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Word of warning: Don't ever click "related images" after a Google image search on Borowczyk.

What was the exact search term you entered? Just searching Borowczyk only brings up photos of him. Nothing shocking...

May titles according to Best Buy:

The Savage Innocents (1960)
Money from Home (1953)
Deja Vu (1985)
Shag (1989)

Has The Savage Innocents been recently restored?

vidussoni wrote:Money from Home (1953)

Hopefully this means more Martin & Lewis (and possibily the other solo Jerry flicks eg Cinderfella and Disorderly Orderly) down the line.

So did I miss something? Was the Signature line a failed experiment? No new Signature Editions since November (when there had been two a month).

There's at least one more in the pipeline

They responded to my tweet a month ago saying a few were planned for Fall 2017. I'm wondering if that will be the pattern for this line.

Money from Home has been confirmed as not including a 3D viewing option. A disappointment after their release of Dragonfly Squadron had a great 3D presentation.

Hopefully Invasion of the Body Snatchers is expected to get a Sigmature release.

Wowhd.co.uk have most of the Olive Films for a reduced price at the moment, also the Borowczyk BD:s.

captveg wrote:Money from Home has been confirmed as not including a 3D viewing option. A disappointment after their release of Dragonfly Squadron had a great 3D presentation.

Well, DRAGONFLY SQUADRON came from the 3D Film Archive; Olive was really just acting as their distributor. MONEY FROM HOME, on the other hand, is coming from Paramount.

If Paramount had licensed it to Kino it would have a 3D release. Bob Furmanek had posted rather pointed remarks about this around the time of my post that you quoted, but ultimately deleted them to not be seen as bagging on Olive too much.

vidussoni wrote:May titles according to Best Buy:

The Savage Innocents (1960)
Money from Home (1953)
Deja Vu (1985)
Shag (1989)

These are all now coming up as end of June releases on Best Buy's site.

perkizitore wrote:Has The Savage Innocents been recently restored?

Olive officially announced the June releases and it seems The Savage Innocents is barebones, but it is

NEWLY restored from the original VistaVision negative.

As far as I can tell this was not a VistaVision title. This is worth mentioning because VistaVision had a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, while Savage Innocents was 2.35:1. I'm pretty sure Ray recorded and released his film in Technirama, which--like VistaVision--used a "lazy 8" process, though the lens was anamorphic. It's also worth noting that the film was also released in select venues in Technirama 70, which was a 70mm print-up process that produced a 2.20:1 aspect ratio (like Todd-AO).

I guess my questions are, do we know what aspect ratio of this DVD release, and is 2.35:1 or 2.20:1 the preferred ratio?

could there have been a dupe negative produced in VistaVision?

beamish13 wrote:could there have been a dupe negative produced in VistaVision?

Well, if there was a standard VistaVision dupe, and not an anamorphic Technirama dupe, this means that it would be severely cropped on the sides.

I think what Olive meant by VistaVision was the sideways "lazy 8" print, at least I hope. But it might be worth keeping an eye on just in case the released is cropped.

vidussoni wrote:The Savage Innocents (1960)

Beaver.

Beautiful transfer, and in correct AR too. I wonder who they license it from though. Any chance MoC will update their edition with this new restoration?

From Paramount.

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STREET DATE: AUGUST 29.

Blu-rays:

The Wedding Banquet (Ang Lee, 1993)

Special Features:

• "A Forbidden Passion" Featurette
  Original theatrical trailer
  Optional English subtitles

Hell Up in Harlem (Larry Cohen, 1973)

Special Features:

• NEW audio commentary with director Larry Cohen, moderated by Steve Mitchell, director of the upcoming documentary King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen.
  Optional English SDH subtitles

Flipper Seasons One (1964-1965) and Two (1965-1966)

With optional English SDH subtitles.




The Stranger (Orson Welles, 1946)

Special Features:

• NEW Audio Commentary by Nora Fiore
  "The Stranger: Murderers Among Us" – essay by Dr. Jennifer Lynde Barker
  Optional English SDH subtitles

DVDs:

The Island of Dr. Moreau (Don Taylor. 1977)

Special Features:

• NEW audio commentary with Jeff Belanger and Dr. Dreck
  "The Island of Doctor Moreau as Theological Grotesque" – essay by Gorman Beauchamp
  Optional English SDH subtitles

Dracula in Vegas (Nick Millard, 1999)

Special Features:

• Audio commentary with director Nick Millard, Irmi Millard, and Slasher // Video's Jesus Terán
  Interview with director Nick Millard and Producer Irmi Millard
  Photo Gallery
  Trailer
  Optional English SDH subtitles

Spirits of the Somme (Bob Carruthers. 2012)

With optional English SDH subtitles.

A lot of solid entries for the Worst cover thread.

If The Stranger is at least on par with the Kino disc I'll be buying it for the added subtitles alone.

More than a tad disappointing is right.