Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:54 am
Never Cursed wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 5:14 pm What on earth are KLSC talking about re: The Snowman’s 35mm camera negative? The film was shot digitally, and on an old and crappy Arri Alexa model at that.
This took surprisingly long to materialize, but it's coming in March. Someone at KLSC sure does love Leconte, I expect we'll see the rest of his films at some point (and best of luck to them on selling Tango)FrauBlucher wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:04 pmComing Soon on Blu-ray!
Half a Chance (1CHANCE SUR 2) (1998)
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Vanessa Paradis & Michel Aumont
Shot by Steven Poster (Donnie Darko)
Music by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Directed by Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Man on the Train)
Kino Lorber Insider;22774037 wrote:Coming March 25th!
https://kinolorber.com/product/diary-of-a-chambermaid
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (1964)
• 2K Restoration by StudioCanal
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
• An Angel in the Marshes: Featurette - In French with English Subtitles (27:06)
• Interview with Screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière - In English (24:41)
• Q&A with Jean-Claude Carrière - In English (51:52)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition Reversible Art & O-Card Slipcase
• In French with Optional English Subtitles
B&W 98 Minutes 2.35:1 NR
An exquisitely enigmatic Jeanne Moreau (The Bride Wore Black) is the chambermaid Célestine, who takes a position with a decadent family on a pre-WWII Normandy estate and finds herself in the middle of a hotbed of hypocrisy and perversion. The old man has a foot fetish, his daughter is a frigid hysteric, her husband a dissolute rake, the gamekeeper a racist and sadist, while the fascist neighbor compulsively throws his garbage on their property. When a child is raped and murdered, Célestine becomes obsessed with discovering and exposing the killer, even though she finds herself attracted to him. Adapted from the Octave Mirbeau novel by cinema’s grand surrealist and satirist of the bourgeoisie, Luis Buñuel (Belle de Jour), Diary of a Chambermaid exerts a hypnotic fascination with the erotic while striking out against human hypocrisy and moral decay. Co-starring Michel Piccoli (Max and the Junkmen) and co-scripted by Buñuel’s frequent cohort, Jean-Claude Carrière (The Milky Way).
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 2K Master!
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) Starring Fay Wray & Paul Lukas – Shot by Charles J. Stumar (The Raven) – Directed by Karl Freund (The Mummy, Mad Love).
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master – From 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative!
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors & Robert Mandan – Shot by William A. Fraker (Bullitt) – Directed by Colin Higgins (Foul Play, 9 to 5).
dwk wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:38 pmComing Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master – From 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative!
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors & Robert Mandan – Shot by William A. Fraker (Bullitt) – Directed by Colin Higgins (Foul Play, 9 to 5).
Counterpoint: A tiring mess that reflects its production troubles. Starts with what feels like ten minutes of Gomer Pyle narration. No laughs, chemistry, memorable tunes. Do agree about some of its values, though it's not interested in any of the women in the house beyond Parton; the locker room number is amusing for pulling a switch on what its '80s audience was expecting, as were the sober onscreen arguments made in favor of legalized sex work. Durning is phenomenal, helped by the fact he gets in and out before any of the rest of the movie's stink can rest on him.beamish14 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:16 pmdwk wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:38 pmComing Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master – From 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative!
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors & Robert Mandan – Shot by William A. Fraker (Bullitt) – Directed by Colin Higgins (Foul Play, 9 to 5).
Fun film with a fascinating genesis. Charles Durning is phenomenal. A rather progressive film for its time, too
I saw it in 2017 at Capitolfest, and it's a delight. And I do hope this is a precursor of more Universal precodes to come.Aspect wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2025 8:03 pm This sounds intriguing. I cheer whenever anything from the 30s is released. Anyone seen it?
Directed by my late father’s undergrad roommate! They were both English majors, but my father went on to medicineflyonthewall2983 wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:50 amGlad they are finally putting out Sneakers, one of my favorite 90’s movies
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New 2K Master!
Hold That Blonde! (1945) Starring Veronica Lake, Eddie Bracken & Albert Dekker – Shot by Daniel L. Fapp (The Great Escape) – Directed by George Marshall (The Ghost Breakers, Murder, He Says).
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master – From 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative!
Beethoven (1992) Starring Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Dean Jones, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, David Duchovny & Patricia Heaton – Shot by Victor K. Kemper (Vacation) – Music by Randy Edelman (Billy Madison) – Written by John Hughes (Uncle Buck) & Amy Holden Jones (Mystic Pizza) – Produced by Ivan Reitman (Kindergarten Cop) – Directed by Brian Levant (The Flinstones, Jingle All the Way, Are We There Yet?).
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
Brand New HD Master!
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) Starring Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill, Juanita Quigley & Wallace Ford – Shot by Merritt B. Gerstad (The Unknown, A Night at the Opera) – Music by Heinz Roemheld (The Lady from Shanghai, There’s Always Tomorrow) – Screenplay by Jean Bart (Strange Confession) & Samuel Ornitz (Fatal Lady) – Based on a Play by Bart – Directed by Edward Ludwig (The Last Gangster, Wake of the Red Witch, Sangaree).
A heads up, Joseph McBride posted that he recorded a commentary for this. He also writes:dwk wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:07 am April 15th
Donovan's Reef (1963) 4KUHD New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by KL
Coming Soon on Blu-ray!
New HD Master – From a 4K Scan by Universal Preservation!
FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS (1940) Starring Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, Janine Darcey, Roland Culver & Guy Middleton – Shot by Bernard Knowles (The 39 Steps) – Music by Nicholas Brodszky (Love Me or Leave Me) – From a Play by Terence Rattigan (Separate Tables) – Directed by Anthony Asquith (Pygmalion, The Browning Version).
Uncredited Screenplay Treatment by the Legendary Writing Team of Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett (The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard).