The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread
#1251
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I rarely buy Arrow releases so just wondering why is the pre-order price for Robocop so expensive? I thought Shout/Scream Factory releases were a lot. Amazon has both editions listed at $49.95. I’m guessing the price will drop before release but cripes.
#1252
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I'll wait until it hits $22-25.
#1254
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I'm going with the UK version, it's like 20+ shipped -- I'm region free, so don't need to worry. I've pre-orded Robocop and a few other titles at 20+shipped prices.
#1255
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Arrow's frequent release strategy for high-interest titles is to initially issue a Limited Edition with fancy packaging, a booklet, and physical swag such as art cards and a poster. (The SteelBook is also designated a limited edition.) A streamlined Special Edition in a normal keepcase and a lower price point will follow later.
#1257
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You almost never see a Criterion actually go up at that price though. Seems like on the high end for a two disc Criterion they’ll generally go up for pre-order around $35-$40.
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#1259
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Maybe I haven’t paid enough attention I guess. I do see where the site that put up Robocop initially (Diabolik DVD) has it at $32.99 so I was just surprised Amazon wouldn’t be closer.
#1260
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Arrow Video is reportedly releasing True Romance on BD
No word if it's a UK only or both UK and US release.
No word if it's a UK only or both UK and US release.
#1261
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I have the Warner Bros. R1 release of True Romance, which I found used & cheap.
If Arrow is doing a restoration on the film, I would gladly upgrade.
If Arrow is doing a restoration on the film, I would gladly upgrade.
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Arrow Video is reportedly releasing True Romance on BD
https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/s...271950336?s=20
No word if it's a UK only or both UK and US release.
https://twitter.com/dawnofthediscs/s...271950336?s=20
No word if it's a UK only or both UK and US release.
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Man that Robocop SE is nice. Massive. Book, poster, 2 discs, some picture cards of scenes. Nice, typical, Arrow editions like these...
#1270
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Canceled my B&N order of robocop and opted for the steelbook because it's $19.99 on Amazon.
#1271
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Yeah, I got that RoboCop set. It is a great release, should've been called the Definitive Release... Now got the trilogy between this Arrow release and Shout Factory for 2 & 3. Too bad Arrow didn't have the rights to those and make a trilogy set in one box.
#1272
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I wasn't planning on upgrading my various copies of Robocop but I ran into a copy of the Arrow Video Steelbook at Best Buy this evening for $19.99.
Couldn't resist at that price. Especially with the new restoration.
Couldn't resist at that price. Especially with the new restoration.
#1274
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I know the first two films in the series were released separately a few months ago.
If you are Region Free, there is a copy of the third film up for sale on Ebay UK but the cost is about the same as if you ordered the Trilogy Box Set.
#1275
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Coming in March in the UK:
Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of world cinema’s most fabled iconoclasts. Often venerated as the ultimate cult film director, the Chilean artist shot to prominence as a 1970s counter-cultural icon thanks to the masterful movies presented on this collection: Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain. These extraordinary films, presented here alongside his stunning new film Psychomagic, bedazzled audiences with their unique aesthetic, contrasting violence and beauty; the sublime and the sacrilegious; the mystical and the macabre...
Jodorowsky’s first feature, Fando y Lis, tells of young Fando and his paraplegic sweetheart Lis’s journey through a series of surreal scenarios to find the enchanted city of Tar. An ‘acid-western’ packed with vivid imagery, El Topo stars Jodorowsky as a master-gunfighter who duels with four sharp-shooting adversaries on his journey across a desert dreamscape. In The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky plays The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims on a quest to ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jodorowsky’s new cinematic experience, Psychomagic, A Healing Art, explores the directors’ radical therapeutic work.
Influential, controversial and endlessly fascinating, Jodorowsky’s surreal masterpieces are presented here in stunning new 4K restorations, accompanied with a wealth of illuminating extras, and new writing.
