The Official Arbelos Films Thread

[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/

[Craig-Rogers]

I was asked by Moviemaker Magazine to write a 1000 word piece about the restoration of Belladonna of Sadness. LOL...I wrote nearly 2500 words before I handed it over to the rest of the team for added input. An edited version of our write up hit the print version a couple weeks ago, but the full un-edited version just hit the web.

Everyone involved in this restoration at Cinelicious and Cinelicious Pics is super proud of the work we did on Belladonna.

http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/s...na-of-sadness/

[Jobla]

How is PRIVATE PROPERTY progressing?

[Craig-Rogers]

Originally Posted by Jobla

How is PRIVATE PROPERTY progressing?

Debuted at the TCM Classic Film Festival last Friday. We're lining up more theaters TBA.

http://www.cineliciouspics.com/private-property/

[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

[llj]

Okay, so I'll throw my guess out for the animated release: Le Roi et l'oiseau?

[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?

[30hertzrumble]

Originally Posted by spiffnme

Debuted at the TCM Classic Film Festival last Friday. We're lining up more theaters TBA.

http://www.cineliciouspics.com/private-property/

Great flick, btw. Saw it at TCMFF. Was one of my festival highlights.

http://thirtyhertzrumble.com/2016-tcmff-post-mortem/

[Craig-Rogers]

Originally Posted by 30hertzrumble

Great flick, btw. Saw it at TCMFF. Was one of my festival highlights.

http://thirtyhertzrumble.com/2016-tcmff-post-mortem/

Glad you liked it!

[Jobla]

I hope that PRIVATE PROPERTY will be released on Blu-ray this summer.

[Craig-Rogers]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I hope that PRIVATE PROPERTY will be released on Blu-ray this summer.

Blu-Ray is coming, date TBD.

[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.

[DukeOfPrunes]

Originally Posted by spiffnme

Blu-Ray is coming, date TBD.

*nerdgasm* This is incredible. Day ONE. Thank you so much

[SpiderBaby]

A big thank you to Cinelicious Pics for this Belladonna of Sadness release. Looks fantastic.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

A big thank you to Cinelicious Pics for this Belladonna of Sadness release. Looks fantastic.

Seconded!

And good to hear that there's more animation in the pipeline - I echo the above request for Fehérlófia

[Knaldskalle]

Originally Posted by Yami

Seconded!

And good to hear that there's more animation in the pipeline - I echo the above request for Fehérlófia

Feherlofia would be amazing, but so would The King and the Mockingbird.

I'd even suggest the Swedish oddity "Dunderklumpen!", a 1974 live action/animated movie (think Roger Rabbit) that's a strange mix of folk tale and odyssey.