Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[lesco]

Originally Posted by docc

Sadly it seems that musicals for some reason don't do particularly well at TT in terms of sales, with Bye Bye Birdie being an exception. Pal Joey in spite of its fantastic score and cast is still around since the beginning.

You'd think something hipper like ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS would be an exception, especially after Bowie's passing, but no word on Low Quantity yet (mind you, it was only released last year). Such a visual movie (I saw it in a cinema), it was on my list of most wanted for quite some time so I snapped it up.

[oildude]

Pre-orders begin Wednesday, March 2, 2016 @ 4 pm EST

Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Audio Commentary with Actress Judy Geeson, and Film Historians Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman / Audio Commentary with Actor John Hurt / Original Theatrical Trailer

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Rafows

Actually, FOX is committed in restoring its classic library. There are many of them already restored and pending of a blu ray release, some of them technicolor musicals. Some of them:

[Show spoiler]- Down Argentine Way
- The Best things in life are free
- Centennial Summer (legal issues)
- Chad Hanna
- The Adventures of Haji Baba
- Beneath the 12 Mile Reef
- Berkeley Square (1933)
- Pilgrimage (1933)
- Sailor's Luck (1933)
- Me and my gal (1932)
- Disorldely Conduct (1932)
- Now I'll tell (1934)
- Society Girl (1932)
- The Black Rose
- Black Window
- Bottom of the Bottle
- The Bravados
- Cry of the City
- Hilda Crane
- The Mark of Zorro
- Kiss of Death
- The Girl Can't help it
- Hell and High Water
- A Privates Affair
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
- Young Mr. Lincoln

As well as brand new 4K restorations of:

- The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
- The Son of Robin Hood
- Boy on a dolphin
- Curly Top
- Heaven can wait
- The Gunfighter
- The Ox Bow Incident
- Peyton Place
- Unfaithfully Yours

So, there are plenty ready to go, the reason for thei unavailability is unknown to me.

I'm not at all taking issue with your post, but I do want to stress that even when Fox "restores" its films, the results are often disappointing because the original elements are no longer in existence, which automatically means that the results are compromised before the work is even begun. This is particularly true for Fox's 3-strip Technicolor films.

A telling example of this can be found in the review for Fox's box office blockbuster, Jesse James. My knowledge of this film is extensive because it was filmed here in my hometown back in the late summer of 1938, the year my mother was born. In the fabled year of its release, 1939, it was the fifth highest-grossing film of the year behind Gone With the Wind, Babes in Arms, Drums Along the Mohawk, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, bringing in more money than such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dark Victory, Stagecoach, Ninotchka, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, etc., etc. It was such a tremendous hit that Fox re-released it theatrically in 1945 and again in 1951.

I think one of the reasons that the film was so popular is because it was breathtakingly beautiful. Growing up, I saw original silver nitrate prints of the film projected on the big screen on a yearly basis, and I can attest that the color was incredible, rich and vibrant, even riotous. It popped. The blu-ray is the best the film has ever looked on home video, and I've owned it on every format ... Beta, VHS, Super VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, "remastered" DVD, and now blu-ray ... but I can tell you that what you see today is but a pale, bland imitation of what the film looked like originally. I've been told that the film could be upgraded in terms of picture quality using newer technology, but that such an investment is unthinkable given the current cost.

I'll be very interested to see what Heaven Can Wait looks like when the 4k remaster debuts on blu-ray. A 1943 nominee for the Best Picture Oscar, the current Criterion DVD is a marked improvement over the VHS and LaserDisc releases, but again, it's still a disappointment in terms of the color palette and overall picture clarity (several scenes are marred by ghosting); those needle-point titles are supposed to be red and blue on a white background, not a background that shifts between ivory and pale yellow on a frame-by-frame basis. Here's hoping ...!

[leeza]

Hi,

I purchasedtons of TT blu-rays over the years and I am in need of money. I'm only considering selling ones that have the most value. Do you guy's know what TT movies have the most resale value at this time?

Thanks!

[atfree]

Originally Posted by LEEZA

Hi,

I purchasedtons of TT blu-rays over the years and am in need of money. I'm only considering selling ones that have the most value. Do you guy's know what TT movies have the most resale value at this time?

Thanks!

