Partner Label Discussion Thread - OCN Distribution (Vinegar Syndrome)

[Bradsdadg]

Partner Label Spotlight is up and running for the weekend. Saturn's Core is it for this month: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/saturns-core

[Vincent Dawn]

Nice. I own all of the Saturn's Core titles so I can save my money for the Flash pre-order next weekend.

OCN Distribution - Partner Label Spotlight of Saturn's Core (September 2022)

OCN Distribution - Partner Label Spotlight of Saturn's Core (September 2022) - YouTube

[jstxanothrxstory]

Looks like I've got a busy weekend ahead of me. Ordered all of these at the tail end of the sale on Monday morning, and received them today. There was no post on Monday either, so I'm shocked these got here so quickly. (By comparison, I ordered something in the mail from my own city and it took three days.)

[Also, I assume I received a replacement disc for the double feature. Anyone know what that's about?]

[Frantic Canadian]

Originally Posted by jstxanothrxstory

[Also, I assume I received a replacement disc for the double feature. Anyone know what that's about?]

Both films have an audio commentary track but they screwed up and put the same audio commentary track on both films. Not sure if there was anything else wrong with it, though.

[Mike0284]

14 new releases on Oct. 1st.

[Vincent Dawn]

Originally Posted by Mike0284

14 new releases on Oct. 1st.

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[Mike0284]

From Facebook,

[Justin2000]

Please let there be one film I want to own/have seen that I like

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Mike0284

From Facebook,

Sounds like Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008). It currently is having a theatrical rerelease from Utopia.

[hainesdogg]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Sounds like Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2008). It currently is having a theatrical rerelease from Utopia.

I believe Circle is handling the disc. They tweeted out about it a couple weeks ago and I messaged them and asked if a Blu-ray was on the way and they said soon.

[Vincent Dawn]

One of the extras that comes inside the KFC disc:

[Show spoiler]

[Grethiwha]

I'd been thinking of making a thread for Kani Releasing. One of the most interesting labels for Asian cinema in North America, maybe the most interesting at the moment. And I haven't seen any discussion of them. Perhaps there is some buried in the VS thread...

I haven't actually seen any of their titles, but I'm thinking of ordering the whole run of them on October 1st when What's Up Connection hopefully goes up. Their whole mission statement/release philosophy reminds me a lot of Third Window Films in the UK (my favourite label). The two Masashi Yamamoto titles are the most intriguing to me.

[Vincent Dawn]

Originally Posted by Grethiwha

I'd been thinking of making a thread for Kani Releasing. One of the most interesting labels for Asian cinema in North America, maybe the most interesting at the moment. And I haven't seen any discussion of them. Perhaps there is some buried in the VS thread...

I haven't actually seen any of their titles, but I'm thinking of ordering the whole run of them on October 1st when What's Up Connection hopefully goes up. Their whole mission statement/release philosophy reminds me a lot of Third Window Films in the UK (my favourite label). The two Masashi Yamamoto titles are the most intriguing to me.

I like most of Kani's releases so far. Ode to Nothing was the one I knew I wasn't going to like even before watching it. I didn't care for Lowery's A Ghost Story(2017) and that's pretty much what Ode to Nothing was inspired by.

But Videophobia, Being Natural, and Cain and Abel are some of my favorite partner releases.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by Vincent Dawn

One of the extras that comes inside the KFC disc:

[Show spoiler]

Did you like KFC?

[Vincent Dawn]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Did you like KFC?

Saving it for tomorrow night.

So far I've only watched The Iceman Cometh from my order.

Edit: I'll give a non-spoiler mini-review here tomorrow for KFC.

[Vincent Dawn]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Did you like KFC?

I enjoyed it. It's short, barely longer than an hour. And if you like gory, gross-out films this is an easy one to recommend. However, the film is non-linear. At the beginning it feels like one scene of random violence after another that don't connect, but when I caught on that the story was jumping around in time, I started to pay more attention and put things together. A second viewing would help clear up some of my confusion about the big picture the story is telling. There's some creative filmmaking going on too- including a bullet time sequence.

[Mike0284]

Originally Posted by Mike0284

Evie got back to me about the Robinson Garden disc and they're putting the replacement disc in with my September package.

Sub package arrived today and the replacement disc works perfectly in my PS3.

[dr727]

Originally Posted by Grethiwha

I'd been thinking of making a thread for Kani Releasing. One of the most interesting labels for Asian cinema in North America, maybe the most interesting at the moment. And I haven't seen any discussion of them. Perhaps there is some buried in the VS thread...

I absolutely adore KANI! They are absolutely under-discussed although Robinson’s Garden has been a strong seller. Can’t wait for WUC!

I agree with the Third Window comparison—both choosing titles very with curatorial intent & bringing modern Asian cinema to the West. TWF is one-man team (Adam Torel) and Kani a two-person team (Pearl Chan & Ariel Esteban Cayer), all three are experts.

Here’s a sweet article from ScreenSlate: https://www.screenslate.com/articles...e-asian-cinema

Kani’s selections are thrillingly hard to place in terms of tone, genre, and local context. There’s no shortage of “boutique” home video labels and distributors—even ones that claim to specialize in “Asian cinema,” as Kani does—but few operated from a non-Western perspective. The two-person home-video label and distributor has already set itself apart with its first four releases, each with specific milieus that the films don’t attempt to universalize.

[Vincent Dawn]

Fair Game (1986), released by Dark Star, is great. If you like movies similar to The Hitcher and Road Games with mostly dialogue free suspense scenes and intense chases, this movie is made for you. These films often get compared to Hitchcock movies, despite Hitch never making exploitation films like these. But there's a precision to how they construct the suspense that feels entirely Hitchcockian.

Fair Game has one scene I would say is unforgettable after you see it:

[Show spoiler]The lead actress is tied to the hood of her tormentors' pick-up truck. They then slash her clothes so she's topless and drive her around like she is a hood ornament. I thought the way it was handle was excellent: not overly sexualized; increasing your desire to see her get revenge of these guys.

This one is an absolute must if you're a VS fan. It would fit in perfectly with their mainline releases.

[DeusExMacarena]

Saturday Ngiht at the Baths typo on the spine

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