The Official Eureka / Masters of Cinema (MoC) Thread

[CrockettandTubbs]

That La Notte cover - get rid of the blue couple and it'd be excellent.

[Yugo23]

Too bad Fantomas Returns is Region B only…I would’ve been interested for sure.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by Yurakucho

More samurai stuff

Not nearly enough, in my arrogant opinion! Where the heck are Samurai Rebellion and Samurai Spy on Blu-ray/4K?

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Do we know there are no US releases? These are just leaks, not announcements, aren't they?

Announcements happened a couple of hours ago.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Yugo23

Too bad Fantomas Returns is Region B only…I would’ve been interested for sure.

Just get a region free BD player.

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Announcements happened a couple of hours ago.

Huh. Haven't had the email yet.

EDIT: Just came through now.

[Ben_C]

Looks like a decent month, some good variety there.

Definitely in for Shogun’s Samurai, only got the French Fantomas Blu-rays a few months ago, so probably won’t get that set, but it looks a good ‘un.

[Dr. Humbert]

I don’t think I’ve bought any Eureka release in the past year, so it’s nice to see a month where I’ll get 3 out of 4!

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Dr. Humbert

I don’t think I’ve bought any Eureka release in the past year, so it’s nice to see a month where I’ll get 3 out of 4!

That's kind of funny. I've placed 7 orders this year and this month there isn't anything I'm interested in. I would have picked up Shogun's Samurai if I didn't already have a blu-ray release.

[Ben_C]

I’ve bought at least one title every month this year, sometimes two, sometimes more than that. Eureka have been releasing consistently excellent stuff this year.

[gekats]

Originally Posted by Yugo23

Too bad Fantomas Returns is Region B only…I would’ve been interested for sure.

Why don't you get the Kino set, if you're region A?

https://kinolorber.com/product/fanto...d-yard-blu-ray

[Yugo23]

Originally Posted by gekats

Why don't you get the Kino set, if you're region A?

https://kinolorber.com/product/fanto...d-yard-blu-ray

Had no idea this existed, thank you!

[gekats]

Originally Posted by RossyG

Almost totally unknown, unfortunately. I think he’s great and have this film of his which got a 4K in France but is all but unknown in Britain.

Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) Bande Annonce VF [4K] - YouTube

I’ve also got the Blu-ray of Jo and the 4K of The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob on preorder.

Maybe Eureka or another label might look into releasing some of his other films. Trouble is they’d all be blind buys for 99% of the audience here.

This is fascinating; in Greece, Louis de Funes was massive, especially among older generations. His films were a staple on TV and summer open-air cinemas for decades, and for many of us, they’re deeply nostalgic. Just found this silly article referring to him as "Thanassis Vengos of France"

[Show spoiler](Vengos is our most iconic comedian, you might have caught him opposite Keitel in Anglopoulos' Ulysses' gaze; he's also the barman in Radiance's upcoming The ogre of Athens, one of his first appearances) https://www.cnn.gr/style/politismos/...os-tis-gallias

.

Hopefully Eureka releases more of de Funes' work in the UK, he deserves to be discovered by a wider audience!

[Tiger Tanaka]

for those who would not have seen the Fantomas movies, they are way more "serious" / way lighter on comedy than the standard De Funes movies + he is less "present" (less important) than in his starring movies

[StarDestroyer52]

In for the Fantomas trilogy and Shogun’s Samurai. Though I’m confused that there is no US release this month.

[Dr. Humbert]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

That's kind of funny. I've placed 7 orders this year and this month there isn't anything I'm interested in. I would have picked up Shogun's Samurai if I didn't already have a blu-ray release.

Well I didn’t mean to say they haven’t released anything good for a year! I nearly bought the Mabuse set, the High Noon 4K, etc, but often opted out because money was limited and I favored other releases or decided against upgrading X title from Blu-ray to 4K.

My post was absolutely NOT a slight against Eureka, which I’ve loved since the DVD era.

[T4ffer]

I wished for something I can easily skip, and instead got 4 must-haves. Damn me #feelingblessed. I was thinking of skipping the Antonioni at least, in the hopes that there could be a boxed set, at least of the trilogy, but maybe there won't be and that's one of my favourite movies.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I reached out to Eureka to let them know about this, and how to disable it, so hopefully they can address it.

Eureka just got back to me to let me know it's now been fixed. They disabled the auto-dub setting hours ago, but couldn't figure out how to retroactively fix the existing trailers until now.

Hi Michael,

We fixed it, so they are now all correct!
Many thanks,
Matthew

Customer Services
Eureka Entertainment Ltd

https://eurekavideo.co.uk/

Here are all three videos again, which should all play with their original language tracks now:

FANTOMAS RETURNS! | Masters of Cinema Trailer - New & Exclusive - YouTube

LA NOTTE | Masters of Cinema Trailer - New & Exclusive - YouTube

SHOGUN'S SAMURAI | Masters of Cinema Trailer - New & Exclusive - YouTube

[russweiss1]

Originally Posted by Dr. Humbert

My post was absolutely NOT a slight against Eureka, which I’ve loved since the DVD era.

I was not implying that in the least. I just thought it was funny as I had ordered something 7 out of 8 months and this was another month where I wasn't ordering anything.

[FantasticMrFox]

I’ll definitely get La Notte. Fantomas trilogy I’ll not upgrade. I got the dirt cheap German release but the picture quality is crap on all three. I watched the Louis de Funès films all the time as a kid, but I don’t watch them much anymore today. So it would just be nostalgia for the shelf.