Third Window Films Discussion Thread

[TotoroDragon]

@ThirdwindowFilms Any chance of you releasing any of the following titles?

The way we talk
Teki Cometh
Flat Girls
Seaside Serendipity
V.Maria
Yukiko A.K.A
Soldier of love
I am Kirishima
A Pale View Of Hills
Renoir
She Taught Me Serendipity
Desert Of Namibia

[fatboyslim142]

Anyone know who has the UK rights to Takashi Ishii's Freezer? There's a US release from Kani this month. Hope Third Window have it which would save getting the US release.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

Anyone know who has the UK rights to Takashi Ishii's Freezer? There's a US release from Kani this month. Hope Third Window have it which would save getting the US release.

To be honest, had looked at it a few years ago, but wanted to focus more on Ishii's titles which hadn't been, or may not get released, instead of Freeze Me which I thought would for sure be picked up by someone. Apparently it was by a UK company too, so will be out there sooner or later.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by TotoroDragon

@ThirdwindowFilms Any chance of you releasing any of the following titles?

The way we talk
Teki Cometh
Flat Girls
Seaside Serendipity
V.Maria
Yukiko A.K.A
Soldier of love
I am Kirishima
A Pale View Of Hills
Renoir
She Taught Me Serendipity
Desert Of Namibia

None of the above, but some of the bigger festival ones such as Renoir, Namibia, Pale View, etc will get out there by someone or another

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

To be honest, had looked at it a few years ago, but wanted to focus more on Ishii's titles which hadn't been, or may not get released, instead of Freeze Me which I thought would for sure be picked up by someone. Apparently it was by a UK company too, so will be out there sooner or later.

Thanks. I reckon it is either Arrow or 88 films.

[TotoroDragon]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

None of the above, but some of the bigger festival ones such as Renoir, Namibia, Pale View, etc will get out there by someone or another

That's a shame,but thanks for the reply.

[Yurakucho]

Just watched the clip TWF posted from A Night in Nude with Naoto Takenaka having a, er, bad time. Wow. Shall be pre-ordering from Terracotta. I regard Takenaka as the Nic Cage of Japan. As soon as he shows up you know it's gonna get wild.

[Yurakucho]

Did anyone else think of Adam when they saw 88's Rosa art?



And there's Richard Ng in Ran...

[finishominis]

I think Wood Job would be a good fit for TWF

[puffymc]

Good to see TWF releasing the Takashi Ishii boxset. I got the 2024 JP blurays and I remember the ads mentioned Original Sin had never been released on blu, and Red Flash hadn't even seen a DVD release!

Some of the themes in Red Flash got distilled into Sweet Whip, probably the most brutal Takashi Ishii film along with Original Sin.

Edit: I would start watching the set with Original Sin first, and finish up with Red Flash.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by puffymc

Edit: I would start watching the set with Original Sin first, and finish up with Red Flash.

elaborate on your preference for order, without spoilers?

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by logboy

elaborate on your preference for order, without spoilers?

Maybe watch them in disc order or by release date which would be in the following order (which is basically disc order but backwards ie starting with D4 & finishing up with D1. Surprised the set wasn't done in the order below like ALL boxsets should be done):

Original Sin (1992)
A Night in Nude (1993)
Angel Guts: Red Flash (September 1994)
Alone in the Night (October 1994)

[puffymc]

In Red Flash, the director reuses a lot of the "pizza ingredients" he's used before across films he's directed or written, and somehow it all fits for maximum impact. Carlotta Films seems to agree, LOL.

[ViscountCarnacki]

Is the release date for 4 Tales of Nami really August 25th? It's a Bank Holiday Monday.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by ViscountCarnacki

Is the release date for 4 Tales of Nami really August 25th? It's a Bank Holiday Monday.

mine has shipped from HMV today.

[hanz0]

I did some caps of Alone in the Night.

[Show spoiler]

Gallery

bdinfo

Disc Label: Alone in the Night
Disc Size: 38,248,283,903 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00003.MPLS
Size: 29,151,541,248 bytes
Length: 1:48:22.496
Total Bitrate: 35.87 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29998 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1777 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  2050 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle: English / 16.585 kbps

[Yurakucho]

Originally Posted by finishominis

I think Wood Job would be a good fit for TWF

Toho charge too much - so I think that's Shinobu Yaguchi's entire filmography out the window. Who knows, things might change.
EDIT: I see Yaguchi released a horror film this year...
EDIT EDIT: Does anyone know if Yaguchi's lesser known films are available anywhere?
Rain Woman
Bird Watching
One Piece!
Parco Fiction

EDIT EDIT EDIT: Is there a specific order you're supposed to watch the 4 Tales of Nami in? They're not in release order in the set.

[WinterLand]

Can we expect stand alone releases of the Takashi Ishii boxset when the limited edition has gone out of print?

[hamsterburger]

Anyone know what happened to the UK blu-ray release of Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital that was announcend in 2024?

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34925

[jonboy24]

Originally Posted by hamsterburger

Anyone know what happened to the UK blu-ray release of Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital that was announcend in 2024?

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34925

It got released last year