Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by GetHarryPalmer

It was their choice. Studios always have masters with both burnt-on subtitles and ones without for all their foreign films, the original versions of these films released on DVD included optional English subs. When films are subtitled, the subtitling house sends the subs as SRT or SCC files, SCC includes the closed-captioning lingo. Giving the authoring house the option to include them as optional or burnt-on.

No, they don’t “always” have masters with and without. Depends who made the film, and how old, etc, and if they were just a distributor in a certain region.

Regardless, those Truffaut films weren’t scanned from the negative (which wouldn’t have subtitles added) but from a US IP or print, which WOULD have them already burnt in.

[SanCarolina59]

Originally Posted by mrmikefern

Is Zaza a 1938 or 1939 title? Kino should release.

Looking around, it seems like despite this site and Wikipedia claiming Zaza is a 1939 title (given the original theatrical release date of January 14, 1939), although IMDB and most other places claim it as a 1938 title. For 1938, there's two remaining slots left, and for 1939, there's one remaining slot left, so it'd likely have a better shot as a 1938 title, with the full list of possibilities for both years below (ommitting any films that have been ruled out):

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

For 1938, it's 2 from:

College Swing
Give Me a Sailor
Mad About Music
Thanks for the Memory
That Certain Age
Zaza

For 1939, it's 1 from:

Disputed Passage
First Love
Never Say Die

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by GetHarryPalmer

War of the Worlds has been with Criterion for at least since 2015 (maybe before) and they just released it. The restoration was completed early in 2018. There's not a slower label in the business when it comes to acquiring something and actually releasing it.

When Kino and Shout signed their deals with StudioCanal, so did Criterion for around 20 titles. Kino has released 100 or so films since then, Shout around 30 or 40, Criterion 1 (Army of Shadows). Even a newer label like Film Movement has released over a dozen.

So, I'm never happy when I hear something I care about is with Criterion, knowing that it may take years for them to release it. I know they're the biggest label in the business and have a cult following by fans, blindly buying anything they release, there are other labels that have similar followings, but at a much, much smaller scale. I could care less for about 2/3 of their releases, but I know I'm in the minority, at least in the so-called cinephile world.

As much as I love their releases, I was pretty disappointed when I heard that they had Winchester '73. I wish Kino would have acquired that one. I'm 58 years old. By the time Criterion gets around to releasing it, I might be pushing up daisies....

[Show spoiler]

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

As much as I love their releases, I was pretty disappointed when I heard that they had Winchester '73. I wish Kino would have acquired that one. I'm 58 years old. By the time Criterion gets around to releasing it, I might be pushing up daisies....

It's a shame since the 4K master has been done for years (I saw it last Summer in theaters). I also don't know why they sit on upgrades for films that have had new masters done for years ("Pickup on South Street", "Thieves Highway", and "Le Trou" to name a few).

[lemonski]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

I also don't know why they sit on upgrades for films that have had new masters done for years ("Pickup on South Street", "Thieves Highway", and "Le Trou" to name a few).

Whyever they do it, it's a dumb strategy. I've imported Le Trou and Pickup on South Street from the UK, they're never getting a sale from me now. Same for Thieves Highway if it was a title I was interested in.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming August 4th!

Carole Lombard Collection I
Fast and Loose (1930)
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
Man of the World (1931)
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
No Man of Her Own (1932)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles

FAST AND LOOSE (1930) B&W 70 Minutes 1.20:1 Not Rated
You can buy anything you want… except love! Carole Lombard (Nothing Sacred), Miriam Hopkins (Becky Sharp) and Frank Morgan (The Good Fairy) star in Fast and Loose, a raucous and romantic pre-Code comedy. Marion (Hopkins) and Bertie (Henry Wadsworth, Applause) are the irreverent children of Bronson Lenox (Morgan), one of the wealthiest men on Long Island. When Marion abandons her family’s aristocratic lifestyle for humble car mechanic Henry Morgan (Charles Starrett, Our Betters) and Bertie begins to keep company with chorus girl Alice O’Neil (Lombard), Bronson will do anything to shoot down Cupid’s arrows. Wonderfully directed by Fred C. Newmeyer (Queen High) and co-starring Winifred Harris (Night Must Fall) as the matriarch of the Lenox family.

MAN OF THE WORLD (1931) B&W 74 Minutes 1.20:1 Not Rated
Screen legends and real-life husband and wife William Powell (The Thin Man) and Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey) light up the screen in the unforgettable pre-Code romance Man of the World. Michael Trevor (Powell) and his partner Irene (Wynne Gibson, City Streets) run a tabloid in Paris and make their living blackmailing rich Americans. When Michael falls for Mary Kendall (Lombard), the niece of one of his targets, he vows to leave behind his selfish ways to be with her. The jealous Irene, however, will stop at nothing to sabotage their plans for a new life together. The on-screen chemistry between Powell and Lombard was real—the couple fell in love and married shortly after the filming of the movie. Man of the World was marvelously directed by Richard Wallace (The Young in Heart) and written by legendary screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane).

