Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[jrsl76]

I sat this sale out, but hopefully next time. I would have liked to get Man Hunt, The Man From Laramie, Violent Saturday and Salvador.

[Blu Titan]

I will be watching Violent Saturday later today on Saturday . I will share some quick thoughts on it after my viewing .

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

In the history of SAE/TT -- this is the second time the TT items have been on sale. Late March 2014 there were about 30 items and Late March 2015 with the 90+ items.

Last year, it was their Third Birthday celebration, so they picked 36 titles for the sale (one for each month since their first release).

This year, it was their Fourth Birthday celebration, so they picked 96 titles for the sale (two for each month since their first release).

If the pattern holds, for their Fifth Birthday, they'll pick 180 titles.

[KilloWertz]

I guess the announcements for July/August aren't happening today as some predicted they would. Maybe it's because of it being Easter weekend?

[Angel Eyes]

I Wonder how close Bell, Book and Candle came to selling out?

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

I will be watching Violent Saturday later today on Saturday . I will share some quick thoughts on it after my viewing .

The video gets very high marks, it really looks outstanding...5/5 .

To my surprise, the movie itself disappointed me. I had read great things about this movie, but it just falls flat for me.Obviously, not a true noir, but it does offer plenty of "noir like" elements. The movie spends a lot of time in character development, but I did not find myself caring for any of the characters nor did I find the characters interesting.

In fact, I found the characters annoying even the good guys...making silly decisions, building up to a finish that does not deliver. I just found the behaviour and decisions made by the characters in this movie just too silly to be beliavable. Corny ending as well, RE: Victor Mature.

Not a bad movie, but nowhere near great. 3/5 for the movie itself .

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

The video gets very high marks, it really looks outstanding...5/5 .

To my surprise, the movie itself disappointed me. I had read great things about this movie, but it just falls flat for me.Obviously, not a true noir, but it does offer plenty of "noir like" elements. The movie spends a lot of time in character development, but I did not find myself caring for any of the characters nor did I find the characters interesting.

In fact, I found the characters annoying even the good guys...making silly decisions, building up to a finish that does not deliver. I just found the behaviour and decisions made by the characters in this movie just too silly to be beliavable. Corny ending as well, RE: Victor Mature.

Not a bad movie, but nowhere near great. 3/5 for the movie itself .

I still like VIOLENT SATURDAY a lot, despite some faults. The color CinemaScope cinematography looks great, and the acting and characters didn't bother me. It's really a small-town soap opera crossed with a film noir and alternating back and forth. Another, somewhat similar color semi-noir that's equally a soap opera about a dysfunctional family and also set in the desert Southwest, and again is also quite good but falls short of greatness is THE TRAP. I'd probably give both a solid 3.5/5 for the movie and 4.5/5 for PQ.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Blu-Velvet

I still like VIOLENT SATURDAY a lot, despite some faults. The color CinemaScope cinematography looks great, and the acting and characters didn't bother me. It's really a small-town soap opera crossed with a film noir and alternating back and forth. Another, somewhat similar color semi-noir that's equally a soap opera about a dysfunctional family and also set in the desert Southwest, and again is also quite good but falls short of greatness is THE TRAP. I'd probably give both a solid 3.5/5 for the movie and 4.5/5 for PQ.

The cinematography is outstanding, I fully agree.The colors are vivid...blacks are deep. The PQ should satisfy everyone. I did like the movie overall, just fell short of my expectations .

[tisdivine]

Since we are discussing wants...Im still dying to get

Valley of the Dolls
Wait Until Dark
Klute
Butterfield 8
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

PS - Cat Ballou would def be on my list too.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

I guess the announcements for July/August aren't happening today as some predicted they would. Maybe it's because of it being Easter weekend?

So, maybe tomorrow then?
Looking forward to it too.

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by tisdivine

Since we are discussing wants...Im still dying to get

Valley of the Dolls
Wait Until Dark
Klute
Butterfield 8
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

PS - Cat Ballou would def be on my list too.

Valley of the Dolls (Fox) & Cat Ballou (Sony) are possibilities, but WB owns the other four; AFAIK they have never used TT. (BTW the correct capitalization is "BUtterfield 8", as in early-1960's phone exchanges. )

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by RBBrittain

Valley of the Dolls (Fox) & Cat Ballou (Sony) are possibilities, but WB owns the other four; AFAIK they have never used TT. (BTW the correct capitalization is "BUtterfield 8", as in early-1960's phone exchanges. )

Warner doesn't like to share its toys, so they virtually never license out titles to other labels. There have been exceptions, like Oliver Stone twisting their arm to let TT release Heaven & Earth or Terrence Malick doing the same for a couple of his films for Criterion. And some of their TV properties have been licensed to Time-Life and Shout Factory.

[BarnDoor]

TT confirmed that the announcements will come next weekend.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

TT confirmed that the announcements will come next weekend.

Oh..
That would be Easter weekend for me.

[Angel Eyes]

They need to release "The Pirate Movie" 1982. That has quite a cult following and was also a Fox film. Selling 3,000 units would be no problem. All these films that were from different studios but released under Anchor Bay on DVD that are rare and hard to come by they should investigate. 0ther examples would be Fade To Black (1980 American Cinema Release) w/ Dennis Christopher or Liar's Moon w/ Matt Damon (1982), The Last Chase (1981) Lee Majors and Chris Makepeace.

[solovoyager]

Talking of movies we'd like TT to release..... I'd love to see Barbecue released on Blu-ray (the sequel to Picnic).

[jetthead]

I don't want to turn this into a wishlist thread but how about Mackenna's Gold? That was a Columbia release.

[spiderfan1985]

Has anyone ever had an order they placed on Screen Archives just disappear off the site? Mine did and I don't know why.

Edit: Well, actually it is there. This is weird.

[oildude]

Bell, Book, and Candle is down to 30 copies.

[spiderfan1985]

Originally Posted by oildude

Bell, Book, and Candle is down to 30 copies.

That's one of the ones I ordered on Thursday. Along with Sleepless in Seattle and Journey to the Center of the Earth. I really hope it goes through. This is my first time ordering from them.