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swo17 wrote:

sarcastic forum member in 2010 wrote:Yeah, maybe Arrow can put it out.

C'mon, you know Arrow only do horror films.

Are any booklets going to be included with the stand-alone editions, or do I need to get the box-set for the written supplements?

How rude! wrote:

swo17 wrote:

sarcastic forum member in 2010 wrote:Yeah, maybe Arrow can put it out.

C'mon, you know Arrow only do horror films.

Careful (you might get Michael B suspended from posting) .

Come on be fair everyone knows Arrow just do Polish soft-porn

Just got dispatch confirmation, let's hope it arrives by the end of the month! [-o<

Me too. I imagine since I'm not as eager to receive this as I was the Rivette, it will be here within the week!

This thing has been holding up my whole sale order from last December, including the now OOP Audition, so yes, let's hope.

Really? Pre-orders never held up my whole order, they even send each pre-ordered item separately.

perkizitore wrote:Really? Pre-orders never held up my whole order, they even send each pre-ordered item separately.

I am guessing that they just started doing it recently. I ordered American Horror Project, the book and the Death Walks Twice box together in the same order. They confirmed to me that they are indeed waiting for all the items to be available. Also in another order Lifeforce and Night of the Comet got stuck because they were ordered along with Gangster VIP Collection and Bride of Re-Animator. I don't mind waiting, but it is kind of risky for such bulk orders, especially when they are to be shipped to USA.

You can always place two separate orders when you order many items, then both orders will be eligible for free shipping (do they offer free shipping for orders above 50 GBP worldwide?)

Yes, and I could have placed separate orders but didn't because it had never been an issue before. Oh well, not a big deal.

My set just arrived. It was really well bubble wrapped and in a thick box so those of you in the US shouldn't have any issues (hopefully!) The colours of the booklet pages being coordinated with the relevant films is a nice touch!

The only issue for me is that the current AnyDVD isn't busting through the Region locking so I had to have a quick look on the PS4 in the meantime. Both Ali and Maria Braun looked great at first glance but then I'm sure we all expected nothing less from Arrow these days.

Will the book be replicated in its entirety for the booklets of the individual releases or will there be exclusive content like the comic strips that made up part of the Price/Corman set?

I understand that there won't be any booklets in the individual releases, so the entirety of the book is a box-set exclusive.

I received my Fassbinder set today. Here is a rundown of the runtime of the special features:

EARLY WORKS (contains Love Is Colder Than Death, Katzelmacher, The Little Chaos, The City Tramp)
End of the Commune - 49:18
Appreciation by Ulli Lommel: 10:01
Katzelmacher Trailer - 3:14

THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS & BEWARE OF A WHOLY WHORE
Full length commentaries on both films
Beware of a Holy Whore commentary - 2:41
Castel as Fassbinder - 9:53

THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Full length commentary
Life Stories: A Conversation With Fassbinder - 48:29
Role Play: Women on Fassbinder - 58:41

FEAR EATS THE SOUL
Full length commentary
My Name Is Not Ali - 96:33
Interview with Jurgen Jurges - 10:42

EFFI BRIEST
Full length commentary
Interview with Ulli Lommel - 6:45
Interview with Jurgen Jurges - 10:44

FOX AND HIS FRIENDS & CHINESE ROULETTE
Full length commentary on Fox
Fox and His Friends trailer - 3:24
Appreciation on Chinese Roulette by Ulli Lommel - 6:55
Chinese Roulette Theatrical Trailer - 3:05

THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN
Love, Life and Celluloid - 94:24
Fassbinder 1977 - 30:24
The Fassbinder Family - 58:45

I received mine last Friday and it really is superb. Have made it through Ali and Merchant of Four Seasons thus far, which are the 3rd and 4th Fassbinders I've seen, and I am quickly falling in love. Bravo Arrow!

I watched Petra Von Kant the other evening and it looks great. That "slave dress" Petra wears for her date with Karin is one of my favourite film costumes ever, not least for her barely being able to walk in it. Having grown up in Germany in the 70s, this time I was struck by how everybody keeps booking flights for what are relatively short distances within the country. That was the jet-set life I suppose.

I also watched the documentary Role Play of the three lead actresses of the film frankly talking about their life and work with Fassbinder, which was very interesting. I found Hannah Schygulla in particular very insightful. Irm Hermann clearly had the closest and most troubled relationship with him, while Margit Carstensen held herself at a distance and that is reflected in their views of him. The famously complicated relationships Fassbinder had with his collaborators were never out if the tabloids in 70s Germany.

domino harvey wrote:Me too. I imagine since I'm not as eager to receive this as I was the Rivette, it will be here within the week!

Just got back from vacation and sure enough, it arrived over the weekend. Even less sure what happened with the Rivette set's long journey now

Lost Highway wrote:That "slave dress" Petra wears for her date with Karin is one of my favourite film costumes ever.

It's not an exact copy but the dress is also a throwback to the one Tierny wears for Chinese New Year in Sternberg's THE SHANGAHI GESTURE.

Still waiting in Atlanta. Shipped at the same time as everyone else's here as far as I can tell. Grr.

I'm in the same area and still haven't received mine, either. I never received a shipping email, however, so I'm a little amazed anyone's got their copy already tho. Thanks to What A Disgrace, I'm even more excited to dig into it now.

R0lf wrote:

Lost Highway wrote:That "slave dress" Petra wears for her date with Karin is one of my favourite film costumes ever.

It's not an exact copy but the dress is also a throwback to the one Tierny wears for Chinese New Year in Sternberg's THE SHANGAHI GESTURE.

It's a while ago that I saw The Shanghai Gesture, but I don't remember Gene Tierney wearing anything like this:



...though it would fit the film and it would be a film which Fassbinder may have liked.

Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:I'm in the same area and still haven't received mine, either. I never received a shipping email, however, so I'm a little amazed anyone's got their copy already tho. Thanks to What A Disgrace, I'm even more excited to dig into it now.

Yeah, I didn't get a shipping notice either - just logged into Arrow's site and found it there. Hopefully that does mean it really shipped.

Oedipax wrote:Still waiting in Atlanta. Shipped at the same time as everyone else's here as far as I can tell. Grr.

I received my parcel in Atlanta yesterday evening. We have had postal delivery problems in some parts of town, but I think they addressed them where I live.

Have not received mine either (New Jersey, USA). I just checked my orders history on Arrow's site and it says the set has been dispatched on 2016-03-17. There was no confirmation email either. Hopefully, it will be here any day now.