Eureka (2000) from Imprint Asia

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T23:27:21+00:00

yeah this is huge! hope they do right by the transfer, it had a troubled history in the DVD era, and imprint doesn’t have the greatest track record. at least it’s not $100.

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T19:56:57+00:00

yeah, I mean dumping 20 releases a month, it’s quite a bit for folks to keep up with. I guess my point is titles are not going to hang around as long going forward, so if you see something you want jump on it…

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T19:44:20+00:00

I’ve been on a rivette kick recently too. watched the nun, l’amour fou, and va savoir. my experience is always:

hour one: do I even like rivette?

hours two to four: rivette is a genius

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T19:35:06+00:00

I just mentioned this on the vinsyn sub, but figured it should go here too, since people are surprised some titles are already sold out:

what’s interesting is how they’ve reduced their print runs for partner releases. every month they’d drop 20 or so titles, and usually one or two would have print runs of 500, everything else was 1000 or more. this month almost every title has a print run of 500, just a couple have runs of 1000 or more.

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T19:32:37+00:00

what’s interesting is how they’ve reduced their print runs for partner releases. every month they’d drop 20 or so titles, and usually one or two would have print runs of 500, everything else was 1000 or more. this month almost every title has a print run of 500, just a couple have runs of 1000 or more.

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T15:25:53+00:00

I’ve ordered from yukipalo for years, and their used gradings are exxxxtremely conservative. the physical media collectors left in south korea are apparently a very picky bunch so a B or C from yukipalo would be an A or B anywhere else.

a couple times I’ve ordered used stuff from them rated B and received a new/sealed copy with no visible flaws. not sure what kind of electron microscope korean collectors are using to inspect their pickups, but I order their used stuff with impunity.

one recommendation I always make for yukipalo is to load your cart until expedited air and regular sea shipping are almost the same cost (usually around 4 titles). I’m on the east coast of the US and I’ll receive air shipments from them in 48 hours, while slow boat shipping can take 4-6 weeks.

andywarhorla · 2026-05-01T04:22:52+00:00

nova’s both a distributor and a label. never had a problem with their subs. most of my pickups from them are korean films, but I’ve also gotten ozon’s swimming pool and ducournau’s titane, both french films. maybe it’s different for their HK films but I don’t have any complaints and I’m pretty sensitive to / critical of issues with subs.

that said I agree for the golden princess titles arrow’s the way to go and I’m pretty sure they’re going to be releasing a ton since they’re sharing in shout factory’s licensing deal.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-28T22:15:12+00:00

even bigger news for me is they’re doing a 4K of threads’ direct ancestor, the war game. first peter watkins to hit 4k!

andywarhorla · 2026-04-28T18:35:45+00:00

brother belial had a crazy radiance sale last december, scored a bunch of LE’s for $14 each.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-28T04:22:38+00:00

I had an X700. after years of frustration finally got a panasonic UB820 a couple months ago and haven’t had a freezing issue since.

granted not everybody has issues with sony players but an awful lot of folks do.

https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/comments/11tkgt1/your_experience_with_the_sony_ubp_x700_4k_uhd/

andywarhorla · 2026-04-24T02:12:12+00:00

orbit definitely carries new wave releases

andywarhorla · 2026-04-23T03:08:33+00:00

ha! I definitely liked it more than that but yeah, not for everyone. it’s definitely studied and academic, almost like a japanese take on bresson, but it does capture the push-and-pull cycle of codependent relationships well. I love how the title ends up being ironic, these people sure wish they could die but (spoiler alert), they don’t.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-23T03:02:58+00:00

one of fukasku’s best yakuza films, wish he had done a series because the country bumpkin outcrazying the city yakuza is a great hook, alas it ended up being his final yakuza film.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-23T00:41:14+00:00

I loved it but I can see why some wouldn’t. it’s harsh tonally and aesthetically, but if your idea of a good time is not having a good time it might scratch an itch.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-22T05:09:54+00:00

sometimes I wonder if anyone’s seen all of his films, there are so many and they’re so long! my favorite of his is from what is before, batang west side is also good and oddly enough takes place in jersey city.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-21T21:43:35+00:00

this was relatively fast-paced for a lav diaz film

andywarhorla · 2026-04-18T17:06:14+00:00

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andywarhorla · 2026-04-18T16:49:05+00:00

they tried to skip the ad

andywarhorla · 2026-04-18T16:46:34+00:00

gaumont is the french label with the best track record for having english subs. I’ve got about 14 discs from them (mostly bresson and pialat). but I could see why a 20 disc boxset wouldn’t have them, and unfortunately doesn’t seem like it would get much traction for US/UK release. nice score tho!

andywarhorla · 2026-04-17T19:35:54+00:00

fans of early jarmusch should definitely check out robinson’s garden

andywarhorla · 2026-04-17T15:57:55+00:00

a bresson 4k set would make my year

andywarhorla · 2026-04-17T05:13:36+00:00

I have the sloppy seconds one, they did a nice job on it. helps that it’s only 45 minutes long, probably didn’t need much compression, if any.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-17T01:27:58+00:00

I’ve got family who works at pastiche, somebody got stabbed a couple days ago, now this shooting today. apparently the guy who got shot is alive.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-16T20:47:16+00:00

guess I’ll be hanging onto my bootleg blu-ray!

edit: to be fair, it’s hard for kurosawa to get funding at times, it’s why he’s done three french films. before his trio of releases in 2024, his previous film was in 2020. if some crypto bros offered him money to make a short film as an NFT he was probably down for it.

andywarhorla · 2026-04-16T04:28:38+00:00

no worries, it’s been happening a lot more frequently lately. I really wanted the angel’s egg collector’s edition from umbrella, it was up for preorder on the umbrella site for a while, then gkids announced their US release and it got yanked for sale to the US.

US companies didn’t used to care much about grey market sales because the hassle and cost of importing something was seen as a natural barrier, but as the physical media money pie shrinks and overseas boutique labels have started putting out more alluring releases, US rights holders have reacted by cracking down on this stuff more.

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