The 88 Films Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

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I've never seen it but I'm a big fan of the Nicholas Roeg films I have, particularly Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth, and Performance.

I'll probably buy Castaway and, even though this is the TV movie, I'll buy this as well.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I've never seen it but I'm a big fan of the Nicholas Roeg films I have, particularly Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth, and Performance.

I'll probably buy Castaway and, even though this is the TV movie, I'll buy this as well.

I saw it first in my teens and it stayed with me in a big way. Never owned it on vhs but did buy an Aussie dvd of it way back.

Castaway was also pretty memorable too.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'964 Pinocchio' (1991) - Coming to Blu-Ray from 88Films

Release Date: March 24

"964 Pinocchio depicts the nightmarishly surreal adventures of an illegally manufactured sex android found abandoned by his former owner and rescued from the scrap heap by a young woman, Himiko. She begins to tutor him in the ways of the world as if he were her own child, but with his original creators closing in, eager to conceal his existence from the authorities, it is not long before Pinocchio goes completely rogue.

The feature debut of filmmaker and industrial musician Shozin Fukui (Rubber's Lover) presents a raw, hand-tooled vision that unfolds with a visceral and stomach-churning intensity as a break-neck charge through a brutal and uncaring post-industrial netherworld.

88 Films proudly presents this classic of early-90s Japanese cyberpunk cinema for the very first time on home video in the United Kingdom in a new 4K scan."


Special Features:

• High-Definition Blu-Ray presentation in 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
• Original 2.0 PCM Mono Audio With New English Subtitles
• Archive Interview with director Shozin Fukui
• Exclusive Brand New Filmed Interview with director Shozin Fukui
• Shozin Fukui's Short Films Gerorisuto (1986) and Caterpillar (1988)
• Brand New Filmed Introduction By Stephen Thrower
• Trailer
• Original and newly commissioned artwork by Lucas Peverill
• INCLUDES LIMITED EDITION OBI STRIP
• INCLUDES BOOKLET WITH ESSAY BY MARK PLAYER

I have always wanted to see this so I'll be picking this up.

[nicholasrope]

Castaway isn't a bad film but it not one I'd buy, it does appear on Talking Pictures occasionally.

However it's the type of title I want though, a film from the 80s/90s, a film that's been heard off but it's not mainstream

Pretty sure Dark Side Of The Scarecrow was the 1st thing I typed when I received my very 1st blank VHS Tape.

It was the on Channel 4

[will graham]

2 hours of a naked oliver Reed sulking on a desert island that he can't get laid is what I remember from castaway.

[g053584398]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I hope nobody got rid of their Screenbound edition of Virgin Witch because the 88 Films release has been canceled.

Thanks for the heads-up. That is bloody annoying.

Other than that though, how did 88 Films end up becoming one of the best Blu-ray labels in the world? I'm very impressed with their current list of titles.

[g053584398]

Originally Posted by peter alex

according to melonfarmer 88films are releasing a film called nine guests for a crime.

It's a giallo that Camera Obscura released on DVD some years ago. It was a pretty good film from what I can recall.

[Susan Foreman]

'Erotic Ghost Story Trilogy' special features and artwork

Limited Edition contents:

• INCLUDES RIGID SLIPCASE FEATURING NEW ARTWORK BY ILAN SHEADY
• 6 X PREMIUM COLLECTOR?S ART CARDS
• DOUBLE-SIDED FOLD OUT POSTER
• LIMITED EDITION BOOKLET FEATURING NEW WRITING ON THE FILM BY ZOE ROSE SMITH & ARCHIVE ARTICLE BY DYLAN CHEUNG

DISC 1: EROTIC GHOST STORY

• Stunning new 2K restoration of the original Cantonese version [89 Mins] and the Extended Mandarin Version [95 Mins]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film in 1:85:1 aspect ratio
• English LPCM Mono 2.0
• Cantonese LPCM Mono 2.0
• Newly translated English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary with Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Audio Commentary with Film Critic and Author Samm Deighan
• [Archive] Episode of Celebrity Talk Show - James Wong, Ni Kuang and Chua Lam visit the set of Erotic Ghost Story and talk to the stars [45 minutes]
• Hong Kong Trailer
• Tai Seng Trailer
• Reversible sleeve with original Hong Kong poster artwork and brand-new artwork from Ilan Sheady

DISC 2: EROTIC GHOST STORY II

• Stunning new 2K restoration of the original Cantonese version [98 Mins] and the shorter Mandarin Version [92 Mins]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film in 1:85:1 aspect ratio
• Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng
• Making Of - Featuring Actor Anthony Wong, Scriptwriter Abe Kwong & Assistant Director Tenky Tin
• Original Trailer
• Stills Gallery
• Reversible sleeve with original Hong Kong poster artwork and brand-new artwork from Ilan Sheady

DISC 3: EROTIC GHOST STORY III

• Stunning new 2K restoration of the original Cantonese version [96 Mins] and the shorter Mandarin Version [77 Mins]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film in 1:85:1 aspect ratio
• Cantonese Mono with English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng
• Original Trailer
• Stills Gallery
• Reversible sleeve with original Hong Kong poster artwork and brand-new artwork from Ilan Sheady

[peter alex]

not as packed as the imprint release and yet again the Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema - documentary is still missing in the UK and i don't think much of the cover art.