Third Window Films Discussion Thread

[hamsterburger]

Originally Posted by jonboy24

It got released last year

Thank's for replying. Is it OOP already? I can't find it anywhere. The blu-ray.com page does not link to any stores. Does anyone have a link to a place to buy it?

[jonboy24]

Originally Posted by hamsterburger

Thank's for replying. Is it OOP already? I can't find it anywhere. The blu-ray.com page does not link to any stores. Does anyone have a link to a place to buy it?

Terracotta still stock it

https://shop.terracottadistribution....e6552b2f&_ss=r

[Grethiwha]

Kaizō Hayashi boxset being announced Monday!

From TWF's teasers the last couple days we know it includes:

The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
Trap (1996)
and presumably The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995), as these three films apparently form the "Mike Hama Private Eye trilogy" which was released by Kino on DVD once upon a time twenty years ago.

I am only familiar with this director from his debut To Sleep So as To Dream (1986), released by Arrow. Should be a cool discovery. New TWF boxset is always exciting!

[T4ffer]

Originally Posted by Grethiwha

Kaizō Hayashi boxset being announced Monday!

Ooh. I guess unlikely but I hope it would include Figaro Story, I have a mission to watch all movies that John Lurie is the composer for (although it often seems to be music I've already heard).

[Yami]

I expect it to be the Maiku Hama trilogy only given what we know so far and known restorations available. Would also love to see Circus Boys but unsure if there's a newer master than the 2002 DVD, which would likely be a barrier unless Third Window can co-ordinate a restoration.

[rapta]

Had no idea TWF were doing a Hayashi set, I'm immediately interested!

[Ben_C]

Here’s the link to the Maiku Hama set on TWF’s site:

https://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/maiku-hama-trilogy/

[logboy]

The Maiku Hama Trilogy (directed by Kaizo Hayashi) - On bluray October 27! - YouTube

[Yurakucho]

Never heard of them! Can't say the trailer excited me much but I dare say I'll get it.
£49.99 is pushing it though.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by Yurakucho

Never heard of them! Can't say the trailer excited me much but I dare say I'll get it.
£49.99 is pushing it though.

they were pretty popular on dvd all those years ago. they look ropey to me now, as though reputation from back then considered to linger.

[DukeTogo84]

I don't import from the UK, but this is one of the few times I'm jealous. These are great films especially the first two.

[Thomas Veil]

It's Hama time!

[JackyJacquard]

Originally Posted by Yurakucho

Never heard of them! Can't say the trailer excited me much but I dare say I'll get it.
£49.99 is pushing it though.

£16.66 per movie is pretty reasonable for a boutique, even if they aren’t exactly stacked with special features.

But I get it, the big number more than the price/movie often puts me off

[Broomey]

Originally Posted by Yurakucho

Never heard of them! Can't say the trailer excited me much but I dare say I'll get it.
£49.99 is pushing it though.

49.99 is a bit pricey but it will be twice that in a year or 2 if past sets are anything to go by.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by Broomey

49.99 is a bit pricey but it will be twice that in a year or 2 if past sets are anything to go by.

the first toshiaki toyoda set stuck around at £15 for ages.

[bleedandtrim]

The Hama films are phenomenal, each one gets increasingly more left-field and bizarre (reaching almost Suzuki-ian levels of neo-pop abstraction) as they go. Nagase is on top-form and we even get bit parts from Tsukamoto and Joe Shishido (playing himself!). The old DVDs they released of this were dogshit, so this is a massively warranted upgrade and I'd be more than happy to put my money behind the set if it meant other Hayashi films joining it and the similarly dreamlike To Sleep So As To Dream - esp. Circus Boys, which the ICA had a lush 16mm print of until recently.

[MifuneFan]

I wasn't familiar with the trilogy, but I liked the film noir influences in the trailer. And then it hit me when I read the name out loud...Maiku Hama..Mike Hammer.. That's awesome.

[Yurakucho]

Watched Postman Blues last night, directed by Sabu of Dangan Runner fame, it was tremendous.

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

We released Dangan Runner a while back (we authored the same disc as germany so our release has german subs too), but it didn't sell well, and Mr Long is probably more of a risk than dangan runner so don't expect to release it.

I'm taking this quote from 2020 as a

[dex14]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

I don't import from the UK, but this is one of the few times I'm jealous. These are great films especially the first two.

Kani will be releasing in Oct in the US.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by dex14

Kani will be releasing in Oct in the US.

not assessed the details, but there's an interview on the TWF nami set that has kani credits on. might just be the 'freeze me' connection with 'alone in the night' cinematographer, or something else?