The Arrow Thread

[Dave Boy]

I watched The Bird With The Crystal Plumage last night. Yeah, looks great. I have not watched any extras yet.

BTW..

I still don't understand why Arrow spend time employing artists for new artwork covers when the first thing any of us do is turn the cover around for the original poster art.

Just saying...

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Suspiria is a distinct possibility based on the 4K scan that's being liscenced. Personally I hope it isn't for no other reason than Synapses restoration is looking to be somewhat superior to that one. Essentially it'd be a release that i'd be upgrading not long after purchase or skipping due to owning the synapse one. Since they seem to be doing a lot of inhouse restoration however its possible they would be doing a lot of additional work to improve whats out in europe already so who really knows?

Opera would be a welcome candidate, the European release has room for improvment and it would have the added bonus of Bill olson rotating in anger. Like Suspiria however, since it means it can't be liscenced in America makes it unlikely.

Four flies on grey velvet. Well if shameless no longer have it then possible, non of the releases I've seen so far are ideal. I'm assured my Italian blu-ray is better quality than my Shameless one, but aside from the horrifying audio glitch I struggled to see the difference. No U.S release at least gives it some appeal to Arrow.

Cat o'nine tails. Given the lack of a U.S release, or any decent Euro releases in HD, a new 4K scan and extra bonus materials would seem a strong contender. As above it's underrated, though while I'm sure there are AV experts that can point out any problems the transfer on the previous Arrow release looked ok to me.

Inferno. Do Blue underground still have this? There was a big debate over how the film should look and the BU blu ray looks different than any of the euro releases. Since Lustig worked on the film his opinion holds some weight though the vaunted European release with Camera obscura appears to contadict this and support the Arrow version of the film. Either way a new restoration might be welcome. The U.S rights would be the issue.

Tenebrae. Would they? given Synapse owns the U.S rights and its not long since Arrow re-issued the film with the decent Wildside transfer I doubt it.

Demons 1 & 2. Again U.S rights though new 4k scans would probably suck money from my wallet in spite of the cash I've already blown on these films. Personally I'd say no.

Trauma. Interesting. Not sure but I think I heard this had already been liscenced in the states. Its underrated imo and I'd probably pick it up.

Two evil eyes. Again, does Blue underground still own this? Its something of a mixed bag and I still need to re-watch the film as I feel I should enjoy it more than I do. A little leftfield perhaps.

Stendahl syndrome. Unlikely. Perhaps they would go for it and put out a solid new release but as we know Blue underground definitely have this stateside.

Sleepless. Another leftfield choice but not unwelcome. I know a lot of people dislike it but I thought it was a fairly solid giallo. No U.S release makes it a possibility.

Card player onwards...... HMMMM no thanks

Suspiria would be interesting, from memory the other company in the UK still has it (it pops up on Shameless's front page) and if Arrow licensed it, it would be the Italian restoration I imagine, as I can't imagine Synapse would be on good terms after the Phenomena situation (the standard edition for Phenomenon was recently announced and includes all 3 cuts of the film contrary to the original confirmation of a stripped down release).

Arrow themselves confirmed some point recently that Opera wasn't on the books sadly I hope I can obtain the Code Red some way.

Four Flies is currently temporarily out of stock on the Shameless website, but being a 5-6 year old release now, the license could be going soon.

Cat O Nine Tails was all but confirmed I thought, Kim Newman and Alan Jones confirmed working on a new commentary for it.

Inferno is still on BU's US site, and full RRP on Amazon, but Arrow appear to have a new 20th Century Fox license seeing as Shock Treatment is coming, so it could possibly make a UK appearance under that (Deep Red and Phenomenon were both UK only releases remember)

Tenebrae we can all but cancel out given the Synpase and recent Arrow reissue as you say.

Demons being Lamberto Bava movies would likely not happen but I would happily take a new UK release of both with the full US editions (stripping audio tracks for a budget release is never a good move)

Trauma is Optimum in the UK so that's a no go, they notoriously don't sublicense (poor trapped Carpenter films).