Jodorowsky’s first feature, Fando y Lis, tells of young Fando and his paraplegic sweetheart Lis’s journey through a series of surreal scenarios to find the enchanted city of Tar. An ‘acid-western’ packed with vivid imagery, El Topo stars Jodorowsky as a master-gunfighter who duels with four sharp-shooting adversaries on his journey across a desert dreamscape. In The Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky plays The Alchemist, a guru who guides a troupe of pilgrims on a quest to ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment. Jodorowsky’s new cinematic experience, Psychomagic, A Healing Art, explores the directors’ radical therapeutic work.
Influential, controversial and endlessly fascinating, Jodorowsky’s surreal masterpieces are presented here in stunning new 4K restorations, accompanied with a wealth of illuminating extras, and new writing.
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
New 4K restorations of Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky’s new film Psychomagic
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original 1.0 mono audio and optional 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles
Six collector’s postcards
Double-sided fold-out poster
Limited edition 80-page hardbound book featuring new writing on the films by Virginie Sélavy, Michael Atkinson, Bilge Ebiri, Mark Pilkington and archival articles
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly designed artwork by Matt Griffin
FANDO Y LIS
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers Fando y Lis, new interview filmed in Paris
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University
La Cravate, Jodorowsky’s compellingly surreal 1957 adaptation of Thomas Mann’s The Transposed Heads
La Constellation Jodorowsky, Louis Mouchet’s feature-length documentary featuring interviews with Jean ‘Mobieus’ Giraud and Peter Gabriel
Trailer
Image galleries
EL TOPO
Film presentation in both 1.85:1 and 1.33:1 original theatrical aspect ratios for the first time
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers El Topo, new interview
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña
A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky who stars in El Topo
The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview with Jodorowsky filmed in 2007
Original trailer
Image galleries
El Topo Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers The Holy Mountain, new interview
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña
Pablo Leder: Jodorowsky’s Right Hand Man, Jodorowsky’s personal assistant remembers acting in El Topo and The Holy Mountain and his time spent with the director
The A to Z of The Holy Mountain, a new video essay by writer Ben Cobb
Deleted scenes with director’s commentary
The Tarot, a short film in which Jodorowsky explains the secrets of the cards
Original trailer
Image galleries
The Holy Mountain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD
PSYCHOMAGIC, A HEALING ART
Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky’s new film
Original trailer
New 4K restorations of Fando y Lis, El Topo and The Holy Mountain approved by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky’s new film Psychomagic
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original 1.0 mono audio and optional 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
Newly translated English, Spanish and French subtitles
Six collector’s postcards
Double-sided fold-out poster
Limited edition 80-page hardbound book featuring new writing on the films by Virginie Sélavy, Michael Atkinson, Bilge Ebiri, Mark Pilkington and archival articles
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly designed artwork by Matt Griffin
FANDO Y LIS
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers Fando y Lis, new interview filmed in Paris
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University
La Cravate, Jodorowsky’s compellingly surreal 1957 adaptation of Thomas Mann’s The Transposed Heads
La Constellation Jodorowsky, Louis Mouchet’s feature-length documentary featuring interviews with Jean ‘Mobieus’ Giraud and Peter Gabriel
Trailer
Image galleries
EL TOPO
Film presentation in both 1.85:1 and 1.33:1 original theatrical aspect ratios for the first time
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers El Topo, new interview
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña
A Conversation with The Son of El Topo, a newly filmed, extensive interview with Brontis Jodorowsky who stars in El Topo
The Father of Midnight Movies, an archival interview with Jodorowsky filmed in 2007
Original trailer
Image galleries
El Topo Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
Audio commentary by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky Remembers The Holy Mountain, new interview
Newly filmed introduction with Richard Peña
Pablo Leder: Jodorowsky’s Right Hand Man, Jodorowsky’s personal assistant remembers acting in El Topo and The Holy Mountain and his time spent with the director
The A to Z of The Holy Mountain, a new video essay by writer Ben Cobb
Deleted scenes with director’s commentary
The Tarot, a short film in which Jodorowsky explains the secrets of the cards
Original trailer
Image galleries
The Holy Mountain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD
PSYCHOMAGIC, A HEALING ART
Blu-ray premiere of Jodorowsky’s new film
Original trailer