Ribs wrote:*** RELEASE DATE UPDATES**
We are very sorry to have to inform you of more date revisions. Manufacturing deadlines have become shorter in the lead up to Christmas and some of our larger projects have required extra work, further extras acquisitions and increased book lengths (for example our Rivette set has increased to a 200-page hard back book and Hellraiser will have some exciting new additions which will be revealed this week!) These changes have created a domino effect on our schedule and as such in the new year we will take a new course of action to remove any delays. The revised release dates are as follows:
Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cats – 19th October (UK) 27th October (US)
Thieves’ Highway – 19th October
Closely Observed Trains – 26th October
Tenderness of the Wolves – 2nd November (UK) 3rd November (US)
Kiju Yoshida: Love +Anarchism - – 2nd November
Nekromantik 2 - 16th November
Blood Rage – 23rd November (UK) 24th November (US)
The Mutilator – 30th November (UK) 1st December (US)
And, if you missed it last week, Deep Red is now set to be released – 7th December.
We hope you’ll bear with us in the lead up to Christmas but as ever our commitment to quality will ensure all releases will eventually be delivered to the highest standard. As always, direct orders from the Arrow store are expected to ship prior to these new dates.
A little bit odd to have Yoshida delayed all of two days from the date it had been listed as but hey whatever.
Good news that they've made the Rivette book a hardcover too.
I believe the Yoshida set was actually set for October 19th when officially announced (alongside the other October titles), but before that when it was up for Early Bird pre-order had stated October 31st (which isn't a Monday so couldn't be an official release date). I say vaguely because it said different dates in different places (both on different parts of the Arrow site and different retailer listings). So yeah, good to know it has been confirmed now...though there could well be another delay of a week or two, considering there have been 'domino effect' delays a few times in the last couple of months (to the point where some titles have had multi-month delays).
Cool about the Rivette set though...hardback book sounds good, though I do love the high quality bound paperback booklets (e.g. Eureka). I really would love to buy both that and the Yoshida set but likely won't be able to afford either straight away, and may have to wait until Christmas to order one or both of them. I have the Yoshida set pre-ordered for just over £45 on Amazon though, so will have to see in a month's time whether I feel it's worth keeping my pre-order. The Rivette set sounds like better value for money, but is quite a bit more expensive - though if I do end up getting it, I'll definitely order direct from Arrow assuming it's still the cheapest (and taking into account the points too).
As for a guess of what the Nikkatsu-related set might be, considering that most Imamura titles have already been released on UK Blu-ray, I reckon it's likely to be a Suzuki box set. Either that or a mixed set of Yakuza titles...perhaps containing A Colt is My Passport amongst some others. I would love to see the remaining Imamura titles released by somebody (especially The Pornographers) and there are some Ôshima and Shinoda titles from Nikkatsu that should get released if possible (i.e. quality of materials) but I'm thinking they are possibly more MoC's fare.
