Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It's criminal that Leave Her To Heaven hasn't sold out yet.

I'd never heard of this movie, somehow. It was apparently Fox's highest grossing movie of the 40s? Weird how it almost never gets mentioned, it sounds like it has some very vocal fans (Scorsese for one). Technicolor noir costarring vincent price? I need to get it! I'll probably buy it when I preorder the blob. I wish I'd known about it when they had that 20 dollar sale a few months ago. I'm still on the fence about a couple of their movies (Equus and Man Hunt), I'll probably buy them when there's an extreme low stock alert if a sale doesn't happen first.

I didn't know what the Driver was, either, but it sounds good. It sounds like the studiocanal version is considerably better, though. I'll have to watch for that to drop in price.

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

FROM SAE:


Twilight Time has notified us that owing to circumstances beyond their control at the manufacturers, shipping of the September titles is likely to be delayed until around the 18th. We appreciate your patience as we know how eager you are to have the discs in your hands. Rest assured this is a very unusual situation, and that the pre-order and release dates for the much-anticipated October titles remain unaffected. Thank you for your understanding.

My copy of Killer Elite can wait, I'm working on a Labor Day Sale backlog right now, with 3 more yet to get here .

[MikeZ.]

I'd like to know how many copies are left of Two Rode Together, and Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation ...trying to keep expenditures down this month...

I still remember this line from my childhood : I just said I wanted some sun on the beach.

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by MikeZ.

I'd like to know how many copies are left of Two Rode Together, and Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation ...trying to keep expenditures down this month...

I still remember this line from my childhood : I just said I wanted some sun on the beach.

HOBBS is a lot of fun and very much a time capsule of the early to mid-1960s . Be sure to get it first. TWO RODE is pretty interesting if you like westerns, and even second-rate John Ford is better than most other movies, but buying it can be put off unless you're an avid Jimmy Stewart fan.

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by Blu-Velvet

HOBBS is a lot of fun and very much a time capsule of the early to mid-1960s . Be sure to get it first. TWO RODE is pretty interesting if you like westerns, and even second-rate John Ford is better than most other movies, but buying it can be put off unless you're an avid Jimmy Stewart fan.

I am, and plan on getting them together. Thanks.

Edit : I just ordered them both, spending be damned.

[Arkadin]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It's criminal that Leave Her To Heaven hasn't sold out yet.

Amen to that.
people have no idea how great this movie is.
it was always on my short list for films I hoped would make it to bd one day.

[oildude]

I think it is also criminal that Rapture has not yet sold out and has not made the short list of titles below 700 either. Only three months remaining before its exclusive term expires for TT. I hope it doesn't become their first title to reach the end with copies remaining. It deserves to have sold out long ago.

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by oildude

I think it is also criminal that Rapture has not yet sold out and has not made the short list of titles below 700 either. Only three months remaining before its exclusive term expires for TT. I hope it doesn't become their first title to reach the end with copies remaining. It deserves to have sold out long ago.

RAPTURE is one of my favorite films from Twilight Time, yet I'd never heard of it until the Blu-ray release was announced and discussed on Blu-ray.com. Having seen SUNDAYS AND CYBELE, I took a chance blind-buying RAPTURE and was more than pleased. The intriguing story, the powerful acting, and the magnificent black-and-white scope cinematography are all reasons to get this film. Perhaps sales will speed up after Criterion releases SUNDAYS AND CYBELE the end of this month (also in black-and-white scope) and reintroduces Patricia Gozzi to Criterion Collection devotees, who might be more likely to pay Twilight Time prices for films they really like (or expect to like).

[oildude]

Criterion is releasing Patricia Gozzi's starring vehicle Sundays and Cybele (1962) at the end of September, a film she made three years before Rapture. For those who discover Gozzi for the first time via Criterion, they will still have a brief window remaining to pick up Rapture before it times out. Who knows, the Criterion might give a sales bump to TT. To me, Gozzi is the great "what if", a phenomenal talent who ended her film career by her own choice far too early only a few years after Rapture.

