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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist
Hello,
I have to admit that I am actually extremely pleased that BU are heading in a slightly different direction. A few years ago, when No Shame was still around, I could not be any happier with the fact that there was a small, quality distributor who attempted to cover all sort of different cult subgenres -- Italian cinema from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, for example, is practically missing from the U.S. market. I would love to see Blue Underground expand their catalog with some No Shame (Italia) and Alan Young titles. Even better -- start releasing some of those classic Italian comedies from Bolognini, Lizani, Salce, Risi, etc; some of them are about as "cult" as they could get, and have never before been available in North America.
Pro-B
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Yeah, but the comedic elements are quite lost in translation. I think they are more suitable to stay in the original Italian language and BU should stick with the Italian Crime/Gialli like they've been at for years. Since Machine Gun McCain still pertains to the poliziesco, it ain't too far in a different direction for BU at all. What
is awesome is that BU is showing that they will release titles that weren't in their dvd catalog before!
That gives me newfound hope that "La polizia incrimina la legge assolve" will finally get the BU treatment since Enzo met with Lustig to discuss rights issues a year+ ago.