The Arrow Thread - Page 332

fuzzymctiger · #**3311** 27th May 2014, 01:32 PM

Similar to Burbs, a delay on the Boro boxset, but with good reason

New update on the kickstarter page:

We at Arrow are extremely excited about our upcoming release of Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection. This is truly a milestone release for us, and one that we can't wait to share with you. We're now into the final stretch of production, and we're currently keeping very busy checking and double-checking, proofreading, finessing and subtitle-spotting everything that appears on the set.

As many of you know, this release has grown exponentially since announcing our fundraising campaign to restore Goto, Isle of Love last tear. Thanks in large part to your contributions, we were able to add a number of films that we didn't initially plan to include. In addition to all of the short films he made for Argos Films, we've managed to track down some of the commercials Borowczyk made during the 1960s, including a ten-minute animated short for a cigar firm that needs to be seen to be believed! We've also added trailers, alternate versions and even the short film Au Bout des Fusils directed by Borowczyk's friend Peter Graham, and lensed and edited by the man himself.

With every one of these films, we have created 2K scans from the best existing film elements available, to ensure that the presentations of every title will be definitive. In addition to the films themselves, the list of extras, many of them new and exclusive to this release, has also grown by leaps and bounds - in addition to numerous interviews with Borowczyk's former colleagues, we've also secured an hour-long interview with the man himself, filmed in the mid-1980s for Channel Four's Visions series but never broadcast. With the page count now into well into triple figures and the word count likely to exceed 50,000 (and that's before the extensive illustrations are taken into account), the "booklet" can no longer be referred to as such. Without doubt this will be the most comprehensive document on Borowczyk ever published in English.

With all this in mind, we must now let you know that we've had to move our release date for this release back in order to accommodate all this extra content, and all the additional work this entails. The new release date will be August 18th. We hope this news isn't too discouraging, but we feel we need just this sliver of extra time to make sure that this release is the absolute best it can be. Believe us, it'll definitely be worth the wait!

Many thanks for your patience and understanding.

Arrow Films

Rik · #**3312** 27th May 2014, 01:38 PM

From now on, I'm gonna cry bullshit every time they say a release date!

trebor8273 · #**3313** 27th May 2014, 01:57 PM

I'm just expecting announcement the Phibes boxset has been put back.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**3314** 27th May 2014, 01:59 PM

I wonder whether these delays have something to do with the sheer quantity of releases – Arrow are releasing loads more than they used to.

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**3315** 27th May 2014, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I wonder whether these delays have something to do with the sheer quantity of releases – Arrow are releasing loads more than they used to.

I also think it could be to do with being extra cautious re: quality control. Arrow have had their major and minor slip-ups in the past and were looking good in terms of no mistakes until the Theatre of Blood incident... maybe that was a little jolt and a reason for them to slow down and take extra care. After all, any mistake made due to 'rushing' out a release will be financially detrimental (and potentially have negative PR implications) for them.

All release dates tend to be indications only though. I pre-order a fair bit (mainly to lock in cheaper prices with Amazon etc.) and have received a lot of 'title delay' e-mails this year already from lots of different labels including 88 Films, Artificial Eye, BFI, Exposure, Eureka, Network, Second Sight... so it's not limited to Arrow. I think due to Arrow having mass appeal with a lot of people on here it tends to be more apparent when their titles are delayed though.