@@JefferyEPetrone Thanks for always watching and commenting, Jeffery. Really appreciate it. And thanks for sending me photos of your collection updates. Always enjoy those too!
@FilmsByColor you definitely put Deaf Crocodile on my radar & I appreciate that. It has been nice to add more international releases to my collection, especially ones as interesting as the Deaf Crocodile canon.
Regarding the Bishop's Wife ( a fantastic film, BTW ), check to see if this is true of your copy: at timemark 29:48, during the scene where Dudley returns to the Bishop's study to file index cards, a few frames from an unrelated scene abruptly appear and then vanish. The scene is an earlier one of Dudley and the Professor standing outside the cathedral. The transition is so quick that the mistake appears to be electronic, as if something went awry during the assembly of various portions of the digital master after it had been color-corrected and repaired. I recently sent a question to George Felnstein, who regularly appears on The Extras podcast, to ask whether or not Warner Archive is working on a re-release of this classic film. No response yet.
Love seeing all those limited-edition boxsets from various boutique labels. I have a very strong recommendation for a Dr. Seuss related film THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T, A dark surreal musical fantasy kids' film from 1953, should be right up your alley, if you haven't seen it.
@@slc2466 5000 Fingers was my first single indicator release (right after the Harryhausen sets), and unfortunately it was before I knew about their limited editions. So I don’t have the booklet on this one
@@FilmsByColor Glad you have a copy of this unique movie. I just checked my copy- I do have the booklet, and no "U" on the front, so I think I got the Limited Edition, as is the case with most of my small Indicator stash.
TCM did do other releases, such as the TCM Archives "Forbidden Hollywood" collections and TCM Spotlight Esther Williams and Doris Day collections, among other DVD box sets. I just checked my collection and I also have TCM Vault Blu-Rays for "Only Angels Have Wings" (with a slipcase), "Remember the Night" and "The Iron Petticoat." Just saw the TCM Shop closed in 2022, so I don't know if they do any physical media releases anymore.
Speaking of animation, you may find interesting the series of 4 DVDs issued by Image Entertainment, "Masters of Russian animation", in 2000 or so. I don't know if they've been reissued... Eastern European animation is not well known in the US and there are some real gems. They were big on abstract styles even for kids.
I agree that the special edition of Tbe Colour of Pomegranates is excellent,one of the great colour films.I think the special editions brought out by British labels are often more collectable than their Criterion releases such as Masters of Cinema's editions of Pandora's Box, Kwaidan and Vampyr, ,also the recent Curzon release of Paris,Texas is better than the Criterion although more expensive.
Hurray for Pomegranates! (my all-time #1 movie...) i think you are bound to like other films of Paradjanov, and Georgian cinema in general. If you can find-- Tengiz Abuladze and Otar Iosseliani
That UPA set is fantastic- some of the greatest, most innovative cartoons ever made. Wish I had that awesome digipack (or John as a friend), but at least I have the discs from a different, standard TCM release without the booklet (among a bunch of classic cartoon shorts, the Oscar-nominated "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of the scariest things I've ever seen on the screen). Watching your video also made me once again so glad I bought "The Bishop's Wife" on Blu-Ray years ago.
@@slc2466 haha! Yeah John’s a pretty great friend. That Tell-Tale Heart short sounds awesome. I noticed that on the box, but haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Looking forward to it! Yeah I was lucky and found the Bishop’s Wife for $30, but I usually see it around $80 or $90. Definitely hold on to that one
@@FilmsByColor I'd preview "Tell-Tale" before showing it to your kids- that one scared the hell out of me at about 11 or 12, when it was shown just before a double feature of "Freaks" and 1963's "The Haunting." Just got out my UPA set and watched "Rooty Toot Toot" again, another brilliantly designed Oscar-nominated classic. "Unicorn in the Garden" is yet another favorite.
Ahem... Zerograd is Soviet Russian, actually... it came out a little before the fall of the Berlin Wall and captured the already mad atmosphere of the crumbling of old order.
@@CineMadame Whoops! I don’t know why I thought it was Czech. I must’ve been confusing it with Prague Nights or Mysterious Castle or something. Thanks for the correction
Flash Gordon only has good production design??? No mention of the Queen Soundtrack? ... Look, it is meant to be a comic book movie so the acting and storyline have to fit the genre... unless you've never read comic books, then it might be strange. And, we're talking about a comic from 1930s... so, it needed to have a classic feel when it came to character development. But it also had to be over the top like comic book storylines. The incredible actors (some Academy Award winners) did what they were supposed to do for the type of movie they were making in 1980. It is bringing a comic book movie up to date for that time... which it did better than most.
Love that D.A.R.Y.L. edition.One of my fav's from my childhood.Happy Holidays.🙂
@MugenLord_inNeonLights Thanks! Happy Holidays. I’m looking forward to checking out D.A.R.Y.L. soon. Going to try to watch that one next year in 2025.
Always love to see a collection update.
@@JefferyEPetrone Thanks for always watching and commenting, Jeffery. Really appreciate it. And thanks for sending me photos of your collection updates. Always enjoy those too!
@FilmsByColor you definitely put Deaf Crocodile on my radar & I appreciate that. It has been nice to add more international releases to my collection, especially ones as interesting as the Deaf Crocodile canon.
The films that seem to excite me are films that I saw or heard of when I was between 17 to 24 years old.
