Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#351 Post by domino harvey » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:22 pm

Kino Lorber released it on Blu and I’m unaware of any issues with the disc

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#352 Post by KJones77 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:50 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:22 pm
Kino Lorber released it on Blu and I’m unaware of any issues with the disc
Subtitles would be nice.

Though definitely not a priority compared to some of Losey's other works. M, in particular, is one I'd love to see Indicator tackle.

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#353 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:52 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:22 pm
Kino Lorber released it on Blu and I’m unaware of any issues with the disc
Thanks for the nod -had no idea it was available on blu. Shame there are no extras however so might wait up to see if we get a run on Losey from Indicator.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#354 Post by swo17 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:07 pm

They actually have a ton of Losey either already out or soon on the way on Blu-ray:

Accident (coming next month)
The Criminal (coming next month)
Figures in a Landscape
Galileo
Modesty Blaise
The Romantic Englishwoman
Steaming

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#355 Post by M Sanderson » Wed Jan 08, 2020 4:52 am

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:20 pm
M Sanderson wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:50 am
Would be amazing to get M, Prowler and King & Country looking really good on Blu ray.

Prowler could probably look really good with better compression and higher bitrate (VCI put out a problematic release a few years ago, perhaps not doing full justice to the big restoration job that the film had benefited)
Can we add Figures in a landscape to that little list. A remarkable film boasting some of the best in camera aerial photography ever.
Good point, I really do admire these most abstract and bizarre Losey films. Reason I left it off is because it has decent releases by Carlotta and Kino.

I’m more focused on the ones that have been “mistreated” or dismissed/ignored.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#356 Post by Adam X » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:19 am

Well, according to the internet, the clue in the latest newsletter is from Jess Franco's The Blood of Fu Manchu. First Second Run, and now Indicator. People are starting to see the light. I feel like Indicator's newsletter clue's used to take more than a quick image search. Far less mysterious.
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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#357 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:22 am

RIP taste

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#358 Post by Adam X » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:24 am

Oh come on, this is going to go right next to your Norman J Warren box set.

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#359 Post by EddieLarkin » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:26 am

I hope this will be a new transfer, as the one Blue Underground used looked pretty awful and waxy. Hopefully it'll at least be paired with The Castle of Fu Manchu too, the other Franco Fu, but even better would be a 5 film Towers/Lee Fu set.

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#360 Post by Dr Amicus » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:35 am

IIRC, Pirie includes the first film (directed by Don Sharp, not Franco) in Heritage of Horror - and was very positive about it.

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#361 Post by Glowingwabbit » Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:29 am

Wait was there a newsletter?

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#362 Post by tenia » Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:42 pm

This morning.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#363 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:52 pm

Are Indicator going the Arrow route? or even Arrowroot?

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#364 Post by MichaelB » Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:56 pm

???

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#365 Post by EddieLarkin » Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:25 pm

In the blurb for the Hammer set, Indicator introduce The Pirates of Blood River as follows:

The Pirates of Blood River (1962), starring Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Christopher Lee (The Face of Fu Manchu)

Emphasis mine. I'm going to take that as another hint to a Towers/Lee Fu box set coming rather than just a random Franco film, as by itself it would indeed be a pretty odd pick for Indicator.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#366 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:52 pm

MichaelB wrote:
Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:56 pm
???
I was just wondering if Indicator are more into future plans of hoisting the Jolly Roger and sailing into the blood-red horizon and the like or going Paleo-friendly?

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#367 Post by M Sanderson » Thu Jan 09, 2020 3:15 pm

EddieLarkin wrote:
Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:25 pm
In the blurb for the Hammer set, Indicator introduce The Pirates of Blood River as follows:

The Pirates of Blood River (1962), starring Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Christopher Lee (The Face of Fu Manchu)

Emphasis mine. I'm going to take that as another hint to a Towers/Lee Fu box set coming rather than just a random Franco film, as by itself it would indeed be a pretty odd pick for Indicator.
Great point. I can definitely see that as their motivation for releasing a Franco movie, which doesn’t really seem to be their province.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#368 Post by MichaelB » Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:14 pm

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:
Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:52 pm
I was just wondering if Indicator are more into future plans of hoisting the Jolly Roger and sailing into the blood-red horizon and the like or going Paleo-friendly?
Sorry, I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#369 Post by domino harvey » Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:16 pm

He was making a joke about how a Franco film is more of an Arrow release, then he made a pirate-centric post jokingly pretending that wasn't what he meant at all

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#370 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:58 am

domino harvey wrote:
Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:16 pm
He was making a joke about how a Franco film is more of an Arrow release, then he made a pirate-centric post jokingly pretending that wasn't what he meant at all
We have a winner!

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#371 Post by soundchaser » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:45 pm

As far as I can tell, here are the spine numbers we're currently missing from Indicator:

46 (probably California Split)
110 (could be John Carpenter's Starman, as I remember Indicator mentioning this one before)
122
136-139 (some kind of boxset? Not a Fu Manchu one, as that would likely have all five films in the series)
150 (likely a British film, given its place in the middle of a run of nine. Could be another Losey, based on MichaelB's post)
167-169
172-182

Anything else we know is coming from the label, apart from the sixth Hammer release?

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#372 Post by KJones77 » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:58 pm

soundchaser wrote:
Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:45 pm
As far as I can tell, here are the spine numbers we're currently missing from Indicator:

46 (probably California Split)
110 (could be John Carpenter's Starman, as I remember Indicator mentioning this one before)
122
136-139 (some kind of boxset? Not a Fu Manchu one, as that would likely have all five films in the series)
150 (likely a British film, given its place in the middle of a run of nine. Could be another Losey, based on MichaelB's post)
167-169
172-182

Anything else we know is coming from the label, apart from the sixth Hammer release?
I thought the Starman comment was related to them not getting the rights?

I recall seeing Indicator mention they were trying to get some Ford's at Columbia with some suggestions on blu-ray.com that they (per non-Indicator employees) had Gideon's Day already. A set of Whole Town's Talking-The Long Gray Line-Gideon's Day-The Last Hurrah would be awesome and would fit in the 136-139 slots in my dream scenario.

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#373 Post by M Sanderson » Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:59 pm

Adam Grikepelis wrote:
Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:19 am
Well, according to the internet, the clue in the latest newsletter is from Jess Franco's The Blood of Fu Manchu. First Second Run, and now Indicator. People are starting to see the light. I feel like Indicator's newsletter clue's used to take more than a quick image search. Far less mysterious.
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Which Jess Franco movie did Second Run release?

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#374 Post by Glowingwabbit » Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:12 pm

I'm not sure Second Run has or would release a Franco film. They might be mistaking Vampir Cuadecuc as a Franco film but that's Portabella making something much better

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Re: Indications of Incoming Indicator Entertainments

#375 Post by Adam X » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:47 am

I was referring to Vampir Cuadecuc, yes, but it wasn't a mistake, just that it's based on behind-the-scenes filming of Franco's Count Dracula. I'm sure it's a minority opinion on this board, but I found the Portabella film dreadfully dull & pretentious. Maybe Second Run's extras would aid in my appreciation, but I've no intention of buying the film again.

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