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Thank you for the feedback everyone. Adding this to my wish list.

Not a film I like at all, but the DVD for it looked truly awful so it’s nice that it’s been restored

I've never had the desire to see any Hemingway adaptation, but if done right I'd expect this one to work more than most with this medium

Haven’t read the novel but the film is so, so boring

None of his novels are particularly 'action-packed' but comparatively, that one is the most, so I could see it being crafted as a decent war mini-epic. That's why I don't want to see the film adaptations - I love a few of his novels, yet their strengths are not actionably observable

I kind of like Borzage's A Farewell to Arms even though it's absolutely ridiculous. My memory of For Whom... is that it was just punishingly long.

therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:36 pm I've never had the desire to see any Hemingway adaptation, but if done right I'd expect this one to work more than most with this medium

The Killers (either version)? To Have and Have Not? The Breaking Point? All are well worth seeing.

True, I haven't read To Have and Have Now and The Killers are more inspired by a short than a straight adaptation. I was only thinking of the key works, i.e. the multiple adaptations of Farewell to Arms

Islands in the Stream is also excellent. Petrov’s The Old Man and the Sea is honestly one of the best films ever.

Hawks's To Have and Have Not and Borzage's A Farewell to Arms are the two best IMHO, but the former isn't the best example because it's more or less a whole new work made for the screen. (If Hawks isn't exaggerating too much, it was never meant to be an adaptation of the original story, mainly because he thought it was Hemingway's worst book with only certain elements that were usable. IIRC he claimed Hemingway admitted to him that he wrote the book "for the money.")

A Farewell to Arms is interesting because in a lot of ways Borzage and Hemingway's best work had opposing sensibilities - in this case, Borzage's wins out (especially with an ending that could only come from Borzage), but you can also see what Hemingway's material brought to the film's aesthetic beyond supplying characters and a story. Great film, but it's a better representation of Borzage's art than Hemingway's.

Has anyone's order from the spring sale shipped? I placed my order on April 9, but so far it hasn't moved.

I ordered the 6th, it shipped out a week later, but I think there has been talk that they’re waiting for restocks on some titles.

I placed my order April 8 and I received an email yesterday (22nd) saying it was now prepared and ready to ship.

Thanks to you both. I'm in no rush for the order, but I just wondered if others were experiencing delays, which I know are common during boutique sales.

I placed two separate orders a day apart and have already received both

Placed an order on the 11th, hasn’t shipped yet

They've been overwhelmed with demand this time, it seems. My order took a whole week to even ship but I checked their FAQ where they asked for patience and it dispatched within the extended timeframe they gave so I didn't follow up. It then arrived a few days after.

Ordered on the 8th, shipped on the 14th

Ordered on the 8th, preparing to ship now. But it is 50 blu-rays \:D/

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

The Manhattan Project (1986) (BD) (DVD previously OOP)
Terminal Velocity (1994) (BD) (DVD previously OOP)

Just got an email saying one of the discs from my order is out of stock- they won’t ship any of it til they get that one in, estimated three+ weeks. Wonder how many order hang ups are related to other miscalculated inventory issues with lone titles like these

I haven’t gotten an email, but it appears my order is also being held up by one out-of-stock item.

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

Cops and Robbers (1973) (BD) (DVD previously OOP)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) (BD)
The Scarlet Letter (1995) (BD) (DVD previously OOP)