Cinema Guild

[ryannichols7]

I like the exclusive extras compared to the Third Window, but I was really hoping for some contribution from Adrian Martin, who is a fan of the film (he includes it in his section of 'high school comedies' in his canon list on his website). maybe that was too big a swing for a smaller label like Cinema Guild, who I'm happy to support always

[therewillbeblus]

Oh man, I’m sure his insights would enrich the film so much more, and Somai’s work in general. He’s a perfectly-suited type of complex filmmaker for Martin to engage with

[feihong]

I'll be happy if there's picture quality improvement over the Third Window. That version wasn't unwatchable, but it was a huge disappointment for me.

[therewillbeblus]

I'll be happy if there's picture quality improvement over the Third Window. That version wasn't unwatchable, but it was a huge disappointment for me.

Well that’s unfortunate to hear.. I guess I’ll sleep on their two newly announced Somais for now

[feihong]

To be fair, everything I've got from Third Window other than Typhoon Club was good––and there is a good Tom Mes commentary on the Third Window disc. The compression on the Typhoon Club disc was bad, and there seems to be some sort of softening going one as well.

The Japanese discs of Luminous Woman and Love Hotel are both really good––Luminous Woman especially. So I'm hopeful Third Window will be able to deliver.

[Michael Kerpan]

When is Typhoon Club due out?

(I wonder if the source itself is fundamentally problematic and can't be improved much?)

[therewillbeblus]

When is Typhoon Club due out?

If you click the announcement link on the previous page (and you don't need Twitter/X to see), it says June 4th

[Michael Kerpan]

Thanks

[feihong]

I wonder if the source itself is fundamentally problematic and can't be improved much?

The restoration looked really good in a theater. Some guy came on the Somai thread a while ago to say that the compression on the disc was the main problem with the Third Window version, but it does look like there's grain reduction that is contributing as well. Neither issue is with the restoration itself. If they can't do better than what Third Window did, they might as well not put out a UHD version, because the problems on the Third Window blu ray are mostly about losing picture detail.

[Michael Kerpan]

Keeping my fingers crossed that Cinema Guild gets it right.