Inside Kino Lorber With Frank Tarzi | Cereal At Midnight Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In the debut episode of the Cereal At Midnight Podcast, Frank Tarzi, SVP of Acquisitions for Kino Lorber, stops by Cereal At Midnight to discuss 4K releases, collectible slipcovers, film noir box sets, and what's coming next!
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I absolutely love Kino. Their range is so eclectic that often times they introduce me to films I never knew I'd like. Furthermore it's those smaller titles that get the HD treatment that find new fans.
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!! Kino/Lorber is killing it of late!
Happy to hear The Italian Job will be getting a 4k disc! Good call on the slipcovers Frank.. I like the different coloring/fonts on the spines and it adds a little premium touch to the product. Thank you for setting this up Heath it was a good debut for your podcast
Mr. Tarzi...PLEASE do The Dark Room...what a lost gem of a horror anthology show. And Heath...you really knocked it outta the park, great interview!
Absolutely amazing hearing him talk
loved the interview. I love Kino just for what they did with fantastic tv from the sixties and seventies. The Oute Limits sets, and Night Gallery are truly works of art. Extras and everything are all simply amazing. Got one more Night Gallery I think waiting in the wings. It never looked better and are prize possesions.
I would have listened to that conversation for 2 hrs!! Thank you, Heath!!
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I really like these interviews you do with people behind the scenes. It's like you got your own cereal at midnight special features. I like hearing from the horse's mouth about what's going on. And some of the reasons behind their decisions. Please try to get more interviews from different labels.
I'm always trying to talk to as many labels as possible. So far there are Cereal At Midnight interviews with:
Bill Lustig from Blue Underground th-cam.com/video/OCCqpEbuja8/w-d-xo.html
Barrett Evans from Mill Creek Entertainment th-cam.com/video/BcAMjLQolAI/w-d-xo.html
Eric D. Wilksonson from MVD Entertainment th-cam.com/video/6IsHZ5o8v9Q/w-d-xo.html
Daniel Griffith from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures, who creates special features for many of the labels: th-cam.com/video/4cdV3FBf1rM/w-d-xo.html
Makeflix with JR Bookwalter, Fred Olen Ray, and David Sterling: th-cam.com/video/KQZEnrM71pA/w-d-xo.html
Jeff Harrison, founder of Umbrella Entertaiment: th-cam.com/video/6TdSVv7Jmdc/w-d-xo.html
Next week, I'll be posting a new interview with Francesco Simeoni, a 12-year veteran of Arrow Video and the founder of a new label, Radiance Films.
Other labels have been approached, but haven't yet taken me up on the offer. Stay tuned!
Fanfreakintastic interview. Signed up for the podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Thank you, Heath, for bringing Frank Tarzi on your channel. Man! It's episodes like this that I just love. They are SO INFORMATIVE, SO INSIGHTFUL, and SO CHOCK FULL OF PRICELESS INSIDER'S INFO.!! I'm hoping that at some point you can bring on someone from the other "boutique label" companies, like Imprint or Arrow.
Thanks for this great interview, very, very interesting!!
Wanted to make suggestions on questions if you do a followup at a later time with Frank about the whole acquisition process: How does it work? Does he approach a studio about films he'd like to license or do studios put the word out on available films? maybe describe the negotiation process. He mentioned buying film packages from studios-How are those packages put together, how many films in them etc? maybe some rough budgeting/cost numbers of the actual licensing+restoration process?
Time from license to actual release? How many projects in the works at a given time? What kinda work goes into producing exclusive special features? Dream projects he'd love to do? Films he really wanted to do that the studio just won't license, How many people IS Kino Lorber and kinda what do they all do?
Thanks in advance!!
What a great show/interview Heath. Film buffs and collectors alike should find this interesting and informative. Thanks for this!
Great podcast episode and very enlightening to hear how Kino works :)
Great interview and great start to the podcast. The Kino team have been killing it the past years.
Great interview - I wanted it to keep going. Long live Kino Lorber (and Frank Tarzi)!
And now a podcast! Very cool and great convo! Kino Lorber rules!
This was excellent and congrats on jumping back into the podcast world 🎯
I am amaaaaazed that this gentleman revealed the number of slipcovers per release, I thought that mystique would remain a company secret. But hey I like the transparency!
And Frank, I am more than happy to pay a bit more for a slipcover! Keep it up my friend.