Wrong on the Cloak and Dagger case. It's designed after a Atari 5200 case. I remember them well.
@@WarBrer247 Oh that’s cool. Didn’t know that. Interested to see how that fits into the plot of the movie
Regarding the Bishop's Wife ( a fantastic film, BTW ), check to see if this is true of your copy: at timemark 29:48, during the scene where Dudley returns to the Bishop's study to file index cards, a few frames from an unrelated scene abruptly appear and then vanish. The scene is an earlier one of Dudley and the Professor standing outside the cathedral. The transition is so quick that the mistake appears to be electronic, as if something went awry during the assembly of various portions of the digital master after it had been color-corrected and repaired. I recently sent a question to George Felnstein, who regularly appears on The Extras podcast, to ask whether or not Warner Archive is working on a re-release of this classic film. No response yet.
Love seeing all those limited-edition boxsets from various boutique labels. I have a very strong recommendation for a Dr. Seuss related film THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T, A dark surreal musical fantasy kids' film from 1953, should be right up your alley, if you haven't seen it.
Agree "5,000 Fingers" is a must. I picked up the awesome Indicator Blu-Ray release a few years ago.
@@henrybiedenkapp675 I third this comment! 5000 Fingers is delightful. I also picked up the indicator Blu-ray a couple years ago
@@slc2466 5000 Fingers was my first single indicator release (right after the Harryhausen sets), and unfortunately it was before I knew about their limited editions. So I don’t have the booklet on this one
@@FilmsByColor Glad you have a copy of this unique movie. I just checked my copy- I do have the booklet, and no "U" on the front, so I think I got the Limited Edition, as is the case with most of my small Indicator stash.
TCM did do other releases, such as the TCM Archives "Forbidden Hollywood" collections and TCM Spotlight Esther Williams and Doris Day collections, among other DVD box sets. I just checked my collection and I also have TCM Vault Blu-Rays for "Only Angels Have Wings" (with a slipcase), "Remember the Night" and "The Iron Petticoat." Just saw the TCM Shop closed in 2022, so I don't know if they do any physical media releases anymore.
I was able to buy the Flash Gordon limited edition awhile back. I’ve been looking for a good price on Cloak and Dagger.
“It’s supposed to look like an old VHS tape…” Truly spoken like someone who never bought an Atari 5200 game cartridge…lol.
@@celluloidtherapy5003 haha! Facts
Speaking of animation, you may find interesting the series of 4 DVDs issued by Image Entertainment, "Masters of Russian animation", in 2000 or so. I don't know if they've been reissued... Eastern European animation is not well known in the US and there are some real gems. They were big on abstract styles even for kids.
I agree that the special edition of Tbe Colour of Pomegranates is excellent,one of the great colour films.I think the special editions brought out by British labels are often more collectable than their Criterion releases such as Masters of Cinema's editions of Pandora's Box, Kwaidan and Vampyr, ,also the recent Curzon release of Paris,Texas is better than the Criterion although more expensive.
Hurray for Pomegranates! (my all-time #1 movie...) i think you are bound to like other films of Paradjanov, and Georgian cinema in general. If you can find-- Tengiz Abuladze and Otar Iosseliani
I started buying Radiance titles and have picked up some oop titles off of ebay. I blame you!
The slipcase for Cloak n Dagger is a lift from Atari game cartridge packaging.
@@carywhitt Thanks for the correction on that. I’ve never seen an Atari game, so I had no idea. That’s actually really cool
That UPA set is fantastic- some of the greatest, most innovative cartoons ever made. Wish I had that awesome digipack (or John as a friend), but at least I have the discs from a different, standard TCM release without the booklet (among a bunch of classic cartoon shorts, the Oscar-nominated "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of the scariest things I've ever seen on the screen). Watching your video also made me once again so glad I bought "The Bishop's Wife" on Blu-Ray years ago.
@@slc2466 haha! Yeah John’s a pretty great friend. That Tell-Tale Heart short sounds awesome. I noticed that on the box, but haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Looking forward to it! Yeah I was lucky and found the Bishop’s Wife for $30, but I usually see it around $80 or $90. Definitely hold on to that one
@@FilmsByColor I'd preview "Tell-Tale" before showing it to your kids- that one scared the hell out of me at about 11 or 12, when it was shown just before a double feature of "Freaks" and 1963's "The Haunting." Just got out my UPA set and watched "Rooty Toot Toot" again, another brilliantly designed Oscar-nominated classic. "Unicorn in the Garden" is yet another favorite.
Ahem... Zerograd is Soviet Russian, actually... it came out a little before the fall of the Berlin Wall and captured the already mad atmosphere of the crumbling of old order.
@@CineMadame Whoops! I don’t know why I thought it was Czech. I must’ve been confusing it with Prague Nights or Mysterious Castle or something. Thanks for the correction
I have only two titles from VS: Flesh for Frankenstein and Santo vs Dr. Death.
Flash Gordon only has good production design??? No mention of the Queen Soundtrack? ... Look, it is meant to be a comic book movie so the acting and storyline have to fit the genre... unless you've never read comic books, then it might be strange. And, we're talking about a comic from 1930s... so, it needed to have a classic feel when it came to character development. But it also had to be over the top like comic book storylines. The incredible actors (some Academy Award winners) did what they were supposed to do for the type of movie they were making in 1980. It is bringing a comic book movie up to date for that time... which it did better than most.