Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

[wilder]

March 10, 2015

Eckhart Schmidt's The Fan (1982) from Mondo Macabro




NSFW

via Criterion Forum:

Hi guys, I work for Mondo Macabro and can answer questions if you have any.

Wanted to give a rundown on how we are releasing Eckhart Schmidt's THE FAN.

We are doing it in two versions.

In February we'll put out a BD-only version in a red case, limited to only 500 copies, numbered, and sold exclusively through the MM website, $25.

The following month will see a widely distributed BD/DVD combo, which will itself be limited to either 1500 or 2000 copies, SRP $29.99.

The content of the two editions will be exactly the same, the only difference being the packaging.

If you are interested in this release and want to see more MM blu rays, I urge you to buy the direct-sale limited version. We will be doing this for all our BD releases, trying to offset the huge costs involved. Thanks! The pre-order for the LE will be Jan. 26th.

Oh, and yes, we will ship international.

Mondo Macabro's website

[wilder]

January 20, 2015

John Maybury’s Love Is the Devil (1998) on blu-ray from Strand Releasing



Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

Love Is the Devil (1998) - Amazon

[jenkins]

thanks for the earlier mondo post, wilder, btw, imma hope i order the blu-ray-only one

wanted to say:

Foxes (1980)

came out yesterday. i almost cried when i saw it

[wilder]

March 17, 2015

There's going to be another release of Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai (1947), this time from the usually terrible Mill Creek, sourced from the same 4K restoration as the TCM release, but without the extras.



The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - Amazon

[wilder]

April 7, 2015

Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959) along with the 1934 original from Universal



Imitation of Life - Amazon





October 2015 TBD

Takeshi Kitano's Fireworks (1997) on blu-ray from Third Window Films (UK)



 




and pre-orders are up for Mondo Macabro's blu-ray release of The Fan (1982), both directly through their website (LE, 500 copies) and on Amazon (blu-ray/dvd combo).

[wilder]

April 20, 2015

Sidney Lumet's The Offence (1972) from Masters of Cinema



The Offence (1972) - Amazon UK

[wilder]

April 2015 TBD

The Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection (1925-1964) on blu-ray from BFI



A limited edition Blu-ray box set featuring award-winning classics Day of Wrath, Ordet, Gertrud and alternative presentations of Master of the House, as well as seven of Dreyer's celebrated short films. Special features include Torben Skjødt Jensen's fascinating 1995 documentary My Métier and extensive archival and outtake interview footage with those who knew and worked with the legendary director.

[wilder]

July 2015 TBD

Jonathan Kaplan's Truck Turner (1974) on blu-ray from Kino



Truck Turner (Hayes) is a football star-turned-bounty hunter who's tracking a sadistic pimp on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Armed with his brute strength and ace cool partner (Alan Weeks), Truck closes in on his mark. But a tragic accident soon changes all the rules, and suddenly the hunter finds himself being hunted by the city's deadliest hired killers! Truck strikes back in a series of wild car chases, shootouts and bone-crunching fistfights, knowing that the battles can lead to only one place: an intense struggle to the death against Harvard Blue (Kotto), the brutal leader of L.A.'s organized crime syndicate.

[03]

great movie for grindhouse lovers;;;;;

[wilder]

May 5, 2015

Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971) on blu-ray from Universal



Duel (1971) - Amazon

[wilder]

June 9, 2015

Brian Yuzna's Society (1989) on blu-ray from Arrow (US)



Society (1989) - Amazon

[03]

thank you jesus., you guys have seen tyhis before right?

[wilder]

VinegarSyndrome.tv is fully funded and happening

[wilder]

April 14, 2015

That Man From Rio / Up to His Ears (1964-1965) on blu-ray from Cohen Media Group



That Man From Rio / Up to His Ears - Amazon

[03]

up to his ears is FANTASTIC