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The list of titles that are coming out on disc that are not on K (in 4K) is starting to build momentum. This goes back to my post from a couple months ago about seeing a lot more catalog titles being released by boutique labels (Kino, Arrow, Criterion, etc), that are not supported by K. They are also falling behind on Sony catalog 4K titles and even some Warner. Couple this with the lack of immersive audio mixes we see from a lot of titles and it starts getting a bit troubling.
Let's just look at the last 3 months:
Krampus
Hard Target
The Red Shoes
Dune (original)
Donnie Darko
Robot Carnival
Weathering With You
The Great Escape
Juice
Deep Red
Citizen Kane
The Toolbox Murders
Akira
The Piano
Dead Heat
Lamb
The Lover
Madman
Some Like it Hot
Dracula Sucks
Looper
The Howling
Alligator
The Green Mile
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
There are quite a few big titles in there. From the studio support that K does have, I would have expected at least 6 of these titles to be available in the store already.
I wonder if your description provides some background to why they're not available - "obscure ....... (enter genre)"not only these titles are missing in 4K download, the genres they belong to, like obscure horror, sci-fi and anime are underrepresented in the store in my opinion.
The list of titles that are coming out on disc that are not on K (in 4K) is starting to build momentum. This goes back to my post from a couple months ago about seeing a lot more catalog titles being released by boutique labels (Kino, Arrow, Criterion, etc), that are not supported by K. They are also falling behind on Sony catalog 4K titles and even some Warner. Couple this with the lack of immersive audio mixes we see from a lot of titles and it starts getting a bit troubling.
There are quite a few big titles in there. From the studio support that K does have, I would have expected at least 6 of these titles to be available in the store already.
I'm hoping to see an uptick in these releases too given I just double-downed on my K hardware.
"Weathering With You" and "Akira" would be really nice, IMO. I'd like to see more anime/animation from the likes of GKIDS, Shout Factory, and Sony in the store.
K really needs to land Criterion in 2022. I want the Bruce Lee films from the physical release combo, and the Godzilla films too.
I think it is movies that were previously exclusive to K Store but now are offered on discWhat is your list of discs based on? Here is what I have for disc releases in 4K for Mar/Apr:
Daniel Craig Collection
Matrix Resurrections
Phenomena *
Downton Abbey
An American Werewolf in London*
Touch of Evil*
The Apartment*
The Sword and the Sorcerer*
West Side Story
Shooter
Le Cercle Rouge*
Godfather Trilogy
Eastern Promises*
Nightmare Alley
Fatale
The Last Waltz*
Schizoid/Xray*
Siny 2
Flesh for Frankenstein*
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein*
Scream
Death on the Nile
Jack Reacher
Robocop*
Heavy Metal*
In the Heat of the Night*
12 Monkeys*
Singing in the Rain
Moonfall
Madman*
For All Mankind*
Dracula Sucks*
Stiff Competition*
Scanner Cop*
Scanner Cop 2*
Oh for the Love of Trains*
* Not available on K
Hi Kris,What is your list of discs based on? Here is what I have for disc releases in 4K for Mar/Apr:
Daniel Craig Collection
Matrix Resurrections
Phenomena *
Downton Abbey
An American Werewolf in London*
Touch of Evil*
The Apartment*
The Sword and the Sorcerer*
West Side Story
Shooter
Le Cercle Rouge*
Godfather Trilogy
Eastern Promises*
Nightmare Alley
Fatale
The Last Waltz*
Schizoid/Xray*
Siny 2
Flesh for Frankenstein*
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein*
Scream
Death on the Nile
Jack Reacher
Robocop*
Heavy Metal*
In the Heat of the Night*
12 Monkeys*
Singing in the Rain
Moonfall
Madman*
For All Mankind*
Dracula Sucks*
Stiff Competition*
Scanner Cop*
Scanner Cop 2*
Oh for the Love of Trains*
* Not available on K
I don't think contacting Criterion will do anything at all. Criterion is a distributor - much like Kaleidescape is. They license titles to distribute; they don't own any of the titles. It's up to the copyright holder to allow Kaleidescape to also distribute these 4K transfers. Look at "Uncut Gems." Criterion released it in 4K (their first 4K release.) Soon after A24 - which owns the movie - allowed Kaleidescape to have it. Arrow and Kino Lorber are also simply distributing 4K discs. I don't know how active Kaleidescape people are at reaching out to these copyright holders - almost all of which distribute films via K - and saying "Hey give us these titles!" Or if K just sits around and waits to see what falls off the truck. It's frankly inexplicable that so many 4K releases of major catalog titles are being released on disc, but not on K. Frankly, how is something like "The Age of Innocence" still in SD on K, when apparently Scorsese himself is a big fan of Kaleidescape. I'm not sensing much urgency from K folks.Perhaps we can do our part by letting Criterion know that K owners are very interested in buying Criterion titles via K. It can't hurt to approach this problem from both sides.
From the Criterion contact page:
"To report a technical problem with your disc; for television, public performance, and nontheatrical sales; for queries, threats, or bribes related to our future release schedule; for praise and/or criticism of our releases or the state of the film world in general; to report that a DVD booklet has been mauled by a dog or baby; for clarification of the information on our FAQ page; to gripe about region encoding; or for any and all Criterion-related anecdotes or curiosities, please e-mail: Jon Mulvaney (he lives for this stuff!) mulvaney@criterion.com"
MXT
What is your list of discs based on? Here is what I have for disc releases in 4K for Mar/Apr:
Daniel Craig Collection - Added on Disc in 4K in 2019. Not on list.
Matrix Resurrections - Added on Store 25 January (not added to count since I could tell it was coming in March
Phenomena * - Synapse Films - Not tracked
Downton Abbey - Missed this one in March - will remove from the count (Thanks!)
An American Werewolf in London* - Arrow 4K disc only - Not tracked.
Touch of Evil* - Kino Lorber 4K disc only - Not tracked.
The Apartment* - Kino Lorber 4K disc only - Not tracked.
The Sword and the Sorcerer* - Shout Factory 4K disc only - Not tracked.
West Side Story - Added in March on both disc and Store - Not on list.
Shooter - on March list to remove from list.
Le Cercle Rouge* - Criterion 4K disc only release - Not tracked.
Godfather Trilogy - Added on Store and disc same day - Not on my list.
Eastern Promises* - Kino Lorber 4K disc only release - Not tracked.
Nightmare Alley - Added to Store and Disc same month - Not on list.
Fatale - on March list to remove and removed from count.
The Last Waltz* - Criterion 4K disc only - Not tracked.
Schizoid/Xray* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Sing 2 - Store and disc both added in March - not on list.
Flesh for Frankenstein* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* - Arrow 4K disc only - Not tracked.
Scream - On disc and in Store - Jot on my list.
Death on the Nile - Added to Store in March; Disc in April. Not on list.
Jack Reacher - New Steelbook added on Disc in April but been released on both for years, Not on my list.
Robocop* - Added form Arrow in 4K disc only - Not tracked.
Heavy Metal* - added on Disc from Sony. One of a few Missing Sony titles I and tracking. Not on list.
In the Heat of the Night* - Kino Lorber 4K disc only. Not tracked.
12 Monkeys* - Arrow 4K disc only release. not tracked.
Singing in the Rain - Both added in April. Not on list.
Moonfall - Both added in April. Not on list.
Madman* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
For All Mankind* - Criterion - Not tracked.
Dracula Sucks* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Stiff Competition* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Scanner Cop* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Scanner Cop 2* - Vinegar Syndrome - Not tracked.
Oh for the Love of Trains* - Merge Soft Productions - Not tracked.
* Not available on K