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Originally Posted by g053584398  I've been after the NoShame release of this one for what seems like years, but the prices are always ridiculous. So whilst I will be very happy to acquire the UK release, I honestly can't believe that it has been chosen for release on the Shameless label.
It seems to me that the label has lost its way somewhat. When you consider how many gialli, poliziotteschi and other interesting Italian language films from the 60s, 70s and 80s have been given good quality, albeit non-English friendly, releases on DVD in Italy, then the masters for such releases obviously exist. Is the only reason preventing such interesting releases the fact that copyright holders are requesting too much money for UK home video rights? |
I don't see your point. What is about the shameless releases that makes you critisize the quality. As I understand it, Shameless often has specially restored releases with footage form many origins to make the editions as complete as possible. That could be why the quality is not always 201x-year-like. But considering the age of the films and the filming-material used (not always high-class quality) than it is perfectly understandable to my why the quality sometimes is a little weak.
Besides I think Shameless and Italian distributors hardly use the same masters; that is, as you state, due to copyright-reasons.