NoirFan

Blu-ray.com review of Project X

NoirFan

According to their site, the sale will be through 6/24, which means that the July pre-orders (7/17) should be eventually eligible.

NoirFan

All 9/4:

DeanoBKN

Such a great guilty pleasure of mine. That cover looks Criterion like. I love it!

Sondheim

I'm only familiar with three of these, but The Dark Mirror and Secret Beyond the Door are both pretty great. I've also heard good things about A New Leaf.

NoirFan

I'll buy Secret, but I'll have to give my Dark Mirror DVD a second spin first - I don't think it made too big an impression on me. The other four are films I'd see (and will track down now that Olive has made me aware of them) but likely wouldn't purchase.

NoirFan

Jaymole

So great to see interesting obscure films like Child's Play and Man on a Swing coming out on Blu-ray. I will be picking up all of these except Man-Trap.

zyzzle

Olive films releases have been hit or miss for me. I applaud their efforts at getting catalog releases out in 1080p. Most of their recent Blus have not had any digital manipulation of the source (yay! no DNR), but the big caveat is that they don't utilize all the space on these single-layer releases, most of the films have taken only 16 GB of the 25 available. All have been single-layer so far. Cranking up the bitrates would better support the catalog films' grain structure, and the films would be better served. Why don't companies utilize all the resources available, especially when it dosen't cost them anything extra to do it?

nitin77

2 more to add to the list

nitin77

High Noon and Invasion of the Body Snatchers available to order from ImportCds for $12.77 (after 10% discount code) plus shipping.

zyzzle

1956 version of INVASION? Hoo-Ray. Hope it's a decent transfer.

NoirFan

Blu-ray.com review of Body Snatchers - already got my Import CDs pre-order in!

bse

Pre-ordered also, thanks for the heads up! and olive is releasing DVDs of Godard's Numero Deux and Ici et Ailleurs - they are killing it.

MTRodaba2468

sold

nitin77

its nit going to be possible to use the code with 31/7 titles is it?

NoirFan

No, the code is only good through 6/24, and pre-orders become available a month before release date. The next round of Olive titles, all coming 9/18:

Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
A Double Life (1947)
Love Exposure (2008)
Macbeth (1948)

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I'm in for Double Life (love the cover!) and likely Macbeth.

gryffinmaster

Finally, though I was sincerely hoping that Criterion would get their mitts on this and gather together a substantial release. Here's hoping Olive Films change their tune and include a special feature or two, but either way, I'm all over this.

NoirFan

No word on extras, but there was this, regarding length and transfer:

Sondheim

Olive Films for the win.

Macbeth is one of the two Orson Welles films I haven't watched yet - super excited that I'll be able to watch it for the first time on Blu-ray.

nitin77

Double Life and MAcbeth, on to the Ophuls' please.

NoirFan

A release date for Letter from an Unknown Woman would make me very happy indeed, though I'll hold onto all of the R2 Ophuls discs for the commentaries and Tag Gallagher video essays.

ScissorPuppy

WOW! And to think for the past month I have been trying to decide on buying an "Import" from Ebay!

Macbeth! YES! Now Olive, PLEASE! PLEASE! Get 1492 on Blu-Ray!

gryffinmaster

I have the (legit!) Korean import. It's surprisingly good and rather inexpensive through several channels (I got a copy for ~$6), though it's obviously not worth your time at this point.

Neeb

Agreed.
But aren't there 2 or 3 different cuts of MACBETH out there?
And it had a long and eventful production. If there were ever a film that needed a "Making of..." documentary, it's this one.