Kino

[onedimension]

What's the status of the Murnau films Kino put out on DVD? Nosferatu, The Last Laugh, Faust..

[manicsounds]

Keaton's "College" BD, DVDBeaver

[andyli]

Kino is touring a 2K restoration of M. This sounds like a direct port of the superior German (Universum) release at first. But looking at the reported runtime of 117 min, it's longer than both the MoC/CC 110 min and new 111 min restoration. So is there even more footage added?

[drdoros]

Kino is touring a 2K restoration of M. This sounds like a direct port of the superior German (Universum) release at first. But looking at the reported runtime of 117 min, it's longer than both the MoC/CC 110 min and new 111 min restoration. So is there even more footage added?

Of course, that might be the difference between 24fps and 25fps...

[MichaelB]

Kino is touring a 2K restoration of M. This sounds like a direct port of the superior German (Universum) release at first. But looking at the reported runtime of 117 min, it's longer than both the MoC/CC 110 min and new 111 min restoration. So is there even more footage added?

Of course, that might be the difference between 24fps and 25fps...

That was my initial thought, but the MoC Blu-ray of M is 24fps - so a 25fps transfer would be nearer 106 mins.

[TMDaines]

Sounds like crossed wires or a misunderstanding. The fully restored film is on the German Blu-ray. Film Forum says "Approx. 117 min." and isn't definite.

[manicsounds]

6 minutes of restoration credits?

[RyanGallagher]

It's a mistake on the Film Forum's page (and Josh's post on our site). I checked the press release from Kino and it says 111 min.

From the press release:

"Long regarded as a masterpiece, and Lang's own favorite among his films, M has frequently circulated in multi-generational dupe prints, often missing the final scene and lacking full translation. This restoration includes new English subtitles and restores footage missing from previous versions."

I'll update our post.

[Cash Flagg]

Any idea what happened to their announced and never released Night Tide DVD and blu-ray? Amazon still has pages up with "May 22, 2012" release date...

It's still not on Kino's site but Amazon now lists new release date,April 30th.Hopefully they'll include Harrington/Hopper commentary from Milestone dvd.

Now Amazon sez:

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DVD Release Date: December 31, 2015

So I guess it's back off again.

[Emak-Bakia]

I recently got the Morris Engel set from my local library. It was my first time seeing all three films, and I absolutely adored The Little Fugitive. The blu ray will likely be a day one purchase for me, since I can't wait to watch it again. I also really enjoyed Lovers and Lollipops and Weddings and Babies, though I felt they could never quite measure up to the pure fun and beauty of The Little Fugitive's images of a 7-year-old in Coney Island. I've got two questions, though:

1) It struck me several times while watching the films that the image might be excessively dark. I wasn't too bothered by it, so I can't name a specific instance, but there were definitely moments where I was wondering if Morris Engel intended for so much detail to be lost in the shadows. I'm not familiar with his photography beyond what I've seen on these Kino discs, so I was left wondering if this look was his intention or if it's a problem with the transfer. Can anyone shed some light on this?

2) It's inevitable that someone ask this, so has anyone heard about the possibility of a blu release for Lovers and Lollipops and Weddings and Babies?

[knives]

Unfortunately no word of a Blu for the other two (which I love to death) have come through. To your first comment, I've got to assume it was a budget thing. These films were made for peanuts and though everyone was a pro on the film it was simply the affordable thing to go with cheapie lighting tactics so boom the films visually have a slight noir edge.

[Emak-Bakia]

Ah, yeah, that should have been the first thing to occur to me, considering the budget. It's just that so many of the images are perfectly exposed (in all three films) that some of the darker shots can seem a bit incongruous. I certainly don't mind the look of the darker ones, mind you, but I just wanted to be sure that they are original to the source material and not the result of a bad transfer.

[Finch]

Kino Lorber and their sublabels have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray four titles: Howard Higgin's Hell House (1932), John Cromwell's Of Human Bondage (1934), Alan Clarke's Scum (1979), and Nicolo Dominick Gullo and Jameel Saleem's Fear Not (2011).

