Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[dwk]

That is a Disney title, so no. It is the original.

[FrauBlucher]

It's the 1955 version. Part of the SC deal.

[Finch]

3 years after the UK release when the biggest US based fans are likely to have already imported the film as the 4k disc is region free. On top of that the UK edition has a Fidelity encode. I don't know the inner workings but would Kino have to pay Studio Canal extra for a straight port of the UK disc so they only have to create their own menus and slap the theatrical posters on the artwork? I'm assuming (and likely very foolishly) the license would normally only include the film and restoration though not the encode (but maybe one of our resident disc producers could set the record straight). If they have to use or are choosing to use another authoring house then this release is only going to be of interest to the slipcover collectors.

[domino harvey]

Kino’s previous Studio Canal releases have included the extras that appeared on the UK discs, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they were given everything to use if they want it. They’ll probably just add another commentary track by their usual gang

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

Deadly Circuit (1982)
Starring Isabelle Adjani, Michel Serrault, Stéphane Audran, Geneviève Page & Sami Frey – Shot by Pierre Lhomme – Screenplay by Michel Audiard & Jacques Audiard – Based on a Novel by Marc Behm – Directed by Claude Miller

As per the KLI when asked how many TF1 titles remain

4

1 to be announced tomorrow.

The other 3 are from the same director and will be released by Kino Classics

[domino harvey]

My write up from the Noir List

Mortelle randonnee (Claude Miller 1983)
MIchel Serrault’s private eye tracks, covers up for, and eventually kills for Isabelle Adjani’s murderous chameleon under the auspices that she is his own long-lost daughter. I found this tedious (I was not surprised to hear the US distributor cut out thirty minutes) and grew less interested the more it became likely that Serrault was having a mental breakdown and going insane, but it has such a specific tone and approach that I could see it being very popular with a more receptive audience member. Just not me.

Chabrol was a fan, though

[dwk]

KLSC is going to release Little Buddha on UHD.

[beamish14]

KLSC is going to release Little Buddha on UHD.

I’d love to get Rudy Wurlitzer’s thoughts on it today. I still think the Keanu Reeves/Buddha sequences are some of the best work of Bertolucci’s career, but this film signified an irreparable creative downturn

[dwk]

specs for Cry-Baby (1990)

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand NEW HDR/Dolby Vision Master (Theatrical Cut) – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary by Writer/Director John Waters
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand NEW HD Master (Director’s Cut) – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Theatrical Cut Original Camera Negative, 4K Scan of the Director’s Cut Interpositive (7 Minutes) and Uprez of the SD Master for the Additional Missing Parts
• NEW Audio Commentary by Writer/Director John Waters, Moderated by Black Mansion Films Producer Heather Buckley
• Bringing Up Baby: NEW Featurette with Writer/Director John Waters, Associate Producer /Casting Director Pat Moran, Cinematographer David Insley and Actress Mink Stole (38:10)
• Pop Icons: NEW Interview with Actress Amy Locane (14:12)
• Part of a Collection: NEW Interview with Actress Traci Lords
• A Few Yucks: NEW Interview with Actor and Rock Legend Iggy Pop
• All These Misfits: NEW Interview with Actress Ricki Lake (8:16)
• So Tired of Being Good: NEW Interview with Actress Patricia Hearst (9:00)
• In The Sandbox: NEW Interview with Actor Darren E. Burrows
• Hip To Be Square: NEW Interview with Actor Stephen Mailer (9:15)
• Talking Hair: NEW Interview with Hair and Makeup Person Howard ‘Hep” Preston (10:03)
• It Came from… Baltimore!: 1990 Documentary with Cast and Crew (47:40)
• 5 Deleted Scenes (7:03)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

[dwk]

Today's announcement was Fright (1971) on UHD. I think this is the first StudioCanal title going from Shout to Kino.

[domino harvey]

Was there an announcement yesterday?

