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It's my favorite Ferrara and Keitel is certainly my favorite Ferrara performance, his nudity isn't nearly as shocking as watching and listening to him cry.

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dwk wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:22 pm Bad Lieutenant UHD is coming from KLSC (probably their best Lionsgate pick up.)

Judging from the comments, I appear to be the only one excited for this release 8-[

Jokes aside, I'm just hoping Kino is wise enough (and legally allowed) to use the original soundtrack, though I'm not holding my breath that they will

I’m sure enquiries would have been made, but my understanding is that it’s not so much a question of money as of Jimmy Page personally sanctioning the use of the Led Zeppelin sample that caused the controversy in the first place.

And he hasn’t said yes thus far, so a safe bet would be another “no” unless Kino confirm otherwise - and since this would be a really whopping selling point one would have expected it to be mentioned in the specs if they’d achieved a breakthrough.

jsteffe wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:11 am Herzog's film offers screen-chewing hysterics from Nicholas Cage and and a scene shot in Iguanacam. Ferrara's film only has Harvey Keitel in the nude. There's really no contest between them.

You can get good Keitel nudity from other films, too. Personally, I prefer The Piano for that.

I’ve just done a bit more digging and it seems that Jimmy Page’s refusal to license the relevant sample is most likely connected to personally abusive comments that Abel Ferrara made about him during the original copyright kerfuffle - the evidence being that Page has subsequently licensed the same sample elsewhere.

And if that’s the case, the original version of Bad Lieutenant isn’t going to be reissued legally within Page’s lifetime (as an absolute minimum).

feihong wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:08 am

jsteffe wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:11 am Herzog's film offers screen-chewing hysterics from Nicholas Cage and and a scene shot in Iguanacam. Ferrara's film only has Harvey Keitel in the nude. There's really no contest between them.

You can get good Keitel nudity from other films, too. Personally, I prefer The Piano for that.

I never was able to see this, but apparently at the MTV Movie Awards in 1994, they had a joke where Harvey Keitel was the only nominee for "best nude actor" with several nominations spanning Bad Lieutenant, The Piano, etc. I was told they capped off the joke by having a censored naked man leaping out of his seat and running up to the podium.

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Night Strangler (1973) (BD)

More Billy Wilder on 4K, as Stalag 17 will be getting a UHD release.

I find it funny that the KL Insider said that Witness for the Prosecution wouldn't be a good seller on 4K but then release a film that is less popular.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:13 pm More Billy Wilder on 4K, as Stalag 17 will be getting a UHD release

For those keeping track...

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New 2023 HDR/Dolby Vision Master!

I don’t want to clutter up the board with shipping complaints so I’m sorry in advance, but I placed an order with Kino back on the 9th of February fully aware they were moving warehouses and all that. But I haven’t heard any update and the order still has a status of “order taken.” Has anyone had a similar experience?

I think they've just recently got things rolling again, so probably going to take a bit yet for them to catch up.

Today's KLSC announcement: Paint Your Wagon



Gonna paint our wagon,
Gonna paint it good,
We ain't braggin',
We're gonna coat that wood.

They're gonna paint that wagon,
They're gonna paint it good,
They ain't braggin',
They're gonna coat that wood.

Gonna paint your wagon,
Gonna paint it fine,
Gonna use oil-based paint
'Cause the wood is pine

Ponderosa Pine, ooo-ooo...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56) UHD

Hopefully the supplementary materials from the olive signature edition will be included, so I can sell that package off.

I'm curious about who did the 4K master of Body Snatchers? Is this a situation where Paramount started it and handed it off to Kino to finish? Or is Paramount handing them a finished master? (Or, to put it bluntly, what are the odds that Paramount blasted the master with excessive DNR?)

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Associate (1996) (BD) (DVD still available)
Compulsion (1959) (BD)
Deceived (1991) (BD) (500 copies re-print)
Misterjaw (The DePatie-Freleng Collection) (1976) (BD) (DVD still available)
Spaced Invaders (1990) (BD) (DVD still available)

dwk wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:04 pm KLSC announced they are releasing Bug on UHD.

Frank Tarzi did an interview with Cereal at Midnight and said this will likely be cancelled (They are still waiting on Hurricane Billy to approve the color of To Live and Die in LA).

He also said they are releasing Columbo on Blu-ray.

That really bugs me

dwk wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:15 pmHe also said they are releasing Columbo on Blu-ray.

Seems like that will be an expensive undertaking. The complete series DVD set is 34 discs.

dwk wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:15 pm

dwk wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:04 pm KLSC announced they are releasing Bug on UHD.

Frank Tarzi did an interview with Cereal at Midnight and said this will likely be cancelled (They are still waiting on Hurricane Billy to approve the color of To Live and Die in LA).

Did seem too good to be true. Damn it. Can they at least release it on Blu-Ray?

If they have an HD master, I would assume they can. I didn't listen to the interview, but from comments in the Kino thread from people who did listen, it seems they don't want to play the waiting game with Friedkin again.

…

Columbo is going to be released across two sets. I believe they plan to have them both out this year.

The Complete Colombo set from Japan was fully English-friendly (including SDH English subtitles).
Would there be any unique features to this set?

Someone on the Blu-ray forum said that Tarzi said they will have audio commentaries.

Today's announcement is a BD from a 4k restoration of The Day and the Hour (1963) Starring Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli, Reggie Nalder & Marcel Bozzuffi – Shot by Henri Decaë (Le Samouraï) – Directed by René Clément (Is Paris Burning?)