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[EddieLarkin]

Nonsense. The only other Kickstarter I've pledged to is the Veronica Mars one, and the low level pledges got nothing but a load of tat; stickers, posters, t-shirts and the like. But to actually get the film on Blu-ray, you needed to pledge $100. For a single Blu-ray. Consequently, I pledged $10 and nothing more.

For the Goto Kickstarter, you're paying $40 for the film by itself or $100 for an 11 disc box set with 5 films and 14 shorts! If instead you got a load of tat for that price, and had to pledge 5 times as much to actually get the thing you're supporting, I wouldn't have bothered.

I'm really very glad that none of the 20K will be going on pointless tat. I think the VM people have spent something like half a million of their budget just on t-shirts. Ridiculous.

[dylan32]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

I'm really very glad that none of the 20K will be going on pointless tat. I think the VM people have spent something like half a million of their budget just on t-shirts. Ridiculous.

Completely agree

[blurayoliver]

so is the £60 box set going to contain 4 blu-ray discs AND 7 DVD discs? altogether making it an 11 disc box set?

[chip75]

Do we know if the features will be getting individual releases at the same time as the box set?

[Yami]

Originally Posted by chip75

Do we know if the features will be getting individual releases at the same time as the box set?

I think it has been said that there will be individual releases (for some titles at least) down the line but not at the same time.

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I'm not sure which forum I read it on but I did see someone suggest that some discounted non-Borowczyk Arrow titles are offered as incentives. While it's probably not necessary considering that it looks like it will make it to £20k, I think this would be a good way of getting more funding from people that aren't interested in Borowczyk but would like to donate to a film restoration.

[Mr Kite]

Kind of a shame you get the odd nay sayers in the pack, as it is a very worthwhile project and a chance for everyone to be involved in a films restoration.

[Mr Kite]

The next person who pledges will put it over the £17,500 point, come guys dig deep...........still loads of views and no pledges.

[dylan32]

Now over £18k...

[Mr Kite]

Just had this from Kickstarter:


Project Update #1: Project Update #1
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When we launched our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to restore Walerian Borowczyk’s 1968 masterpiece Goto, Island of Love (Goto, l’île d’amour), we had no idea what to expect.

Would people go “who?” or “what?” or “well, I’ve got the old DVD and it looks fine to me”? Would they smother us with encouraging messages while the fundraising total remained stubbornly stuck in triple figures until the final hours of the campaign, when they’d mockingly crawl over the £1,000 mark? Or would we get the 300+ backers that we’ve had so far, but with no-one pledging more than £20?

We simply didn’t know.

But in fact, the campaign has been a success beyond our wildest dreams. Just three weeks after launch and five weeks from completion, we have already raised over 90% of the funds.

So thank you all for your support - and not just the finance but also the enthusiasm. Borowczyk hasn’t been discussed this extensively in years, and since a major aim of the project is to rehabilitate the reputation of one of European cinema’s most original talents, this has been particularly gratifying. If people are this excited now, imagine what it will be like when the films are finally released!

But in addition to thanking you, we have some potentially very good news. We have just been informed that the Cinémathêque Française has recently discovered a fine-grain positive 35mm print of Goto. This hasn’t been examined yet, but if it’s in good physical condition and if it contains those all-important colour shots, then it might prove to be an ideal source on which to base our restoration.
As you’ll know already, the original negative of Goto was accidentally destroyed decades ago, and so part of our task is to find the best-quality surviving prints - and French archives are the most likely sources, not just because of the film’s nationality but because their prints are less likely to have unwanted and unremovable subtitles. (The final Blu-ray and DVD versions will of course have English subtitles, but they’ll be electronically generated and optional.)

So our fingers are very tightly crossed.

That’s it for concrete news, but we thought we’d also take this opportunity to stress that no matter how much the Kickstarter campaign raises, every penny will find its way into the final project. Those of you who pledged £60 or more will receive a minimum of five features and fourteen shorts, but extra funds might allow us to resurrect plans for additional films and extras that we reluctantly dropped at the early planning stages.

We’ve also launched a 26-week blog entitled Boro’s Dictionary, which each week will feature a heavily illustrated guide to an aspect of Borowczyk’s work, along with sneak previews of some of the extensive extras that we have planned for the project. Thus far, there are entries on Animation, Beast, Composers and Daumier, with next week’s entry (inevitably, Erotic) currently being drafted. It’s available at http://borowczykcollection.blogspot.co.uk

[ravenus]

Ya beat me to it
You should highlight the bit where they talk about the "fine-grain positive 35mm print of Goto". That's very thrilling news.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Ya beat me to it
You should highlight the bit where they talk about the "fine-grain positive 35mm print of Goto". That's very thrilling news.

[Mr Kite]

Looks like it's almost there.

[gitsurfer]

Great that it's almost there. I'm quite excited to see how much over the target they can get and what it allows them to add to the set.

[EddieLarkin]

Out of interest, would extra funding help bring some of the SD shorts to HD, or is that particular issue insurmountable?

[josuv22]

821 pounds to go

[mattyl149]

Originally Posted by josuv22

821 pounds to go

Even better - £758 to go now

It's getting tantalisingly close

[CastrosfriendChe]

Just a quick question, I noticed that the current amount of backers is at 328, but when adding up each group of pledges the number is 313. What's the go there?

[ravenus]

^Perhaps there's an option for custom pledge amounts, which are not counted in any of the groups?

[CastrosfriendChe]

Oh that's it , custom pledges that are not taking any reward for their contribution.

[mattyl149]

Originally Posted by CastrosfriendChe

Just a quick question, I noticed that the current amount of backers is at 328, but when adding up each group of pledges the number is 313. What's the go there?

I'm sure there's also an option to show support without pledging any money, but the difference is probably the people who have pledged less than £20