The Arrow Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I actually DO like that cover.

It's a cover for the box set rather than the films so yeah, not too bad at all.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I like that the cover image a lot – it's visually striking and quite moody. If I didn't have the special edition releases of Nekromantik and Nekromantik 2, that set would be a definite preorder.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Anyone who ‘enjoys’ JB’s output will already have these,so what the **** is the point?

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Anyone who ‘enjoys’ JB’s output will already have these,so what the **** is the point?

It's like the 'Macabre Visions: The Films of Mario Bava' Blu-Ray set released last year

8 titles that had already been released by Arrow...which now costs a fortune on Amazon!

[Susan Foreman]

ARROW ACADEMY

"***A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING!***

Join us this Friday (September 18th) at 3.00pm BST / 7.00am PT / 10.00am ET for our December new title reveal!"

[Susan Foreman]

ARROW ACADEMY

NEW UK/US/CA TITLE: Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Limited Edition Blu-ray)

Release date: December 7th

This exclusive box set presents restored versions of three late career classics from the legendary filmmaker Shohei Imamura, leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s and one of the most important directors of his generation

"Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as one of the most important directors of his generation with a series of films that all competed at Cannes to great critical acclaim. This exclusive box set from Arrow Academy presents restored versions of three late career classics from the legendary filmmaker.

Based on an ancient folktale, The Ballad of Narayama (1983) was the first of two works from the director to win the prestigious Cannes Palme d’Or. Imamura’s magnum opus depicts the members of an extended farming family eking out their existence in the mountainous north of Japan against the backdrop of the changing seasons before village lore decrees they make the sacrifice of abandoning their aged mother on the top of a nearby mountain when she reaches her seventieth year.

Making its HD debut, Zegen (1987) takes a satirical look at Japan’s prewar colonial expansion through the unscrupulous eyes of its flesh-peddler antihero as he establishes a prostitution enterprise across Southeast Asia.

Finally, the harrowing Black Rain (1989) details the precarious existence of a household of atomic bomb survivors as, five years after being caught in the blast of Hiroshima, they struggle to find a husband for their 25-year-old niece.

These three works epitomise the director’s almost documentary style of filmmaking, exposing the vulgar yet vibrant and instinctive underbelly of Japanese society through a sympathetic focus on peasants, prostitutes, criminal lowlife and other marginalised figures to explore the schism between the country’s timeless premodern traditions and the modern face it projects to the world."

Special features:

• Restored High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all three films
• Original lossless Japanese PCM 1.0 mono soundtracks
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentaries on all three films by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
• Brand new, in-depth appreciations of all three films by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns
• Alternate colour ending to Black Rain, shot by Imamura but removed from the film shortly before its release
• Archival interviews on Black Rain with actress Yoshiko Tanaka and assistant director Takashi Miike
• Multiple trailers and image galleries
• Original Japanese press kits for The Ballad of Narayama and Black Rain (BD-ROM content)
• Limited edition 60-page booklet containing new writing by Tom Mes
• Limited edition packaging featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

[Justin101]

The annual October sale is coming on 12th October and will include these re-issues of OOP titles.

[Susan Foreman]

In previous years, one of the promotion for October in FOPP has been Arrow films as well

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

What's the story with Waterworld?

Arrow released it on blu last year, Universal released it on 4k at the same time and now Fabulous Films are about to release it on dvd.

[Nostalgic]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

What's the story with Waterworld?

Arrow released it on blu last year, Universal released it on 4k at the same time and now Fabulous Films are about to release it on dvd.

Lol! Very odd, when is the fabulous films version out? Haven't seen anything about it!