Official Film Noir on Blu-ray Thread

[EVERYONE LIES]

Has anyone picked up The Girl Hunters yet? I ordered it from Family Video because it is $11.99 but it is backordered.

[MifuneFan]

All 4 films from Olive's Film Noir box set will be released individually on 12/23

[John_Drake]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

Has anyone picked up The Girl Hunters yet? I ordered it from Family Video because it is $11.99 but it is backordered.

I preordered it from Bull Moose but they've been slow to ship.
The package is presently somewhere in Maryland

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

Has anyone picked up The Girl Hunters yet? I ordered it from Family Video because it is $11.99 but it is backordered.

Just arrived from Bull Moose, $13.99, always takes 2 days to get here First Class.

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[MifuneFan]

As discussed in the Criterion thread, the latest hint from their newsletter is undoubtedly for Carol Reed's "Odd Man Out"



There have been some Region B releases out already, but this is great news for the US.

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

As discussed in the Criterion thread, the latest hint from their newsletter is undoubted for Carol Reed's "Odd Man Out"



There have been some Region B releases out already, but this is great news for the US.

Man i just bit on the Network version...may double dip depending on extras...awesome news just the same for those who don't own this film noir gem!

[noirjunkie]

More good news today: VCI is upgrading its excellent DVD of The Prowler to blu-ray in early 2015.

[kuro_sawa]

Anyone here ever hear any news about I WALK ALONE being released? Is this one even available on DVD anywhere? One of my favourites from the golden era of film noir. I'd gladly support a kickstarter or something to get this out there.

[oildude]

Calling all noir fans:

The Girl Hunters, a U.S.-British production starring writer Mickey Spillane playing his own creation Mike Hammer, is sometimes listed as a 1960s noir and sometimes as a crime thriller. A search online shows it listed in various sources as a definite noir. I don't see it on the first page. I suspect it is one of those crossover titles with one foot in both genres, although I have never seen it so I cannot make a judgment where it falls.

However, since it has just dropped to $12.69 on amazon (and is a limited edition of 2000 from Scorpion Releasing) I just bought a copy and will weigh in with my opinion when it arrives

Mike Hammer is best known on film from Ralph Meeker's tough guy portrayal in Kiss Me Deadly.

[MifuneFan]

I did some brief searches when it was first announced, and I didn't get a lot of definitive answers about it being a film noir or not, so I didn't add it then. I suppose I should've just asked you guys first, what does everyone think?

[EVERYONE LIES]

I would say this is definitely film noir. It's Mike Hammer dammit.

[The Great Owl]

I just placed an order for The Girl Hunters after being on the fence for a while. It's amazing how a $12.69 sale can get me off of a fence pretty quickly.

The presence of Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger) in the movie was the final straw, though.

[MifuneFan]

Added Reindeer Games (2000) and Cold in July (2014) to the neo-noir list. Credit to noirjunkie for the suggestions

[BuckNaked2k]

A few suggestions:

[usuallee]

Anyone know anything about these mythical Film Detective releases: Hollw Triumph, Beat the Devil, and Salt of the Earth? Supposedly being released tomorrow but nothing anywhere on the internet about how to order? And now the thread regarding Hollow Triumph seems to have been deleted by this site. Something fishy is going on here...

[Edit, sorry the thread for Hollow Triumph is still on the site, just is no longer linked from the film's page. So I'll backpedal on the conspiracy theories, but I still find it puzzling there is ZERO ordering info anywhere on the web on the day prior to the alleged release date, not even on the film detective website, amazon, or anywhere.]

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by usuallee

Anyone know anything about these mythical Film Detective releases: Hollw Triumph, Beat the Devil, and Salt of the Earth? Supposedly being released tomorrow but nothing anywhere on the internet about how to order? And now the thread regarding Hollow Triumph seems to have been deleted by this site. Something fishy is going on here...

[Edit, sorry the thread for Hollow Triumph is still on the site, just is no longer linked from the film's page. So I'll backpedal on the conspiracy theories, but I still find it puzzling there is ZERO ordering info anywhere on the web on the day prior to the alleged release date, not even on the film detective website, amazon, or anywhere.]

I asked on facebook, i'll let ya know if they respond.

[atfree]

Originally Posted by usuallee

Anyone know anything about these mythical Film Detective releases: Hollw Triumph, Beat the Devil, and Salt of the Earth? Supposedly being released tomorrow but nothing anywhere on the internet about how to order? And now the thread regarding Hollow Triumph seems to have been deleted by this site. Something fishy is going on here...

[Edit, sorry the thread for Hollow Triumph is still on the site, just is no longer linked from the film's page. So I'll backpedal on the conspiracy theories, but I still find it puzzling there is ZERO ordering info anywhere on the web on the day prior to the alleged release date, not even on the film detective website, amazon, or anywhere.]

Yeah....I've asked The Film Detective on Facebook, Twitter, and sent their rep (Phil, who I believe is the principal at The Film Detective) who was on this forum a PM....no response to anything.

He took some flak on the D.O.A thread about the proposed use of DNR and BD-R's for these releases and got a little defensive. I wonder if they've went back to the drawing board. It would be nice to know something.

[EVERYONE LIES]

Originally Posted by atfree

Yeah....I've asked The Film Detective on Facebook, Twitter, and sent their rep (Phil, who I believe is the principal at The Film Detective) who was on this forum a PM....no response to anything.

He took some flak on the D.O.A thread about the proposed use of DNR and BD-R's for these releases and got a little defensive. I wonder if they've went back to the drawing board. It would be nice to know something.

DNR on D.O.A. scares me, it must mean the print is garbage. I wonder if MGM has the OCN. There is nothing stopping them from releasing it even though it is public domain. D.O.A. should be a Criterion movie.

[usuallee]

Originally Posted by EVERYONE LIES

DNR on D.O.A. scares me, it must mean the print is garbage. I wonder if MGM has the OCN. There is nothing stopping them from releasing it even though it is public domain. D.O.A. should be a Criterion movie.

Agree 100%, although when it comes to D.O.A., any improvement whatsoever on the terrible releases out there now, any HD presentation at all, would be so very welcome. The bar is really low with that film. As one of the quintessential film noirs, it really does deserve so much better. Criterion, yes please! But again, even if a D.O.A. release is on par with, say, the Film Chest release of The Red House, i.e. DNR'd to death but watchable, but it would be orders of magnitude better than what is out there now, that I know of. And I would gladly buy sucha release, though of course hoping for more.

BTW found this in the Hollow Triumph thread in case any one missed it, a response from The Film Detective:

Default Blu-ray Release Update
Just wanted to give everyone an update. The blu-ray releases are being delayed, as we were very interested in getting as much feedback from everyone as possible and accordingly improving our final releases. The good news is we will be releasing Beat the Devil in its original aspect ratio, Salt of the Earth, and Hollow Triumph at the end of the year. These will all have closed captions and we will be using no noise reduction on any of the transfers for blu-ray. We appreciate all the feedback and encouragement. The discs will be distributed and manufactured as originally planned by Allied Vaughn.