Upcoming Noir DVDs

[Steve-O]

this is a continuation of a thread we started here: http://filmnoir.suddenlaunch3.com/in...num=1173659250

What new DVDs are coming out?

[Keith]

Bad Girls of Film Noir Vol. 1 & 2

[Steve-O]

Very nice... The art work is OK but I like classic poster art instead. I'll take em though.

[Ashirg]

VCI's No Orchids for Miss Blandish was delayed until June 1.

Reasons given were for VCI's desire to further restore the film to an even higher quality, as well as allowing the release to more closely coincide with its airing on TCM.

[Steve-O]

WB archive has another one... Split Second!



A former Noir of the Week: http://www.noiroftheweek.com/2006/06...cond-1953.html

[SimonTemplar]

I agree with you, Steve-O, but this being noir, they'll take you!

[Keith]

Very nice... The art work is OK but I like classic poster art instead. I'll take em though.

Yeah I wish they had the classic poster art that Warner Bros. has with their DVD's. Speaking of WB, any clue when the Vol. 5 box set coming out?

[Rollo Tomasi]

1/19/2010: Neo-Noir Across the Hall (2009)

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(IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176724/ )

[Steve-O]

MGM and Universal are following WB's lead by releasing movies from their vaults on DVD-rs. They are available on DVD through Amazon. No noir that I can see (I'm having a hard time seeing what they have to offer. There has to be a master list somewhere!)... you can see them on Amazon now. This must be a quiet soft release for now since I don't see much on their websites yet...

http://www.amazon.com/Trapeze-Burt-L...ref=pd_sim_d_1
http://www.amazon.com/House-Seven-Ga...d_bxgy_d_img_c

I do like that they're selling on Amazon instead of their own site though. Now how about some film noir!

[philsunset]

Universal has Dragnet and Kitten With a Whip, two films I'd like to see. Search for Universal Vault Series in Movies & TV and there are 17 films.
I haven't been able to find the MGM titles available yet.

phil

[Steve-O]

Revanche is coming out from Criterion. http://www.criterion.com/films/85

[David]

I pre-ordered Bad Girls Vol. 2 from Amazon this morning.. Vol. 1 just didn't do it for me, as I already have
a couple of them, and don't care about the others.

Can't wait to see a pristine Night Editor, it's a big fave.

[Steve-O]

Night Editor will be great... but I think you should give Two of a Kind another chance, Dave.

A few cheapies are also coming out:

British Film Noir


and

Forgotten Noir Double Feature Vol 13: Breakdown & Eye Witness

[Davidmk]

Just saw the two Bad girls collections listed on Amazon , I too agree the Movie poster art is much nicer for sure .

Is Warner doing a #5 box ?? that would be great , i love those .

[Keith]

Is Warner doing a #5 box ?? that would be great , i love those .

I sure hope so. I'm not crazy about those overpriced DVD-R Warner Archives.

[Steve-O]

WB has stated every few months for 3 years now that this latest release is coming soon. I'll believe it when I see it...

I see both volumes of Bad Girls shipped to me today!

EDIT: Wouldn't this have been a better DVD cover?

[Davidmk]

I sure hope so. I'm not crazy about those overpriced DVD-R Warner Archives.

I agree i do not like the idea of the DVD-r much , let's hope they keep up with the boxed sets , i alos wonder if any of these will ever see Blu-ray , my guess would be no .

That "The Killer That Stalked New York " art is far better , let us know how those collections are once you receive them .

[Keith]

WB has stated every few months for 3 years now that this latest release is coming soon. I'll believe it when I see it...

I see both volumes of Bad Girls shipped to me today!

EDIT: Wouldn't this have been a better DVD cover?

It would've been nice if Columbia used the poster art for the Bad Girls and Vol. 1 of their collection. Oh well. I just got both volumes of Bad Girls, so far I've only watched The Killer That Stalked New York and Night Editor, I liked The Killer That Stalked New York, even though it was basically one big public service announcement I enjoyed it. Night Editor I really enjoyed, good fun B-picture.

[Ashirg]

Anyone heard about Night of Evil - it's being released by Alpha on February 23?

"An innocent girl gets suckered into a romantic relationship with a hardened criminal. A gritty true-to-life regional film noir classic." According to imdb it was filmed in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I know, the "film noir classic" is probably a marketing ploy, but still...

[Steve-O]

I agree i do not like the idea of the DVD-r much , let's hope they keep up with the boxed sets , i alos wonder if any of these will ever see Blu-ray , my guess would be no .

That "The Killer That Stalked New York " art is far better , let us know how those collections are once you receive them .

You're not going to see many classic films coming out on DVD in the future. Fox didn't release any last year, Paramount only re-released a few (including a rehash of Sunset Blvd.), WB keeps saying they're gonna release a new Noir set... and The Breaking Point. As far as Blue Ray goes... forget it. I believe they're working on some of the bigger classics (Maltese Falcon). However, any movie made before 1970 won't be seriously considered for Blue Ray (with some exceptions like the Bond movies).

The WB Archive and occasional releases from Criterion and small companies like VCI seems to be our only choice going forward.

The good news is Blue ray isn't going to be what DVD was to VHS--- I'm convinced that Blue Ray won't be the only choice in the future. There are plenty of other choices out there including Pay-per-view through Apple, Amazon, your cable... and streaming through Netflix --- all onto your television. Hell, half the laptops sold today don't even have a DVD player. Everything is going file based/server based.