Blu-ray Releases for August 5th, 2014

[Dukefrukem]

Notes:

Very Meh




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[Morris Schæffer]

That is meh!

[Henry Gale]

Well, it would've been a "meh" week if it weren't for this beautiful release that everyone and their mother in the whole wide world should be anxiously awaiting to purchase:



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I think it has just about has everything I could ever want to see relating to it:

DISC ONE (BLU-RAY):
NEW Audio Commentary with Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham and the Juicy Fruits (Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor and Harold Oblong aka Peter Eibling)
NEW Audio Commentary with Production Designer Jack Fisk
NEW Interview with director Brian DePalma (36 minutes)
NEW Interview with Paul Williams talking about the music of PHANTOM (30 minutes)
NEW Interview with Make-up Effects wizard Tom Burman discussing the Phantom Helmet
Alternate Takes (40 minutes)
Swan Song Outtake Footage (10 minutes)

DISC TWO (DVD):
Paradise Regained – documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian DePalma, Producer Edward R. Pressman, William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham and more… (50 minutes)
Interview with Paul Williams moderated by Guillermo Del Toro (72 minutes)
Interview with costume designer Rosanna Norton (10 minutes)
NEW Interview with producer Edward R. Pressman (15 minutes)
NEW Interview with drummer Gary Mallaber (15 minutes)
NEW Alvin’s Art and Technique – a look at the neon poster (15 minutes)
NEW Phantom of the Paradise Biography by Gerrit Graham - 1974 Publicity Sheet written by and read by Graham (8 minutes)
Radio Spots
TV Spots
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery


Oh, and it's a long-overdue North American HD retail release of a super great movie with a new remaster.

[Irish]

Serious question: Is that actually a good movie, or is it more a hipster appreciation thing like The Visitor or even Jodorowsky's Dune?

I'm curious because it's DePalma but anytime I brush up against it, the movie looks cheesy.

[Henry Gale]

If cheesiness is something you automatically see as a mark against something, then firstly I cannot align with that (particularly with Phantom and Paul Williams), but I also doubt it'll do much to win you over if you're not already on its very particular side. The movie is like a leathery, silky, and completely (though satirically and self-reflexively) '70s behemoth that has cheese running through its veins. And it is glorious.

I don't think it's impressed upon and inspired people like Guillermo del Toro, Edgar Wright, Daft Punk and Tarantino the way it has for just being some kitschy, unique little movie DePalma made before he made it big. It is those things, but it's also such a gorgeously crafted, awesomely composed, oddly biting, hysterical, and dizzyingly entertaining movie, all while being so unlike anything else I'm aware of.

But I've also grown up watching it (at least in bits and pieces) because I'm pretty sure it's one of my Dad's all-time favourites. So in a small way it's like trying to tell me Muppets, certain Disney movies, or The Wizard of Oz aren't all that. Like, I couldn't even fathom not knowing and loving it like I do, so I can't help but want more people to too.

[Rowland]

I'll second Phantom of the Paradise as being pretty fantastic (if it's "cheesy", it's only in the same way lots of De Palma films can be dismissed as such), and I'm looking forward to Occulus.

[Irish]

Cool-- thanks for the perspective, guys.


I'm looking forward to Occulus.

I am very, very curious to hear what you think of this one.

[Dukefrukem]

I have Occulus on my watch list this week.

[Grouchy]

Serious question: Is that actually a good movie, or is it more a hipster appreciation thing like The Visitor or even Jodorowsky's Dune?
Eh, those are two very different films and I happen to like both.

But Phantom of the Paradise is a fucking masterpiece in my humble opinion. I greatly prefer it to Rocky Horror Picture Show.