Yes indeed. Ordered that out of the gate.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 November 2023 01:18 (ten months ago) link
More Black Friday sales:Grasshopper: https://grasshopperfilm.myshopify.comCinema Guild: https://store.cinemaguild.com/homevideo/SFNT.html
Also for those in NYC, Black Friday sale at Metrograph - get a NEW annual membership for 40% off ($30 instead of $50) using the code THANKS2023This will bring down ticket prices to $10 from $17, other discounts associated with Metrograph, and you get access to their curated streaming service, which is pretty great.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:12 (ten months ago) link
(Also Cinema Guild is about to release Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum on Blu-ray for the first time ever - it's not out yet, but they've included it in their 50% off sale.)
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:14 (ten months ago) link
Forgot another, Oscilloscope!
https://store.oscilloscope.net/
Among various discounts, all Blu-rays and DVD's are 50% off. Don't forget to use the code OSALEOSCOPE when you check out, otherwise the sale prices don't show up.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 25 November 2023 20:15 (ten months ago) link
Grindhouse Zideo has a pretty nice one right now, lots of Arrow and other specialty labels (and porn too if that's your thing)https://grindhousevideo.com
― Nhex, Sunday, 26 November 2023 02:35 (ten months ago) link
Forgot another one:
https://shoparbelosfilms.com/collections/blu-ray
Standard edition Blu-rays and posters are 50% off but the limited editions (where they usually add something like a slipcase for collectors) is 25% off.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 26 November 2023 03:38 (ten months ago) link
I don't know if it's a musical or not but some here were interested in 50s-60s chinese historical epics like this, The Beauty Of Beauties is getting a release in march, not a Shaw Brothers film but it looks similarhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311305/?ref_=ttco_ov_i
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 22 December 2023 19:46 (nine months ago) link
yes I'm very interested in this type of Chinese historical epic, do you know who is releasing it?"over 6000 costumes, 30 thousand individual weapons, 800 chariots and 8000 chariot horses, 120 thousand extras, and a shoot that took 334 days and 120 thousand feet of film."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivQfHkgbBps
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 22 December 2023 19:57 (nine months ago) link
ah found it, 88 Films
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 22 December 2023 19:58 (nine months ago) link
Figured it would be them!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 December 2023 23:49 (nine months ago) link
over 6000 costumes, 30 thousand individual weapons, 800 chariots and 8000 chariot horses, 120 thousand extras and one Nicky Wire in a banana suit
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:08 (nine months ago) link
i was listening to a podcast a few months ago and c-man's name came up! I think he'd done an extra for some horror blu ray. all I could think about was if he'd done it in a banana suit or not.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:18 (nine months ago) link
He owns 88 Films
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 23 December 2023 01:31 (nine months ago) link
lol no
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:10 (nine months ago) link
I know a few horror film aficionados and it's always funny when Calum's name pops up as he's quite well known in cult horror film circles and all I think about is the C-Man persona he had on ilx.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 23 December 2023 09:03 (nine months ago) link
Imagine Tim Robinson shouting into a fast food intercom "6000 COSTUMES, 30,000 WEAPONS, 800 CHARIOTS, 8000 HORSES..."
― ernestp, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:17 (nine months ago) link
Arrow Video is putting out a really nice package of both Conan movies (they're also being sold separately) and I'm seriously considering it.
https://www.arrowvideo.com/the-conan-chronicles-conan-the-barbarian-and-conan-the-destroyer-limited-edition-blu-ray/14976087.html
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:34 (nine months ago) link
not in the uk. searching for 'conan' turns up 'children of the corn'
― koogs, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:43 (nine months ago) link
Yeah, Arrow doing a lot of North America only releases these days.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 23 December 2023 17:45 (nine months ago) link
They’re essentially handling Universal’s legacy home releases on this front from what I can tell.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 December 2023 21:23 (nine months ago) link
Happy to be wrong. Dr W kind of likes to give the impression.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 23 December 2023 23:26 (nine months ago) link
yeh I bet he does!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:10 (nine months ago) link
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/little-darlings
Complete with the original theatrical soundtrack!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 January 2024 04:25 (eight months ago) link
I got the huge VS Lost Films set for Christmas and have loads of opinions but the overriding one is this is not for normal people. (By which I mean even trying to explain some of what's in it is only possible by invoking other non-mainstream film makers so essentially only in its own language.)
With 2 to watch I genuinely think Rare Blue Apes might be my favourite though.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:28 (eight months ago) link
yeh that set is for people really deep down the rabbit hole!in "I didn't know they were still going" news, Something Weird is closing down later this year.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:57 (eight months ago) link
It's also for people who aren't scared to say they didn't like things. I actually fell asleep during my first go at the hobo doc and didn't rate it much on the second go, and from limited reviews I'm not the only one (with one person saying they had a third go with the commentary which was worthwhile).
