The German/French DVD and Blu-ray Thread - Page 326

Antropophagus · #**3251** 7th December 2014, 05:15 AM

Thank you very much for the link. Luckily I have pre-ordered it from Amazon.de and they don't have it in stock. Will cancel it now. Damn those Italian labs, will they be able to create a quality master one day???

Antropophagus · #**3252** 7th December 2014, 05:40 AM

I believe this is another LVR job. Does anyone know how to contact them. I'd like to tell them a couple of nice words.

keirarts · #**3253** 7th December 2014, 07:16 AM

A better solution than going on Amazon and bad mouthing the company that released it which always seems to be the case.

I think anyone releasing italian stuff on blu needs to do it themselves. The results always seem to be better.

zane · #**3254** 7th December 2014, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by keirarts

I think anyone releasing italian stuff on blu needs to do it themselves. The results always seem to be better.

The problem is that sometimes they get refused access to the original material.

That just happened recently to FilmArt who wanted to restore Fernando di Leo's The Boss. They were refused access and now have to work with the shoddy master they were given by the Italian right holders.

Another example is the recent restoration of Suspiria. Once again, the Italian right holders said no. Then they granted access to the negatives to Synapse.

I suppose in the end it is all a question of good connections and big bucks.

keirarts · #**3255** 7th December 2014, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by zane

The problem is that sometimes they get refused access to the original material.

That just happened recently to FilmArt who wanted to restore Fernando di Leo's The Boss. They were refused access and now have to work with the shoddy master they were given by the Italian right holders.

Another example is the recent restoration of Suspiria. Once again, the Italian right holders said no. Then they granted access to the negatives to Synapse.

I suppose in the end it is all a question of good connections and big bucks.

Arrow had the same problems when they started out, trouble was everyone blamed Arrow for this. I just wonder if other distributors get the short end of the stick as well when the rights holders behave like ass-hats.