Official Film Noir on Blu-ray Thread

[Page14]

Originally Posted by shimmy

THE NARROW MARGIN - Mark Fleischer interview with Alan K. Rode - NOIR CITY: Hollywood

Great interview. There is a huge Narrow Margin sized hole in the selection of film noir's available on blu ray that needs to be filled. Also as much as I love Gene Hackman I think the never version stinks.

Alan K. Rode knows his stuff! 👍

[IanTheCool]

If you like Film Noir, why not give this podcast a try?

We pick great moments from a selection of film noirs through time.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...a015/a-aal7gqm

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by shimmy

THE NARROW MARGIN - Mark Fleischer interview with Alan K. Rode - NOIR CITY: Hollywood

Great interview. There is a huge Narrow Margin sized hole in the selection of film noir's available on blu ray that needs to be filled. Also as much as I love Gene Hackman I think the never version stinks.

Originally Posted by Page14

Alan K. Rode knows his stuff! 👍

Month after month, I hope WAC will announce it but… Jacqueline White, who plays a pivotal part in the film, is still with us at 101 years old.

[chidecki]

Originally Posted by IanTheCool

If you like Film Noir, why not give this podcast a try?

We pick great moments from a selection of film noirs through time.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...a015/a-aal7gqm

This looks to be pretty good. I'll give it a listen...

[traths]

I watched Too Late For Tears for the first time tonight and loved it. It's definitely one of my favorites already. Lizabeth Scott in this film is one of the best femme fetales of the genre

[Noir Black Schwarz]

I watched The Murder of Marie Roget the other day. That was a damn good movie. Right up there with the likes of The Midnight Story, Six Bridges to Cross, and Vice Squad.

[MifuneFan]

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema Volume XXI (21) has been detailed.

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming September 17th!
https://kinolorber.com/product/film-...rt-cut-to-hell

FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA XXI
• NEW Audio Commentary for CLOAK AND DAGGER by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast with Max Allan Collins, Author of Road to Perdition
• NEW Audio Commentary for SHACK OUT ON 101 by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney
• NEW Audio Commentary for SHORT CUT TO HELL by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani
• SHORT CUT TO HELL Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

CLOAK AND DAGGER (1946) B&W 106 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated

2020 HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan! The Moment He Fell in Love Was His Moment of Greatest Danger! From legendary director Fritz Lang (Scarlet Street, The Big Heat), one of the grand architects of film noir, comes an engrossing WWII spy thriller years ahead of its time. The great Gary Cooper (High Noon) is an American nuclear physicist, recruited by the Office of Strategic Services and parachuted into war-torn Europe to obtain military secrets. But the deeper he probes, the deadlier his mission becomes…especially when his involvement with a mysterious resistance fighter (Lilli Palmer, Body and Soul) catapults him into an intense maelstrom of danger, betrayal, romance and murder. The fourth and final of Lang’s classic anti-Nazi films, following Man Hunt, Hangmen Also Die! and Ministry of Fear, Cloak and Dagger is the quintessential wartime suspense picture, elevated by Sol Polito’s (Sergeant York) terrific black-and-white cinematography and Max Steiner’s (Gone with the Wind) rousing score.

SHACK OUT ON 101 (1955) B&W 80 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated

2021 HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan! On the Shady Side of the Highway! Check into a hotbed of lethal cloak and dagger with the great Lee Marvin (Prime Cut), Terry Moore (Come Back, Little Sheba) and Frank Lovejoy (The Hitch-Hiker) in Shack Out on 101. An attractive waitress (Moore) at a seaside café gets caught in a web of treacherous intrigue when she discovers that her workplace is a secret station for spies. It seems that the café is close to an experimental lab that harbors national defense secrets, and a ring of sinister spies has come to steal them. Now it’s up to the desperate waitress and a network of undercover FBI men to stop the diabolical scheme. But not before they all stop along the way for a sizzling round of passion and romance! Featuring Keenan Wynn (Point Blank) and Whit Bissell (He Walked by Night), this one-of-a-kind potboiler comes stylishly directed by cult filmmaker Edward Dein (Curse of the Undead) and beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Floyd Crosby (High Noon).

SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957) B&W 87 Minutes 1.85:1 Not Rated

2023 HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan! Professional Killer...with a Gun for Hire! The first and only directorial effort by legendary actor James Cagney (White Heat, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye), Short Cut to Hell is a steamy, gritty remake of the Alan Ladd starrer This Gun for Hire, based on a novel by the great Graham Greene (The Third Man). Hardboiled hitman Kyle Niles (Robert Ivers, The Delicate Delinquent) is hired to commit two murders, only to be double-crossed by his employer Bahrwell (Jacques Aubuchon, Thunder Road). On the lam and seeking revenge, Kyle kidnaps singer Glory Hamilton (Georgann Johnson, Midnight Cowboy), the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit (William Bishop, The Boss). Glory tries to convince him to surrender before it’s too late, but Kyle’s humanity is buried deep, and his thirst for vengeance is unquenchable. Destiny joined them…The Devil took over from there! As Cagney himself states in the film’s opening, Ivers and Johnson are two “fresh, exciting young talents” who anchor this fiery film noir.

[RiFiFi1955]

Why is The Street with No Name (1948) not out on blu-ray yet 🤔

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by RiFiFi1955

Why is The Street with No Name (1948) not out on blu-ray yet 🤔

Because it's a Fox film owned by Disney, and I guess when they were open to licensing to boutique labels, it wasn't high on anyone's priority list.

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

Because it's a Fox film owned by Disney, and I guess when they were open to licensing to boutique labels, it wasn't high on anyone's priority list.

