Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[Widescreenfilmguy]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

What do you guys recommend, "Bunny lake is Missing" or "Man Hunt" if you could only choose one?

Bunny Lake would be my choice, great b/w scope cinematography

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

What do you guys recommend, "Bunny lake is Missing" or "Man Hunt" if you could only choose one?

Seen both and went with Bunny Lake due to the fact that I really dig the cinematography on that one and it is blu-ray afterall. Man Hunt is a really good movie though.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by tenia

Are there here people from Europe who have ordered from SAE in the past ? I'd like to know if there is any risk of getting caught by customs, and if there is a real need to pay the extra $15 to get a tracking number ?

I live in Greece and I have never paid anything ever. (but this changes from country to country)
Although I think the largest sum I have paid for goods is 115 euros.
Maybe I would pay now since I'm considering of ordering Blurays of 170 euros worth?

If anyone has purchased for a larger sum from Europe please let us know..

[spargs]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

What do you guys recommend, "Bunny lake is Missing" or "Man Hunt" if you could only choose one?

Man Hunt. Can't go wrong with a Fritz Lang film!

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

What do you guys recommend, "Bunny lake is Missing" or "Man Hunt" if you could only choose one?

Personally, neither film was great, but both are good. I love Fritz Lang, but Man Hunt was one of his lear impressive to me. Bunny Lake is a twisty little film, not completely satisfying in the conclusion, but I'd probably pick that over the other.

[Henke007]

Hi

Don't remember, do SA put down a lower value on the Package if you ask them?!

[EddieLarkin]

Originally Posted by Henke007

Hi

Don't remember, do SA put down a lower value on the Package if you ask them?!

No need to ask them, they mark each item as $5.

[Sporkies]

Originally Posted by tenia

Are there here people from Europe who have ordered from SAE in the past ? I'd like to know if there is any risk of getting caught by customs, and if there is a real need to pay the extra $15 to get a tracking number ?

I am not in Europe, but from what I've seen people post on the forums, it appears that the people who have run into issues with customs are almost exclusively the people who have paid extra for the upgraded shipping. I don't know if the declarations necessary for that method are more elevated or what it is that brings the extra scrutiny, but it seems like the standard shipping is the way to go if you're concerned about customs fees.

[spawningblue]

Does anyone know why Crimes and Misdemeanours is $25 instead of $20. Is it safe to say this has under 500 copies left? Maybe it went under just before the sale?

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Now to decise what to get. For sure: Violent Saturday and The Other...thinking of 2-3 more.

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Is anyone familiar with Royal Flash?

*just watched the trailer and I am sold .

I see you already made your picks but for anyone else who is interested, Violent Saturday is an interesting blend of full colour noir and family melodrama. The thing about it though is that the cinematography is absolutely stunning. If it weren't for the dated elements within the film (vehicles, clothing, etc.) it looks like it was filmed yesterday!

Royal Flash is a fun movie from Richard Lester, a very tongue-in-cheek picaresque adventure - very much in the same style and tone as Lester's Musketeers films.

There are so many must-have titles coming from Kino and other studios that I didn't really go hog-wild this sale. Basically, I used the sale's savings to finance the purchase of a newer title. I would up with Major Dundee, Brannigan and Cover Girl, along with Lenny. Major Dundee was the only one I truly had to buy as it's normally a $34.95 title and with the exchange rate to Canada that's pretty high.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

I see you already made your picks but for anyone else who is interested, Violent Saturday is an interesting blend of full colour noir and family melodrama. The thing about it though is that the cinematography is absolutely stunning. If it weren't for the dated elements within the film (vehicles, clothing, etc.) it looks like it was filmed yesterday!

Royal Flash is a fun movie from Richard Lester, a very tongue-in-cheek picaresque adventure - very much in the same style and tone as Lester's Musketeers films.

