Vinegar Syndrome et al.

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Re: Vinegar Syndrome et al.

#1676 Post by cdnchris » Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:53 pm

I'm tempted by Touch because of Schrader but really disliked it at the time. I was in high school, so I could put it down to me just being stupid, but looking at the consensus now, it still doesn't look like it's garnered many fans.

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#1677 Post by tenia » Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:56 pm

Finch, could you please either spoiler those visuals or include them at a smaller size ? They're making reading your posts quite a chore on computer. Thanks !

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#1678 Post by jheez » Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:59 pm

dwk wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:09 pm
I assume All About Lily Chou-Chou is just the old Film Movement disc with a slipcover?
It appears so. Same extra feature and printed essay as the old disc.

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Re: Vinegar Syndrome et al.

#1679 Post by The Narrator Returns » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:05 pm

cdnchris wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:53 pm
I'm tempted by Touch because of Schrader but really disliked it at the time. I was in high school, so I could put it down to me just being stupid, but looking at the consensus now, it still doesn't look like it's garnered many fans.
I like Touch though mostly as a goofy trial run for what Schrader tackles in First Reformed (the added Ed Lachman doesn't hurt either). The I Love the 90s cast is a lot of fun in hindsight, unfortunately the one bad casting decision is the lead.

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#1680 Post by swo17 » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:20 pm

Anyone care to sell me on the Fabio Salerno set?

Also, what the hell is this?

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#1681 Post by TechnicolorAcid » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:24 pm

swo17 wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:20 pm
What the hell is this?
April Fools Day item, based off previous tracks should be like a slipcover or some sort of Knick Knack for a future release.

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#1682 Post by swo17 » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:26 pm

And it costs $24? I guess that is kinda funny

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#1683 Post by TechnicolorAcid » Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:28 pm

I believe it’s more intended to fund a bigger release especially because the other 2 years were for relatively cheaper prices.

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#1684 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:00 pm

swo17 wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:26 pm
And it costs $24? I guess that is kinda funny
I believe a previous instance of this involved the slipcover being a scratch-off to try to win a contest of some kind - and most collectors weren't looking to scratch up their new rare slipcover, so it's a deadlock.

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#1685 Post by ryannichols7 » Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:49 pm

cdnchris wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:53 pm
I'm tempted by Touch because of Schrader but really disliked it at the time. I was in high school, so I could put it down to me just being stupid, but looking at the consensus now, it still doesn't look like it's garnered many fans.
Schrader has gained a lot of new fans amongst the younger crowd in recent years due to First Reformed and beyond, as well as Scorcese's continued popularity, and they seem to have gone through his filmography pretty well. sadly Touch doesn't seem to be one that has gained any sort of traction. bring on an Auto Focus disc!

the Film Movement rerelease of Lily Chou Chou is another comically brazen cash grab, but given that movie's popularity (especially amongst the usual buy-everything-VS crowd), I expect it'll sell out in no time

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#1686 Post by beamish14 » Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:07 pm

Touch and Forever Mine are arguably Schrader’s nadir. It’s worth a rental at best

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#1687 Post by What A Disgrace » Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:21 pm

It's kind of funny that Red Rock West, far and away the most popular title (both in terms of general regard, and sales) in the Cinématographe line is Blu-ray only despite having a 4K restoration, and I half suspect the title would have been a VSU release if they felt comfortable putting an HDR pass over the material. Considering the other releases in the line, it absolutely stands out as an oddity on many levels.

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#1688 Post by Maltic » Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:07 pm

ryannichols7 wrote:
Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:49 pm

Schrader has gained a lot of new fans amongst the younger crowd in recent years due to First Reformed and beyond, as well as Scorcese's continued popularity, and they seem to have gone through his filmography pretty well.

Hence he was on Adam Friedland's show talking about cocaine.

