Indicator: Five Tall Tales
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:07 am
Astonishing news, regarding the Boetticher Box Set.
Five Tall Tales
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Five Tall Tales
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FIVE TALL TALES: BUDD BOETTICHER & RANDOLPH SCOTT AT COLUMBIA, 1957-1960
THE TALL T (1957)
DECISION AT SUNDOWN (1957)
BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (1958)
RIDE LONESOME (1959)
COMANCHE STATION (1960)
Release date: 21 May 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (Blu-ray premieres) - pre-order here
Five classic, iconic and slyly subversive westerns collected on Blu-ray for the very first time. Containing a selection of new and archival extras – including interviews with director Budd Boetticher and an appreciation by film critic Kim Newman – this collectable five-disc box set also contains an 80-page book with newly commissioned essays, archival interviews and full credits, and is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• 2K restoration of Ride Lonesome
• HD restorations of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone and Comanche Station
• Original mono audio
• The John Player Lecture with Budd Boetticher (1969): archival audio interview conducted by Horizons West author Jim Kitses at the National Film Theatre, London
• The Guardian Interview with Budd Boetticher (1994): an extensive filmed interview conducted by film historian David Meeker at the National Film Theatre, London
• Budd Boetticher on the Ranown Cycle (1999): excerpts from Eckhart Schmidt's documentary Visiting... Budd Boetticher
• Kim Newman on the Ranown Cycle (2018): an appreciation and analysis by the critic and author of Wild West Movies
• The Guardian Interview with Elmore Leonard (1997): the celebrated author, and writer of the short story upon which The Tall T is based, in conversation at London's National Film Theatre
• Original theatrical trailers
• Ride Lonesome trailer commentary (2013): a short critical appreciation by filmmaker John Sayles
• Comanche Station trailer commentary (2014): a short critical appreciation by screenwriter Sam Hamm
• Image galleries: extensive promotional and on-set photography, poster art and marketing materials
• Limited Edition exclusive 80-page book containing newly commissioned essays by Pamela Hutchinson, Glenn Kenny, James Oliver, Neil Sinyard and Farran Smith Nehme, archival interviews with director Budd Boetticher and screenwriter Burt Kennedy, a critical anthology, and full film credits
• World Blu-ray premieres of The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone and Ride Lonesome
• UK Blu-ray premiere of Comanche Station
• Limited Edition Box Set of 6,000 numbered copies
• ...AND MORE TBC
• All extras subject to change
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071298
Usually, the use of "HD remaster" means it's an older HD master, not a recent restoration. The older masters vary more in quality and consistency, some being very good (Sony's ones are usually very good), others being notoriously mediocre (MGM and Universal). Newer restorations, even at 2K, are usually more consistent in their good quality (though there still sadly are some misses).dda1996a wrote:Difference between HD remaster and 2K?
You have only to look at the ecstatic reaction with which this announcement has been greeted (both here and elsewhere) for an answer to that!dda1996a wrote:Also are these good? I've heard good things about them and I am a western fan
It's very very hard to accurately predict what it's going to look like merely from that label alone. As you say, a Sony HD remaster may well look superior to a 2K restoration from another source as their standards are very very high indeed. I was very pleasantly surprised by The Passenger, for instance, especially considering the bafflingly poor quality of an earlier Blu-ray release - but I imagine it was something of a flagship title for them when the master was created.tenia wrote:Usually, the use of "HD remaster" means it's an older HD master, not a recent restoration. The older masters vary more in quality and consistency, some being very good (Sony's ones are usually very good), others being notoriously mediocre (MGM and Universal). Newer restorations, even at 2K, are usually more consistent in their good quality (though there still sadly are some misses).
They're on the whole okay but vastly overrated here and elsewhere. Maybe they'll be masterpieces for you too, who knowsdda1996a wrote:Difference between HD remaster and 2K? Also are these good? I've heard good things about them and I am a western fan
Three of the films are PG, Buchanan Rides Alone is a U, but Ride Lonesome's hanging scene pushed it into the 12 category.Big Ben wrote:That's interesting to see that rating from the BBFC.
I sure do hope they will at the very least good. What are other good 60s American westerns (other than Ford/Hawks/Mann)?domino harvey wrote:They're on the whole okay but vastly overrated here and elsewhere. Maybe they'll be masterpieces for you too, who knowsdda1996a wrote:Difference between HD remaster and 2K? Also are these good? I've heard good things about them and I am a western fan
These Boetticher films are very much '50's pieces rather than '60's, though a lot lot less baggy and melodramatic than your regular Eisenhower oaters. The Tall T is very good: spare, economical and pretty violent for it's time. The interplay between antagonist and protagonist is at times quite subtle. It's all subjective of course, but if you liked 3.10 to Yuma you might get on well with these.dda1996a wrote:I sure do hope they will at the very least good. What are other good 60s American westerns (other than Ford/Hawks/Mann)?domino harvey wrote:They're on the whole okay but vastly overrated here and elsewhere. Maybe they'll be masterpieces for you too, who knowsdda1996a wrote:Difference between HD remaster and 2K? Also are these good? I've heard good things about them and I am a western fan
I've only seen the bad remake. I'm at once sad to have seen so few Noir and Westerns from the 40-60 and at the same time happy I have so much to look forward toMr. Deltoid wrote: These Boetticher films are very much '50's pieces rather than '60's, though a lot lot less baggy and melodramatic than your regular Eisenhower oaters. The Tall T is very good: spare, economical and pretty violent for it's time. The interplay between antagonist and protagonist is at times quite subtle. It's all subjective of course, but if you liked 3.10 to Yuma you might get on well with these.
You must be very thin-skinned if you feel that somebody expressing a preference for another film over The Searchers constitutes 'bashing'.dda1996a wrote:Why the need to bash The Searchers though?
Further to this, do they declare the full amount for customs?Werewolf by Night wrote:This will be my first Indicator purchase, is it best to buy direct?
You’re in Canada, right? My one experience with Indicator is that they ship with Fedex and declare the full customs value. The tricky part is that Fedex delivers the package straight to your home, then a couple of weeks later send you a bill for the customs and handling fees. This is of course doesn’t allow you to either refuse the package, or clear the package through customs yourself.Cronenfly wrote:Further to this, do they declare the full amount for customs?Werewolf by Night wrote:This will be my first Indicator purchase, is it best to buy direct?