There are so many must-have titles coming from Kino and other studios that I didn't really go hog-wild this sale. Basically, I used the sale's savings to finance the purchase of a newer title. I would up with Major Dundee, Brannigan and Cover Girl, along with Lenny. Major Dundee was the only one I truly had to buy as it's normally a $34.95 title and with the exchange rate to Canada that's pretty high.

I read you . I recently picked up a bunch of titles from the Scorpion sale @ DD, the Shout Sale, the TT Fright Night promotion and a few others. Kino has a very strong slate coming up...I am thinking of 10+ titles from them, I want some recent and upcoming Noir from CC, I have the Rosellini war set on order from Amazon UK, still need Zardoz and a couple of their upcoming war movies from TT...ect . Also, Olive has some very nice releases this year .

For those wondering, the 2015 output from the BD labels is the strongest ever!

[Sporkies]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Does anyone know why Crimes and Misdemeanours is $25 instead of $20. Is it safe to say this has under 500 copies left? Maybe it went under just before the sale?

I don't think it necessarily means it's under 500 copies (although it certainly could be), but I would think that it means it's been selling a decent but not overwhelming pace.

[jmclick]

Originally Posted by Devildog151

What do you guys recommend, "Bunny lake is Missing" or "Man Hunt" if you could only choose one?

Man Hunt!

Although both films are set in England, they're really not comparable at all ... Man Hunt is a action-suspense-thriller about a hunter who has Hitler in his gunsights, but is captured by, escapes from, and then is pursued by, the Nazis.

Bunny Lake is Missing is a mystery about a strange young woman who claims that her child has disappeared; however, during the course of the investigation, the police have reason to question whether the child is real, or simply a figment of the mother's imagination.

They're both very well-made and worth owning, but Man Hunt is definitely, in my humble opinion, the superior film.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Sporkies

I don't think it necessarily means it's under 500 copies (although it certainly could be), but I would think that it means it's been selling a decent but not overwhelming pace.

He might be reacting to a point I've made that the $29.95 titles that are being offered for sale at $24.95 rather than at $19.95 are ones from the low-quantity list. Somehow, I spaced on Crimes and Misdemeanors as the lone exception. It could very well be that it's getting low, and as you say selling at a decent pace, but it probably hasn't dropped under 500 yet.

[spawningblue]

And Leave Her to Heaven is gone.

I had it in my cart, about to order when it disappeared. If anyone has an extra copy they want to sell, let me know! I also have a copy of Christine that I may be interested in bargaining with.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

And Leave Her to Heaven is gone.

I had it in my cart, about to order when it disappeared. If anyone has an extra copy they want to sell, let me know! I also have a copy of Christine that I may be interested in bargaining with.

Glad I got it in the last promotion...good luck. EDIT: did you try TCM?

[jayembee]

About an hour ago, TT posted a reply in the sale thread that Picnic is down to about 200 copies.

On edit: Just for the sake of clarity, I was referring to the sale thread on their Facebook page, not a thread here at blu-ray.com.

[ParaOK]

Just saw this on TT's Facebook:

For those of you who like to keep up on these things, according to SAE, the two most popular titles in the birthday promotion on the first day are Otto Preminger's BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING closely followed by Fritz Lang's MAN HUNT -- excellent choices!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by ParaOK

Just saw this on TT's Facebook:

For those of you who like to keep up on these things, according to SAE, the two most popular titles in the birthday promotion on the first day are Otto Preminger's BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING closely followed by Fritz Lang's MAN HUNT -- excellent choices!

I imagine that Devildog151 saw that, and hence his question earlier.

I might have to replace one of the other titles with Bunny Lake Is Missing in my planned second order, to hedge against it dropping onto the next LQA.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by ParaOK

Just saw this on TT's Facebook:

For those of you who like to keep up on these things, according to SAE, the two most popular titles in the birthday promotion on the first day are Otto Preminger's BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING closely followed by Fritz Lang's MAN HUNT -- excellent choices!

Man Hunt is excellent...highly recommended.