The Official Arbelos Films Thread - Blu-ray Forum

pro-bassoonist · 06-26-2015, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by spiffnme

So...what movies or tv shows are on your wish list to see new restorations and blu-ray releases of?

Let's hear yours.

A couple of titles

1. The Salamander (1971). From director Alain Tanner with Bulle Ogier. Major film, but it was never released on DVD in the U.S. There is a very nice master with Editions Montparnasse so you won't have to do too much work.
French release:
http://www.amazon.fr/Salamandre-Bull...rds=salamandre

2. Sandokan: The Tiger of Malaysia. Based on Emilio Salgari's famous novel. Massive cast. It was made for TV, but it was so big in Europe that it was screened in cinemas. It was never released in the U.S.
You will make a big splash if you bring it here. Shot in English. Recently released in Germany:

Sandokan Returns to Mompracem

German Trailer

3. As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me -- The true story of a Nazi soldier who walked from the death camps/GULAGs in Siberia to Iran -- more than 14,000 kilometers. The U.S. and HK DVDs are not in the proper ratio and I am fairly certain the rights are now available.

4. The Color of Pomegranates

No need to restore, it has been done right already. Just bring it to Blu-ray

5. Umberto Lenzi's So Sweet, So Perverse.... With beautiful Carroll Baker and Jean-Louis Trintignant. This one needs to be restored. Out now in Italy:

http://www.amazon.it/Cosi-Dolce-Perv...is+Trintignant

5. The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl, with beautiful Danièle Gaubert. No legal U.S. DVD releases. Needs to be restored.

6. The Sweet Body of Deborah. Needs to be restored, but a good element is out somewhere in Scandinavia. The DVD is not bad at all.

7. The Wayward Cloud. From Tsai Ming-liang. Love this film and it is incredibly beautiful. It will look stunning on Blu-ray

8. Je Taime Moi Non Plus/I Love You, I Don't. Chances of this film getting a Blu-ray release here are zero. Just license it from Canal. They have a good master as well, so you won't have to do too much work.

The legendary hit:

Trailer

9. Kontroll. Stunning Hungarian film. If you ask around in your neck of the woods, the director should be able to help with the rights -- or so I think

This film will look stunning on Blu-ray. The U.S. DVD release was very poor.

10. Mortelle randonnée/Deadly Circuit. This is the original film with Isabelle Adjani and the late Michel Serrault. The rights should be available now. You need to restore here.

11. Dobermann. Bring this crazy film to the U.S. and you will make a very big splash. It would be nice if it is rescanned.

12. Kusturica's Time of the Gypsies and Black Cat, White Cat. No one is touching his films here. You go for them.

13.

There is a nice master in Italy for Violent Summer, but some restoration work will be needed. It is time to have some classic Zurlini on Blu-ray here.

14. The Last Days of Frankie the Fly. Top film with the late Dennis Hooper playing a loser with a dream. Let's have it on Blu-ray...

15. My Father's Wife. A long shot here, but if you can restore it and bring it to Blu-ray, you will have a friend for life

Pro-B

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