Official Film Noir on Blu-ray Thread

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 is also incorrectly formatted full frame by Criterion, according to widescreen expert Bob Furmanek who backs up his statements with facts, not by toadying to his friends at Criterion like Robert Harris does.

That was certainly an odd decision by Criterion, especially given that when watching it, it's obvious from the copious empty space at the top of the frame that it was framed for widescreen projection.

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 is also incorrectly formatted full frame by Criterion, according to widescreen expert Bob Furmanek who backs up his statements with facts, not by toadying to his friends at Criterion like Robert Harris does.

Oh yeah I forgot about Riot being full-frame as well. The great "C" really has dropped the ball a few times. I personally feel they also did with the 64' Killers too, not to as great of an extent but feel they should have included both 1:33 and 1:85 like Arrow's release did and let the viewer decide which one to watch.

[MifuneFan]

Arrow has just announced Thieves' Highway (1949) for the UK!

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
-New 4K digital restoration by Twentieth Century Fox
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
-Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
-The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides, a 55-minute documentary portrait of Thieves’ Highway author and screenwriter, featuring contributions from Bezzerides, director Jules Dassin and writers George P. Pelecanos (The Wire), Mickey Spillane (Kiss Me Deadly) and Barry Gifford (Lost Highway)
-The Fruits of Labour, a new video essay about the genesis, production, reception and politics of Thieves’ Highway by Frank Krutnik, author of In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity
-Selected scene and character commentaries by Frank Krutnik
-Theatrical trailer
-Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
-Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Alastair Phillips (co-author of 100 Film Noirs), illustrated with original production stills

[silverlakephil]

With Night and The City, Thieves' Highway will complete Jules Dassin's Film Noir on Blu-ray I believe.

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Arrow has just announced Thieves' Highway (1949) for the UK!

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Oh this is terrific news! I first discovered Dassin as many did when I saw Rififi and I've been a big fan ever since. This has instantly become one of my most anticipated releases!

[RiFiFi1955]

YESSSSSSSSSS! Love Thieves Highway. Dassin is one of my favorite and love that fact his films are get terrific treatment. Thank You Arrow!

[MifuneFan]

With a new 4K restoration coming directly from Fox, lets hope a Criterion release isn't too far behind.

[kuro_sawa]

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Arrow has just announced Thieves' Highway (1949) for the UK!

Knew this was coming but I still had a 'holy s***!' moment after it was actually announced. This is my fav Dassin, and one of my favourite films of all time. I'm absolutely thrilled it's coming from Arrow, and that next month brings Night and the City as well from Criterion. These are cream of the crop titles for me

[Iamspartacus]

Just watched The Big Clock. Wow that might be one of my favorite films from the 40s...and I love the 40s. Ray Milland is awesome as was Harry Morgan and Charles Laughton.

[Namuhana]

I've decided to watch Kiss Me Deadly this weekend (a wonderful film!), and I'm going to pick up Ride the Pink Horse from the library tomorrow, so I'll watch that one as well. I haven't heard of any of the films TCM will show tomorrow, sans Kiss Me Deadly, so I'll stick with the ones I've just mentioned.

[noirjunkie]

Big news from the Film Noir Foundation today. Its restorations of Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run are confirmed for blu-ray!

From the newsletter:

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Big news from the Film Noir Foundation today. Its restorations of Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run are confirmed for blu-ray!

From the newsletter:

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Great news!

[jetthead]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Big news from the Film Noir Foundation today. Its restorations of Too Late for Tears and Woman on the Run are confirmed for blu-ray!

From the newsletter:

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[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Anyone here seen the Chinese movie Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)? I just came across it, but from what I've read and seen it sounds like a great and stylish neo-noir film. Unfortunately there are no BD releases available with English subs.

Apparently this trailer doesn't do the film justice, but it's the only one with English subs I could find

Black Coal, Thin Ice - Official UK Trailer - YouTube

Variety Review (intro quoted below)



BD releases to date:

Good news for anyone stateside interested in this. Well Go USA will be releasing it on BD on 9/29. Defintely looking forward to checking it out.

Amazon Pre-order: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Coal-Thi...+coal+thin+ice

[MifuneFan]

Twilight Time has detailed their upcoming release of House of Bamboo

Cover:



Pre-order Date: July 29th, 2015

Release Date: August 11th, 2015

Special Features

• Isolated Score Track
• Audio Commentary with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
• Audio Commentary with Film Historians Alain Silver and James Ursini
• Fox Movietone Newsreels
• Original Theatrical Trailers

[tallrichard]

Originally Posted by RiFiFi1955

YESSSSSSSSSS! Love Thieves Highway. Dassin is one of my favorite and love that fact his films are get terrific treatment. Thank You Arrow!

It is a pity they aren't releasing Thieves Highway in the US too...

I love Dassin's Naked City and Brute Force on high on my list once they come onto Blu-ray....the Criterion DVDs are excellent!

[maely]

The Killers (1946) - ah, celluloid never looked so good as noir! Look for two master-shots in this film: the opening credits shot as the two shadows creep upon the town, and the crane shot that follows the robbers in and out of the payroll heist.

The 1964 film is quite excellent in its own right but probably bears more resemblance to Bullitt than the shadowy Siodmak noir. How underrated is Don Siegel, though?

Early contender for release of the year:

[RiFiFi1955]

Originally Posted by maely

The Killers (1946) - ah, celluloid never looked so good as noir! Look for two master-shots in this film: the opening credits shot as the two shadows creep upon the town, and the crane shot that follows the robbers in and out of the payroll heist.

The 1964 film is quite excellent in its own right but probably bears more resemblance to Bullitt than the shadowy Siodmak noir. How underrated is Don Siegel, though?

Early contender for release of the year:

Still think they should have included the 1:85 aspect ratio too on the 64' version like Arrow did, yeah I know it is not the exact OAR but it is still a nice option for the viewer and especially since it looks fine shown at 1:85. So for that reason I can't really say release of the year. I might have to give that to the upcoming Criterion 4K of Night and the City however...man I love that movie.

[Jobla]

I've never seen STORM FEAR, although I admire Cornel Wilde's directorial efforts. Should I blind-buy it?

[Vlad Draculi]

How many more Noirs that need to come out are going to be from Universal? I ask because after today they are on my **** list and I don't want to support anymore releases from them if I can help it.