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edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken

I, Butthole posted:

Grabbed two more Argento titles (Inferno and Phenomena) as well as The Human Condition trilogy.

If anyone's been looking, Network appears to be in stock there after being out-of-stock literally everywhere else I've tried looking. Nixed it for The Human Condition set though.

I picked up The Human Condition as well. I'd already got Network previously anyway.

I also got My Darling Clementine, The Endless Limited Edition (which comes with a blu-ray copy of Resolution), Irma Vep, Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (which completes my collection of Arrow's New Zealand cinema classics offerings) and Street Mobster.

edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 18, 2019

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Origami Dali
Jan 7, 2005

Get ready to fuck!
You fucker's fucker!
You fucker!

Egbert Souse posted:

Lost Highway (with commentary by Tim Lucas, one-long interview with David Lynch, booklet essay, and the trailer)

Yeah, about those extras...

https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/status/1118936745746292737

feedmyleg
Dec 25, 2004
That sucks. Maybe they can release it for free online like Aronofsky's The Fountain commentary.

I AM GRANDO
Aug 20, 2006


The way the tweet displays the image cuts off the bad news, so I was just getting more hyped until I clicked it n it.

sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Vagabundo posted:

I think I've mentioned this before, but I really don't get Giallo. I've seen the genre standards like Phenomena (although I may have watched the wrong version) and Suspiria, and I've really made an effort but I just can't engage with it. It's like when I attempted to watch Arrival. I felt like a real dummy because I just couldn't engage with it and kept getting really restless watching it. I'm not saying they're "bad movies," I just can't get into them at all.

To be fair, Phenomena and Suspiria are both strange giallos. Most people don't actually consider Suspiria a giallo at all, and Phenomena only kinda sneaks in but is far from representative.

I'd say at least give some other directors a shot before writing the genre off entirely, Argento's usually considered the best but he certainly has plenty of idiosyncrasies that can be a turnoff for some people. Don't Torture a Duckling and The Secret Vice of Mrs Wardh are much better examples of "standard" giallos, and even with Argento, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is much more representative of the genre.

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008


Though, Lucas mentions the transfer looks great.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Giallo veers kind of close to torture porn from where I sit, so I'm not super into it.

Liar Lyre
Jun 3, 2011

Here to deliver
~Bad Opinions~

If you want something easy to watch, Stagefright is on YouTube right now for free. It’s a pretty fun one to watch. Pretty much you watch a giallo to watch trash but feel superior about it.

RichterIX
Apr 11, 2003

Sorrowful be the heart

CPL593H posted:

I didn't know there were different cuts of the movie. Is the director's cut different from the US theatrical release?

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=696626

Looks like a little over 10 extra minutes? I'm not sure about the theatrical release but I don't think the director's cut has ever had a US (or UK for that matter?) home release.

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

Casimir Radon posted:

Giallo veers kind of close to torture porn from where I sit, so I'm not super into it.

Sometimes there are torture-like situations but I wouldn’t call it inherent to the genre.

codyclarke
Jan 10, 2006

IDIOT SOUP

Liar Lyre posted:

If you want something easy to watch, Stagefright is on YouTube right now for free. It’s a pretty fun one to watch. Pretty much you watch a giallo to watch trash but feel superior about it.


I love this movie! Haven't seen it in years, but looking forward to checking it out again.

caligulamprey
Jan 23, 2007

It never stops.

I've never seen Stage Fright but I will always go to bat for Michele Soavi's Cemetery Man/Dellamorte Dellamore, which neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds a stateside Blu release.

sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Casimir Radon posted:

Giallo veers kind of close to torture porn from where I sit, so I'm not super into it.

That's true of Argento's movies and some of what came out near the end of the giallo boom, which is where their reputation usually comes from, but a lot of the stuff from 1969-72 (the genre's peak years) were much closer to goofy Agatha Christie stories with more sex and brief Hammer-esque violence, rather than the more ornate stuff you see in Tenebrae and its ilk.

Argento casts a huge shadow over the genre, but sometimes I think that's to its detriment since he really had his own unique style that never applied to, say, Luciano Ercoli, Emilio Miraglia or Luigi Bazzoni.

caligulamprey posted:

I've never seen Stage Fright but I will always go to bat for Michele Soavi's Cemetery Man/Dellamorte Dellamore, which neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds a stateside Blu release.

Everything he made was pretty great.

Liar Lyre posted:

Pretty much you watch a giallo to watch trash but feel superior about it.

This is completely fair.

sethsez fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Apr 19, 2019

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
Stagefright is legit loving amazing and you all need to watch it ASAP if you haven't

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747
gently caress I'm gonna rewatch it tonight, that movie whips rear end

Steen71
Apr 10, 2017

Fun Shoe

RichterIX posted:

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=696626

Looks like a little over 10 extra minutes? I'm not sure about the theatrical release but I don't think the director's cut has ever had a US (or UK for that matter?) home release.

If the US edition looks like the UK edition, then they also have a very different colour scheme from the Korean edition.

UK: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Thirst-Blu-ray/8195/#Screenshots
Kor: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Thirst-Blu-ray/11398/#Screenshots


edit: DOH! Your link shows that too.

Steen71 fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Apr 20, 2019

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Shout! Select is releasing Joseph Losey's Boom! on May 28 with a John Waters commentary.

caligulamprey
Jan 23, 2007

It never stops.