EDIT: Posted at the same time as Blu-Velvet. Haha....great minds think alike.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by oildude

For those who discover Gozzi for the first time via Criterion, they will still have a brief window remaining to pick up Rapture before it times out.

The "time out" should only apply to Twilight Time's right to exclusivity. I don't believe that they have to stop selling already-pressed copies once the window expires. They're still selling copies of their DVDs of The Kremlin Letter and Woman Obsessed, both of which passed their 3-year window (in March and June of this year, respectively).

[erlinmeyer]

Originally Posted by jayembee

The "time out" should only apply to Twilight Time's right to exclusivity. I don't believe that they have to stop selling already-pressed copies once the window expires. They're still selling copies of their DVDs of The Kremlin Letter and Woman Obsessed, both of which passed their 3-year window (in March and June of this year, respectively).

Unsure how it works, but they have paid for the right for 3000 copies and exclusivity for 3 years. After three years the exclusivity runs out, but they should still have the right to sell the copies they paid the royalty for. IMHO of course.

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by oildude

Criterion is releasing Patricia Gozzi's starring vehicle Sundays and Cybele (1962) at the end of September, a film she made three years before Rapture. For those who discover Gozzi for the first time via Criterion, they will still have a brief window remaining to pick up Rapture before it times out. Who knows, the Criterion might give a sales bump to TT. To me, Gozzi is the great "what if", a phenomenal talent who ended her film career by her own choice far too early only a few years after Rapture.

EDIT: Posted at the same time as Blu-Velvet. Haha....great minds think alike.

So true!!

Interestingly, I just watched LOLA last night from Criterion's new Jacques Demy set, and two weeks ago revisited Kubrick's LOLITA. It may be coincidence, but it's like there was a brief period in the early 60s that was not afraid to explore relationships between young teenage girls with older men, some 15-20 years before Woody Allen's MANHATTAN and three decades before INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE made it to the screen.

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by Blu-Velvet

RAPTURE is one of my favorite films from Twilight Time, yet I'd never heard of it until the Blu-ray release was announced and discussed on Blu-ray.com. Having seen SUNDAYS AND CYBELE, I took a chance blind-buying RAPTURE and was more than pleased.

Conversely, if you've seen Rapture (and liked it) I can highly recommend Sundays and Cybele as a blind buy - it's also a fantastic film.

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by Keyser Soze.

TCM Shop sucks ass. I ordered Golden Voyage of Sinbad when they had it in stock and they never sent it to me. Then the title fell on back order, then sold out, and my order sat in limbo on their system for months. Then for a final stab in the back, they cancelled my order without ever telling me. I would never trust them with another Twilight Time order (especially on a fast moving title).

Terrible, terrible customer service.

TCM Shop package arrived today. I ordered the Criterion of Red River, what I got was the DVD set of The Audrey Hepburn Collection ???

I don thin so Lucy. Got on the blower, asked was I expected to pay return postage ? No she tells me, my credit card will be credited $6.99, but then that somehow becomes sending me a return label instead ? Anyway, not a great way to impress a first time customer...

Wish I had done a little more research on their poor customer service, before being seduced by a lower price. At least the woman that helped me was polite, and understanding.
Somewhere an Audrey Hepburn fan is holding Red River, thinking WTF ?

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by erlinmeyer

Unsure how it works, but they have paid for the right for 3000 copies and exclusivity for 3 years. After three years the exclusivity runs out, but they should still have the right to sell the copies they paid the royalty for. IMHO of course.

That seems sensible. Certainly with the slow sales I can't see another label or Fox themselves rushing out to strike more copies once the three years are up. I'm rather curious to see if Eureka had more luck with it in the UK.

[Mansinthe]

rapture going OOP soon with the way cheaper MoC release around? dont think so

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Mansinthe

rapture going OOP soon with the way cheaper MoC release around? dont think so

well, the MoC is region B, so...

[*PREACHER*]

[SolidBlu]

Originally Posted by *PREACHER*

nice cover really excited with the October releases

[*PREACHER*]

Originally Posted by SolidBlu

nice cover really excited with the October releases

Yep...but man...already what i have saved in my cart...i'm totally going over $500 dollars...this time 'round!