Re: Indicator
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:30 am
Hint for December box-set for those who did not get the newsletter:
http://eee.criterionforum.org/forum/
http://eee.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=14442
My hopes of it being Warners have basically totally lapsed - my expectation was the promise of something special for this Harryhausen set was going to be Gwangi, which'd be special due to it being the first title of a new deal, rather than it being special because Argonauts is universally viewed as the definitive if not the best Harryhausen. So now it'll probably be Fox or something that's not as exciting but given how amazingly interesting almost all of Indicator's releases have been so far will probably still be really great news (and I similarly hope, though it doesn't really impact me, that whatever license they sign allows them to continue making all of their releases totally region free). We'll probably be finding out in the next week or two, considering Indicator said we'd find out a few weeks later about a month ago, and so I wonder if that announcement will feature a preview list of some upcoming titles (Indicator more than most labels seems pretty loose with regards to upcoming releases this deal excepted and regularly answers questions about individual titles in Emails and Facebook and the like, so it'd not surprise me).What A Disgrace wrote:I hope the nice lady in the bath is Budd Boetticher.
If Indicator managed to get a deal with Warner Bros., a volume 3 of the Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen (which would really be a volume 4, since we started with Sinbad) could contain One Million Years BC, Valley of Gwangi and Clash of the Titans, all owned by Warner.
It will indeed. And they've been completely upfront about the box being Hammer vol 2.Ribs wrote:Also it wasn't mentioned here but Indicator promised on Twitter that they will not be having a reduced slate for December, which probably means at the least it'll be the format of these past few months of 2 releases + a box.
yes, i was wondering about that too.What A Disgrace wrote:Will December's slate be revealed soon?
"Neglected British titles" are a key part of Powerhouse's plan, so I'm very glad this has been noticed.Mr. Deltoid wrote:An excellent choice for release! Good to see Indicator giving these previously neglected British titles (The Reckoning, The Deadly Affair, etc.) the attention they deserve. I only caught this for the first time about five years ago and it's a fantastic film, very evocative of it's time and place. I found the salon scene with Yootha Joyce to be much more terrifying than anything contained in Indicator's Hammer Box-set!
And surely I'm not the only one who really doesn't care about how much better it looks? It looks better - I wouldn't be able to watch the DVD knowing there's a version readily accesible that's got HD resolution that does a good job with probably the same master.Drucker wrote:Of course that may be your prerogative, Jack, but there are surely tons of people (like me!) that have never seen the film and even began buying films in the blu-ray era. This will be my first exposure to the film, I liked The Innocents, so I will check out this film I surely never would have paid a mind to unless Indicator released it.
Where did they mention that? At facebook?rapta wrote: Interesting they mention there will be a 'number' of Jack Nicholson titles in the new year. Hopefully that includes The Missouri Breaks, but also one or two Monte Hellman would be nice.
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We had hoped to be able to bring you our second volume of Hammer films in December, but our production ambitions have escalated, with work on presenting original UK versions of some of the titles (amongst other things) consuming a great deal of our time. We'd like to do justice to all of the titles we release, so we hope you'll bear with us a little while longer while we perfect a few things on this one. In the meantime, we'd like to draw your attention to the fact that our website now has final specifications for HAMMER VOLUME 1: FEAR WARNING. We hope you'll agree that there's much to get your teeth into there...
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As we look further ahead, we hope that you’ll continue to enjoy our releases in 2018. We'll be furthering our mission to release great films in high quality Blu-ray premiere editions, and the new year's slate will include a number of films starring the great Jack Nicholson, a range of box sets each collecting the work of some of America's most iconic and beloved filmmakers, a very special edition of what is perhaps British cinema’s most enduring and chilling horror classic, and much more besides.
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oh, right, yes, they had mentioned that.Drucker wrote:Night of the Demon seems like a good guess for British horror.
I've expressed my doubts elsewhere that they've managed to wrangle The Passenger before Criterion got their hands on it, especially considering Criterion's relationship with Sony (whom would be involved in some capacity). The Witches of Eastwick is with Warner Bros, and as far as I'm aware they do not license to boutique labels - other than Criterion, they've only worked with BFI in the UK before, and only on very select titles (infamously refusing to let them release Russell's The Devils on Blu-ray, let alone uncut).Costa wrote:Where did they mention that? At facebook?rapta wrote: Interesting they mention there will be a 'number' of Jack Nicholson titles in the new year. Hopefully that includes The Missouri Breaks, but also one or two Monte Hellman would be nice.
I would also like a new scan of The Missouri Breaks, and also The Witches of Eastwick and maybe The Passenger.
Yes, and they had already teased it would get a 'special' release in various comments on social media. I reckon they plan on doing both cuts, and perhaps it will spill onto two separate discs, or have a thicker booklet than usual. Or even better, be coupled with Tourneur's Nightfall (released the same year).Drucker wrote:Night of the Demon seems like a good guess for British horror.
Similar to The Pumpkin Eaters, amongst many others, this was another Columbia title I had enquired about. I think there are rumblings about Criterion releasing it though, which would make sense considering the number of Altman titles they've been putting out in the last couple of years. Can't wait to see it restored, and hope they also port it to the UK at the same time, as it's one of my favourite Altman titles (from what I've seen so far).tojoed wrote:MichaelB, do you know if they might be bringing "California Split to the UK, as I think I saw that the music rights that marred the otherwise excellent US DVD, have been settled.
Village of the Damned was already released by Fabulous Films a few years ago, I'm afraid. It's more likely referring to Night of the Demon, a title that has been asked about quite frequently over the past year or so, and which Indicator have already mentioned they have special plans for.What A Disgrace wrote:Well, depending on who they licensed from, it could be Village of the Damned (MGM). But we don't know who they licensed from, so it could be anything, and that goes for everything else from here on out.
I am hoping that those boxed sets of films by most iconic and beloved film makers includes Budd Boetticher, but its more likely we'll get Howard Hawks, John Ford, Frank Capra and the like.
Never Take Sweets From a Stranger seems to be regarded by few as the best of the Hammer films, and only "few" because its not widely seen. I believe it'll be part of Hammer Volume 2.
I've very quickly stopped thinking in terms of upgrade vs the DVD especially since I've never seen most of the movies I buy ever before getting them on BD. I'm just evaluating PQs intrinsequely and I'm thus not interested in BDs just being at least better than the DVD.Ribs wrote:And surely I'm not the only one who really doesn't care about how much better it looks? It looks better - I wouldn't be able to watch the DVD knowing there's a version readily accesible that's got HD resolution that does a good job with probably the same master.
They mentioned that the first non-Columbia titles will be coming in January, fwiw.
If Kino could do a deal with Disney, couldn't Indicator too?rapta wrote: What's interesting is that in the newsletter they mention 'a couple of fresh licensing deals with major studios'. That'll most likely include Fox as well then, again similar to how Arrow/Eureka/Signal One have operated in recent years in regards to licenses from either studio. Let the guesswork commence...will be interesting to see which titles they're doing that Arrow/Eureka wouldn't already be gunning for.