I'll have a go at trying to explain the films later.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 5 January 2024 12:15 (eight months ago) link
in "I didn't know they were still going" news, Something Weird is closing down later this year.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 January 2024 11:57 (one hour ago) link
It's sad! I'm glad I picked up some of their physical releases over the past couple of years, as they've been slowly phasing those out. It seems like they might have some sort of deal with Kino, though (as the latter has been releasing a bunch of SW's old exploitation titles under the Forbidden Fruit banner), so hopefully their font of Weirdness will remain available in some form or another.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Friday, 5 January 2024 13:43 (eight months ago) link
I think all these Deaf Crocodile films are region a onlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zca9nCm8McY
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:46 (eight months ago) link
https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/blu-ray-labels-film-history-physical-media-1234950671/
Seems hard to argue against the notion that Vinegar Syndrome has moved right up alongside Kino in terms of the breadth and quality of their output
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:08 (seven months ago) link
Would happily agree. Thanks to their partner labels alone I'm usually picking up four or five new releases a month.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:41 (seven months ago) link
I tell myself I have reined in my home video buying frequency (and am shoring up for the spring Criterion flash sale since I've got at least three codes and am pretty close to the $50 credit), but a glance at my shelf of recent acquisitions tells a different tale.
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:16 (seven months ago) link
VS's Showgirls was probably the fastest I've preordered a disc, um, I guess ever?
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:17 (seven months ago) link
Hahah right there with ya. Can't wait for the Phase IV one.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:18 (seven months ago) link
I know its rights etc. but VS discs are sometimes region free and sometimes Region 1 only.. and it follows no logic or reason across films.
I got around this by buying a multiregion DVD/Bluray player, so now there is no stopping me.
will likely spring for Phase IV for the new cut, but in the UK, shipping is not great unless I go for a few titles at once, and I am still going through my last order.
also now I'm multiregion, teach me about criterion flash sales and where to look for buying a bunch of their stuff to send to UK. ( I dont think they have a UK sale and no criterion channel here either)
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:47 (seven months ago) link
Ohhhh, did not know about Phase IV. That is rad.
I would give so much more of my $$$ to these boutiques if they would take a page from Kino's book and occasionally have more for-real deep discount sales. The frankly unnerving volume of Kino titles in my collection is a testament to this.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:17 (seven months ago) link
Tsk, Old Lunch, I revived the thread the other day! :-D
Phase IV
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:25 (seven months ago) link
That Indiewire article is great for sure but I would add to it the interesting and kinda more grassroots efforts focusing on silent films in particular, especially now that nearly all of the silent era is in the public domain. (I'm sure the silent movie thread on here has noticed this!) There are boutique labels there as well like Undercrank but also near individual efforts or very limited releases via a lot of Kickstarter efforts, and while some are more dedicated to basic preservation, a lot of them are remarkably good with higher end treatment, notes and supplements, etc. Redwood Films out of France has been really solid about all kinds of horror/horror adjacent titles in particular:
https://www.instagram.com/redwoodcreekfilms/
While Dave Glass's silent-era comedian collections have been awfully good too:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/reelcomedy/created
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:44 (seven months ago) link
The frankly unnerving volume of Kino titles in my collection is a testament to this.
Now that the Kino imprimatur doesn't automatically mean "dodgy if not outright shitty video transfer" (at least on silent film landmarks), the biggest roadblock I have with them is the seeming total lack of curation. I get people being more completist with a Criterion or an Arrow or a Vinegar Syndrome. But I look at some people's Kino libraries and think, "You can't possibly want/need every single one of those titles ... can you?"
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 19:57 (seven months ago) link
Well, when they do those sales with discs running from $5-10 apiece, and you need to drop $50 on an individual order so you don't get screwed on shipping...an they can't always be all winners.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 20:42 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, their offerings are all over the place but I've had pretty good luck by doing some research before diving into the sales. I've gotten a ton of great stuff from them that I probably would've never even known about or had a chance to see if they hadn't put out a dirt-cheap Blu-ray of the thing. It probably helps if you have an affinity for both fine cinema and total garbage.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:38 (seven months ago) link
The Big Bus, Moving Violations, and Blind Fury are definitely all winners!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:47 (seven months ago) link
I mean, I consider The Apple a winner so
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:14 (seven months ago) link
I enjoy kino's chaotic neutral approach
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:30 (seven months ago) link
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:31 (seven months ago) link
kinda surprised they haven't released Midnight Madness on Kino yet
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 22:49 (seven months ago) link
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:54 (seven months ago) link
Heads up for people buying the Phase IV 4k/blu- the guy at Vinegar Syndrome who reassembled the original cut(s) says that the Saul Bass shorts that VS didn't carry over from the 101 Films UK release are being cleaned up and should be released within the year by another, as yet unnamed label
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 21:25 (seven months ago) link
Kino Lorber March Madness Sale: https://kinolorber.com/collection/march-madness-sale-2024
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 March 2024 03:18 (five months ago) link
Deep Discount is doing a BOGO sale on titles from the defunct Olive Films label through Friday. Lots of vintage Hollywood genre films and oddball stuff. Not sure how many of these will get picked up by other boutiques, so this might be one of your last shots at scoring these on disc.
https://www.deepdiscount.com/deep-olive-films-bogo-sale/b233819
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:05 (five months ago) link
Got some things I pre-ordered after Xmas from Radiance today
https://i.imgur.com/PSqkP6D.jpeg
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 29 April 2024 19:17 (four months ago) link