SHAM005 - Venus in Furs - Page 3

Linus60 · #21 26th October 2009, 06:15 PM

Hello to everybody!

Taking a look at the DVD online shops I discovered that the "Venus In Furs" movie has been released by Shameless with two different covers.

Basically it is the same image but with some differences.

In both cases it is possible to view Laura Antonelli managing a whip.

But one image is a picture and the other one is a draw on a blue background.

Now, I would like to know which cover as been released first (the draw? the image?) and in which year (both in 2007 or not?).

Help from forumists will be appreciated.

Regards.

Linus60

Stephen@Cult Labs · #22 26th October 2009, 07:40 PM

The blue cover is the only one that was released.The other one wasn't the final cover.

Linus60 · #23 26th October 2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by stevoj

The blue cover is the only one that was released.The other one wasn't the final cover.

What does it mean? Maybe that the other cover/sleeve has never been used even if many shops display it on their on line catalogues?

If so, why the never-published sleeve is commonly used on Internet to publicize the "Venus in Furs" DVD by Shameless as well as the "blue" one?

A mistake, an error?

Linus60

Stephen@Cult Labs · #24 26th October 2009, 10:44 PM

Yes the other cover wasn't used but some online shops still show it instead of the blue one for some reason

Almar@Cult Labs · #25 26th October 2009, 11:03 PM

Yeah this is a hangover from the days when we'd give websites a temporary sleeve to display instead of nothing... the only problem is it's then almost impossible to get it changed. We don't do temp covers anymore!

Linus60 · #26 27th October 2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Almar@Cult Labs

Yeah this is a hangover from the days when we'd give websites a temporary sleeve to display instead of nothing... the only problem is it's then almost impossible to get it changed. We don't do temp covers anymore!

Thanks for your answer. As a film collector I only wanted to know if two different covers were published in order to get both DVDs.

Of course, I already own the one with the blue background.

About the italian DVD released by Surf Video entitled "Le Malizie di Venere", to whom that can be interested in it, be informed that it is a movie published in Italy in 1975 under the censorship rules.

So, the movie was ri-edited including some scenes filmed in a law court. The result is something basically different from the original movie and plot.

About the uncut Japan release, to whom that can be interested in it, two DVDs had been released in that country: one with unremovable japanese subtitles by ICV (2002) and another one with REMOVABLE subtitles by ACCESS-A - JETT RINK (2004). Both are currently available on online stores.

Linus60

Demdike@Cult Labs · #27 12th March 2011, 04:09 PM

I have just seen on Amazon that Redemption are releasing this film again on May 16th, along with several others in new sleeve designs.

Does this mean Shameless no longer own the right to this title.?

skankenstoned · #28 12th March 2011, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike

I have just seen on Amazon that Redemption are releasing this film again on May 16th, along with several others in new sleeve designs.

Does this mean Shameless no longer own the right to this title.?

Chances are they're releasing the Jess Franco film of the same title. Not seen it myself but every time I purchase a film from Shameless I tend to do a little on-line research and came across that little fact. Hope this is of some help

Demdike@Cult Labs · #29 12th March 2011, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by skankenstoned

Chances are they're releasing the Jess Franco film of the same title. Not seen it myself but every time I purchase a film from Shameless I tend to do a little on-line research and came across that little fact. Hope this is of some help

Thanks for that, i had no idea there were two versions , its not a film i am particularly interested in, just got it to go with the other Shameless titles

kingofwitches666 · #30 14th March 2011, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Demdike

Thanks for that, i had no idea there were two versions , its not a film i am particularly interested in, just got it to go with the other Shameless titles

To be fair I felt the same & only really bought it to complete my Shameless collection but after viewing it, I found I really liked it & it's become one my favourite Shameless releases to date.

Much better than Jess Franco's version IMO.