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#551 Post by knives » Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:43 pm

beamish13 wrote: I don't think it's "cold" so much as very droll, acerbic and surreal, which is fitting given its director, source novel by Evelyn Waugh and screenplay by the late and brilliant Terry Southern. Really fantastic film that skewers Southern California culture, and pairs beautifully with the same year's Lord Love a Duck. Great cinematography by DP/producer Haskell Wexler (whose work on America, America is seriously crying out for an HD release, too).
Another film it is in the vein of is Altman's Brewster McCloud as a sort of anti comedy farce. It's not terribly deep with a whole host of betterbyet similar films, but if you are willing to enjoy weirdness for its own sake this is a good film.

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#552 Post by andyli » Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:17 am

The ALL CAPITAL subtitle issue is getting a lot worse lately. Almost every Archive title I recently saw has it. Ride the High Country even randomly jumps back and forth between normal and all capital subtitles.

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#553 Post by sabbath » Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:47 am

andyli wrote:The ALL CAPITAL subtitle issue is getting a lot worse lately. Almost every Archive title I recently saw has it. Ride the High Country even randomly jumps back and forth between normal and all capital subtitles.
Glad to know that I'm not the only one who concerns. Much as I love their recent selections, I don't buy them as many as before just because of that. Haven't bought Ride the High Country yet (and was definitely gonna upgrade my DVD since it's my favorite Peckinpah film), but that sounds depressing.

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#554 Post by tenia » Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:42 am

All capital AND yellow subs on top of that.
Clearly isn't a good change, and I definitely hope WAC gets back to reason and goes back to what they were doing a year ago.

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#555 Post by swo17 » Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:05 am

Maybe this is a tactic to persuade deaf people to stop being deaf?

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#556 Post by knives » Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:26 pm

I can't hear you. COULD YOU SPEAK LIKE THIS?

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#557 Post by Michael Kerpan » Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:42 pm

THAT SUCKS

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#558 Post by cdnchris » Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:56 pm

Ah my eyes! You're both banned.

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#559 Post by Michael Kerpan » Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:04 pm

cdnchris wrote:Ah my eyes! You're both banned.
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#560 Post by Lowry_Sam » Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:45 pm

rockysds wrote:Tony Richardson's The Loved One.
Glad to see it on blu (and I had almost parted w/ my dvd when it was going for big bucks....missed again). But I thought Criterion would snatch this one up & give it the IAMMMMW treatment. Has anyone seen the roadshow version or the footage cut out from the regular commercial release?

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#561 Post by Ashirg » Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:11 pm

Looks like Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 gets Archived edition of the full set, so if you haven't picked it up yet, now is the time.

While they picked up their blu-ray releases (4-5 titles a month), Warner Archive has been slacking on any new catalogue titles in the collection and only been re-releasing old titles already on DVD for the second month now..

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#562 Post by domino harvey » Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:12 pm

They may be approaching an end to their holdings in good enough shape to be released on DVD

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#563 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon May 08, 2017 6:25 am

I got Key Largo and watched it over the weekend. It can't look any better. Another great transfer from Warner Bros. It's just a crying shame there are no supplements. Even a 20 to 30 minute video essay from a noirist or film scholar would have been welcomed.

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#564 Post by captveg » Tue May 16, 2017 2:12 pm

Per VideoETA listings:

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Joe Versus The Volcano (1990)
Running on Empty (1988)
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#565 Post by domino harvey » Tue May 16, 2017 2:22 pm

Hopefully they'll upgrade more of their full-frame only releases, though these are still underwhelming personally

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#566 Post by beamish13 » Tue May 16, 2017 5:57 pm

captveg wrote:Per VideoETA listings:

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Joe Versus The Volcano (1990)
Running on Empty (1988)

Nice! Really excited to buy all three of these.

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#567 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed May 17, 2017 12:00 am

Cable Hogue is my father's favorite movie, so this is good news.

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#568 Post by Kauno » Wed May 17, 2017 2:48 am

What A Disgrace wrote:Cable Hogue is my father's favorite movie, so this is good news.
Hopefully his hearing is OK or at least better than mine.
andyli wrote:The ALL CAPITAL subtitle issue is getting a lot worse lately. Almost every Archive title I recently saw has it. Ride the High Country even randomly jumps back and forth between normal and all capital subtitles.

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#569 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed May 17, 2017 11:24 am

My hearing is fine, so I'm just going to give him my old DVD and keep the Blu-ray for myself.

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#570 Post by domino harvey » Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:38 pm

iZombie Season Three coming October 3rd

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#571 Post by Askew » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:55 pm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm has just been announced.

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#572 Post by captveg » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:56 pm

First July title announced:

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

Presented in both its theatrical AR of 1.78:1 as well as open matte 1.33:1 (it was originally conceived as a DTV movie when it was animated).

EDIT: I bet they print a batch to have on hand to sell at San Diego Comic Con next month.

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#573 Post by rockysds » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:54 pm

The Sea Chase announced.

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#574 Post by domino harvey » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:55 pm

A truly awful film. So, yeah, sounds about right

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#575 Post by captveg » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:39 pm

And another John Wayne title:

Blood Alley (1955)

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