03 pm
by soundchaser
I wonder if it’s a matter of Kino having to foot the bill to replace certain items or the studio that provided them with an incorrect master shouldering the responsibility.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:13 pm
by captveg
It's much, MUCH easier to fix a flipping of the audio than it is to get a new HDR master. Especially since MGM would need to fix SotL, while Kino can likely fix the HT audio themselves without getting Universal involved, or at least just minimally involved.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:33 pm
by yoloswegmaster
Final Specs for the 'Touch of Evil' 4K UHD release:
DISC 1
Brand New Dolby Vision HDR Master of the Theatrical Cut
NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
Audio Commentary with Writer/Filmmaker F.X. Feeney
Theatrical Trailer
Optional English Subtitles
Triple-Layer UHD100 Disc
DISC 2
Brand New Dolby Vision HDR Master of the Reconstructed Cut
NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
Audio Commentary by Stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh with Reconstruction Producer Rick Schmidlin
EVIL LOST AND FOUND: Featurette
Optional English Subtitles
Triple-Layer UHD100 Disc
DISC 3
Brand New Dolby Vision HDR Master of the Preview Cut
Audio Commentary with Orson Welles Historians Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore
BRINGING EVIL TO LIFE: Featurette
Optional English Subtitles
Triple-Layer UHD100 Disc
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:52 pm
by EddieLarkin
2x 100GB UHDs would have been more than enough to fit 5 and a quarter hours of feature and minimal video extras on. Heck, a 100GB and a 66GB would suffice I bet. Kinda seems like an opportunity to inflate the RRP but eh, it won't stop me buying it. The annoying thing is all that spare space probably won't help much if they hire the same people to encode as they did Invasion of the Body Snatchers (their earlier discs are absolutely perfect, so they know someone out there who knows what they're doing!).
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 pm
by Maltic
5 commentaries for the same film might be a record
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:00 pm
by ryannichols7
I can't help but wonder what the new commentaries can add. very curious what the approaches are on each
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:08 pm
by Ribs
Yikes, $80 MSRP and available from Kino for $48 - that’s crazy.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:22 pm
by ChunkyLover
Maltic wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 pm
5 commentaries for the same film might be a record
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" and "The Thing" have five different commentaries but are across multiple releases and not on one release.
Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:31 pm
by PfR73
ChunkyLover wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:22 pm
Maltic wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 pm
5 commentaries for the same film might be a record
"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" and "The Thing" have five different commentaries but are across multiple releases and not on one release.
Hot Fuzz has 5 commentaries on a single release.