Third Window Films Discussion Thread

[CrockettandTubbs]

Originally Posted by Dougling

Just wondering if anybody knows which of the following are OOP or may be going OOP so I can prioritise what I buy over the coming months?

Memories of Matsuko
Himizu
Kotoko
Vulgaria
The Story of Yonosuke
Pluto
Uzumasa Limelight

I've got the last two (Limelight is excellent), and Kotoko.

Was thinking of getting Vulgaria and Himizu, so hopefully not yet.

[Dougling]

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

I've got the last two (Limelight is excellent), and Kotoko.

Was thinking of getting Vulgaria and Himizu, so hopefully not yet.

Yeah, there are 11 in total of their Blus that I haven't yet got and I know the status of the others, just trying to find out about these. I don't usually collect everything by a label, but TWF have never failed me with any release I've got so I just decided recently I might as well complete the set. As well as the 11 Blus I'm missing, there are also 11 of their DVD releases, but those seem to still all be available through Amazon at reasonable prices so I can probably knock those out in the next couple of months.

[fatboyslim142]

Anyone got a complete list of BDs & DVDs that are going or are already OOP?

[whedon]

Originally Posted by agent999

Ordered yesterday, received today. Basically Amazon punish people who don't have Prime no matter how early they order.

Can also have Prime and be punished, it took me contacting support to force them to send my copy. It's got to the stage where amazon is a lottery with them often leaving orders sitting there for days on end. I tested this recently when I preordered To Kill with Intrigue the day it went up, come release day and nothing. Gave it a few days and noticed on the site that they were showing it as delivery within 48 hours to Ireland if ordered now so tested it. Had the second copy in my hands as I contacted support to ask why it was that my preorder copy was still not shipped.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by Dougling

Just wondering if anybody knows which of the following are OOP or may be going OOP so I can prioritise what I buy over the coming months?

Memories of Matsuko
Himizu
Kotoko
Vulgaria
The Story of Yonosuke
Pluto
Uzumasa Limelight

Memories of Matsuko is out of print
Vulgaria will be going out of print very soon
Himizu about to go out of print soon too
all 3 have a hundred or two units available on Amazon and such. Will not be replenished so once they're gone that's it

[thirdwindowfilms]

by the way, bit of a mistake on our part as had originally set it up to be region locked, but ONE CUT OF THE DEAD is actually ALL REGION

[Grethiwha]

Received my copy of One Cut of the Dead today and just watched it...

Not really spoilers but I'll use spoiler tags just in case:

[Show spoiler]The movie has three distinct thirds, and for the first two thirds, I was feeling a little underwhelmed. I mean, it was decent; it was kind of impressive and novel, but it was rarely laugh-out-loud funny... However the last third was totally brilliant and funny and tied the whole movie together. Very clever!

Great film.

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

by the way, bit of a mistake on our part as had originally set it up to be region locked, but ONE CUT OF THE DEAD is actually ALL REGION

Oh nice! I like it when you make that mistake.

[Eibon]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

Memories of Matsuko is out of print

I have most TWF releases but I never got around to picking this up. One of my most lovely disc sets is the very large Japanese dvd release packed quite literally in a Photo Album. It’s gorgeous but there are no subtitles so I’d planned to pick up the plain blu and swap out the disc. I misread the kanji on the back so I was crushed to find no subs but I took solace in the director’s amazing Kamikaze Girls which is beautifully represented by TWF and I must’ve watched it 10 times since.

[roguejp]

Get Memories of Matsuko while you can, highly recommended. It's absolutely in my top 3 TWF blu-ray releases.

[CrockettandTubbs]

Vulgaria is £6.59 at base.com -

https://www.base.com/buy/product/vul...c-twfbd010.htm

[Dougling]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

Memories of Matsuko is out of print
Vulgaria will be going out of print very soon
Himizu about to go out of print soon too
all 3 have a hundred or two units available on Amazon and such. Will not be replenished so once they're gone that's it

Thanks for the update, will get on them ASAP.

Originally Posted by CrockettandTubbs

Vulgaria is £6.59 at base.com -

https://www.base.com/buy/product/vul...c-twfbd010.htm

Cheers, ordered!

[Random Ace]

One Cut OF The Dead

[Shingster]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

Memories of Matsuko is out of print
Vulgaria will be going out of print very soon
Himizu about to go out of print soon too
all 3 have a hundred or two units available on Amazon and such. Will not be replenished so once they're gone that's it

Have you thought of doing a periodically scheduled "stock status" posting or a graphic like Arrow do with their Limited Editions? I think they're quite effective on here in terms of pushing people into panic buying!

[HalfGaijin]

Originally Posted by Eibon

One of my most lovely disc sets is the very large Japanese dvd release packed quite literally in a Photo Album. It’s gorgeous but there are no subtitles so I’d planned to pick up the plain blu and swap out the disc.

Another recommendation for Matsuko here, it's quite the rollercoaster. One of those films, like Shimotsuma Story/Kamikaze Girls, that TWF should be proud of getting us in HD- and with extras too- especially when Matsuko's still DVD-only in Japan. Hopefully more of Nakashima's films will join them in future.

Speaking of subtitles for Matsuko, I'm reminded I had some quibbles with some of the translation choices, but nothing show-stopping. Same goes for Shimotsuma actually, although I'm sure the subs come straight from the licensor, so not TWF's fault.

[super56k]

I've been happily surprised with how much I've liked past blind buys from TWF. One I bought during Arrow's last sale, The Greatful Dead, was an enjoyably strange movie (made more so because I mistook it for a zombie movie when I popped it in to watch. Oops!). Also the DVD of Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers, which was a quirky "spy" comedy. I bought that because I was impressed with Juri Euno's performance in 2004's Swing Girls and had not seen her in anything else. If only that film could get the deluxe treatment by a boutique label.

I ended up most recently ordering:

Memories of Matsuko
Vulgaria
Getting Any?
Love and Peace
Land of Hope
The Story of Yonosuke
Makeup Room

My copy of One Cut of the Dead shipped from Amazon UK a while back as well, but I'm still waiting on that to arrive. Hopefully by end of next week. Really looking forward to watching Memories of Matsuko when that arrives too based on comments from others here.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by Shingster

Have you thought of doing a periodically scheduled "stock status" posting or a graphic like Arrow do with their Limited Editions? I think they're quite effective on here in terms of pushing people into panic buying!

will give it a go!

Just checking now and titles which are very close to going out of print or have run out of stock are
Underwater Love dvd
Fine totally fine dvd
Confessions of a Dog dvd
For Love's Sake dvd/blu
memories of matsuko dvd/blu
Villain dvd
See you tomorrow, everyone dvd

plus the slipcase version of GETTING ANY is soon to be finished

[Sinthetic]

Kamikaze Girls gone for good?

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by Sinthetic

Kamikaze Girls gone for good?

yes. its license has expired and stock all run out. I might have some unopened copies at home if you wanted one

[logboy]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

yes. its license has expired and stock all run out. I might have some unopened copies at home if you wanted one

i'd like one. my old DVD is borked.

[Sinthetic]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

yes. its license has expired and stock all run out. I might have some unopened copies at home if you wanted one

Would be much appreciated. I was sure I had it but don’t see it on my Third Window shelf! If you can DM me about it that would be great. Cheers.