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The Cult-Films (Nouveaux / Argent ) Label thread |
OPERA Format: Dual-Format (BD/DVD) Release date: 19 November "Dario Argento's horror masterpiece, restored in 2K with instruction from the maestro himself and with reference to his own print. Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) returns to CultFilms with this breath-taking new restoration of his visionary horror masterpiece OPERA. Splattered with stylistic bloodshed and soaring cinematography, OPERA shows Italy's master of horror at the very height of his game. When young understudy Betty (Cristina Marsillach) takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi's Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch as he despatches her friends and colleagues with sadistic delight. Can Betty free herself from this unending nightmare or does a more terrifying fate await? OPERA is a ravishing return to the giallo style Argento made his name with, awash with black-gloved killers, lavish bloodletting and the director's trademark Grand Guignol excess. CultFilms is proud to bring you this gore-soaked terror classic in a stunning new 2K restoration, carried out with instructions from the maestro himself and in reference to his own, preferred, original cinema print. SPECIAL FEATURES • ‘Aria of Fear’: a brand new interview with director Dario Argento • ‘Opera Backstage’: a unique behind the scenes documentary • Restoration featurette TECH SPECS • 1080p HD • Format: Dual-Format (BD/DVD) • Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 • Feature length: BD: 107m 13s, DVD: 94m 38s • DVD: 94mins 38secs • Certificate: 18 • Audio: English and Italian • Optional English subs • Region code: BD: B, DVD: 2. • Cat: CULT503 • RRP: £14.99 • Original Release: 1987 Pre-order coming soon" |
"***OPERA RELEASE DATE UPDATE*** The street date for our Blu-ray release of Dario Argento's OPERA has had to be pushed back to 21 January 2019. But it will be shipping from our shop from 19 November, so you can get your black-gloved hands on it there for early delivery." Pre-order = £16.99 |
Anybody got their opera yet? No dispatch email for me yet. Hoping they post soon as money was taken upon order. |
At least the cover artwork decent a lot better than over 75% of crap a lot of companies produce for their films these days . |
Not ordering this until someone actually says it's arrived.... |
Will post when (if) it arrives, they shouldn't really put the whole "order from us get it early" thing unless they plan on posting early! |
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"+++IMPORTANT UPDATE ON OPERA SHIPPING +++ 'We apologise for the slight delay in the shipping of your order, please note that most of the orders will be shipped in the next few days. Thank you for your patience'" |
I'm curious to see how different it looks to the Scorpion release from earlier in the year. I won't be buying it again though, I'm just curious to see if it looks the same! |
Yeah, I’m not bothered about buying it again, the Scorpion release will do for me, unless Arrow put it out in a similar set like their other Argento’s (highly unlikely) :nod: |
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Have emailed them as i got no sense out of them when i phoned, they basically took my surname & i couldn't comprehend what they said after that as their accent was so thick! Hoping they post this thing soon!!! |
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No dispatch e mail, this is a joke. Phoning these idiots on friday & asking for a refund. Will buy the scorpion release. |
Likewise. I find it strange that it's not being released until January,but it's shipping now from their site.I know 88 do this but never so far in advance.... |
Has ANYONE on here got this yet, I only ordered direct assuming they would post early, if it's going to be posted in january or not at all I will not be amused! |
Same guys that run Shameless, says a lot really :lol: |
Phones them, they just repeated what the e mail said & said "most customers have recieved it". DO NOT USE |
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This sounds really shady if no one here has got their copy. |
They took my surname & said that i should have had an e mail saying dispatched. Which i dont. This is very suspicious, who else here has ordered this? Anyone? |
Sounds like some people will question this! "Feast your pinned open eyes on OPERA! As of today, all pre-orders direct from our site have been despatched and will be arriving with you soon." |
So, got this email just now that reads: " your cult films order has been marked as complete on our side" That sounds massively dodge! Who wants to bet it won't turn up. |
That does sound strange. A whole company having a senior moment? Hmmm ..... |
Basically they've only just shipped it. I would put money on them royally screwing up then not admitting it but fobbing everyone off with the same story that most have been shipped...you were one of the unlucky ones though. *cough* as was everyone else! |
It turned up! It's a Christmas miracle! Number 29 Will not be using again sadly, the next thing they do that I want, will get from hmv after release date. |
Glad I relented and ordered it. Not only does it look and sound superb-it also has a reversible cover with original art!:xmasnuts: |