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#1689 Post by Randall Maysin Again » Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:21 pm

"But then I thought, if you'll fuck your brother, who won't ya fuck?" -- Paul Schrader. (fuck in the sense of "fuck over", not the other thing.) Yes, it's just great to see how he's matured into a distinguished elder statesman and bon vivant.

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#1690 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:32 pm

What A Disgrace wrote:
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:21 pm
It's kind of funny that Red Rock West, far and away the most popular title (both in terms of general regard, and sales) in the Cinématographe line is Blu-ray only despite having a 4K restoration, and I half suspect the title would have been a VSU release if they felt comfortable putting an HDR pass over the material. Considering the other releases in the line, it absolutely stands out as an oddity on many levels.
Agreed, and then for Little Darlings to get a UHD instead! Not that I'm complaining there

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#1691 Post by John Cope » Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:56 pm

beamish14 wrote:
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:07 pm
Touch and Forever Mine are arguably Schrader’s nadir. It’s worth a rental at best
Totally disagree. I love both of these and consider Forever Mine among his best for its perverse romanticization (almost a Sirkian level melodrama) of a stalker narrative. Certainly I prefer them by far to the wildly over praised First Reformed (one of the few Schrader films I don't like).
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cdnchris wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:53 pm
I'm tempted by Touch because of Schrader but really disliked it at the time. I was in high school, so I could put it down to me just being stupid, but looking at the consensus now, it still doesn't look like it's garnered many fans.
I like Touch though mostly as a goofy trial run for what Schrader tackles in First Reformed (the added Ed Lachman doesn't hurt either). The I Love the 90s cast is a lot of fun in hindsight, unfortunately the one bad casting decision is the lead.
I love Skeet in this and just generally. I think he should have had a far better career and am surprised he did not (same goes for Johnathon Schaech). I think the reason Touch hasn't garnered many new fans since its release simply has to do with its scarce availability.

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#1692 Post by criterionsnob » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:04 pm

Looks like Bruce McDonald's Roadkill (1989) is coming soon from CIP.

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#1693 Post by beamish14 » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:50 pm

criterionsnob wrote:
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:04 pm
Looks like Bruce McDonald's Roadkill (1989) is coming soon from CIP.


Nice. I hope we get the two Hard Core Logo films and The Tracey Fragments, too

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#1694 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:55 pm

I've found Roadkill underwhelming across two viewings, but I know it has its many fans. The Tracey Fragments, on the other hand, is incredible. I could see VS or a partner label going after it

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#1695 Post by beamish14 » Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:48 pm

I was just browsing the TIFF Library holdings the other day. McDonald made a lot of short films in the 80’s, and I hope those are represented here

I’d kill to see American Whiskey Bar, which aired once on Canadian television but is impossible to find

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#1696 Post by therewillbeblus » Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:28 pm

Singapore Sling is one of the best-looking blu-ray discs I've viewed in some time. The level of detail is extraordinary. Now, this is not exactly a safe blind-buy, and I'm not sure what it says about me that I find this brilliant and most other films of its ilk repulsive on a surface level, but it's worth seeing just to have the experience. If Tennessee Williams and Harold Pinter took a bunch of acid and decided to collaborate on a play based on physicality over language, but still rooted in perverse relationship dynamics, we might get something like this

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#1697 Post by jazzo » Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:15 pm

I'm hoping that Paul Morrissey's SPIKE OF BENSONHURST makes it to Cinematographe.

I'm very fond of the picture. It's got a real whacky energy, seems to be a film that has fallen through the cracks, and falls within their wheelhouse.

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#1698 Post by What A Disgrace » Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:49 pm

The Jon Moritsugu set is $14.20 today.

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#1699 Post by domino harvey » Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:13 pm

They're also selling rolling papers and grinders, though I honestly think most of their core audience are not allowed to toke up in their mom's basement so they may not have thought this through

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#1700 Post by therewillbeblus » Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:18 pm

Those would have to be some independently-wealthy teens, this label drains their core audience's accounts

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