Blood and Black Lace - Arrow Films

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SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- New 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Optional Italian and English soundtracks presented in original uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Newly translated subtitles for the Italian audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English audio
- Brand new audio commentary by Mario Bava’s biographer Tim Lucas
- Psycho Analysis – a new documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Lamberto Bava (Demons), screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colors of the Dark) critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, crime novelist Carlo Lucarelli and others
- An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
- Yellow – the much-acclaimed neo-giallo by Ryan Hansom & Jon Britt
- Gender and Giallo – a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo’s relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s
- Panel discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Steve Della Casa, recorded at the 2014 Courmayeur Film Festival
- devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full
- The alternative US opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante’s private print and scanned in 2K especially for this release
- Original theatrical trailer, with optional English and Italian audio
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Howard Hughes, author of Cinema Italiano and Mario Bava: Destination Terror, and an interview with Joe Dante, David Del Valle on Cameron Mitchell and more, all illustrated with archive stills and posters

[Leterface]

Any news when is the release day?

[mikey 6]

13th April. I've pre-ordered the steelbook.

[Mr Kite]

This Giallo short will be included on the disc, here's a trailer:

http://vimeo.com/47713897

[unj]

Arrow has posted some screen shots on their blog: http://arrowvideodeck.blogspot.ca/20...ek-at.html?m=1

Looking good!

[grunt149]

Originally Posted by unj

Arrow has posted some screen shots on their blog: http://arrowvideodeck.blogspot.ca/20...ek-at.html?m=1

Looking good!

THANKS for sharing this

[Mr Kite]

Surprised this one is not being talked about more. Watched it the other night and simply put it is one of of the best restorations i have seen, PQ is superb, the film is just fantastic.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Surprised this one is not being talked about more. Watched it the other night and simply put it is one of of the best restorations i have seen, PQ is superb, the film is just fantastic.

The US thread is much more active for some reason.

[IanSchultz23]

I have a dilemma when it comes to Bava's films, It might be me but I prefer the English dubs pretty much across the board on most of his films. Obviously a lot of the dialogue was spoken in English so the dub fits the lip moves a lot better. I know there are absolute purists but I find the Italian dubs much more distracting because the lips moves are all over the place and less in synch, only with Bava's films and some spaghetti westerns do I prefer the English dubs.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

The US thread is much more active for some reason.

Does seem a little strange that one of the finest releases Arrow (or anyone else for that matter) have done is not attracting more attention here in the UK.

[tenia]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Does seem a little strange that one of the finest releases Arrow (or anyone else for that matter) have done is not attracting more attention here in the UK.

It's because usually, Arrow's releases are more discussed in the general Arrow thread rather than in individual topics.
For B&BL, since there has been the discussion regarding the delay of the release in the US, the US thread was already active, so people just used it to continue discussing the release rather than either split the discussions between here and there or risking duplicating the discussion.

I don't think one should draw a conclusion regarding the release having attracted less attention here. I actually don't think it's the case. It's just a practicality, most likely.

[Spiderwalk]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Does seem a little strange that one of the finest releases Arrow (or anyone else for that matter) have done is not attracting more attention here in the UK.

Don't forget it's not even officially released until next Monday. Only the people who ordered from Arrow direct have a copy already.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by tenia

It's because usually, Arrow's releases are more discussed in the general Arrow thread rather than in individual topics.
For B&BL, since there has been the discussion regarding the delay of the release in the US, the US thread was already active, so people just used it to continue discussing the release rather than either split the discussions between here and there or risking duplicating the discussion.

I don't think one should draw a conclusion regarding the release having attracted less attention here. I actually don't think it's the case. It's just a practicality, most likely.

Yes i see where your coming from, but there has been very little discussion in the general Arrow thread either?

[unj]

Arrow thread jumps around a lot from unique discussions, to questions, to new announcements, and general scatteredness.

It's quiet here on the UK board, but as more people visit the US board, there's plenty of discussion on generally the same disc there.

[nishomac]

Yep my ones been finally dispatched from amazon, got it on expedited shipping

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

There's a dedicated Blood and Black Lace thread on the US board, and people have naturally gravitated over there. It's much more sensible to keep everything in one place.

Yeah, just got it a month or so ago. Still I think, even more so as the US release seems to get later than the UK one, that it is little shame as I am so excited about this.

[David M]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Yes i see where your coming from, but there has been very little discussion in the general Arrow thread either?

The release date isn't until tomorrow?

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Lyris

The release date isn't until tomorrow?

A lot of people have had it for a while.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

...and anyone wanting to discuss this release might as well go there, since the discs are identical.

I really can't see much point in having two separate threads for what is essentially exactly the same release. Especially when one is currently ten times longer than the other.

I think people naturaly look in threads that have releases for their specific location, so anyone from the UK tend to look here first.

[grahams76]

I don't normally go for steelbooks, but like the look of this one. But... £22.99!! No chance at that price.