Chameleon Films - Australia/NZ label for Asian Cinema

[dr727]

International shipping is up. I’m seeing 13 USD for the 3-pack.

[dex14]

$13 shipped to the US isn't too bad. $67 for two discs shipped is too much for me though. I'll either wait for them to announce more titles and do a large shipment or see what Diabolik is charging.

[Zombie Kermit]

Are these exclusive to their site, or will they likely be stocked by JB on release?

Part of me wants to wait to grab them during a sale, another part of me wants to pre-order the set of three to lend support right off the bat to make sure that these three aren't all we get.

[Harlock415]

I ordered all three, came out to $73 plus the shipping. They don't have a deal yet with retailers like Diabolik from the last I heard.

[dr727]

Originally Posted by Harlock415

I ordered all three, came out to $73 plus the shipping. They don't have a deal yet with retailers like Diabolik from the last I heard.

Yes, I actually inquired with Chameleon about this yesterday—wanting to do whatever supports the label most. I received this friendly reply:

At the moment we do not have an arrangement in place with a US retailer, although it will probably happen at some point.

In any case we maximise our margin via direct orders rather than offering to retailers at a lower wholesale price. The advantage is they take more units and shipping is taken care of via a third party.

[dex14]

Diabolik said on Twitter that they worked out an arrangement.

[ruebezahl]

Liking the look of Chameleon Films, great to see more local labels. Will be one to keep an eye on for sure.

[themp3000]

Originally Posted by dex14

Diabolik said on Twitter that they worked out an arrangement.

I’m tempted to go with DiabolikDVD now that they’ve put them up. It’s only $8 more for me for all of them and I consider that more of a convenience fee instead of worrying or concerning myself over the package’s trip from Aussie to US.

I’m just slightly reserved on buying them because I don’t like double dips at all and I somewhat always fear that happening if a UK or US label brings them over and gives them new scans. But alternatively, ya only lives once.

[Anthony Thorne]

Great news with this label, will be getting most of what they put out. Would be lovely if they could do BURNING PARADISE, GREEN SNAKE, THE BUTTERFLY MURDERS, some Category III that could (unlikely) slip through the stupid OFLC guidelines, and tons of others. Very happy to see revised subs and equally happy to see they understand reversible covers minus the large OFLC defacement right off the bat. I hope this label does well, I've already told a couple of friends about it.

[PaulBerriman9]

Ordered the bundle of the 3 titles! Quite excited for these.

[Zombie Kermit]

Originally Posted by Futurhythm

Please support this label. The guy behind it knows what he's doing and is aiming for stuff that hasn't gotten a good English-friendly release anywhere else (although one of the launch titles will have overlap by accident).

I'm really glad I convinced him to do booklets as well. He's gotten some really good writers on board.

The new Third Window Films announcement showed which one you were referring to.

[ashik786]

Originally Posted by Zombie Kermit

The new Third Window Films announcement showed which one you were referring to.

This one



TWF Special features

Bonus Features:

Interview with creator Makoto Ueda (30 mins)
2 time-travel short films from Makoto Ueda: ‘A Little Fugue of Love’ (14 mins) / ‘Time Machine’ (5 min)
Play vs Film Comparison (25 mins)
Original Trailer




Chameleon Films Special features

EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL FEATURES:

Limited first-pressing collector's booklet featuring a new essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon
Original audio commentary by director Katsuyuki Motohiro & writer Makoto Ueda with newly translated English subtitles
New interview with writer Makoto Ueda
Archival Extras:

Teaser
Theatrical trailer

[adamclark83]

Originally Posted by themp3000

Oh my god I’m so hyped for this label! Ahhhhhh.

Bless being region free.

Studios should know their sales would be greater if they were Region Free.

Also, I wonder if this label will release Japan's "Weatherwoman" movies? Madman's original DVD release had them presented in 4:3 letterbox.

[Richardrli]

Will the owners put in a Paypal payment option?

[Chameleon_Films]

Originally Posted by Richardrli

Will the owners put in a Paypal payment option?

We briefly had PayPal enabled as a payment option but switched it off because the funds were being held. We will probably reactivate it at some point, perhaps outside of a pre-order cycle.

[Mr_Orange]

Have you decided on final release dates for the upcoming titles yet?

[Akhib007]

Any update on the release?

[Chameleon_Films]

Originally Posted by Mr_Orange

Have you decided on final release dates for the upcoming titles yet?

Originally Posted by Akhib007

Any update on the release?

There will be an announcement shortly with final details and a timeframe mapped out. Aiming for release mid-July.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Will we be seeing anymore title reveals soon, as it's been more than 3 months since the last title reveal.

[yoloswegmaster420]

Originally Posted by Futurhythm

I say this every time it comes up, but the Golden Princess catalogue is stuck in perpetual rights hell. This includes all the main John Woos.

Practically everything on these two lists are unavailable outside of Asia:
https://hkmdb.com/db/companies/view....isplay_set=eng
https://hkmdb.com/db/companies/view.mhtml?id=1446&display_set=eng

Has the status on these titles being in rights hell changed? Some of these titles on the lists are getting restorations and releases outside of Asia. City on Fire, Once a Thief, and Full Contact have received restorations and are being released on blu in Germany, and I heard that John Woo's preferred version of Bullet in the Head was going to be getting a 4K restoration but it had to be postponed since the negatives went missing.