I hope the John Travolta films include The Experts, Perfect, Two of a Kind and Shout.
Fantastic interview, thank you!
This was a great first episode!! Love your content Heath!
Love Kino! Just picked up ‘Tough Guys’ ‘The Hard Way’, ‘Out of Sight’, ‘Mr. Destiny’.
Yes, Darkroom!
Great interview. Thank you.
*starts the Daniel Bryan YES chant*
Very informative Interview and inside view on a label that so far wasn’t very public regarding TH-cam or Podcast appearances! Hope you‘ll get the chance for at least one follow up episode. It’s so sad to hear, that those amazing actors sets (bought all of them say one so far) haven’t sold well enough to continue. KL Insider also stated on forum posts, that they most likely will not release any further serials, what is also quite disappointing, because of underperforming sales numbers. I hoped that channels like yours would have brought a bit more interest to serials during the last few years. Maybe you could bring this topic up, if there’s ever a second appearance of KL on your Podcast. Keep up the fine work and greetings from Germany! Chris
great episode. kino is great. very interesting interview.
Excellent interview, but man if that wasn't depressing.
For that new Universal deal, I am very curious about which 4 titles will be announced! My wishlist for that group is:
Beethoven’s 2nd (Blu-ray)
Casper 4K
Sudden Death 4K
Fear 4K
First thanks Heath!
Serpico,sounds like the color grading will be corrected
I'll buy the .. Ninja Trilogy .. and... Long Riders 4Ks.. day 1.
Right! I was a little surprised he actually mentioned the the Cannon ninja films and that they may not be a good candidate for 4k. That maybe true, but I think it’s worth a try maybe by doing Revenge of the ninja first. Since it’s Sho’s best film in my opinion. And see how that sells
Hi HEATH WHY WE CANNOT GET KINO LORBA MOVIES RELEASES IN AUSTRALIA I LOVE TO WATCH YOUR CHANNEL BUT IF YOU DO REVIEW FOR THEIR MOVIES I HAVE TO TURN OFF BECAUSE WE CANNOT PURCHASE THEM A BIT LIKE DISNEY THAT HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED AUSTRALIA THE ARSE END OF THE PLANET WHAT THE CHEERS PAUL G. GEELONG Victoria AUSTRALIA
You should check out www.cinemaniacshomemedia.com.au/
which is run by Australians for Australians to help them get discs from all over the world.
Still watching need to ask what’s up with all the culturally relevant Fox back catalogs owned by Disney. And why isn’t Disney doing anything with them?
That's what we're all wondering! Presumably, Disney is still figuring out an approach for how best to monetize those Fox movies, but the Disney purchase of Fox was bad news for movie fans and something I have been speaking out against for years because I knew this is what would happen if Disney bought Fox. Five years after I made this video, it's still one of the least-watched things I've ever done: th-cam.com/video/tOTIUtYhHbQ/w-d-xo.html
@@CerealAtMidnight Now you have one more view on that video. Clearly your concerns were rightly placed.
Great interview
Kino Lorber is killing it with the studio classics line and the sales are the best. Good luck with the podcasts Heath.
I am glad Kino is putting in more effort on select titles and I do appreciate the massive amount of catalog releases they do. However one still has to sift through their catalog to pick out the spiffier discs with newer transfers or extras from the majority which are merely a preexisting master on a disc. Frequently I have upgraded titles for a UK counterpart with better encoding or gone for a better version from another label.
The Leone reissues are a good example of the newer mindset: some good efforts put in with what is available, some participation with fan historians…then a compromised Fistful of Dollars disc due to the mistakes of the restoration and a compromised FAFDM release because of MGM’s horrible audio and missing a few seconds of footage in the German release. The former is not Kino’s fault and they did what they could with the color. The latter has issues because Kino stepped into Ritrovata’s work so they wouldn’t mess up the color. The audio and sync is MGM’s fault but Kino shouldn’t have missed footage when adding back everything else.
I do appreciate that they keep their prices low in order to make every release affordable. But they still don’t have the quality control levels of the best boutique labels. Their attitude at times in not addressing mistakes is frustrating. They do a far better job than some others and especially most studio labels who never step up to the plate in the way they should.
At their best I do think Kino, in terms of US labels, rivals Criterion. (who is more and more catering to select crowds and not putting in the effort for proper encoding). Warner Archive is still the best US label in terms of presentation quality.