I've stopped caring about DVD bonus features years ago, but every John Waters commentary track is worth its weight in gold.

See also: his audiobooks.

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

caligulamprey posted:

I've stopped caring about DVD bonus features years ago, but every John Waters commentary track is worth its weight in gold.

See also: his audiobooks.

His interview on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is great.

Hopefully whoever has The Girl Can't Help It got Waters to do a commentary, too.

CPL593H
Oct 28, 2009

I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

RichterIX posted:

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=696626

Looks like a little over 10 extra minutes? I'm not sure about the theatrical release but I don't think the director's cut has ever had a US (or UK for that matter?) home release.

Is it anything that enhances the movie or was otherwise cut because of studio interference or is this one of the UNRATED EDITION!!!!! type things where they just tacked some deleted scenes on to sell more DVDs?

gey muckle mowser
Aug 5, 2003

Do you know anything about...
witches?



Buglord

sethsez posted:

Everything he made was pretty great.

he doesn't get enough credit I think. Stagefright, The Church, The Sect, and then Dellamorte Dellamore is one hell of a run

Boywhiz88
Sep 11, 2005

floating 26" off da ground. BURR!
Alien 4K showed up 4 days early. I’m like a pig in mud! Bout to check it out. I’m so pumped.

Boywhiz88
Sep 11, 2005

floating 26" off da ground. BURR!

Boywhiz88 posted:

Alien 4K showed up 4 days early. I’m like a pig in mud! Bout to check it out. I’m so pumped.

Update: it loving rules. Gorgeous.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Neat new Techmoan video on some VHD demo discs he acquired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKLwAwIfZT4
The good stuff starts 13 minutes in.

Rirse
May 7, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Teenage Fansub posted:

Neat new Techmoan video on some VHD demo discs he acquired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKLwAwIfZT4
The good stuff starts 13 minutes in.

And this is just part 1. Also do find it hilarious that a lot of this video was in a skit he did with the puppets kickstarting a robot.

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Maxwell Lord posted:

Sometimes there are torture-like situations but I wouldn’t call it inherent to the genre.

I think this is more unfair the other way, giallo is far pornier than most torture porn

CPL593H
Oct 28, 2009

I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

DeimosRising posted:

I think this is more unfair the other way, giallo is far pornier than most torture porn

If you like porny giallo then you need to see Knife + Heart.

Ineffiable
Feb 16, 2008

Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...


Boywhiz88 posted:

Update: it loving rules. Gorgeous.

Word. Alien is one of my favorite films of all time (it's one of the few that do space + horror really well)

I got charged for my Walmart order for it so should be getting it soon.

Rirse
May 7, 2006

by R. Guyovich
Think Amazon still has it for 15 dollars which is amazing for a UHD.

Liar Lyre
Jun 3, 2011

Here to deliver
~Bad Opinions~

Edit: Nevermind. I can’t read.

I don’t know if I want to buy Alien again. Is the 4K a noticeable upgrade over the Anthology set?

Liar Lyre fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Apr 20, 2019

FilthyImp
Sep 30, 2002

Anime Deviant
HDR in a movie that uses dark tones like this? Yeah

CPL593H
Oct 28, 2009

I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

Liar Lyre posted:

Edit: Nevermind. I can’t read.

I don’t know if I want to buy Alien again. Is the 4K a noticeable upgrade over the Anthology set?

It probably depends on your TV, but the blu-ray was already really good so it's not like you're really losing out if that's what you have. I've been yelling at people about the superiority of blu-ray for years and even still with all the different releases of everything and now UHD discs the whole thing just feels like chasing the dragon.

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Boywhiz88 posted:

Update: it loving rules. Gorgeous.

I’m seeing it in the theater next month! Pretty excited!

Detective No. 27
Jun 7, 2006

I appreciate Techmoan's quest to watch Back to the Future in every format ever made.

Steen71
Apr 10, 2017

Fun Shoe

CPL593H posted:

Is it anything that enhances the movie or was otherwise cut because of studio interference or is this one of the UNRATED EDITION!!!!! type things where they just tacked some deleted scenes on to sell more DVDs?

I'm pretty sure that the longer version is the original film, as released in Korea, and then they trimmed it for international release. But it doesn't radically change the film. I prefer the original colour scheme though.

CPL593H
Oct 28, 2009

I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

Steen71 posted:

I'm pretty sure that the longer version is the original film, as released in Korea, and then they trimmed it for international release. But it doesn't radically change the film. I prefer the original colour scheme though.

I looked into and appears that the longer version was shown at a film fest but when the movie was released in theaters it was the version the US got. I was unaware that they tinkered with the color grading when it came here though. I wonder why they did that.

Boywhiz88
Sep 11, 2005

floating 26" off da ground. BURR!
Did we know Crank is coming to 4K? Because apparently it is.

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

Boywhiz88 posted:

Did we know Crank is coming to 4K? Because apparently it is.

Well, guess I'm going 4K

feedmyleg
Dec 25, 2004
Didn't they shoot a lot of that movie on GoPros? Weren't those things like 720p at the time?

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Iron Crowned
May 6, 2003

by Hand Knit

feedmyleg posted:

Didn't they shoot a lot of that movie on GoPros? Weren't those things like 720p at the time?

I'm pretty sure that was Crank 2 that was shot with a bunch of consumer level cameras, no idea about Crank 1.

I do just love how they did that because they expected to destroy a lot of cameras.

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