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Minkin
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Re: VCI

#176 Post by Minkin » Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:30 pm

Feego wrote:
Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:56 pm
VCI has released a dull and waxy Blu-ray edition of Blood and Black Lace in what some claim to be the "correct" 1.85:1 aspect ratio. A few Blu-ray.com posters are already proclaiming this to be superior to Arrow's edition for aspect ratio alone, despite the fact that it otherwise looks like crap.
Is this finally the first VCI Blu with AVC as opposed to MPEG2, like they were still doing even a year ago......?

Also: Of course Blu-ray.com forum goes the dumbest route possible.

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Re: VCI

#177 Post by tenia » Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:40 am

Minkin wrote:
Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:30 pm
Also: Of course Blu-ray.com forum goes the dumbest route possible.
I think that's one of the most expected video reaction, this year. There even are people saying "You can see the extra info on the sides the Arrow version matted off." when comparing non-matching frames... #-o

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Re: VCI

#178 Post by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Tue Apr 21, 2020 2:07 pm

I picked up The Leg Fighters, which came out from a new VCI sub-label called Pearl River Collection which is specifically releasing rare martial arts films. They say in the special features that it's a way to properly present rarities that have now been relegated to bad VHS rips online. I often think about how many Ocean Shores VHS releases from the 80s have sort of just ended up on YouTube because these films are often in copyright purgatory. The release says it's a 2K scan from the best surviving elements, which in this case is a black market print with burned in subtitles from the Hollywood Theater in Portland, which they claim is the only known copy of the film in the western hemisphere. I'm certainly used to seeing my share of pink, deteriorated, sliced-up prints in real life, so this didn't bother me at all. And to any collectors of Hong Kong cinema, prints or copies with burned in subs are often the only way to watch features as often times original camera negatives, outtakes, and theatrical prints from the pre-digital age would often be neglected or intentionally destroyed. I was mostly surprised how well the color still looked and that for a relatively obscure feature, they decided to get director approval on the transfer. It's not a spectacular transfer, but I'm still impressed anyone is doing this. The film itself is very funny that seems to one to channel a bit of Drunken Master comedy in, even hiring an actor with a very similar haircut to Chan's in that film. Of course, the performers don't have the manic energy of Jackie Chan, but it's a great example of the direct influence Chinese opera moves can have on martial arts cinema, this is an excellent example. Looking forward to their next release of Dynamo, one of many Brucesploitation films they have coming up.

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Re: VCI

#179 Post by senseabove » Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:42 pm

VCI has scanning LoC elements for the 1932 version of Rain, planned for release in the Fall.

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Re: VCI

#180 Post by L.A. » Fri May 06, 2022 7:12 pm

senseabove wrote:
Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:42 pm
VCI has scanning LoC elements for the 1932 version of Rain, planned for release in the Fall.
Coming to Blu-ray 9/13 from VCI Horror Movies

Rain (1932): 90th Anniversary

new 4K restoration, produced from the original, uncut 94-minute version

Bonus Materials
Commentary track by Mick LaSalle Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and noted film historian.
Commentary track by Richard Barrios Writer, Historian, and Commentator
Liner notes reprinted from Views & Reviews Magazine by Jon Tuska, author and film historian.
Original Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Photo Gallery
Period appropriate Betty Boop Cartoon and Newsreel
Alternate Opening Title and Credits Sequence from the 18-minute shorter, 1938 Atlantic Reissue

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Re: VCI

#181 Post by domino harvey » Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm

Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month

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Re: VCI

#182 Post by Kauno » Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:28 pm

El bruto was BD-R disc, at least my copy is. I hope they do better this time.

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Re: VCI

#183 Post by vsski » Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:48 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
VCI is releasing this? Seriously?
Well, I guess Criterion has bigger fish to fry with Frownland and Daddy Longlegs. ](*,)

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Re: VCI

#184 Post by DeprongMori » Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:05 am


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Re: VCI

#185 Post by domino harvey » Sun Aug 14, 2022 1:36 am

Based on the Blu-ray cover on Amazon, no niceness

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Re: VCI

#186 Post by L.A. » Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:17 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
Beaver.

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Re: VCI

#187 Post by mhofmann » Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:36 am

L.A. wrote:
Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:17 pm
domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
Beaver.
Looks like a nice transfer, but an encoding nightmare. :cry:

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Re: VCI

#188 Post by L.A. » Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:55 pm

L.A. wrote:
Fri May 06, 2022 7:12 pm
senseabove wrote:
Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:42 pm
VCI has scanning LoC elements for the 1932 version of Rain, planned for release in the Fall.
Coming to Blu-ray 9/13 from VCI Horror Movies

Rain (1932): 90th Anniversary

new 4K restoration, produced from the original, uncut 94-minute version

Bonus Materials
Commentary track by Mick LaSalle Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and noted film historian.
Commentary track by Richard Barrios Writer, Historian, and Commentator
Liner notes reprinted from Views & Reviews Magazine by Jon Tuska, author and film historian.
Original Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Photo Gallery
Period appropriate Betty Boop Cartoon and Newsreel
Alternate Opening Title and Credits Sequence from the 18-minute shorter, 1938 Atlantic Reissue
Beaver.

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Re: VCI

#189 Post by domino harvey » Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:33 am

domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
Anyone buy this who can confirm if it’s a pressed disc?

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Re: VCI

#190 Post by Aunt Peg » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:48 am

domino harvey wrote:
Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:33 am
domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
Anyone buy this who can confirm if it’s a pressed disc?
I received my copy today and can confirm that it is a pressed disc.

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VCI

#191 Post by unclehulot » Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:44 am

L.A. wrote:
domino harvey wrote:
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:05 pm
Bunuel’s the Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz coming to Blu-ray next month
Beaver.
How strange, this is actually on HBOMax for streaming right now. Didn’t see that coming!


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Re: VCI

#192 Post by domino harvey » Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:18 pm

Though it still shows incorrectly on Amazon, I just picked this up (you're all welcome, because now surely Radiance announces this is in their Mexican Bunuel box) and they fixed the typo on the cover (and it's still pressed)

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Re: VCI

#193 Post by therewillbeblus » Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:38 pm

I picked this up immediately upon release, and it was fixed then too

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