At the end of the day boutique labels are how we are preserving the medium today. With modern concerns it is a victory for any physical release. Each label has their own approaches and it is ultimately a business which is understandable. But it is important to point out legitimate concerns and make criticisms when it is necessary.
I agree that criticisms are important, especially because they provide opportunities for growth. What I think we're speaking to in this interview is the recent trend of fans acting like they know more about movies than the people who made them, saying outrageous things like movies should be taken away from the cinematographers and directors when it comes to color timing and restoration. There's a few hundred loud Reddit users and forum posters who simply want to plant a flag and be the first to blow the whistle on some flaw, real or imagined. A bit of ADR dialogue can be a fraction of a second out of sync and they're demanding recalls. Legitimate criticisms should always be heard and real errors do happen, but too many people are crying wolf right now and muddying those waters with the goal of saying "gotcha." It makes the legitimate criticisms harder to see and hear, because they're buried under nitpicks.
That was a really great interview. Thank you.
As a Kino recommendation for everyone, I’d like to suggest the Sidney Poitier movie Lilies of the Field from 1963. I think it’s a steal at $12.49 on Amazon.
I recently discovered kino Lorber and have been buying most of their 4k. I will be honest though, I wait for sales.
All quiet on the western front needs a 4k release!!!
Wow, Heath! What a great first guest for the podcast! Frank gave such a fascinating interview. I can understand now why Kino Lorber has had so much success in recent years! Great stuff.
I only own a couple Kino Lorber titles which are Violent City and The Wanderer's lol but I plan on picking up a lot more in the future lol,great interview.
The Italian Job (THANK GOD) you made my day.
nice - funny he used The Train release as a reference for both of your interviews with him!
Awesome - and congrats on this new outlet!! I've wanted to suggest exactly this for a while!
Superb interview, just a shame that us here in the UK cannot buy direct from Kino Lorber instead of having to go through a 3rd party
Very interesting guest who gave very insightful interviews. But you are also a great interviewer, I found the questions much more skillfully crafted than friend of the channel filmsathome's Jeff does for example.
Great pod cast Heath. Very informative. It would be great if there was a video from Kino Lorber showing their process of making blu rays and 4K’s. Any chance of that happening?
Probably zero chance of that happening. These companies prefer to keep their business private, and I completely understand and respect that. I'm so grateful to Frank for coming on and discussing things. This is an EXTREME rarity and a real honor for me.
@@CerealAtMidnight Yes, we are all fortunate that Frank gave us his time to discuss movies and his job at Kino Lorber.
This was a wonderful surprise. I’m so happy to see that you are podcasting now. This was a great conversation. I love all your videos but this long form stuff will be a welcome addition. If you and Vanessa get back together for Classic Film Flavors that would be amazing too. But if not I’m more than happy with this podcast. Thanks Heath!
Yep would love to see Vanessa again. I believe she is living life and that's great. Miss her and Heath together though.
I would love to continue Classic Film Flavors too.
I really would love to see remastered blurays of the flash gordon and buck rogers serials.
I realised, as I made my fourth Kino Lorber Shocktober order recently, that you can tell a lot about people's taste in movies by what they order from Kino's huge catalogue, more so than any other label
Belated thanks for the great interview. Totally made my commute home bearable tonight. Really interesting stuff.
Thanks you Heath and Frank. The Italian Job in 4K UHD. I'm ready!
Very informative, and forthcoming interview! They seem to try and learn their mistakes, while still taking some swings from time to time. Thank you!
Wish Kino would release Hardball from 1989.
Great conversation.
So much good information! Great job and greetings from Sweden!
Love the part about Color Timing and the attacks on the nitty gritty…. So informative, unfortunately the people that need to hear these things aren’t listening.
Not too long ago, I saw someone online say that the cinematographer shouldn't be the one to decide how a 4K is supposed to look! That one really takes the cake. The idea that the person who actually shot the movie and chose the visual look of the film shouldn't do the same thing for the 4K version is quite a stretch to me.
@@CerealAtMidnight well if it’s on social media it has to be true 🤣
Great interview and great start to the podcast, Heath! This was a real treat to listen to 😎
What a perfect first episode
What great interview! Nicely done Heath!
Dark Room would be great on blu ray.
