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What is a boutique release?

If there is a range of bluray releases for the same title, I generally always go for the one with the extras - if it is a bluray without any extras it is a disappointment - though, of course, the film is still key. Personally, not that interested in a cobbled together making of and the Q&A with the stars, prefer the discussion of the music, discussion of the lighting, a chat with the second assistant to the x or y or listening to the accountant talking about the financing of the film; an isolated soundtrack; also perhaps a discussion of the restoration and work done etc or someone chatting about Euro-Crime or Kim Newman on the film. Nice to get the multiple versions such as the UK or European or USA cut of the film as well. Love the Indicator / radiance / arrow blurays for those kinds of features. The big release ones have the least interesting extras for me I always assumed the lack of extras was just they had no space on the disk ? Or as all the features cost money with licensing, production etc that if the disk has a certain budget after the main picture, there is just nothing left to pay for the people to come in and be filmed, interviewed etc or the material is just so old and probably has been lost in some vault somewhere

DVDs should have been phased out in 2010. That they're still around in 2024 is ridiculous. They had their time but their quality just doesn't hold up by today's standards. Even most TH-cam videos have higher resolution than a regular DVD. I've still kept all my DVDs (I have over 6000 of them) but many of them are painful to watch now on a 75-inch 4K screen, I've re-bought the movies I care about on Blu-Ray or 4K if available. The only things I still buy nowadays on DVD are old TV shows or music videos. Whenever I see a regular DVD in a store of a current movie, I ask "Why would you even PUT that on DVD?" They're especially a waste of space when stores are giving less of it overall to movies.

Awesome pick up's 👍 Loved Tammy and the T-Rex that's a real hoot!!!

For Southland I allow a few days for new titles to be shelved.

the imprint bundles are great even the American Psycho Dredd bundle is a solid deal..i actually like Blair witch 2 so imprint might win out for me

Umbrella did have a cheaper boxset of Late Night With The Devil. It didn't come with the VHS and TV Guide and cost $75. That's the version I preordered. I preordered The Blair Witch Collection from Imprint too. As soon as I saw it included Book Of Shadows I was all in, and I love the box art they've got going on. Second Sight do great stuff. Their boxset of Picnic At Hanging Rock is a thing of beauty and really is a fine tribute to a great film.

Another place I have imported a lot of Blu Ray movie's from because we didn't get a local release here in Australia is Rarewaves UK I picked up Robots dream on Blu Ray as JB Hi-Fi only had it on DVD and another movie i saw on streaming and that is Hundreds of beavers which I can't even see it up for pre-order from JB Hi-Fi

Yes! I have watched White Lotus.

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The chronicles of riddick dvd menu was unreal, you had to first choose to convert to the necromongers or rebel, then you got a different menu with each choice! THEN the special features menu was a whole different animated background for each choice! So cool, i want to hang onto my dvd version just for that

Think that's bad, I hear that most Nollywood movies are still sold on VCD. Because CDs are cheaper than DVDs. I know as an indie filmmaker I've been pricing out DVD vs Blu-ray for a 20th anniversary release of my first feature. Blu-ray is nearly three times the cost for the same amount of discs. Since my feature was shot on DV (standard definition) I have to ask myself if there is really much benefit to doing an upscale myself and paying three times more per disc. Especially when most DVD and Blu-ray players these days can do the upscaling just as well, and there are more DVD players out there then Blu-ray players, including all the Blu-ray players that can play DVDs. But I also may not even do a physical release at all. It just may not be worth it. Just figured I'd give you a different perspective.

Does it matter?

I hope people are seeing the light. We need physical media.

If the companies who made it doesn't want to make a physical release, it's fine to go buy good bootlegs. A good example too is the original theatrical cut of Star Wars Episode 4 5 & 6, hasn't been legally available other than a tiny limited DVD release, whoch was just a transfer of the Laserdisc releases

What makes you a judge? Are you an actor? A drama coach? I’m sorry but if you don’t have any related credentials then respectfully, what are you doing other than using her name to get views?

You already summed up my thoughts in the video. I'm all for film preservation, but I don't care about most of the obscure films that the boutiques are restoring. I'm a mainstream normie and I LOVE IT when boutiques release mainstream movies, because they give it way more respect than the major studios do most of the time.

^Blu-rays

The times when the big studios put a lot of effort into the physical medium are long gone. It started with the introduction of the Blu-ray disk. The cover motifs were often Photoshop images and no longer the original drawn cover. In addition, there was less bonus material. In the worst case, there was only the trailer. But in times when the DVD was still popular, there was not only plenty of bonus material, but the DVD menu was also made with so much love and playful that it was simply fun. Now with the 4K UHD, which is already a niche market, things are not looking any better. I sometimes have the feeling that even less is being done with the 4K, not to mention that there have always been problems with playback or sound errors and then you wonder why many collectors and film fans are no longer satisfied. Then there's another thing that bothers me so much about the 4K format is the black Bluray cases because after a certain time a smear and gas builds up on the inside where strangely none of the collectors on TH-cam mentions anything.

