Third Window Films Discussion Thread

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by thenexus6

I just wondered if there's any particular reason why some new releases - 1%er, Mad Cats, River are on the Google Play store and others - Door, Guard from UG, and Typhoon Club are not?

It's really expensive to put films on Google and Itunes, so tend to just put the more 'mainstream' & new titles on there, whose audience is more VOD based, while the older, niche titles tend to do better with physical media collectors. They're all on Amazon though for digital (as it doesn't cost anything to go on there)

[thenexus6]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

It's really expensive to put films on Google and Itunes, so tend to just put the more 'mainstream' & new titles on there, whose audience is more VOD based, while the older, niche titles tend to do better with physical media collectors. They're all on Amazon though for digital (as it doesn't cost anything to go on there)

Yeah, to be honest that makes a lot of sense Sorry for the stupid question!

[Iron Grendel]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Any chance of releasing Tetsuro Takeuchi's cult film Wild Zero?

In 2020, French company Spectrum Films announced they would release it in HD. A year later, they explained they wouldn't actually do it: according to them, the film was shot on 16mm but SFX and color grading were done on a SD master. Therefore it would require them to redo the whole post-production.

[bleedandtrim]

Originally Posted by Iron Grendel

In 2020, French company Spectrum Films announced they would release it in HD. A year later, they explained they wouldn't actually do it: according to them, the film was shot on 16mm but SFX and color grading were done on a SD master. Therefore it would require them to redo the whole post-production.

Worth mentioning that the Cinema Museum London is screening the original on the 23rd this month, for anyone interested.

[Cinematt]

Originally Posted by Iron Grendel

In 2020, French company Spectrum Films announced they would release it in HD. A year later, they explained they wouldn't actually do it: according to them, the film was shot on 16mm but SFX and color grading were done on a SD master. Therefore it would require them to redo the whole post-production.

There was a German release in 2021, no idea of the quality though.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by Cinematt

There was a German release in 2021, no idea of the quality though.

That was just a scan of their own original theatrical 35mm print. So while it may be HD, it’s hardly what one may expect from a bluray release

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by bleedandtrim

Worth mentioning that the Cinema Museum London is screening the original on the 23rd this month, for anyone interested.

Bugger! I'm In Harrogate visiting my youngest nephew that weekend as his first Birthday is on Monday. Would go otherwise.

[LeSamourai.]

Has anyone purchased One Percenter (2023)?

Is the film good? And how is the Blu-ray?

[Decepticon07]

Originally Posted by LeSamourai.

Has anyone purchased One Percenter (2023)?

Is the film good? And how is the Blu-ray?

The film was good. I enjoyed it and there is a twist to it. I picked the Third Window release up over the WellGo release due to the extra commentary from Arne Venema and Mike Leeder.

[CelestialAgent]

any chance of other Japan Foundation touring programme films being acquired by TWF or is it complicated by being niche titles or already having screenings?

[LeSamourai.]

Originally Posted by Decepticon07

The film was good. I enjoyed it and there is a twist to it. I picked the Third Window release up over the WellGo release due to the extra commentary from Arne Venema and Mike Leeder.

Thank you!

[CelestialAgent]

Does Go still come with a slip?

[giome]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Does Go still come with a slip?

Terracotta still lists it with a slip (that's where I got mine last Summer). Don't know about other retailers.
https://shop.terracottadistribution....edition-bluray

[bleedandtrim]

Definetely does here in FOPP, and down to £12 too.

[arrowvimeo]

3 new DIRECTORS COMPANY titles

Luminous Woman



This strange work from Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club) is presented with a brand new 2K restoration from the original negatives

A burly hulk of a man (pro-wrestler Keiji Muto) makes his way from Hokkaido to the decrepit trash heaps of outer Tokyo in a quest to find his beloved fiance, but meets a nightclub diva who has lost the ability to sing. When he finds himself pulled into the gladiator pits of a Tokyo nightclub, the mountain man agrees to fight in exchange for information on his lost love, yet also finds himself drawn to the various pulls of the big city.

BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• New 2k remaster from the original negatives
• Making Of (50 minutes)
• Deleted Scenes (50 minutes)
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp - limited to 2000 copies


Love Hotel



After mainstream success, Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club) returned to his Nikkatsu roots for this mournful Roman Porno scripted by Takashi Ishii (writer of Evil Dead Trap and director of Gonin). After Tetsuro loses his business, the yakuza collect his debt in the most violent, shocking way imaginable. Honorably, he divorces his wife and becomes a taxi driver. Existing bereft of meaning or support, he eventually encounters Nami, a part-time prostitute who has undergone similar tribulations. An existential study of two lonely and tortured souls, Somai’s melancholic roman porno follows the pair as they kindle a newfound friendship amid the chaos of their broken and dispirited lives.

BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• Feature length audio commentary by Jasper Sharp
• Shinji Somai at the Director’s Company: Video essay by Josh Slater-Williams
• Archival interview with actor Minori Terada and assistant director Koji Enokido
• Original Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp - limited to 2000 copies


The Crazy Family



From the director of Electric Dragon 80000v, Crazy Thunder Road and Burst City

The Kobayashi family finally are able to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment to the suburban house of their dreams. But things are not as perfect as they seem: the house is infested by termites and the family starts going crazy. As the Kobayashis’ house begins to crumble, so does the sanity of its inhabitants. Katsuhiko takes it upon himself to keep them from the asylum…at any cost.

BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• Director approved remaster from the original negatives
• Feature length audio commentary by Tom Mes
• Director Gakuryu (exSogo) Ishii interview
• “The Crazy Family: Sogo Ishii’s Wild Child” Video essay by James Balmont
• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp - limited to 2000 copies

[monocosm]

Delicious stuff. Can't wait!

[bleedandtrim]

Nice, I guess Bumpkin Soup and Mermaid Legend are a later slate then?

[Rutger Lundgren]

All of these sound so good, and those slips are gorgeous. Third Window Films keeps making some really bold choices, I hope that these do well.

[Yurakucho]

I recall there are some problems getting Tokyo Heaven if I remember correctly?

[P.A.C.O.]

Have they said how many Directors Company films they're going to release?