[domino harvey]

specs for Cry-Baby (1990)

• Pop Icons: NEW Interview with Actress Amy Locane (14:12)

KL Insider revealed that this interview took place in prison, as Locane is still serving time for vehicular homicide

[beamish14]

specs for Cry-Baby (1990)

• Pop Icons: NEW Interview with Actress Amy Locane (14:12)

KL Insider revealed that this interview took place in prison, as Locane is still serving time for vehicular homicide

Surprised that producer (and Nightmare on Elm Street 6 director) Rachel Talalay wasn’t interviewed. John Waters officiated her wedding!

[dwk]

Was there an announcement yesterday?

A title for their Kino Cult line, 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971) was announced yesterday instead of a KLSC title.

[pistolwink]

specs for Cry-Baby (1990)

• Pop Icons: NEW Interview with Actress Amy Locane (14:12)

KL Insider revealed that this interview took place in prison, as Locane is still serving time for vehicular homicide

Is this a first for home-video bonus features? (...that aren't for films specifically about incarcerated people...)

[domino harvey]

Did not realize Kino Lorber also licensed and is releasing alongside I… comme Icare another conspiracy thriller from Verneuil, Mille milliards de dollars.

Sadly, Mille milliards de dollars was a disappointment. Verneuil is clearly working within a variation of I... comme Icare's conspiracy milieu with one rather cheeky variation that isn't apparent until the end

SpoilerShow

Namely that he plays with our expectations of him to repeat I... comme Icare's ending by placing Patrick Dewaere and his estranged wife in front of an open, unguarded window for most of the last ten minutes of the film, only for them to face no danger whatsoever.

That's a funny idea (albeit one that only hits for viewers who've seen the previous film), but also symbolizes why this film doesn't work: it's too low stakes and laid-back to ever sell the paranoia, and the ultimate corporate evil uncovered is laughably conveyed as brand-ending, even though lots of other real brands with similar black marks are still doing just fine. One unexpected positive here, though, is Mel Ferrer's perf as the CEO of a vaguely Texas corporation. I've seen Ferrer phone in work in foreign films so many times at this point that I was stunned that he 1, made an effort at all, and 2, was actually great in the role-- he's really the only thing that even works here. Mel Ferrer in the 80s was the highlight of a film. What a world we live in!

[Cash Flagg]

Is this a first for home-video bonus features? (...that aren't for films specifically about incarcerated people...)

I hope that whatever fee she would normally have been given was instead either passed on to the family of the woman she murdered, or a charity for families of victims of DUI deaths.

[captveg]

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Détective (1985)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on Blu-ray!

BOTANY BAY (1952) Alan Ladd & James Mason
Shot by John F. Seitz (Sunset Boulevard) – Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer (The Big Clock) – Based on a Novel by Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall (Mutiny on the Bounty) – Directed by John Farrow (Wake Island).

[beamish14]

Is this a first for home-video bonus features? (...that aren't for films specifically about incarcerated people...)

I hope that whatever fee she would normally have been given was instead either passed on to the family of the woman she murdered, or a charity for families of victims of DUI deaths.

Does Kino pay everyone who appears in supplements? I know they give a modest sum to the film scholars who provide commentaries

[FrauBlucher]

Coming Soon on 4KUHD!
Brand New HDR Dolby Vision Master!

HATARI! (1962) Starring John Wayne – Shot by Russell Harlan (Red River) – Music by Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther) – Screenplay by Leigh Brackett (The Long Goodbye) – Directed by Howard Hawks (Rio Bravo, El Dorado).

[bottlesofsmoke]

Wow! I was not expecting this… the Blu-ray is absolutely terrible so any kind of upgrade would have been awesome, but a UHD! I know this isn’t a movie for everyone, but I love just about everything about it.

[therewillbeblus]

I don't like the film, but that's a pretty cool pick - even if it does retrigger my irritation that Air Force is not on blu yet

[domino harvey]

I caved and bought the Blu-ray like just a month ago, so you’re all welcome

[knives]

Thank you. I greatly appreciate your wallet’s sacrifice.