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Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:34 pm
by The Elegant Dandy Fop
I had heard about the Meyer news a while ago and that it apparently took a lot of negotiating and work to make it happen. Beyond excited this is happening.
As for catalogs that need opening, the Golden Harvest titles by Warner Bros. needs to be dug into further (other than the big Jackie Chan films and the two Once Upon a Time in China films Criterion licensed). The Blade, Slickers vs. Killers, Too Many Ways to Be No. 1, Pantyhose Hero, Comrades A Love Story, Encounters of the Spooky Kind II, Enter the Fat Dragon, Pedicab Driver, Butterfly Lovers, and the Hong Kong cuts of Police Story 4 and Rumble in the Bronx.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:18 pm
by Peacock
WB’s silents are still largely untouched aside from a Criterion and a couple of WAC releases. Classic Indian cinema is absurdly inaccessible. Warhol’s catalogue aside from some old DVDs. Jack Smith in his entirety. The Kuchar Bros aside from some Mike Kuchar on dvd. James Benning in HD. Etc etc. Still a long way to go! But every year recently has been full of surprises.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:11 pm
by MichaelB
The Rob Houwer-produced batch of five early Paul Verhoeven films is another obvious one. Plus of course the Tyburn productions from the mid-70s.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:13 pm
by domino harvey
The fact that we got Sleuth on Blu-ray last year is evidence that literally anything can happen, no matter how unlikely
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:26 pm
by swo17
Sleuth is out on Blu-ray???
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:30 pm
by domino harvey
France put it out last year! It looks good too and is region free
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:31 pm
by tenia
Though we're still unsure how it happened, contractually speaking...
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:34 pm
by domino harvey
Whoever successfully tricked a clueless higher-up into signing off on it is probably not going to step forward to confess!
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:36 pm
by swo17
Wow, I had no idea
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:41 pm
by beamish14
MichaelB wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:11 pm
The Rob Houwer-produced batch of five early Paul Verhoeven films is another obvious one. Plus of course the Tyburn productions from the mid-70s.
Oh, god, yes. I still hold onto the terrible-looking Anchor Bay DVDs for Verhoeven’s wonderful audio commentaries. I can live without
Business is Business, but the others are incredible
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:42 pm
by Peacock
Sleuth is also out in Germany (although possibly without an English soundtrack) and Spain.
Here’s a review for the DNR’d French Blu which everyone reports is still a decent upgrade from the DVD.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 4:08 pm
by dwk
The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:34 pm
I had heard about the Meyer news a while ago and that it apparently took a lot of negotiating and work to make it happen. Beyond excited this is happening.
As for catalogs that need opening, the Golden Harvest titles by Warner Bros. needs to be dug into further (other than the big Jackie Chan films and the two Once Upon a Time in China films Criterion licensed).
The Blade,
Slickers vs. Killers,
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1,
Pantyhose Hero,
Comrades A Love Story,
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II,
Enter the Fat Dragon,
Pedicab Driver,
Butterfly Lovers, and the Hong Kong cuts of
Police Story 4 and
Rumble in the Bronx.
I expect Criterion will include
Encounters of the Spooky Kind II and the WB owned
Mr. Vampire when they get around to releasing the first
Spooky Kind and
Mr. Vampire 1-4 on disc. And there have been rumors that they have licensed
The Blade and
Pedicab Driver, but those conflict with the rumors that WB isn't willing to license out the Golden Harvest stuff. So, we'll see.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 8:14 pm
by hearthesilence
TechnicolorAcid wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:02 pm
dwk wrote: Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:59 pm
So what is left to crack open? The Golden Princess catalog, Palomar/ Bristol Myers Squibb and Disney start licensing out Fox titles..
At least
101 other movies.
I was just lamenting how
Latcho Drom (1993) has never had a decent home viewing presentation. Joe Boyd and David Byrne raved about it this week during a promotional appearance for Boyd's new history book, which even names a chapter after it.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:36 pm
by MichaelB
My Australian DVD is OK, but it certainly could do with an upgrade.
Re: Russ Meyer
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:32 am
by Blutarsky
It looks like Russ' estate has reprinted their blu-ray release of Faster Pussycat! Kill, Kill. While I am happy it is available again, I am hoping that Severin will be able to do a 4k release and add AT LEAST one extra to the film.