I'd venture to guess any of the OOP Editions...especially now that TT says there will only be 4 more reissues of OOP releases

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by atfree

I'd venture to guess any of the OOP Editions...especially now that TT says there will only be 4 more reissues of OOP releases

and especially horror/sci-fi titles.

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by LEEZA

Hi,

I purchasedtons of TT blu-rays over the years and am in need of money. I'm only considering selling ones that have the most value. Do you guy's know what TT movies have the most resale value at this time?

Thanks!

I would check the completed sales on eBay. I've seen some sales go as high as $45-$50 and those weren't even OOP. I think there are a lot of people who've never heard of Twilight Time or Screen Archives.

[leeza]

Thanks for all of the help guys.

Tom

[MikeZ.]

Facebook / Twilight Time says it's coming in August !!!


https://www.facebook.com/twilighttimemovies/

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by MikeZ.

Facebook / Twilight Time says it's coming in August !!!


https://www.facebook.com/twilighttimemovies/

I may decide to pick it up this time around since I missed it last time.

[Blu Titan]

I am REALLY behind in my TT purchases and need to make a few big orders. I have to make a habit of following this thread more closely and jump on the upcoming promotions.

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I am REALLY behind in my TT purchases and need to make a few big orders. I have to make a habit of following this thread more closely and jump on the upcoming promotions.

It's definitely time for a bonus. I've got an itchy trigger finger on this shopping cart at SAE.

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On my phone so unable to copy over direct announcement.

This month's SAE special offer is a free copy of SUMMER LOVERS autographed by Randan Kleiser with purchase of $119.80 worth of Twilight Time titles.

The offer begins tomorrow February 17 at 4 pm EST. only at the SAE website.

As usual this offer lasts until the limited number of autographed copies are taken.

[bruceames]

Thanks for the heads up. I have enough to get in on this one. The last one was up for almost 3 days, must have been a record. Don't think this one will last that long, if some of the above posts are any indication.

[Marv Inc.]

Any news on Runaway Train?

[belcherman]

Originally Posted by bruceames.

Thanks for the heads up. I have enough to get in on this one. The last one was up for almost 3 days, must have been a record. Don't think this one will last that long, if some of the above posts are any indication.

Summer Lovers is not a movie I was dying for, so you'll get no competition from me. Good luck.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Summer Lovers is not a movie I was dying for, so you'll get no competition from me. Good luck.

Not dying for it either, but wasn't expecting much competition anyway. It'll probably last a day.

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by bruceames.

Not dying for it either, but wasn't expecting much competition anyway. It'll probably last a day.

I've not seen it and I don't own it. It might be odd, but I often prefer that the bonus is a movie I've not seen. I've discovered a few gems through TT by receiving bonus discs I wouldn't have normally have watched. Time to load up the cart. Ooof. My budget for March is already blown.

Sidenote:

[30hertzrumble]

I just checked SO DEADLY SO PERVERSE, the guide to giallo films from 1963 to 1973, for their opinion of LA BAMBOLA DI SATANA... it's really quite funny:

"Casapinta's directorial filmography appears to begin and end with this film. This is probably just as well. Casapinta's approach is generally limited to bolting down the camera and zooming in and out, with only the most basic of coverage for dialogue scenes and a little wobbly moving camera action to generate "mood." With its over-lit interiors, unconvincing day-for-night exteriors, bad acting, choppy editing and appalling score, La bambola di Satana is a strong contender for the contender for the worst giallo of the 1960s."

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by 30hertzrumble

I just checked SO DEADLY SO PERVERSE, the guide to giallo films from 1963 to 1973, for their opinion of LA BAMBOLA DI SATANA... it's really quite funny:

"Casapinta's directorial filmography appears to begin and end with this film. This is probably just as well. Casapinta's approach is generally limited to bolting down the camera and zooming in and out, with only the most basic of coverage for dialogue scenes and a little wobbly moving camera action to generate "mood." With its over-lit interiors, unconvincing day-for-night exteriors, bad acting, choppy editing and appalling score, La bambola di Satana is a strong contender for the worst contender for the worst giallo of the 1960s."

Good!

La Bambola di Satana should fit in well with my collection as a low standard bar by which Blood and Black Lace, A Bay of Blood, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin, and others can be judged.