It is frustrating when your favorite movies get a physical media release with barebones features. It makes it feel like the studio doesn't care about the movie as much as you do. The latest Vacation 4K came with no special features. Ridiculous. And where's the other Vacation movies in 4K? Why don't we have a beautiful 4K box set with all of them yet? Where's all the American Pie movies in a 4K set? Better Call Saul box set? Even Game of Thrones, which actually DID get an amazIng bluray box set, got a really crappy 4K set released. Makes no sense. The Lord of the Rings ultimate collector's edition didn't even have all the special features in it!!! Like seriously? Insane! You didn't touch on this aspect in your video, but another thing that @cinemassacre talks about is how much better DVD menus were than blurays, and I agree. Studios just don't seem to put as much effort into releases anymore, they're more concerned about churning out movies to make money. Most of the time, this is why I like boutiques--they seem to care a lot more about their releases than the major studios do. I'm going to check out your channel and see what other videos you have. I'm really surprised you have no comments on this video after a week. Nice collection btw!

The incredible hulk 4k just went out of print as well.

This is the Ultimate Gem for a truly GWTW fan...!

Got a copy myself as I’m a huge fan of the film and only have an old DVD version which doesn’t look the best. Do you know whether there was only 1000 copies as mine says “Flim” instead of film on the outer case front and spine and looking online I’ve seen other similarly misspelled copies? It’s no major concern as the film and extras are what I wanted but I was wondering whether Umbrella had issued anything regarding the error? Still, fantastic film and the woman (Florinda Balkan) was also in the superb “Don’t Torture A Duckling” which I’m hoping will get a deluxe edition sometime …

Awesome pick ups mate. Troma, of course 😂 That Toxic Advenger set looks mighty fine.I must update those dvds i got. I've seen Exiost 2 more times over the years than humanely possible. Yes, it's bad, but it's not the worst one in the series, that's for sure. Believer Anybody.The best sequel to The Exiost is still number 3.

Good points mate. I'm on fence if realising mainstream will fund that hidden unknown little gem, then I'm ok with it. But it's a scary thought Shrek coming to Criterion 😂 But could happen 🤔 . I love Vinegar Syndrome it's like playing lucky dip you never know what to expect everything from Drop Dead Fred, a great family movie to Debbie Dose Dallas 2 and everything in between 😂🫠🤭🤭 and lets face it some of the best looking slip covers in the game if that is your thing.I personally don't get to see or get them often but when i do.....Dam they look good.

There are movies I probably rewatch yearly. Those are the ones I own physically

Loved Arrow Academy and like Arrow Video a bit less! I could happily do without most of their giallo, horror and asian martial arts movies! But "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E" is an excellent movie, worth defending, despite the enormous controversy surrounding Armie Hammer!

Got Road House from Vinegar Syndrome Got lots of Arrow films

Richard Kelly...and yeah i wanna give more attention to "Southland Tales". has he done anything since The Box?

ive got a DVD copy and its abysmal! it has the Australian ratings symbol of "M"(for mature audiences) on the front. whatever you think about the film (and i like it!) this should never have been released in this poor form. it feels like some illegal download, or they set up a video camera and filmed it badly off the tv. but just checking on Amazon there's a copy with the Australian "MA+ (restricted)" symbol and includes Scott Glenn and Alberta Watson's names above the title. Reviews seem to suggest this is a much better copy but still way below standard. another of the "M" rated ones says it remastered but no one seems to be able to speak of this, and the only run time seems to be 95 minutes.

Let's get Harry Directed by Allan Smithee. I like this movie it's actually not that bad. I think viavision recently released it. You just reminded me to get a copy of The Keep.

I have been searching for it recently online but have seen it online and might get it on dvd

Thanks for this. There wasn't even a thread for this film on the blu ray forum, let alone any discussion of the Imprint release. The stereo track is a bit of a bummer.

I saw the keep in the cinema, my first date, here in Ireland back in 83, iam now 57 and remember it well.

There is a director's cut of THE KEEP: the novel by F. Paul Wilson.

Great tribute. Thank you, He

people buy dvds because there cheaper and i have never had any interest in watching or buying blu rays or 4k's at all and i am very happy with buys dvds when once in a while when i want to

companies won't removed dvds from the market because they make the more money then blu rays and 4k's by alot so why would u get ridr of your format thats making u the most money

Oh look. A movie that The Cinema Snob reviewed.

No Aliens is still available on amazon. Aliens is selling over 900+ a month. This being in uk

I believe dirt on the negative clusters around the reel change overs...ever 20 minutes.

that alien disc is one of the best looking 4ks there is

I bought that legally blonde collection on Blu Ray for the wife from Amazon US via Amazon Au because she loves those movies and we didn't get a Blu Ray release here in Australia

The Columbia Noir # 6 is region locked so I had to use my backup 4K player to watch it The back up player is a Panasonic DP-UB820 which also plays my region 1 Criterion Blu Ray's

I bought the Columbia Noir #6 during the prime day sale and we watched the first 2 last Saturday night as a double feature as they only go for about 60 mins each and loved them

Have you ever seen STREET TRASH from 1987?

GRIZZLY is a gem, fond memories of seeing at the drive-in with my oldest sister. Probably my fave of the JAWS rip-offs! The original TOXIC AVENGER is so much crazy fun, sadly I didn't find any of the sequels very memorable...looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them.

Wow I literally did the same thing last year. Should I sell it?

One thing interesting that happened is that the void felt by the death of Random Space Media in Australia has now been filled by Turbine in Germany. Without that mantle being taken up, the 3D Blu-ray format would be at death's door.. but now we're getting Mission Impossible, Migration, Scream 6, Bumblebee/ROTB and more in stereo 3D!

You Aussies got hosed. In the US the Disney Movie Club had a liquidation sale and I got dozens of blus for $10 and the 4ks including the Cameron 4ks such as the 4 disc Avatar releases for about $12 each.