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nolanoe wrote:Why will the longer cut be DVD only? :-s

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:The Kino is definitely squished Look at the gong for example whereas the MoC is more circular

Coming on Blu-ray January 5, 2016! A Kino Classics Release!
Louis Feuillade's FANTOMAS (5 Film Collection) Based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, Louis Feuillade's outrageous, ambitious FANTÔMAS series became the gold standard of espionage serials in pre-WWI Europe, and laid the foundation for such immortal works as Feuillade's own Les Vampires and Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films. René Navarre stars as the criminal lord of Paris, the master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black: Fantômas. Over the course of five feature films (which combined to form a 5 1/2-hour epic), Fantômas, along with his accomplices and mistresses, are pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve (Edmund Bréon) and his friend, journalist Jerôme Fandor (Georges Melchior).
THE FILMS
• Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913, 54 Min.)
• Juve vs. Fantômas (1913, 62 Min.)
• The Murderous Corpse (1913, 90 Min.)
• Fantômas vs. Fantômas (1914, 60 Min.)
• The False Magistrate (1914, 71 Min.)
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Two audio commentaries by film historian David Kalat
• Two rare Feuillade films: The Nativity (1910) and The Dwarf (1912)
• Louis Feuillade: Master of Many Forms, a ten-minute documentary
• Gallery of Fantômas images

captveg wrote:MisterLime has listed Renoir's The Southerner (1945) as a 1/12/16 release on the HTF release schedule

"After achieving worldwide acclaim for such films as La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game, French filmmaker Jean Renoir briefly worked in the United States, where he wrote and directed this adaptation of George Sessions Perry s novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand. The story follows the struggles of an idealistic farmer (Zachary Scott) trying to raise a family and a crop of cotton in the face of extraordinary challenges, both natural and societal.

Visually influenced by the documentary work of Pare Lorentz and Robert Flaherty, and assisted in the dialogue-writing by William Faulkner, Paris-born Renoir crafted a portrait of rural life that is honest, unsentimental, and filled with the emotional subtleties for which the director is best remembered. The Southerner earned three Academy Award nominations (Best Director, Original Music Score, and Sound). This Kino Classics edition was mastered in HD from a 35mm restoration performed by the UCLA Film and Television Archive."

Special Features: A Salute to France (1944, 35 min., dir: Jean Renoir and Garson Kanin), The River (1938, 31 min., dir: Pare Lorentz)

Kino/Carlotta US wrote:OUT 1 finally becomes available on home video for the first time

Roscoe wrote:In re: FAUST -- I'm not seeing the "squishing" to be terribly drastic. Only a couple of the caps seem to be squished at all in comparison with the one above them, as opposed to the marked difference in the DIARY OF A LOST GIRL caps where it's really evident.

FrauBlucher wrote:I can't think of one silent film that you could say Kino has done a better job than MoC.

I love the fact that Kino Lorber sees fit to release some of the great silent motion pictures, and to do it, wherever possible with style and quality.