Tarantino Archives -- Potential new line coming from Sony

[Socko]

Originally Posted by styrofoamboats

How great would it be if they got QT to record commentary tracks for the releases?

I would buy the movie, even if I don't like the movie.
I love hearing Tarantino talk

[Member-222782]

For some reason, every time I watch Tarantino talk I think of Code Red's Bill Olsen. I guess it's because both have similar backgrounds. Well, Olsen owned a video store while Tarantino just worked in one. Bill is always bragging about his Hollywood 'acquaintances' so I wonder if he ever got a chance to make a movie and decided to pass. Missed opportunity for greatness.

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by Animatic33

I’ve pondered whether Tarantino should start his own boutique label? It would be the highest profile boutique, but I’m sure the man has all the Hollywood contacts to make magic happen.

It could be amazing, but he seems more interested in the theatrical experience like the theater he owns, so I'd see seem doubling-down on that versus looking back at physical media. That and he's spoken of doing that western TV series and so forth. We'll see what happens!

[Erik the Mirakle Ape]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

I have the French remake from a couple of years ago. I really liked it. It was a badass art film.

This is practically a scene-for-scene remake of the original. Both versions are a lot of fun. I'm all for anything that finally gets us a decent release of the Samantha Eggar version.

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by guizhang

cool, hopefully the covers won't look like this


pretty sure this was the dvd i rented when i first watched chungking years ago

I saw this DVD at a HPB several years ago and thought someone had traded in a janky bootleg.

[Kleeberg]

Originally Posted by beamish13

He’s not fond of commentary tracks. He made exceptions with True Romance and an episode of Spaced, but I can’t see him doing more

Switchblade Sisters, From Dusk Till Dawn (on which he said he liked doing them and should do one for Pulp Fiction), Hot Fuzz, Sin City, Hostel, Hostel 2, and even the Johnny Knoxville movie Daltry Calhoun.

The man definitely does commentary tracks.

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by Frightener22

Tarantino elaborated a bit more saying one of the releases would be 1970's The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun if all goes smoothly!

The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun now has a 4K restoration from Sony. It premiered last April at the Wisconsin Film Festival and was introduced by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Vice President Of Asset Management, Film Restoration, And Digital Mastering (Rita Belda):
https://wifilmfest.eventive.org/film...e0d800610f4d04

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by Kleeberg

Switchblade Sisters, From Dusk Till Dawn (on which he said he liked doing them and should do one for Pulp Fiction), Hot Fuzz, Sin City, Hostel, Hostel 2, and even the Johnny Knoxville movie Daltry Calhoun.

The man definitely does commentary tracks.

He also did one for King Boxer on the Dragon Dynasty DVD.

[Frightener22]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun now has a 4K restoration from Sony. It premiered last April at the Wisconsin Film Festival and was introduced by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Vice President Of Asset Management, Film Restoration, And Digital Mastering (Rita Belda):
https://wifilmfest.eventive.org/film...e0d800610f4d04

Excellent news! Gives me hope that this banner will still come to fruition.

[Member-222782]

Why am I getting Midnight Legacy vibes?

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by Kleeberg

The man definitely does commentary tracks.

His commentaries all have one thing in common: He did not direct any of the movies he has commentaried on. Seems happy to talk about other people's films, just not his own. I guess one could argue he "co-directed" Sin City, but that was just one long scene really. Great scene, but just one.

[CMNPlanet]

Very small update on this on the latest Tarantino and Avery podcast:

QT want these releases to be a film-on-disc presentation, meaning struck from a print -- warts, cigarette burns and all -- versus a new scan from the best elements. Keeping, in his words, the "the glory of emulsion; glory of grain."

Sony execs stated they could do that -- but "a bold, bold choice" in regards to what consumers want in terms of restorations and the collector's market.

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Still kinda unclear if this still going forward.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by CMNPlanet

Very small update on this on the latest Tarantino and Avery podcast:

QT want these releases to be a film-on-disc presentation, meaning struck from a print -- warts, cigarette burns and all -- versus a new scan from the best elements. Keeping, in his words, the "the glory of emulsion; glory of grain."

Sony execs stated they could do that -- but "a bold, bold choice" in regards to what consumers want in terms of restorations and the collector's market.

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Still kinda unclear if this still going forward.

Hopefully Sony makes him include both versions.

[gudemameshiba]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Hopefully Sony makes him include both versions.

I can't imagine this going forward, or being very successful, otherwise.

[bondfooll]

Originally Posted by CMNPlanet

Very small update on this on the latest Tarantino and Avery podcast:

QT want these releases to be a film-on-disc presentation, meaning struck from a print -- warts, cigarette burns and all -- versus a new scan from the best elements. Keeping, in his words, the "the glory of emulsion; glory of grain."

Sony execs stated they could do that -- but "a bold, bold choice" in regards to what consumers want in terms of restorations and the collector's market.

--

Still kinda unclear if this still going forward.

There's a big difference between "the glory of grain" and flat-out damage.

[DukeTogo84]

Yeah, I hope whatever is released are not releases full of damage and defects.

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by CMNPlanet

Very small update on this on the latest Tarantino and Avery podcast:

QT want these releases to be a film-on-disc presentation, meaning struck from a print -- warts, cigarette burns and all -- versus a new scan from the best elements. Keeping, in his words, the "the glory of emulsion; glory of grain."

Sony execs stated they could do that -- but "a bold, bold choice" in regards to what consumers want in terms of restorations and the collector's market.

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Still kinda unclear if this still going forward.

20 years from now, there will be some big director (in their 50's) out there who insists that the only way to watch film is through GBA Video and on a double feature cartridge no less.

[Damonstein]

It's an interesting idea, but I feel like it's a hurdle that will probably prevent this from happening.

[Kenneth M]

I know I'm the minority in loving releases with print damage and cigarette burns intact as it adds character to the film. But, knowing we could have had The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) on disc by now, plus countless other grindhouse fare, on the absence of this alone, makes me livid. What a stupid hill to die on.

[grahams76]

I've still got this DVD of Detroit 9000 from almost a quarter of a century ago.

https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Detroit-9000-DVD/20116/