The Official Arbelos Films Thread

[G. Costanz]

Great news on Private Property!!

[Fred Sliman]

This label has instantly gained my everlasting thanks for the announcement of one of my two holy grail wants: Private Property. This Warren Oates completist can finally rest as far as feature films go. Long thought lost, I cannot wait for the day this arrives in the mail.

[javi92]

Really starting to love Cinelicious pics. My only gripe is I wish they would up their output some.

[Dragun]

Will they be releasing A Thousand and One Nights and Cleopatra, in addition to Belladonna of Sadness?

[silverlakephil]

I never heard of Private Property, but I googled and found this nice article:

http://brightlightsfilm.com/leslie-s.../#.Vu27duIrKUl

[Jobla]

My straight-laced mother accidently saw PRIVATE PARTS back in 1960. She was scandalized by it, and I have always wanted to see it. Now, in 2016, I may finally get that chance. The Blu-ray will be a Day One purchase for me!

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Dragun

Will they be releasing A Thousand and One Nights and Cleopatra, in addition to Belladonna of Sadness?

I would love that too!

[noirjunkie]

I'm really hoping for the remake of M (1951).

[Craig-Rogers]

Originally Posted by javi92

Really starting to love Cinelicious pics. My only gripe is I wish they would up their output some.

A sign you're doing things right...people crave more.

That said, if you knew what a small crew we were you'd be impressed with how much we have put out in only our first year+

[Craig-Rogers]

Just updated tumblr page for this release with some new lobby cards and a restoration comparison video. http://private-property-restoration.tumblr.com/

[Jobla]

When the Blu-ray of PRIVATE PROPERTY is officially given a street date, I wonder if the Classic Flix site will list it? Some of the films they list, as well as some of the films that they choose not to list, seem hard to predict.

[Craig-Rogers]

We've started posting the BELLADONNA OF SADNESS art contest entries!

http://belladonnaofsadness4k.tumblr.com/

FYI...many entries are NSFW.

[Craig-Rogers]

Just because I'm a tease...we're super close to inking a deal that'll make animation fans very, very happy.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by spiffnme

Just because I'm a tease...we're super close to inking a deal that'll make animation fans very, very happy.

Oh, animation is my thing!
Especially old (pre-2000)animation.

[Craig-Rogers]

If you're in Los Angeles or will be attending the TCM Classic Film Festival, be sure to catch the world premiere of our restoration of PRIVATE PROPERTY!

Friday, April 29th
5:15pm

http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs...le/04-29-2016/

[DukeOfPrunes]

Originally Posted by spiffnme

Just because I'm a tease...we're super close to inking a deal that'll make animation fans very, very happy.

Fehérlófia ?
Btw, a precise street date for Belladonna on Blu-ray by the end of the year?

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by DukeOfPrunes

Fehérlófia ?

My most wanted non-mainstream animation at this time would be
Gandahar (original french version with original soundtrack).
Eureka doesn't seem interested in upgrading its DVD.

Gandahar Bande Annonce - René Laloux - YouTube

[Craig-Rogers]

Originally Posted by DukeOfPrunes

Fehérlófia ?
Btw, a precise street date for Belladonna on Blu-ray by the end of the year?

As soon as I know the date I'll let you know. I think it's supposed to be as early as this summer (fingers crossed!)

Who went out this weekend and saw it in the theater?

[pro-bassoonist]

Belladonna of Sadness Blu-ray PRE-ORDER



NEWS and RESTORATION COMPARISON/TRAILER
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19033

U.S. label Cinelicious Pics will release on Blu-ray Belladonna of Sadness. The release will be available for purchase on July 12.

One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, never before officially released in the U.S., Belladonna of Sadness is a mad, swirling, psychedelic light-show of medieval tarot-card imagery with horned demons, haunted forests and La Belle Dame Sans Merci, equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and gorgeous, explicit Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism. The last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion), Belladonna unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. An innocent young woman, Jeanne (voiced by Aiko Nagayama) is violently raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself (voiced by Tatsuya Nakadai, from Akira Kurosawa's Ran) who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire.

Extremely transgressive and not for the easily offended, Belladonna is fueled by a mindblowing Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh. The film has been newly restored by Cinelicious Pics using the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements – and including over 8 minutes of surreal and explicit footage cut from the negative. On par with Rene Laloux's Fantastic Planet. and Ralph Bakshi's Wizards as an LSD-stoked 1970s head trip, Belladonna marks a major rediscovery for animation fans. If Led Zeppelin had a favorite film, this would be it. In other words, Stairway to Hell. (In Japanese with English subtitles.)

Special Features and Restoration Details:

New 4K Feature Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements -- including over 8 minutes of surreal an explicit footage cut from the negative.
NEW video interview with Director Eiichi Yamamoto
NEW video interview with Art Director Kuni Fukai
NEW video interview with Composer Masahiko Satoh
Red Band Trailer
Green Band Trailer
Original 1973 Trailer
16-page booklet

Pro-B

[grape_jelly]

Wait - what!?! There's a Giuseppe Andrews documentary on blu-ray!?!!

Hold the phone. This will go nicely next to my DVD copies of Trailer Town, Touch Me in the Morning, and Period Piece. I've been an Andrews fan for some time now and had no clue this even existed.