NO MAN OF HER OWN (1932) B&W 85 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
Legendary Hollywood couple Clark Gable (Run Silent, Run Deep) and Carole Lombard (Made for Each Other) illuminate the screen in the romantic pre-Code drama No Man of Her Own, their only film together. When New York con man Babe Stewart (Gable) decides to lie low in a small town, he falls for a librarian (Lombard) seeking adventure and a way out of her predictable existence. Gambling on marriage, they head back to the city, where Stewart tries to hide his former life from his new bride. Featuring the scandalous “Lombard on a ladder” scene, which prompted the founding of Hollywood’s League of Decency, No Man of Her Own captures two of the silver screen’s most popular stars at their best. Splendidly directed by Wesley Ruggles (Cimarron) and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill (Kept Husbands).

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[BarnDoor]

Kino Insider - does your second Universal deal include any plans for a Rock Hudson Collection?

[nitin]

KLI, does Kino still have the rights to Monsieur Hire and if so any possibility of a blu ray upgrade?

[Shanghai Express]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

[FONT="Georgia"]Coming August 4th!

Carole Lombard Collection I
Fast and Loose (1930)
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
Man of the World (1931)
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
No Man of Her Own (1932)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles

Consider it pre-ordered.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by GetHarryPalmer

When Kino and Shout signed their deals with StudioCanal, so did Criterion for around 20 titles. Kino has released 100 or so films since then, Shout around 30 or 40, Criterion 1 (Army of Shadows). Even a newer label like Film Movement has released over a dozen.

Doesn't alter your point much, but Criterion has also released Fassbender's Lola from the renewed SC deal.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

As for Studiocanal titles I've grown impatient waiting for many of the films that are rumored to be with Criterion and have on occasion went ahead and imported the films like Ran...

Don't expect Ran from Criterion in the US. Even the KLI has indicated it's a title that has remained licensed to Lionsgate in the US.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by GetHarryPalmer

War of the Worlds has been with Criterion for at least since 2015 (maybe before) and they just released it. The restoration was completed early in 2018. There's not a slower label in the business when it comes to acquiring something and actually releasing it.

When Kino and Shout signed their deals with StudioCanal, so did Criterion for around 20 titles. Kino has released 100 or so films since then, Shout around 30 or 40, Criterion 1 (Army of Shadows). Even a newer label like Film Movement has released over a dozen.

So, I'm never happy when I hear something I care about is with Criterion, knowing that it may take years for them to release it. I know they're the biggest label in the business and have a cult following by fans, blindly buying anything they release, there are other labels that have similar followings, but at a much, much smaller scale. I could care less for about 2/3 of their releases, but I know I'm in the minority, at least in the so-called cinephile world.


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Yeah, don't get me started on Criterion. I love the quality of their releases, but man oh man do they take their time, and with five releases a month, they are going to be a TON of titles that never get a Blu-ray release.

I've been bugging them about HUNTER IN THE DARK for 10 years after I found out they had the license. 10 years and nothing. I spend an entire day just listing the films they have that I would want on Blu-ray.

Personally, I wish they wouldn't acquire so many films if they have no plans on releasing them. Let other labels survive off the films they don't have any plans on doing anything with.

[Flapperdame16]

A new Carole Lombard set in time for my birthday- with both her husbands too? Best news of the month so far!

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by captveg

Don't expect Ran from Criterion in the US. Even the KLI has indicated it's a title that has remained licensed to Lionsgate in the US.

If that's true then that (hopefully) saves me from importing the impending SC UHD.

[Rafows]

I just love that Kino always tries to use the original artwork for their bluray covers. And this picture of Carole Lombard in the box set is simply gorgeous! Gotta have this one!

Mr. Insider, are there any Martha Raye titles in the second Universal deal?

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by captveg

Don't expect Ran from Criterion in the US. Even the KLI has indicated it's a title that has remained licensed to Lionsgate in the US.

It was on the Criterion Channel about a year ago and they even teased it a little while ago. If anything I remember the KLI indicating that Criterion picked it up, but don't quiet remember what they said.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 28th from Metrograph Pictures and Kino Lorber!

A Bigger Splash (1974)
Starring David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Celia Birtwell, Ossie Clark and Henry Geldzahler
Directed by Jack Hazan

New 4K Restoration!

"One of the finest films I have seen about an artist and his work." - Martin Scorsese

An intimate and innovative film about English-born painter of Southern California, artist David Hockney, during the multi-year creation of one of his towering achievements, "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)". Hazan creates an improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid featuring Hockney, as well as his circle of friends, capturing the agonized end of the lingering affair between Hockney and his muse, Peter Schlesinger.

Special features:
*Audio commentary by director Jack Hazan
*Booklet essay by Nick Pinkerton (Blu-ray only)
*Love's Presentation (1966), a documentary by James Scott
*Optional English SDH subtitles
*Portrait of David Hockney (1972), a documentary by David Pierce
*Trailer

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[Flapperdame16]

Is Fast and Loose still a good pre-code? I havent seen it but I know Carole doesnt really have a large presence in it. Is it at least an ok movie?

[filmlover22]

Fast and Loose seems like a fun and fast film! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020873

[somethingblu]

The Carole Lombard set is a thing of beauty! I can finally look at phasing out the old Universal Flipper Disc Lombard set they released years ago. This is a major upgrade for sure and it'll be preordered ASAP. I really got into Lombard after watching her in those films so its great to have an upgrade. Thank you, Kino!