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Re: Twilight Time

#2601 Post by sabbath » Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:27 am

Just cancelled the commentary on Interiors today "at the request of the studio."

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Re: Twilight Time

#2602 Post by TMDaines » Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:22 am

Twilight Time: the future everybody.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2603 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Feb 02, 2017 6:01 am

Redman's arrogance was rewarded with a slapdown. Love it.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2604 Post by hearthesilence » Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:56 am

I was only aware of the fact that Allen didn't want commentaries on DVD/BD releases of his films. Is there anything else to the story? I'm not familiar with Redman, etc.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2605 Post by domino harvey » Thu Feb 02, 2017 12:02 pm

Allen doesn't like extras and his contracts give him extraordinary control over his home releases. Literally everyone knows this, so Redman was trying to pull a fast one

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Twilight Time

#2606 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 02, 2017 12:14 pm

This is why the Arrow boxes opted for hefty hardback books - although only after checking that he was happy with those. (Thankfully, he was.)

And yes, I can confirm first hand that everything has to be personally approved by his office: disc and book contents, artwork, you name it. He signed an extraordinarily generous contract with United Artists in 1971 whose provisions span all the films that he made for UA and Orion and remain in force to this day.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2607 Post by captveg » Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:42 pm

1984 is down to under 100 copies.

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hearthesilence
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Re: Twilight Time

#2608 Post by hearthesilence » Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:52 pm

Given how well book sales are doing, you'd think there'd be another quick reissue just to cash in.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2609 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:54 pm

MichaelB wrote:This is why the Arrow boxes opted for hefty hardback books - although only after checking that he was happy with those. (Thankfully, he was.)

And yes, I can confirm first hand that everything has to be personally approved by his office: disc and book contents, artwork, you name it. He signed an extraordinarily generous contract with United Artists in 1971 whose provisions span all the films that he made for UA and Orion and remain in force to this day.
Any knowledge on why the books were approved and video supplements are not? I haven't purchased any of the boxsets, so I don't know what's in the books. Does he not like his films disected and analyzed?

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Re: Twilight Time

#2610 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 02, 2017 6:15 pm

I've no idea. But we knew upfront that there was no chance of putting anything on the discs apart from the trailer (something recently reinforced by the Twilight Time Interiors story), and we wanted to add something, so we developed volume 1 on spec, sent it off for approval, crossed our fingers tightly...

...and he said yes. Or someone in his office did, which amounts to the same thing.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2611 Post by captveg » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:27 am

Bite the Bullet has sold out

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Re: Twilight Time

#2612 Post by souvenir » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:38 am

captveg wrote:Bite the Bullet has sold out
so it's bit the bullet (after a good run of almost five years)

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Re: Twilight Time

#2613 Post by Rayon Vert » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:55 am

hearthesilence wrote:I was only aware of the fact that Allen didn't want commentaries on DVD/BD releases of his films.
Is there something similar with Spielberg?

I think Spielberg should do a commentary for all of Allen's films, and Allen for Spielberg's.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2614 Post by lesco » Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:06 am

Allen doesn't like "talking over the movie", period. Witness this encounter with the NY Times who were doing a series on directors discussing favourite movies - there's no way he wants a commentary track running over his films because he wants people only to watch them (which is ironic considering that he never watches his own films again once the editing is over)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/03/movie ... shane.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Twilight Time

#2615 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:58 pm

Commentaries aren't as on many new releases anymore I've noticed.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2616 Post by captveg » Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:45 pm

In case anyone wanted to keep track, 1984 sold out on Saturday.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2617 Post by captveg » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:50 pm

The Wayward Bus has also sold out.

Latest low quantity update as of 2/8/17:

SWAMP WATER - fewer than 200 copies remaining
THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR - fewer than 200 copies remaining
MINDWARP - fewer than 300 copies remaining
THE DISAPPEARANCE - fewer than 400 copies remaining
MAN IN THE DARK 3D - fewer than 400 copies remaining
EQUUS - fewer than 400 copies remaining
THE MAN FROM LARAMIE - fewer than 400 copies remaining
BREAKING AWAY - fewer than 400 copies remaining
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN - fewer than 500 copies remaining
RAPTURE - fewer than 500 copies remaining
THE BOUNTY - fewer than 500 copies remaining
MISSISSIPPI BURNING - fewer than 500 copies remaining (only available at http://www.twilighttimemovies.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

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Re: Twilight Time

#2618 Post by fdm » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:56 pm

Please note the the following 3 titles by Fancois Truffaut are especially sale - priced at SAE as they will be shortly going out of print:

THE BRIDE WORE BLACK - $9.95
THE STORY OF ADELE H - $9.95
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID - $9.95
Also Swamp Water down to 40 copies, probably less by now.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2619 Post by Randall Maysin » Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:54 pm

You know, there are some Woody Allen dvds or blurays that have seemingly significant extra features on them. A foreign dvd of Small Time Crooks has an Allen interview, and a dvd or bluray which I think is for an English-speaking country of Blue Jasmine has a Q&A on it. I wonder why Mister Woody let that slip?

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Re: Twilight Time

#2620 Post by pointless » Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:59 pm

Peyton Place (Mark Robson, 1957)

Release Date: March 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features: TBD.

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Re: Twilight Time

#2621 Post by pointless » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:01 pm

Our Man in Havanna (Carol Reed, 1959)

Release Date: March 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
  • Isolated Music & Effects Track
    Original Theatrical Trailer
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Booklet artwork:
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Re: Twilight Time

#2622 Post by pointless » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:03 pm

Baby Boom (Charles Shyer, 1987)

Release Date: March 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features:
  • Isolated Music & Effects Track
    Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
    Original Theatrical Trailer
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Booklet artwork:
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Re: Twilight Time

#2623 Post by pointless » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:06 pm

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (David Swift, 1967)

Release Date: March 14th, 2017.
Pre-order date: Wednesday, March 1st at 4 pm EST.

Special Features: TBD.

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Booklet artwork:
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Re: Twilight Time

#2624 Post by domino harvey » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:28 pm

pointless wrote:Image
What the fuck is this

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TMDaines
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Re: Twilight Time

#2625 Post by TMDaines » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:39 pm

It's Peyton Place.

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