Frontier(s) (Second Sight)

[CyberGhostface]

Director: Xavier Gens

Starring: Karina Testa, Maud Forget, Aurélien Wiik

After a daring robbery goes wrong, the would-be criminals flee to the countryside to lay low. Deep in the rural heart of France, the group encounter a clan of crazed Nazi cannibals who are attempting to create the new master race.

Special Features

• Audio Commentary with Zoë Rose Smith and Kelly Gredner
• Reinventing the Extreme: a new interview with Director Xavier Gens
• Going Method: a new interview with Actor Karina Testa
• A Light in the Dark: a new interview with Actor Maud Forget
• Lights, Camera... Fear: a new interview with Cinematographer Laurent Barès
• Sounds of Violence: a new interview with Composer Jean-Piere Taïeb
• The Making of Frontier(s)
• Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by Xavier Gens and Karina Testa
• Behind-the-Scenes Photos with commentary by Xavier Gens and Karina Testa
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Fotografik Short Film
• Xavier Gens Highschool Trailers
• Trailers

Limited Edition Contents

• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal
• 70 page book with new essays by ​​Dr Sarah Cleary, Mark H Harris, Carolyn Mauricette and Alexandra West
• 6 collectors' art cards

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...-ray-pre-order

[nekromantik]

i hope inside is next
that movie still has no English friendly blu ray anywhere!

[LanceL]

YES!!!

Been wait a long time for this one, too...! Other being May, which is also coming out from SS!

[snipemonkey]

Been wanting to see this for a while, so YAY!

But also: Can someone explain the meaning(s) of the weird title for this thing????

[CyberGhostface]

Originally Posted by snipemonkey

Can someone explain the meaning(s) of the weird title for this thing????

It's a parenthetical plural.

https://lawprose.org/lawprose-lesson...etical-plurals

https://www.businesswritingblog.com/...envelopes.html

In this case I think the title refers to there being multiple contexts for the word 'frontier' (border). It's about thieves trying to escape the French border but the film's taglines are "there are limits not to cross" and "what are your boundaries".

Granted you could have had the same effect by just calling it "Frontiers" but...

[shireguy]

£27.99 +++ ??!!!

Are Second Sight kidding ??

Whilst I've bought previous items - I think that they are taking the P*** now with these prices - just for a BOOK and a few pieces of cardboard.

Yes - I will waiting for the non limited edition - when it gets cheaper

[lionel74]

Originally Posted by shireguy

£27.99 +++ ??!!!

Are Second Sight kidding ??

Whilst I've bought previous items - I think that they are taking the P*** now with these prices - just for a BOOK and a few pieces of cardboard.

Yes - I will waiting for the non limited edition - when it gets cheaper

Plus £3.29 shipping! I buy all my SS limited editions direct from them but they’re royally taking the p*** now. They don’t even offer a loyalty point scheme so there’s zero reason to buy direct when I can get it for £29.99 from HMV with free postage.

I’d expect a 4K disc for that price though, not a poxy Blu-ray.

[nekromantik]

this aint my fav of the New Wave French Extremity series.
So will get the standard edition when its sub £15

[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by shireguy

£27.99 +++ ??!!!

Are Second Sight kidding ??

Whilst I've bought previous items - I think that they are taking the P*** now with these prices - just for a BOOK and a few pieces of cardboard.

Yes - I will waiting for the non limited edition - when it gets cheaper

Well, it is down to £23.33 now. And the standard edition is already available to preorder.

Originally Posted by nekromantik

this aint my fav of the New Wave French Extremity series.
So will get the standard edition when its sub £15

It's £14.99.

[Anthony Thorne]

I like what Second Sight are doing but I'll be going standard with all their future releases - not impressed with their books, too padded out with graphics and stills and mini essays taking three times the usual page count due to the design and layout wanting to fill up the pages. Arrow do this too sometimes. The films and quality extras will be enough for me.

[Ste7en]

Originally Posted by Rockercub

Well, it is down to £23.33 now. And the standard edition is already available to preorder.

Where? I'm still seeing 30 sheets on Amazon and 27.99 direct.

[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

Where? I'm still seeing 30 sheets on Amazon and 27.99 direct.

Including shipping? It's showing as £23.33 for me, but that's admittedly before shipping. I'm in the US, so maybe there's something going on with that, but it looks like the regular UK site to me.

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...-ray-pre-order

[moody41]

Originally Posted by Rockercub

Including shipping? It's showing as £23.33 for me, but that's admittedly before shipping. I'm in the US, so maybe there's something going on with that, but it looks like the regular UK site to me.

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...-ray-pre-order

It's showing a lower price because its removing VAT for you.

[Sopranogl]

I'm excited for this release! One more month....

[kmhofmann]

Uncharacteristically for Second Sight, it's a dud.

Horrible ancient DVD-era transfer.

[dullboy]

Originally Posted by kmhofmann

Uncharacteristically for Second Sight, it's a dud.

Horrible ancient DVD-era transfer.

I wonder if May turned out the same way...

[kmhofmann]

Originally Posted by dullboy

I wonder if May turned out the same way...

May looks... solid...ish.
Not the freshest scan for sure, and the booklet of neither film gives any background on the source materials, but while May appears to be from a decent 2K scan of some film element (interpositive? I see some black dirt), Frontier(s) is just a full disaster.

Both discs have been FiM encoded, but that can't save Frontier(s) either.

[MatOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by kmhofmann

May looks... solid...ish.
Not the freshest scan for sure, and the booklet of neither film gives any background on the source materials, but while May appears to be from a decent 2K scan of some film element (interpositive? I see some black dirt), Frontier(s) is just a full disaster.

Both discs have been FiM encoded, but that can't save Frontier(s) either.

i always got the feeling Frontier(s) is meant to be a "dirty" looking film

[kmhofmann]

Originally Posted by MatOfTheDead

i always got the feeling Frontier(s) is meant to be a "dirty" looking film

Maybe, but that's a red herring argument.

So is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and look what could be wringed out of that '70s 16mm film stock. A stellar release from the same label nonetheless.

Frontier(s) remains a film shot on, well, actual 35mm film. What's on the disc falls far short of any reasonable scan of even the grubbiest film stock imaginable. Instead, it looks like a heavily processed DVD-era telecine.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by kmhofmann

Uncharacteristically for Second Sight, it's a dud.

Horrible ancient DVD-era transfer.

Sorry to hear that. My copy from Orbit is en route. I wonder if it's a situation where the film elements were not up to par. In any case, I'll be very disappointed if this is a misfire.