Also probably didn't have a HD master available and I believe Fox wasn't allowing any boutique labels to make new masters.

[MifuneFan]

Kino's upcoming release of Body and Soul (1947) has been detailed.

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming September 17th!
https://kinolorber.com/product/body-...pecial-edition

BODY AND SOUL (1947)
• 2021 HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
• Optional English Subtitles

B&W 106 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
The great John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice, He Ran All the Way) gives an Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actor, 1947) in this knockout noir tale of driving ambition. Garfield stars as Charley Davis, a strong-willed young prizefighter whose ruthless quest for a shot at the title forces him to mortgage his humanity to a corrupt boxing syndicate. But when faced with the chance to regain his self-respect, Charley climbs into the ring one last time—in an unforgettable climactic fight scene, breathtakingly shot by legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe (Pursued, The Rose Tattoo). Widely regarded as one of the best boxing pictures ever made, Body and Soul was Academy Award-nominated for its sharp script by Force of Evil’s Abraham Polonsky (Best Writing, Original Screenplay, 1947) and won for its innovative editing by Francis D. Lyon and Robert Parrish (Best Film Editing, 1947). Powerfully directed by Robert Rossen (All the King’s Men, The Hustler) and featuring Lilli Palmer (Cloak and Dagger), Anne Revere (Secret Beyond the Door), Canada Lee (Cry, the Beloved Country) and William Conrad (The Killers).

[MifuneFan]

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Noir XX delayed from August 27th to September 17th. This means, both XX and XXI are coming out on the same day. Also the same day Body and Soul, mentioned above is coming out too.

[Noir Black Schwarz]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Kino's upcoming release of Body and Soul (1947) has been detailed.

4K scan, but not a 4K release? That's disapointing. Wonder if I should wait.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by Noir Black Schwarz

4K scan, but not a 4K release? That's disapointing. Wonder if I should wait.

They won't release this title on 4K, trust me.

[playingphysicist]

Yeah Kino has only put out a handful of B&W movies out on UHD, ie Scarlet Street. I would not expect it except for a few major titles, at least for awhile. (KLI has said the cost of doing UHDs continues to decline though)

[UHDLoverForever]

The Train, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 12 Angry Men and The Night of the Hunter are some B&W UHDs that Kino has released.

[Watershipdownisgood]

Originally Posted by UHDLoverForever

The Train, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 12 Angry Men and The Night of the Hunter are some B&W UHDs that Kino has released.

Not to mention Paths of Glory, Alphaville, Fear and Desire, and The Killing as well too I think that’s all of them that you mentioned. There might be others too, but I don’t know the names of any of them.

[Areyakiddin]

It's probably more accurate to say that Kino hasn't released many nitrate-era black & white (and color) movies.

[MifuneFan]

Warner Archive have just announced the film noir Conflict (1945), starring Humphrey Bogart, will be coming to Blu-ray on September 30th.

Coming from the Warner Archive Collection on September 30th!
New 2024 1080p HD master from a new 4K scan of the Original Nitrate Camera Negative

CONFLICT (1945)
BD-50
86 Minutes
B&W
DTS-HD MA 2.0
Aspect ratio: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Subtitles: English SDH
NOT RATED

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet

SPECIAL FEATURES: Classic 1945 WB Cartoons: LIFE WITH FEATHERS (HD), TRAP HAPPY PORKY (HD), WB 1945 Shorts: PEEKS AT HOLLYWOOD (HD), ARE ANIMALS ACTORS? (HD). Audio-only CONFLICT radio broadcast (9/11/1945) starring Humphrey Bogart; Original Theatrical Trailer.

SYNOPSIS: Conflict is a love triangle with murder at its heart, an atmospheric film noir of rainy nights, looming shadows, fatal romance and a trench-coated killer that walks out of the mist – all directed by Curtis Bernhardt, a filmmaker skilled in the Expressionistic style of his native Germany. The story embraces the perfect noir topic: the almost-perfect crime. Humphrey Bogart portrays Richard Mason, married to nagging Katherine… but in love with her sunny sister. Shortly after a fifth-year wedding celebration at the home of a friend, Richard decides to remove the obstacle to his happiness. He kills Katherine, carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt. Or at least he thinks he killed her- until mysterious events cause Richard to fear Katherine is very much alive!

[MifuneFan]

Journey into Fear (1943) also coming the same day!

Coming from the Warner Archive Collection on September 30th!
New 2024 1080p HD master from 4K scan of safety preservation master positives from the Library of Congress.

JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943)
68 Minutes
B&W
DTS-HD MA 2.0
Aspect ratio: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Subtitles: English SDH
NOT RATED

Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dolores Del Rio, Ruth Warrick

SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio-only Orson Welles Mercury Theater Radio Broadcasts: DRACULA (7/11/1938), TREASURE ISLAND (7/18/1938), and A TALE OF TWO CITIES (7/25/1938)

SYNOPSIS: Orson Welles’ touches of cinematic brilliance make Journey Into Fear a stunning success. Joseph Cotton portrays am American gunnery engineer pursued by Gestapo agents. His adventures make him cross paths with an impressive array of characters portrayed by Dolores Del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Hans Conried, and Welles himself, who plays Colonel Haki, head of the Turkish Secret Police. The cinematography by Karl Struss in low—key and stylized, with a reviewer of the era pointing to its “Brilliant atmosphere, the nightmare of pursuit, and when the shock comes it leaps at the eye and ear”. Journey Into Fear is a thriller worthy of the cinematic master Orson Welles.

Some info on the movie from Noir Alley

Noir Alley: Journey Into Fear (1943) intro 20170528 - YouTube