Two Evil Eyes is coming out again from Scoprion in the US, but I could see Arrow giving it another crack on blu ray for the UK, but not as the last of the Argento 4K trio.

Stendahl as you said is BU but I could see Arrow giving it another crack and licensing the BU transfer.

Sleepless is very unlikely given the nature of the previous release going OOP (some kind of rights issue meant that had to very suddenly pull the release and it's copies from sale)

I really enjoyed the Card Player After that though, I doubt even Arrow would dare touch

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

I watched The Bird With The Crystal Plumage last night. Yeah, looks great. I have not watched any extras yet.

BTW..

I still don't understand why Arrow spend time employing artists for new artwork covers when the first thing any of us do is turn the cover around for the original poster art.

Just saying...

I always keep my releases on their new covers, more often than not I love them, and I find when you flip the covers around, it bothers me at times that there's issues with the original posters, cropping, shopping etc. Plus they also look kind of gross lined up with original covers compared to colourful new sleeves.

That being said, single film special editions like this and Hills Have Eyes, I always flip the inner case to it's original cover, same with slipcovers.

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Cat o'nine tails. Given the lack of a U.S release, or any decent Euro releases in HD, a new 4K scan and extra bonus materials would seem a strong contender. As above it's underrated, though while I'm sure there are AV experts that can point out any problems the transfer on the previous Arrow release looked ok to me.

Wouldn't describe myself as an expert but I know what the problem was. The issue with Arrow's prior Cat release (and Blue Underground's as well) is that it suffered from scanner noise which obliterated any fine detail. A 4K mastered blu-ray would be a most welcome upgrade.

[Rik]

First glimpse of Arrows 4K restoration of The Thing

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

First glimpse of Arrows 4K restoration of The Thing

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Looks like three guys stood against a painted backdrop.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Rik

First glimpse of Arrows 4K restoration of The Thing

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When did they announce this? Hope it gets a the treatment it deserves.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

When did they announce this? Hope it gets a the treatment it deserves.

Months ago, no release date as yet though.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Suspiria would be interesting, from memory the other company in the UK still has it (it pops up on Shameless's front page) and if Arrow licensed it, it would be the Italian restoration I imagine, as I can't imagine Synapse would be on good terms after the Phenomena situation (the standard edition for Phenomenon was recently announced and includes all 3 cuts of the film contrary to the original confirmation of a stripped down release).

Arrow themselves confirmed some point recently that Opera wasn't on the books sadly I hope I can obtain the Code Red some way.

Four Flies is currently temporarily out of stock on the Shameless website, but being a 5-6 year old release now, the license could be going soon.

Cat O Nine Tails was all but confirmed I thought, Kim Newman and Alan Jones confirmed working on a new commentary for it.

Inferno is still on BU's US site, and full RRP on Amazon, but Arrow appear to have a new 20th Century Fox license seeing as Shock Treatment is coming, so it could possibly make a UK appearance under that (Deep Red and Phenomenon were both UK only releases remember)

Tenebrae we can all but cancel out given the Synpase and recent Arrow reissue as you say.

Demons being Lamberto Bava movies would likely not happen but I would happily take a new UK release of both with the full US editions (stripping audio tracks for a budget release is never a good move)

Trauma is Optimum in the UK so that's a no go, they notoriously don't sublicense (poor trapped Carpenter films).

Two Evil Eyes is coming out again from Scoprion in the US, but I could see Arrow giving it another crack on blu ray for the UK, but not as the last of the Argento 4K trio.

Stendahl as you said is BU but I could see Arrow giving it another crack and licensing the BU transfer.

Sleepless is very unlikely given the nature of the previous release going OOP (some kind of rights issue meant that had to very suddenly pull the release and it's copies from sale)

I really enjoyed the Card Player After that though, I doubt even Arrow would dare touch

Shock Treatment coming?
That's me happy.

[Susan Foreman]

Arrow Academy

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