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Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 1:14 am**

I want The Funeral as the US title or one of them. If I keep asking for it, it'll materialise (ha ha).

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 3:19 am**

Finch wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 1:14 am I want The Funeral as the US title or one of them. If I keep asking for it, it'll materialise (ha ha).

Assuming NEW ROSE HOTEL proves to be a great seller for Radiance—which is especially likely now that the VinSyn disc is going OOP—that might realistically happen in the future.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 8:15 am**

Given there doesn’t ever seem to’ve been a fully english-friendly home video release in the correct aspect ratio, I could imagine that there’s a rights issue (or maybe it’s just disinterest). But I would’ve said almost the same thing about New Rose Hotel until recently. Here’s hoping.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:07 am**

Regarding The Funeral, I'm sure it's a rights issue considering other Ferrara films have made it to the HD era. I actually looked into this recently when discussing it on the Radiance / Transmission discord. The distribution was initially handled by MDP Worldwide - they later rebranded to Media 8. Their titles would later be acquired by Screen Media. Screen Media is credited on the most recent UK DVD release that came out in 2012.

Things happened with Screen Media and, essentially, what was their library is now distributed through 101 Films in the UK.

Unsure about the US but I guess that leaves essentially 3 options for the UK

1. 101 Films have it and don't know that they have it (as it seems like a title they would release themselves)
2. 101 Films have it, know about it, and would release it but don't have access to the original materials to do a new transfer (which would presumably be with whoever the US rightsholder is)
3. The rights for some reason went elsewhere between the UK DVD release in 2012 and 101 getting the catalog in 2021

With regards to the US rights, I can't see why they wouldn't still be with the rest of the October Films catalog that is now with Focus Features. But others from there have had a release so no idea on that front.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:15 am**

Next month, punishment!

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:25 am**

From the Discord: "
Commedia all’italiana 2 is still on the docket but looking more like 2028 now as another box set I’ve been wanting to do for years has taken its place I’m afraid (for 2027). But I think most on this forum will appreciate it even if it’s from two decades prior.

I am sorry to say that there’s no more Rosi from us. The major ones are with another label and the early works don’t really seem viable, especially with their current masters."

Let the guesses commence on what the 30s-40s box set could be. Gremillion? Early Ophuls? Kautner?

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:30 am**

Meant to thank you Calvin for the rights posts re The Funeral. Looks like Criterion or VS are the likeliest US labels to get the film from Focus/October Films.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:30 am**

Finch wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:15 am Next month, punishment!

Guessing Rouch or Jolivet? I know neither of them well.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:52 am**

Punishment Island - Shinoda

Calvin - you mention another box Fran has wanted to do for decades and then you mention a 30s-40s box. Are these one and the same? I couldn’t quite understand your comment.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:55 am**

And does the Rosi comment mean Criterion has the UK rights to Hands Over the City and Salvatore Giuliano now?

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:00 am**

Or Punishment Park?

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:03 am**

Peacock wrote:Punishment Island - Shinoda

Calvin - you mention another box Fran has wanted to do for decades and then you mention a 30s-40s box. Are these one and the same? I couldn’t quite understand your comment.

One and the same. The box is from 'two decades before' commedia all'Italiana (and he has said it's not Italian but is from Europe)

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:25 am**

Ah I see, I read the two decades prior as meaning he wanted to do the boxset two decades ago at Arrow.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:26 am**

Calvin wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:03 am
Peacock wrote:Calvin - you mention another box Fran has wanted to do since Radiance started and then you mention a 30s-40s box.
Fixed for you.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 11:33 am**

Thank you! Exciting stuff.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:10 pm**

Finch wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:30 am Meant to thank you Calvin for the rights posts re The Funeral. Looks like Criterion or VS are the likeliest US labels to get the film from Focus/October Films.

I am not sure if it would be VS, because all of their Universal licenses have.gone OOP. Also it should be noted that most of their Universal titles were originally licensed to Severin, who lost the deal when Universal found out about the Cruel Jaws release.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:47 pm**

Calvin wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:25 am From the Discord: "
Commedia all’italiana 2 is still on the docket but looking more like 2028 now as another box set I’ve been wanting to do for years has taken its place I’m afraid (for 2027). But I think most on this forum will appreciate it even if it’s from two decades prior.

