Flicker Alley

[pro-bassoonist]

Flicker Alley was born out of a passion for cinematic history and a desire to bring filmmakers and films from out of the past to new audiences and renewed recognition. The company was founded in 2002 by Jeffery Masino who drew on a lifelong enthusiasm and fascination with silent, classic, and independent cinema as well as on many years of experience in film and television production and post-production. A goal of Flicker Alley is to contribute to the on-going interest in our film heritage through the creation of new, high-quality digital editions for broadcast and through home video distribution.

Each Flicker Alley publication is the culmination of hundreds of hours of research, digital restoration, graphic design, music composition and scoring. Collectively, they reflect the creativity, expertise, and shared passion of many talented collaborators. The Flicker Alley brand has grown to enjoy national and international critical acclaim and is regularly featured in annual "Best Of" lists. The company is a 2009 National Society of Film Critics Film Heritage Award recipient for publishing "rare early U.S. and foreign silent film." The name "Flicker Alley" was the nickname of Cecil Court, London W.C.2., the business center of the British film industry during the silent film era.

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[zbinks]

Looks like The Hunchback of Notre Dame is missing. It belongs after We're in the Movies: Palace of Silents & Itinerant Filmmaking and before
Cinerama: Holiday.

[Teazle]

Ordered Mack Sennett and the Chaplin Mutuals. Can't wait.

[pro-bassoonist]

Thank you, zbinks

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[EddieLarkin]

Any chance of a late review of The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection pro-b?

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

Any chance of a late review of The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection pro-b?

This release actually isn't with me. It is with my colleague Brian Orndorf. I will ask him to see if we can post one

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[Blu-Velvet]

I've watched the two feature-length documentaries and a couple of the shorts on the WE'RE IN THE MOVIES Blu-ray, and highly recommend the disc to anyone with any interest in silent cinema, independent filmmaking, movie theatres, local-regional moviemaking, or any combination of the above. Fascinating, often touching films with interesting subject material effectively presented.

Very nice picture quality, as well, although PALACE OF SILENTS looks like it's been upscaled from a good SD digital video original, and some of the shorts are just an SD transfer.

[Arkadin]

Flicker Alley is trying to start a MOD dvd program.
Hope they plan to release some of these classics on bd as well.
info here-- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/b...-flicker-alley

[EddieLarkin]

Some already are on Blu-ray, or soon will be from other international distributors. This doesn't exactly seem the best way for FA to compete, especially when they hold the largest market.

[javi92]

I have supported a number of traditional Flicker Alley releases on DVD and blu-ray, but I really can't bring myself to support an MOD program. It just seems like a half-step on the way to streaming only.

[EddieLarkin]

I trust many here would be more eager to pledge to this campaign if instead it was to remaster and release on Blu-ray one of those titles, say The Lost World?

[Arkadin]

yeah it's a shame they aren't trying to raise money for quality bd releases.
I have to say MOD dvd from Flicker Alley doesn't interest me a whole lot either.
While I guess this news will be seen as good news by someone out there that simply wants a copy of the film, it really seems like they are very late for this sort of thing imo.
They should focus on blu-ray and HD streaming, and if they simply can't make enough money doing this, maybe it's time to throw in the towel.

[SpiderBaby]

Vertov should be on blu-ray, not MOD. Pass.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

Flicker Alley is trying to start a MOD dvd program.
Hope they plan to release some of these classics on bd as well.

One would assume, that if these are only coming on MOD DVD-R, they would not be coming to Blu-ray. They are probably for older DVD titles that have gone OOP.

Having said that, this is a poor idea, and not something that I will support. By all means, re-press titles on DVD if absolutely necessary, but MOD DVD-R is the lowest form of home media, and I certainly won't be supporting any initiative to produce more of them.

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

Any chance of a late review of The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection pro-b?

Yeah, that would probably help sell a few more copies too. I'm sure releases like these need all the help they can get.
Importcds has a good price on this set and is having a 10% sale, so I finally ordered this, since it was usually pricey elsewhere. Since this release came out, I had thought he was just an experimental filmmaker. I'm a fan of Kenneth Anger and had hoped to check this guy out eventually. Now I discovered he also directed some of my beloved odd-ball horror flicks as well, Queen of Blood (one of the only DVD-Rs I bought BTW)etc. Makes me even more interested to check him out. I haven't seen Devil Dog since I was a kid, will be interesting to look at that in a new context.

[pro-bassoonist]

Cinerama: Seven Wonders of the World Blu-ray REVIEW







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[captveg]

I have the 2015 Flicker Alley promo calendar now, and here's the titles mentioned each month. I'm gonna list them all, though some will be redundant to announced/released titles.