Hell's House

An orphan (Durkin) is pushed to the limits of suffering when he is sent to a juvenile detention hall. Jimmy is sentenced to a term of hard labor after taking the rap for a bootlegger. Greeted at the reformatory gates by the howls of punished boys and the frail bodies of teenage laborers, he soon learns that there are even worse horrors in store for him. The severe treatment threatens the life of his friend Shorty, and Jimmy risks his own safety to save him. After making a daring escape, Jimmy pleads with Matt Kelly (O'Brien) and Peggy Gardner (Davis) to expose the brutality of juvenile hall and free his dying friend. Hell's House, one of the first drams to portray the real-life horrors of prison life, is uplifted by strong performances from Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien. Davis, at the height of her talent, was loaned from Universal specifically for this film. Starring Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin, Frank Coghlan Jr., and Charley Grapewin. Street date: June 18th.

Of Human Bondage

Considered to be the best filming of M. Somerset Maugham's poignant novel, the film tells of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do-club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress. Starring Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, and Kay Johnson. Street date: June 18th.

Scum

Scum refers to the label slapped upon reform-school inmate Carlin (Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast). When he isn't being beaten up by the other inmates, Carlin is being beaten down by the system. He rebels against this treatment and ''wins'' by becoming more vicious than any of his oppressors. Harrowing, claustrophobic, and deeply tragic, Scum was originally banned by the BBC for graphic brutality (and, quite likely, criticism of the justice system), leading director Alan Clarke to remake this chilling and groundbreaking thriller for all to see. Starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth. Street date: June 4th.

Fear Not

Jason Petal, a student filmmaker, stumbles on a 70's era 8mm camera containing the footage of a grisly murder, and in order to film his own feature he convinces friends to break into the abandoned historic home where the tragedy occurred. Planning to scare them at every turn, he quickly realizes too late that the thing their cameras will record are their own deaths. Starring Aaron Perilo, Dustin Fitzsimons, and Jennifer Simmons. Street date: June 11th.

[swo17]

Great news about Of Human Bondage. I'm pretty sure all previous releases have been atrocious.

[Ashirg]

It depends if they licensed it from Warner (or whoever owns the good print) or go White Zombie route.

[knives]

I would imagine this is from the Eastman connections.

[Buttery Jeb]

So is this release of Scum the original BBC production, or the theatrical film version (or both)?

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Mick Ford and Julian Firth weren't in the BBC version, so that's one clue. The other is that Amazon gives a runtime of 98 minutes, which matches the theatrical version (the TV version is 78 minutes, or 81 minutes at 24p). The BBC version could be an extra but I'm guessing it won't be.

[chatterjees]

It finally happened what I feared the most...Kino finally put Hong Sang-soo's In Another Country on DVD, not BD!!! You can pre-order herehttp://www.kinolorber.com/video.php?id=1322

[Applesauce]

As far as I can see, In Another Country hasn't even had a Korean blu release, unlike Oki's Movie and The Day He Arrives. DVD only for all Huppert's beautiful dresses and the lovely seaside? What a disappointment.

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

The Korean Blus were released simultaneously long after the DVDs (about a year after for The Day He Arrives and almost two years after for Oki's Movie). I wouldn't rule out a Korean BD for In Another Country, it just might take awhile.

[Calvin]

Von Stroheim's Foolish Wives will be getting a Blu-Ray upgrade on July 30th

[Drucker]

Von Stroheim's Foolish Wives will be getting a Blu-Ray upgrade on July 30th

Are the Von Stroheims part of Transit Films? I wonder the likelihood of MoC releasing this...

[hearthesilence]

Nice! Probably my favorite Von Stroheim film outside of Greed. (That or Queen Kelly, had he been able to finish it, but it's still 60% of an actual complete work.)

[knives]

Nice! Probably my favorite Von Stroheim film outside of Greed. (That or Queen Kelly, had he been able to finish it, but it's still 60% of an actual complete work.)

Yeah, it and The Merry Widow are two films I'd die to have on blu so this news is just perfect for me. Such a gorgeous complex working of the medium. Though I probably don't have to state those virtues here.