| g053584398 | 9th August 2018 02:22 PM |
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Originally Posted by davcol
(Post 584788)
88 films Italian collection suffers from having quite a few titles already released by raro, shriek show and blue underground. Unless your committed to upgrading these to blu ray there's no real logic to buying them.
The obvious answer is to release the lesser known stuff.
| I know what you mean but I suppose that the more obscure stuff may have issues relating to the ownership of copyright or there may not be any HD masters already in existence. If no suitable masters exist then the company interested in releasing those titles would need to pay for the films to be telecined.
I would love to see titles that have never had English-friendly releases on disc too though. When I think of the number of gialli and other genre films that have been given DVD releases in Italy over the years it makes you realise that there are loads of titles waiting to be exploited. But again, many of them won't have HD masters already prepared.
I suppose that the other thing to say is that the 88 Films releases of some titles are superior to some of those released by Raro USA. I'm thinking in particular of Cold Blooded Beast, which features the longest version of the film available on home video and superior compression, and Perfume of a Lady in Black, which again features superior compression. The fact that they are cheaper for those of us in the UK is another positive. | 