Jan - "Images from select titles from Flicker Alley's Manufactured-On-Demand (MOD) DVD program, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection"

Feb - "Images from The Most Dangerous Game, Nanook of the North and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, all and more available to stream soon from www.FlickerAlley.com"

Mar - "Ivan Mosjoukine in the Albatross serial The House of Mystery, presetned by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon to DVD)"

Apr - "Image from N.Y., N.Y. (1958) from Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920-1970, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

May - "William Gillette in the previously thought lost 1916 edition of Sherlock Holmes, presented by Flicker Alley, Cinémathèque Française, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Jun - "Image from M.L. Gunzberg Presents Natural Vision Three-Dimension from 3-D Rarities, presented by Flicker Alley and the 3-D Film Archive. (Coming soon to Blu-ray)"

Jul - "Lillian Gish and Henry B. Walthall in The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D.W. Griffith, presented by Flicker Alley and the BFI, in association with Photoplay Productions. (Coming soon to Blu-ray)"

Aug - "Charlie Chaplin with Edna Purviance in 1915's By the Sea from Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Sep - "Image from The Lost World (1925), directed by Harry O. Hoyt with technical direction by Willis H. O'Brien, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection, part of the Manufactured-On-Demand (MOD) DVD program (MD3005 - DVD-R), and coming soon in a brand-new Blu-ray edition.

Oct - "Images from the 1963 spectacle The Best of Cinerama, presented by Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Nov - "Mabel Normand, as featured in The Mack Sennett Collection, Volume One (FA0035), films from which are soon to be available in a DCP format for theatrical rentals."

Dec - "Images from French Masterworks: Russian Émigrés in Paris 1923-1929, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection in association with the Cinémathèque Française. (FA0029 - DVD)"

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To my recollection, this is the first confirmation of upcoming Blu-ray releases of:

- Sherlock Holmes (1916)

- The Birth of a Nation (1915) - presumably a 100th Anniversary edition w/ bonus unique from the 2011 Kino release

- Chaplin's Essanay Comedies

- The Lost World (1925)

- The Best of Cinerama (1963)

[Jobla]

I've never heard of a film from 1963 entitled BEST OF CINERAMA. Was this released in the US? Was it later retitled as CINERAMA'S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE?

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by captveg

[Show spoiler]I have the 2015 Flicker Alley promo calendar now, and here's the titles mentioned each month. I'm gonna list them all, though some will be redundant to announced/released titles.

Jan - "Images from select titles from Flicker Alley's Manufactured-On-Demand (MOD) DVD program, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection"

Feb - "Images from The Most Dangerous Game, Nanook of the North and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, all and more available to stream soon from www.FlickerAlley.com"

Mar - "Ivan Mosjoukine in the Albatross serial The House of Mystery, presetned by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon to DVD)"

Apr - "Image from N.Y., N.Y. (1958) from Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920-1970, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

May - "William Gillette in the previously thought lost 1916 edition of Sherlock Holmes, presented by Flicker Alley, Cinémathèque Française, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Jun - "Image from M.L. Gunzberg Presents Natural Vision Three-Dimension from 3-D Rarities, presented by Flicker Alley and the 3-D Film Archive. (Coming soon to Blu-ray)"

Jul - "Lillian Gish and Henry B. Walthall in The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D.W. Griffith, presented by Flicker Alley and the BFI, in association with Photoplay Productions. (Coming soon to Blu-ray)"

Aug - "Charlie Chaplin with Edna Purviance in 1915's By the Sea from Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Sep - "Image from The Lost World (1925), directed by Harry O. Hoyt with technical direction by Willis H. O'Brien, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection, part of the Manufactured-On-Demand (MOD) DVD program (MD3005 - DVD-R), and coming soon in a brand-new Blu-ray edition.

Oct - "Images from the 1963 spectacle The Best of Cinerama, presented by Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. (Coming soon in a Blu-ray + DVD edition)"

Nov - "Mabel Normand, as featured in The Mack Sennett Collection, Volume One (FA0035), films from which are soon to be available in a DCP format for theatrical rentals."

Dec - "Images from French Masterworks: Russian Émigrés in Paris 1923-1929, presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films Collection in association with the Cinémathèque Française. (FA0029 - DVD)"

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To my recollection, this is the first confirmation of upcoming Blu-ray releases of:

- Sherlock Holmes (1916)

- The Birth of a Nation (1915) - presumably a 100th Anniversary edition w/ bonus unique from the 2011 Kino release

- Chaplin's Essanay Comedies

- The Lost World (1925)

- The Best of Cinerama (1963)

I'll be in for the Chaplin set. Wouldn't mind a steelbook to match the Mutual set.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I've never heard of a film from 1963 entitled BEST OF CINERAMA. Was this released in the US? Was it later retitled as CINERAMA'S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE?

It's essentially a compilation film made up of previous Cinerama feature segments. http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/...erama/overview