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AidanKing wrote:I also think that, if the issue of Sight and Sound that's going to feature Borowczyk is the one due out next week and the article mentions the project to restore Goto, there may well be a surge of interest making it highly likely that the target will be met.

MichaelB wrote:My understanding is that it will be a very short but illustrated piece in the opening 'Rushes' section in the next issue (i.e. the one out next week), with a much more substantial Borowczyk feature to appear nearer the release date.

AidanKing wrote:It looks as if the dictionary is going to build into an excellent work of criticism in its own right: it's certainly whetting my appetite for the eventual appearance of the set.

Hopefully, pledges will be boosted by the mention in Sight and Sound. This project certainly deserves to be a success as one of the most innovative ways of launching a set of films since the advent of home video in any format.

EddieLarkin wrote:1) £1 minimum
2) Card details are required when you pledge, no money will be taken until Jan 11th, when the Kickstarter ends. Unsure about the security mechanisms, but I imagine they're the standard stuff you'd find at any other place that requires your card information
3) Yes, it'll be available as a normal retail release. The privileges are that you help guarantee Goto will be in HD (it'll be in SD if the Kickstarter fails), and you're probably getting it a bit cheaper than it will be available in stores (expect at least a £100 RRP). The pledge amount is not deducted from the box, though you'll get a free box if you pledge £60 or more. If the venture makes more than £20,000, the additional cash will be used to make the box set even better. Profits from the retail release will go to Arrow. Remember, you're supporting the restoration of one film from the box set, not the release of the box set itself
4) The item will be released even if the project fails, but Goto will be in SD. No money is taken unless the project is a success, so there will be no issues of refunds or anything like that.

fatboyslim142 wrote:I'm the 202nd person who's pledged the amount for the box set.

Emak-Bakia wrote: I'm just hoping there's no sex scandal or something similar at Arrow that causes backers to start dropping out.

jsteffe wrote:But surely an unfortunate petting zoo incident or videotaped spanking episode would only burnish the credentials of those working on the box set?

Arrow wrote:When we launched our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to restore Walerian Borowczyk’s 1968 masterpiece Goto, Island of Love (Goto, l’île d’amour), we had no idea what to expect.

Would people go “who?” or “what?” or “well, I’ve got the old DVD and it looks fine to me”? Would they smother us with encouraging messages while the fundraising total remained stubbornly stuck in triple figures until the final hours of the campaign, when they’d mockingly crawl over the £1,000 mark? Or would we get the 300+ backers that we’ve had so far, but with no-one pledging more than £20?

We simply didn’t know.

But in fact, the campaign has been a success beyond our wildest dreams. Just three weeks after launch and five weeks from completion, we have already raised over 90% of the funds.

So thank you all for your support - and not just the finance but also the enthusiasm. Borowczyk hasn’t been discussed this extensively in years, and since a major aim of the project is to rehabilitate the reputation of one of European cinema’s most original talents, this has been particularly gratifying. If people are this excited now, imagine what it will be like when the films are finally released!

But in addition to thanking you, we have some potentially very good news. We have just been informed that the Cinémathêque Française has recently discovered a fine-grain positive 35mm print of Goto. This hasn’t been examined yet, but if it’s in good physical condition and if it contains those all-important colour shots, then it might prove to be an ideal source on which to base our restoration.

As you’ll know already, the original negative of Goto was accidentally destroyed decades ago, and so part of our task is to find the best-quality surviving prints - and French archives are the most likely sources, not just because of the film’s nationality but because their prints are less likely to have unwanted and unremovable subtitles. (The final Blu-ray and DVD versions will of course have English subtitles, but they’ll be electronically generated and optional.)

So our fingers are very tightly crossed.

That’s it for concrete news, but we thought we’d also take this opportunity to stress that no matter how much the Kickstarter campaign raises, every penny will find its way into the final project. Those of you who pledged £60 or more will receive a minimum of five features and fourteen shorts, but extra funds might allow us to resurrect plans for additional films and extras that we reluctantly dropped at the early planning stages.

We’ve also launched a 26-week blog entitled Boro’s Dictionary, which each week will feature a heavily illustrated guide to an aspect of Borowczyk’s work, along with sneak previews of some of the extensive extras that we have planned for the project. Thus far, there are entries on Animation, Beast, Composers and Daumier, with next week’s entry (inevitably, Erotic) currently being drafted. It’s available at http://borowczykcollection.blogspot.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

swo17 wrote:

Arrow wrote:Those of you who pledged £60 or more will receive a minimum of five features and fourteen shorts, but extra funds might allow us to resurrect plans for additional films and extras that we reluctantly dropped at the early planning stages.

Gregory wrote:^^^ rwaits's question is a good one, and if Arrow want to increase their chances of getting funding well above the base goal, it's a good idea to have specific improvements listed as the funding increases. In one wildly successful project from last year, which achieved 29 times the funding of its base goal, the author "unlocked" plans for enhancements and extras at $5,000 funding increments, and then at $25,000 increments. (See the section midway down the page under an illustration of Hamlet with skull.) That kind of strategy motivates people to pledge more funds toward a project even after it reaches its initial goal.

swo17 wrote:

Gregory wrote:^^^ rwaits's question is a good one, and if Arrow want to increase their chances of getting funding well above the base goal, it's a good idea to have specific improvements listed as the funding increases. In one wildly successful project from last year, which achieved 29 times the funding of its base goal, the author "unlocked" plans for enhancements and extras at $5,000 funding increments, and then at $25,000 increments. (See the section midway down the page under an illustration of Hamlet with skull.) That kind of strategy motivates people to pledge more funds toward a project even after it reaches its initial goal.

MichaelB has already mentioned here how it's more difficult to take this approach when the rights to additional titles/materials have to be negotiated with third parties.

TonyleStephanois wrote:RRP uncertain at this point but it's highly unlikely it will be less than £99.99.