I am sorry to say that there’s no more Rosi from us. The major ones are with another label and the early works don’t really seem viable, especially with their current masters."

Let the guesses commence on what the 30s-40s box set could be. Gremillion? Early Ophuls? Kautner?

Could be a set of Pagnol and Fernandel's collaborations

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:52 pm**

Has anyone asked Fran on the Discord if Radiance will be upgrading A MOMENT OF ROMANCE to UHD at some point? Want to know so I won't spend $50 on the Disk Kino and then have buyers remorse.

Edit: Someone asked Fran and he confirmed no current plans.

Bruno also replied to me via email and confirmed the same.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 5:11 pm**

MovieBuff647 wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:52 pm Bruno also replied to me via email and confirmed the same.

For those wondering about THE CONFORMIST 4K, I followed up with Bruno and just got a response:

As for THE CONFORMIST, the licensing with Raro Video is slightly more complicated insofar as it operates under a different schedule. Meaning I have even less knowledge about upcoming Raro titles than I do Radiance ones. I will also confess that The Conformist is not on our immediate schedule that I can see, although I am sure Fran would love to release it if everything lined up for us to do so.

Posted: **Wed Sep 09, 2026 5:23 pm**

dwk wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 2:10 pm
Finch wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2026 10:30 am Meant to thank you Calvin for the rights posts re The Funeral. Looks like Criterion or VS are the likeliest US labels to get the film from Focus/October Films.
I am not sure if it would be VS, because all of their Universal licenses have.gone OOP. Also it should be noted that most of their Universal titles were originally licensed to Severin, who lost the deal when Universal found out about the Cruel Jaws release.

Universal really doesn’t fuck around with unauthorized uses of Jaws footage. They nearly blacklisted the New Beverly theatre when they tried to screen said film decades ago

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2026 10:28 am**

Can I advocate again Giuseppe de Santis ROMA ORE 11 (1952) from the new CSC restoration not least because it was a young Elio Petri who did the real life interviews with many of the 80 young female victims of this terrible staircase collapse which happened while they were all desperately seeking secretarial work in post-war Rome... His 'inchiesta' into the lives of these young women, their family circumstances & their involvement in the unfolding events of the fateful day Monday 15th January 1951 on the Via Savoia in Rome formed the basis of the script of this key neo-realist film but were also published by Petri as a book in 1956 (and again in 2004)... It would make great package to combine a BluRay of the De Santis drama with booklet translations of Petri's background research...

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2026 1:28 pm**

If Bertolucci is in consideration, I would suggest "Spider's Stratagem". It is a major gap in Bertolucci's discography. It has not been released in an English-friendly version anywhere I am aware of. And a very impressive Japanese Blu Ray confirms that the source material is available. The Conformist is available in a decent edition. I would love to see a stunning 4K version of it, but my preference for "Spider's Stratagem" remains.

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2026 1:57 pm**

kekid wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 1:28 pm If Bertolucci is in consideration, I would suggest "Spider's Stratagem".

Why not Before the Revolution ?

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2026 2:55 pm**

No plans for The Conformist, Arrow have it under licence for a few more years, what they do beyond that is anyone's guess.

Roma ore 11 is great, but RAI don't know who has international rights, they only control Italy and I can't find it elsewhere.

Personally, I think that Before the Revolution is an interesting but not great film and Bertolucci not a great seller outside of a couple of titles. I would say even The Conformist underperformed.

That said, I would love to do The Spider's Stratagem and have been trying for years but there are rights complications no one can seem to resolve.

Posted: **Thu Sep 10, 2026 3:14 pm**

Radiance wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 2:55 pm No plans for The Conformist, Arrow have it under licence for a few more years, what they do beyond that is anyone's guess.

Roma ore 11 is great, but RAI don't know who has international rights, they only control Italy and I can't find it elsewhere.

Personally, I think that Before the Revolution is an interesting but not great film and Bertolucci not a great seller outside of a couple of titles. I would say even The Conformist underperformed.

That said, I would love to do The Spider's Stratagem and have been trying for years but there are rights complications no one can seem to resolve.

Do you know what the status of Partner is?

WB hasn’t done anything with Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (or another Italian film they own, Hearts and Armour)

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