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Posted: **Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:17 am**

Never Cursed wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:44 pmWell those are certainly some obstacles! I thought there were some types of DCP software that could run natively on Windows, though, would those not work around at least the OS issues?

I’m not sure about software for DCP playback without the key. I could only the fear from Hollywood studios if the encryption was cracked and films could just be uploaded online. I also don’t believe DCPs are standard playback of a single compressed video file and actually have multiple components to them. I have made my own DCPs to play on cinema projectors, but never have got one to play back on a computer.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:12 pm**

Janus now has a page up for Smooth Talk.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:14 pm**

jwd5275 wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:12 pm Janus now has a page up for Smooth Talk.

A wonderful film. I guess Olive lost the rights?

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:18 pm**

Great news! I came close to buying that Olive release multiple times and now will await patiently for the Criterion. I have to echo Domino and say it’s excellent.

Posted: **Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:21 pm**

Great news indeed. Hopefully they pull together the rich special edition this film deserves. Smooth Talk is exceptional.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:55 pm**

Flowers of Shanghai has been added to Janus' site (credit to Scottie at the Blu-ray.com forum for pointing this out)

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:30 pm**

I've seen the new 4k restoration a few days ago and while it definitely looks like a recent work, I can't say I was convinced by its smooth aspect.
I also quite disliked the movie, which I find was spending a lot of energy frustrating and keeping at distance the viewer, in an almost punishing manner.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:35 pm**

I mean getting a good quality release of something by Hou Hsiao-Hsien is good right? I long for a better release of A City of Sadness.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:12 pm**

I'm quite sure this will be a major upgrade over whatever was the previous video release (if any) of the movie. But still, it seemed noticeably DNRed.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:28 pm**

Big Ben wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:35 pm I mean getting a good quality release of something by Hou Hsiao-Hsien is good right? I long for a better release of A City of Sadness.

Good quality + not letterboxed for 4:3 televisions!

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:34 pm**

tenia wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:30 pm I also quite disliked the movie, which I find was spending a lot of energy frustrating and keeping at distance the viewer, in an almost punishing manner.

I take it you're not a Hou fan in general then.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:41 pm**

Loved The Boys from Fengkuei, quite liked Green Green Grass of Home, got bored by Cute Girl, hated The Assassin.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:44 pm**

tenia wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:12 pm I'm quite sure this will be a major upgrade over whatever was the previous video release (if any) of the movie. But still, it seemed noticeably DNRed.

Did you watch the Taiwan blu-ray? I have it and it has poor encoding with tons of banding. Criterion will absolutely do a much better job with it and likely (hopefully) not utilize DNR.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:52 pm**

No, I've seen the 4k restoration in theaters (so DCP).

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:12 am**

Page for Jan Oxford's 'Thank You and Good Night'

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:25 am**

tenia wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:12 pm I'm quite sure this will be a major upgrade over whatever was the previous video release (if any) of the movie. But still, it seemed noticeably DNRed.

I remember it being dimly lit & a bit hazy when I saw it in the 90s at the PFA. From the look, I assumed it was shot on (90s) digital. I loved it & picked up the US dvd when it came out, but felt the severity of the letterboxing really diminished the film's impact. Its been one of several titles on my Criterion wishlist of 90s letterboxed dvds (along with L'Humanite, Beau Travail, For Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train, Indochine, Father and Son, & Raise The Red Lantern). So here's hoping.

Posted: **Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:00 pm**

Lowry_Sam wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:25 amI remember it being dimly lit & a bit hazy when I saw it in the 90s at the PFA. From the look, I assumed it was shot on (90s) digital.

It's very much 35mm (and in fact Hou is yet to make a feature on anything else). The dimness and haziness is by design; Lee Ping-bing has told of being directed by Hou to turn the lights down until Lee warned him that anything lower would risk nothing registering on the film, at which point Hou would focus on something else for a few minutes before going back to Lee and directing him to turn the lights down again.

Posted: **Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:17 pm**

The poster for Smooth Talk, which will surely be the Criterion cover:

And the description:

Janus Films wrote:Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” and produced for PBS’ American Playhouse, the narrative debut from director Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance from Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration as it transforms the ingredients of a standard coming of age portrait into something altogether more troubling and profound.

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:37 pm**

The World of Wong War Wai is now listed on front page

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:39 pm**

2046 better be in the box or we riot

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:55 pm**

That might honestly be the dealbreaker for me

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:49 am**

Rest easy, I assure you 2046 will be in the box.

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:15 am**

yes but what about my blueberry nights?

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:37 am**

jwo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:49 am Rest easy, I assure you 2046 will be in the box.

But what about Ashes of Time?

Posted: **Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:56 am**

Pages for 'Celine and Julie Go Boating' and 'Mirror' are up on the Janus site.

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