Fellini's '8½' - Blu-ray pre-order available from Cult Films Direct - £19.99 Release date: February 3rd "Fellini is one of the most original and creative minds of the 20th Century, he is acclaimed by critics and filmmakers alike as one of the most influential directors of all time, and his “8½“ is acknowledged as his masterpiece revered as the most important European film ever made. Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido (Fellini’s alter-ego), a successful filmmaker who, embarking on his next film, is overcome by director’s block and finds he has no story to tell ! Struggling to find inspiration, he is harassed by his producers, his crew, his wife (Anouk Aimée), even by his mistress (Sandra Milo), so he retreats into fantasy, where his muse appears embodied by Claudia Cardinale, and he revels in dreamy memories of his life and lovers… Until memories, fantasy and reality merge in the director’s mind and on screen into an astonishing, masterful spectacle, culminating in the electrifying triumph of optimism that becomes 8½. As Fellini-Guido says “Life is a party let’s live it together!”" Special Features
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'Federico Fellini Four Films' - Blu-ray pre-order available from Cult Films Direct - £39.99 Release date: February 10th "The 4 essential Fellini films in one must-have boxset collection. One of the most original creative minds of the 20th Century, Fellini is unanimously voted by critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors of all time. Fellini’s most acclaimed work, 8 1/2 won 2 Oscars, it is perennially voted the ultimate film ever, with Mastroianni playing Fellini’s alter-ego, a film director with a creative block: struggling, he retreats in dreamy recollections of his life and lovers… La Dolce Vita is Fellini’s most popular masterpiece . An epoch-making landmark having become a cultural reference and an expression in itself, it is filled with mesmerising images like Anita Ekberg frolicking in Rome’s Trevi fountain. It is one of the most influential and truly iconic films of all times. Giuietta degli Spiriti [Julia Of The Spirits] is Fellini’s 1st colour masterpiece. Presented here for the 1st time ever in full-HD finally doing justice to the director’s dazzling explosion of ‘felliniesque’ vision. This idiosyncratic paean to Woman a breathtakingly beautiful fantastical carnival ride with outstanding colour cinematography. Rooted in Neorealism, I Vitelloni is a pivotal Fellini masterpiece, observing the mores of 1950s Italy where a clique of idlers, the ‘Vitelloni’ of the title, try to avoid adulthood. It is the avowed prototype for films like ‘Mean Street’ American Graffiti and others…" Special Features 8 1/2
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'The Night Porter' (1974) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Cult Films direct - £16.99 Release date: November 30 "CultFilms is proud to present the 4K restoration of Liliana Cavani’s provocative classic THE NIGHT PORTER, with brand new extras that explore the film’s controversial past and make it ripe for re-assessment. This definitive release is enabled by the generous and essential participation of director Liliana Cavani and star Charlotte Rampling. Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a night porter in a Vienna hotel in the 1950’s. When beautiful Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in, they recognise each other. Max was an SS officer in a Nazi concentration camp who had abused and tortured the then-teenage Lucia, a prisoner. But Lucia makes excuses to her husband, an orchestra conductor, who leaves to continue his tour, and she stays behind as she and Max find themselves compelled to reignite what had in fact been their former intense sadomasochistic relationship. Max is a reluctant member of a group of former SS officers who are ruthlessly covering up their pasts. Thinking that she will denounce them, they soon consider Lucia a threat and urge Max to hand her over to them. He refuses and hides out with Lucia, while his former comrades exert their threats… This is the story of an ‘amour-fou’, an obsessive passion, which compels two lovers to be together despite their being lucidly aware of contravening all morality, even their own; and despite the certainty of their oncoming tragic destiny. Lillian Cavani’s tale of passion, beyond all morality or societal construct, has been controversial ever since its initial release in 1974 – provoking indefinable overwhelming emotions which are wildly conflicting. Now, over 45 years later, Liliana Cavani’s story of obsessive passion and tragic destiny, is presented in this definitive 4K restoration, overseen by Cavani herself and finally doing justice to her challenging and extraordinary vision." Special features:
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Definitive?:lol: Special features: Interview with Liliana Cavani Interview with Charlotte Rampling |
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I'll be getting it. I sold the old (Starz?) disc long ago. |
1 Attachment(s) The new NIGHT PORTER disc looks stunning! Also comes with nice reversible artwork. ;) |
Also picked up their ONE DEADLY SUMMER. They're re-releasing SUSPIRIA again according to Amazon/Blu rage on Dec.28th.... Anyone know what that's about? |
Is the Cult Films release of Suspiria taken from a 4K master rather than it being a 4K disc? I'm pretty sure it is but before i order it i'd like to be 100%. It's the way it's listed as Suspiria 4K that throws the slightest doubt. |
The one available in shops is a normal bluray, they did a special mail-order only 4k UHD but that's long since sold out. Before you buy it though, a lot of people prefer the Synapse version because the colour grading looks more like Technicolor, the European master still looks great in my opinion but it's slightly less vivid. |
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Probably double that! The Cult Films one still looks great though. |
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Plus the Cult release has the Newman / Jones commentary which is a selling point for me. |
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