Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by John_Drake

It is based on the novel by Graham Greene, actually.

Right, that's why I amended the thought with the parenthetical; as a fan of Guinness who saw and read the Le Carre stuff waaaay back, this reminded me of Le Carre, but on the grounds that it pre-dates most of Le Carre's work, I realized that it is the other way around, Le Carre is reminiscent of this.

There's much more ironic humor in this than Le Carre.

Agreed, that's why I compared Guinness's performances to two of his comedic works and specifically not his Le Carre work.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by somebodys_kid

Question for someone who knows things: Is the upcoming release of Our Man in Havana worth a blind buy for someone who likes spy films and the great Sir Alec Guinness?

Our Man in Havana is a blind buy for me, but I pre-ordered it on day one, because...

1. It's a Carol Reed film based on a Graham Greene novel.
2. It's supposedly lighter in tone than The Third Man, but I've heard that it still has some dark undercurrents.
3. I'm interested to see a movie set in pre-Castro Cuba.
4. This movie stars Maureen O'Hara. I'd pay to see a two-hour dog food commercial, as long as it stars Maureen O'Hara.

[somebodys_kid]

Thank you all for your input. Looks like I'll add it to the list!

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by John_Drake

It is based on the novel by Graham Greene, actually.
There's much more ironic humor in this than Le Carre.

Although le Carre put his own spin on the same setup with The Tailor of Panama, the film version taking the humour even further.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Heck, by "general public" standards I would guess history will show a clear path of VHS to DVD to streaming. I doubt blu or UHD get mentioned much in 20-30 years, outside of movie enthusiast communities like this one. That's okay though, as long as people pay up and keep the niche market going.

Basically we'll be in the same niche that Laser Disc was at the time VHS was still dominant and will probably rate the same brief passing mention in the longer articles on format evolution despite making wider inroads into the market internationally. Which at least is better than CDi or 8mm video.

[kaseaver]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Heck, by "general public" standards I would guess history will show a clear path of VHS to DVD to streaming. I doubt blu or UHD get mentioned much in 20-30 years, outside of movie enthusiast communities like this one. That's okay though, as long as people pay up and keep the niche market going.

You're probably right. Ironic though b/c BD as true HD seems to be what DVD was leading up to, or what many people thought they were getting with DVD.

On the other hand, the improvement in home video presentation from VHS to DVD was more substantial than DVD to BD.

[thatguamguy]

This exchange was posted on the Twilight Time facebook page:

Potential Customer: "MOBY DICK on sale already? Geez, I figured it'd be sold out already."
Twilight Time: "It will be by the end of the sale."

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

This exchange was posted on the Twilight Time facebook page:

Potential Customer: "MOBY DICK on sale already? Geez, I figured it'd be sold out already."
Twilight Time: "It will be by the end of the sale."

Maybe, maybe not. I think that once a lot of people saw that the restoration and subsequent transfer didn't come out quite as great as they were hoping, they decided to hold off.

[spargs]

Just got notification from TT that my preorder of Our Man in Havana has shipped.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

Maybe, maybe not. I think that once a lot of people saw that the restoration and subsequent transfer didn't come out quite as great as they were hoping, they decided to hold off.

I interpret that post to mean that they are looking at the actual sale numbers from the first week of the sale, not just guessing, but it's up to y'all what you do with the info. My copy is already on order.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I interpret that post to mean that they are looking at the actual sale numbers from the first week of the sale, not just guessing, but it's up to y'all what you do with the info. My copy is already on order.

That question was posted right when the sale was announced though, not after looking at the numbers after the first week of the sale. I remember reading that exchange at least a week ago.

[MifuneFan]

Moby Dick selling out by the end of the sale would be surprising to me. I take the statement more as a marketing strategy to actually boost sales. People are more inclined to buy if they feel like something is on the verge of selling out.

[StingingVelvet]

Got Boxcar Bertha in today. I haven't been a big fan of Twilight Time's cover art for a while now but they are totally nailing the interior designs since they went to clear cases. Almost every case I open has a lovely synergy of booklet, disc and inner case art that blends really well, and Bertha is no exception.

Shame a Scorcese movie didn't merit a new commentary though.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

That question was posted right when the sale was announced though, not after looking at the numbers after the first week of the sale. I remember reading that exchange at least a week ago.

Fair enough, I thought it was dated within the last day or two, but I believe you and don't care enough to check.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Moby Dick selling out by the end of the sale would be surprising to me. I take the statement more as a marketing strategy to actually boost sales. People are more inclined to buy if they feel like something is on the verge of selling out.

I find they do that often... post that titles are "selling like hotcakes" which is ambiguous enough to give the impression that you need to buy now or lose out.

[rdodolak]

Looks like next week's releases have started to ship from TT.

[Yasujiro Ozu]

Originally Posted by wormraper

The colors look awful in the Blu shots

I know this is now quite old although did anybody manage to track down someone at twilight and ask why their disc is totally devoid of contrast. I own the dvd version and it looks super compared to this monstrosity.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Yasujiro Ozu

I know this is now quite old although did anybody manage to track down someone at twilight and ask why their disc is totally devoid of contrast. I own the dvd version and it looks super compared to this monstrosity.

It's a color space issue. If you have a player where you can set RGB to full, it will look better.

The German release has rhe correct color space, but has no English subs.

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...=51945&i=5&l=0

[Yasujiro Ozu]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's a color space issue. If you have a player where you can set RGB to full, it will look better.

The German release has rhe correct color space, but has no English subs.

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...=51945&i=5&l=0

Thank you. When you say it will look better are you saying it will look normal or somewhat better?

[MifuneFan]

From what I've read, it should make it look normal, but some player's RGB settings seem to give them varying resuts. I know it's called "RGB Full" on the PS3 and it should make it look pretty much the same as the German release linked above.