Hey Heath! Congratulations on your inaugural C@M podcast. Really enjoyed hearing the ins-and-outs from Mr. Tazi. Been a longtime Kino Kollector and have a real love/hate relationship with their O-Rings, though I totally understand why they do them (I love them, but hate that they give my OCD a workout trying to find ones in nice shape…I know it’s just paper, I have a problem. 😅) Glad to hear the company is in such capable hands and look forward to what new delights they have coming down the pike.
Awesome debut episode, Heath! Compelling interview and loved the straight talk on how and why some of these titles make it - or don't - to 4K and more re-releases. Thanks to you AND Frank - great stuff!
Great interview! I had to wait a few a days to watch it so I could find an uninterrupted hour. It's interesting he said classic cinema on blu ray isn't growing. I discovered Kino Lorber several years back when they started releasing early Hitchcock classics. I had no idea who they were before that and was surprised to see the wide range of films they offered. Now I never miss a sale. He was right that many of us wait for titles to go on sale but I almost always pick up a pre-order or two during a sale because of how much money I save during the sale.
Great interview. Great company. Would like to see 70’s TV movies: Death takes a Holiday, A Cold Night’s Death, & Dr. Cook’s Garden AND all 3-seasons of One Step Beyond.
Great interview Heath! Such great insights. Thank you so much Frank, for re-releasing Planet of the Vampires. I discovered the film late and couldn't get it on blu-ray anywhere.
Great first podcast, Heath! Frank Tarzi was a fantastic, interesting interviewee. As with other viewers, I would have watched two more hours of Frank. Really looking forward to your upcoming podcasts, if this is the caliber of interviewees we're looking at!
Excellent, follow-ups, Heath. Really interesting chat. So cool that Frank wanted to work for such a company was able to make that happen. Kino covers such a wide array of genres and decades that there are always must haves in their roster of new releases. A shame that classic film fandom continues to decline. That said my initial exposure to such films was via television in the 80s. Even with all the channels there's a lot less of that now. Thanks for keeping the discussion up. It's bound to lead to more discovery.
Amazing interview, very informative! You let the guest speak and asked interesting questions to move the conversation along. Can't wait to see who you get next on the podcast. Keep up the great work!
and you are so right about Double Door. I had a very bad off vhs copy for years. Never thought I'd have that beautiful black gem of a horror film on blu ray.
Hello from Montreal. Best interview EVER!!!!! Thank you.
Watching/listening for a second time. Really insightful, good stuff.
This was super interesting! Thanks Heath and Frank Tarzi for the peek behind the scenes.
Awesome interview, thanks for the great content and for Frank providing an awesome interview!
Sorry to hear that the western sets are done. I really enjoyed the first two volumes.
This is an A plus interview. Incredible episode Heath!
Very informative
You can hear the passion
Gotta luv it
Awesome interview! Kino Lorber is one of my favorite BD labels.
This is awesome! I'm checking out Double Door now on Bluray because of this podcast. I love films and love owning them on physical media and to think that could go away one day is quite disheartening. Kino has indeed done a great job releasing lesser known titles such as Quantez that streaming platforms wouldn't have bothered with and allowed people like me a chance to discover them.
double door was amazing great villain!
Great interview. Very interesting. 👍
Great interview! Can’t wait for more!
Can we get a War And Peace (1966) 4k?
Excellent 1st episode! I cannot find it on Google podcasts however
It's been submitted, I'm not sure what the holdup is.
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Now if they would just use a better company to ship their products.
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@@CerealAtMidnight Whoever they use does not ship things properly. First time I used them was during a sale and everything was put in a box with zero packing material. 6 out of 20 slips were beat to hell. Asked for replacements. Those were sent even worse. Will not ever order direct again.
Interesting! Well, this is good to know. My stuff comes from Technicolor in Tennessee and out of dozens and dozens of orders, I've never had a damaged product. I wonder if there are multiple warehouses.
Keno has good transfers and they tend to pick good titles to release but it's frustrating that they randomly give us alternate artwork and don't list it as a feature(which I enjoy with a title that comes with a slipcover . They tend to use the 2.0 track, rather than existing 5.1 tracks as an extra option and they don't list on the back what the audio track is so I really on the Blu-ray site. Also they tend to be light on the special features(which is fine if they're cheaper). And I'm really not a fan of them having the same artwork on all the discs but I would put up with that if they fix these other issues.