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I have a soft spot for 12 Angry Men, having been assigned to watch it in school in lieu of the original. Are you aware Kino put it out on Blu-ray?

swo17 wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:41 am I have a soft spot for 12 Angry Men, having been assigned to watch it in school in lieu of the original. Are you aware Kino put it out on Blu-ray?

Sure. I still have one player that is region B locked (it’s a 4k UHD player, which cannot play standard Blu rays outside of my normal region) in one of my residences; so if possible I prefer to get region B titles.

I rented 12 Angry Men back in the video shop days - I also have a soft spot for Friedkin’s late ‘90s version.

Imprint titles aren’t Region B, they’re region free

Right, but the Kino Lorber Blu-ray of the Friedkin 12 Angry Men under discussion is Region A-locked.

Heller-Nicholas commentary on Lolita. I bet she'll still get complaints for focusing on the film's sexual politics.

I haven't seen Lyne's Lolita in years (since a few years after its original release in fact) but I remember it being distressingly humorless in comparison to both the novel and to Kubrick's film. Has anyone revisited it lately?

dustybooks wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:30 am I haven't seen Lyne's Lolita in years (since a few years after its original release in fact) but I remember it being distressingly humorless in comparison to both the novel and to Kubrick's film. Has anyone revisited it lately?

I hated Lyne's version when I first saw it and somebody would have to pay big big bucks for me to ever sit through it again.

I loved Lyne's Lolita (was lucky catching it in a theater during its original run) and have almost gave up hope for a Blu-ray. A very different beast obviously than Kubrick's version. Hope it's a shiny new transfer.

PfR73 wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:57 pm Right, but the Kino Lorber Blu-ray of the Friedkin 12 Angry Men under discussion is Region A-locked.

Indeed.

I am hopeful Imprint will release more Friedkin titles. Certainly Jade would fit in with the recent trend of releasing “neo noir”. As well as being of value for a fairly tough title to get hold of.

domino harvey wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 7:10 pm I actually really enjoyed I Married a Monster From Outer Space, which is transparently a film about domestic abuse hiding behind aliens. It’s incredible how much more effective it is at tackling such an adult and downbeat theme than most contemporary “adult” films

This was indeed very good, though for me it signaled less of a domestic abuse allegory in the traditional sense of that term, than the feeling of being forcibly trapped in a dynamic where one person falls out of love but maintains fixed in the union due to selfish drives. It’s unquestionably meant to be an examination of a gendered dynamic within its specific context: patriarchal emotional abuse perpetrated when the dream bubble of What Marriage Should Be to women is popped as their beaus settle into complacency and refuse to converse or engage to any extent with reciprocal intimacy regarding their wives’ wants and needs. But today this text broadens to include a partner of any gender who will not allow a breakup to occur because they need to feel safe and protected, need financial support, want children in a vacuum no matter who with, not to be ‘alone’, etc. It’s a disturbingly common trend today across demographic spectrums, but for no different reasons: we fear change, and confronting truths that we are with someone who we may not love anymore, or who does not love us back, is terrifying. So terrifying that it’s worth deluding ourselves into whatever narrative we need to hide behind to safely avoid such vulnerability- especially a dangerous thought or feeling that we need to take on alone because our partner is not capable or trusted to hold space to support that disclosure. I loved how the alien husband was willing to openly communicate at a certain point but was unable to hear or internalize a different point of view- as that is in some ways more disturbing for the partner who takes that risk to initiate an uncomfortable topic than a situation where the other party negates the concern. At least the latter would assume there’s a mutually-understood ‘problem’ going unaddressed, and thus dual fear, even if those separate fears are sourced in different, individualized and isolated perspectives. This kind of emotionless response to an emotional one abolishes any opportunity of common ground, two people completely talking past each other, and cements the fatalism of the death of the union as far as the passionate one craves it to be. Anyways, I related a lot to this, just not in the way the film intended to pitch it back in the 50s, and that’s the beauty of recontextualization!

^ My first purchase from the label, need to watch asap.

Barabbas (1961) @ Beaver

I have some hope that the Swedish 1953 version also gets a release someday, saw it in 2019 during Easter at a cinema theater and loved it. Nice black and white film.

PS: That got all balled up because Liv's constant disapproval is very disconcerting. But deepdiscount had Imprint's Chinese Box for $10.86 and we know how many Jeremy Irons fans there are around here!

L.A. wrote: Mon Jul 11, 2022 6:55 pm Barabbas (1961) @ Beaver

I have some hope that the Swedish 1953 version also gets a release someday, saw it in 2019 during Easter at a cinema theater and loved it. Nice black and white film.

This doesn’t look promising. With Imprint’s penchant for releasing in demand / hard to get films, from older remasters, I wonder if it’s the same as the French release, which was greeted with terrible reviews.

Dragonslayer (Matthew Robbins, 1981)

Now when can we expect this?

October announcements are coming within the day. I'm also being told that as one of their VIP supporters, I'm entitled to a free "James Caan in The Gambler" mug if I order the new bundle. Living my best life over here \:D/

Save the Tiger (1973) will likely be one

Oh, I'm just now seeing this Facebook hint:

Eight brand-new limited editions, including six worldwide firsts to Blu-ray. Mind-blowing performances from Hollywood legends including Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Jack Lemmon, and Nick Nolte.
A nuclear apocalypse, insurance fraud, revolting workers, football dissension, red-light photography, precarious sobriety, a Tennessee adaptation and a Fugitive charged.

The China Syndrome?

I assume the Nolte is North Dallas Forty, which would also be a worldwide blu-ray exclusive (I think)

Could "a fugitive charged" be The Yards? It'd be a new Caan movie tied to the mug

Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, and "red-light photography" sounds like Pretty Baby.

Maybe the Tennessee adaptation is Summer and Smoke, and Sean Connery could be The Rock (apocalypse?) or The Hunt for Red October (red-light photography?)

therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:13 pm Could "a fugitive charged" be The Yards? It'd be a new Caan movie tied to the mug

I wouldn't take a new Caan release as a given. This is all they said:

The mug features the poster for one of our favourite past releases – The Gambler, starring Hollywood titan James Caan, who we were sad to hear passed away earlier this month.