Code Red DVD.

Back in 2007 I was in talks with William Olsen from Code Red DVD (www.codereddvd.com) about doing their DVD covers since they were splitting from their distribution deal with Media Blasters. We were planning the layouts for Boardinghouse and A Day At The Beach... discussing removing fold lines from the Boardinghouse poster that he had, finding poster art for A Day At The Beach. Then one day Bill e-mailed me to tell me that their new distributor BCI wanted their designer to handle the upcoming Code Red layouts. I was disappointed, but understood that it was out of his hands. Over at BCI there was guy named Cliff MacMillan and he would be responsible for bringing a great deal of good titles to BCI. Since then BCI has folded and Cliff works for Shout! Factory. I've picked up some of Code Red's titles and dig each of them. Recently I bought Sole Survivor off of eBay. On the back cover I noticed this credit "Layout and graphic design: Dana MacMillan". I wonder why BCI didn't want me involved? Oh well. That's just the way things work out in life.

Lucifer (Mogul Communications large clamshell).

Up until a few weeks ago I had no idea that Lucifer (Goodnight God Bless in the US) was released in the UK by Mogul Communications. I have quite a few UK Mogul releases, so I'm surprised that this one escaped me for so long. Once I received it, 3 more popped up on eBay UK. Funny that you never hear about something, but once you find it it's everywhere.

Regal Video vs. Criterion Collection.

Today I received the Regal Video releases of Snake Fist Dynamo and Kung Fu Rebels. Regal releases are pretty rare and the label rarely gets mentioned. I'm looking forward to watching these, but it won't be for awhile. Before I get to them I want to get through the DVDs of The Howling, Sole Survivor (I have a blog coming up about Code Red, something that you will not read anywhere else) and The Substitute Parts 1 - 4.

Right now I'm watching the Criterion Collection release of Wim Wender's Paris, Texas. Honestly, I didn't see why it's held in such high regard. It's rather boring. I'm know some film critics would have me drawn and quartered for saying that, but it's true. I'm not up on the Wender's filmography, so I don't know if that would have any bearing on enjoying this film. So far it plays like an arthouse Lifetime Network film... artsy bits here and these amidst drawn out talky bits about a father and son. Yawn.