Going Out Of Print Forever? Physical Media and the OOP Problem 

Physical media = Simplicity, flexibility, freedom. Streaming = complicated, controlled, limits. Both are good but I prefer physical for my favorites.

I hate streaming and digital. They can remove it when ever they want or like what disney did edit what they do like. But with physical you make alittle more money and you keep it forever and are never worried about losing it unless you don't take care of it lol

That's why I love Vinegar Syndrome. Always digging up the most obscure shlock from the 70s and 80s and giving them a hi def or even a 4k release.

I just started my blu-ray/4k collection last week and hope this will be a hobby that lasts a long long time. Just need to avoid spending a crazy amount in my first few months.

This is fascinating information to me as I am also a collector of physical media. I wish more people were as interested in collecting movies in their best quality instead of just streaming everything

Streaming never has anything I would actually want to see. Physical media is the only thing that makes watching many hidden gems possible

I wish Disney would put out at least some of Shirley Temple films on bluray, there's only a couple on bluray that Kino put out. Maybe someday 🤞

So depressing as a lifelong collector to see physical media fading away. I've totally panic bought some titles for a small fortune off of eBay. Can't help myself!! Lol

My main concern right now with anything own by big studios is censorship on previews titles due to the type of social climate we are currently living. One example that comes to mind is a cut scene in the re-released to disc from Toy Story 2. Or the change made by Netflix on the stream of back to The future movie. I keep my hopes that sometime we will see some of those older tv shows and movies having a physical media release again, but who knows, these are uncertain waters we are drifting into and because of this, the FOMO and OOP are more present than ever.

Heath, Im feeling the relief that there is someone sharing their thoughts and feelings and opinions on movies and the state of physical media. Its inspiring me to perhaps make a video or even a channel like this

Great you keep talking about the physical media quite often. You find always something interesting to say.

Love this channel! Thank you Heath!

What you said about Sinatra-- I just recently purchased from EBay the Philadelphia Inquirer of Sunday, May 17, 1998, and on the front of it is the banner headline "Sinatra: The Man and the Memories" (which was on the front of a special 16-page remembrance section that day [which, I would imagine, is not just about the music, but the films and other things he was in]).

Hi, Physical media shall be with us around along time. Physical media is special like vinyl and CD.

I think eventually alot of the TV shows will go OOP permanately. Just a gut hunch. Long-term I think it'll eventually get to a point where if you don't watch it on syndicated subchannels or free streaming platforms, it'll be unavailable physically, if you don't already own it.

Yeah, there are a few OOP titles where I found "unofficial" versions of them, such as Dead Alive/Braindead and Dogma. They are not available on streaming or digital at all anywhere, and the Blu Rays are long OOP so this is literally the ONLY way they are available. But with Dead Alive/Braindead, Peter Jackson has apparently been working on a 4K restoration of that movie, so if it ends up getting re-released officially on 4K, I will be more than happy to buy the official release and delete my "unnoficial" copy (but until then, this is the only way to watch it).

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I'm so excited to see bionic man and women getting blue releases but I can't afford it but imagine gonna try to save up for them. They mean a lot to me and helped me through some hard times due to my handicap. I have a brittle bone disease and my mom was really hard and I always asked my Dr's if bionics was possible but we knew how that turned out. 😔

Just when I decide to take a break from youtube, you post this great content. Glad I bought my copy of "The Girl Most Likely To" before it's gone forever.

This is a constant struggle with me and I'm not very savvy to the game. I can spend maybe $50 a month on movies (it doesn't really work out that way, but averages) and there's way too much to choose from. This is compounded by the fact that I'm really bad at budgeting credit card and usually set my entertainment budget aside in cash and spend it until it's gone. The sad side of that is that my collection has more recent blockbusters (though ones I like) than they would actually represent of my favorites. Then, I do panic buy for a Kino sale or something and the credit card bill is out of hand. The perfect place for me are the multiple conventions I go to each year where I can physically look at the boutique label titles, talk to the seller who does know the game, and pay cash. But I'm not really complaining. These are first-world problems and I can live with them. Even the OOP stuff is out there if you're patient and willing enough.

I paid $40 for The Heavenly Kid a couple months ago just to find out it’s coming back in print in July lol. But hey I found The Blue Lagoon at a pawn shop a couple days ago for only $1.50 and it’s listed everywhere for atleast $100!

Here in the UK, there has been a few titles I wanted that have gone out of print: warlock, and the original Django...glad I purchased them when I did.

I'm so glad that I picked up many of Marilyn's movies, including Niagara, on blu ray a few years ago when they showed up at Big Lots, of all places.

Your channel is such a good thing for escaping the crap that is going on in our country right now. Thanks!

Good talk 👍

Want something like the Monkiees box set? Two words: Mill Creek. Even though I'm sad they've moved away from the 50/100/200 grindhouse sets I like that companies like MC are picking up the slack in regards to more obscure/niche stuff.

Sometimes they don't come back I have bought expensive limited boxed sets and they haven't been back. Most are by boutique labels. FOMO is natural if you're a fan of cult and obscure releases as these companies have gotten the bad habit of selling them on limited quantities. Now that some big studios have bought others what's going to happen? Are the catalogs going to be shelved? I don't care for streaming I am a physical media collector and I am worried that tons of movies will be off the market. Good topic and cool video Heath!👍

I just spent 57.00 on the oop Shout Factory bluray 'The House That Screamed". Really didn't want to spend that much, but I needed it to complete my Spanish Horror collection. Physical media collecting is a bona fide addiction. You can have 99 out of 100 titles, but lacking THAT one makes you feel as if you have none of them. I've been at this since the VHS days of the 90's. I absolutely love it, but my lord is it ever expensive. Love your channel.

It's a slightly different equation as to what appears on streaming if you live outside the US and Canada (and to a lesser extent the UK), part of why i started buying physical media is because it's often the only "legal" way of watching these titles and i don't even mean the extremely niche titles. It can sometimes be both a curse and a blessing, sometimes we get situations where Netflix streams Star Trek or Umbrella releases Megaforce on Blu-Ray for the first time in the world and other times shows like The Expanse just aren't available because it's between services for almost a year. Oh and i'm lucky enough to live in an English speaking country, I've been told it's worse for Non-English territories

Thank you for your level headed view on this topic, I feel like a fair few people are just going to extremes now in the “streaming killed physical media” “physical media is dead” rallying that’s going on lately. If anything, I’m glad streaming is getting access to more libraries because then viewers have variety. If something performs really well on streaming, then methinks its a fair bet to say it’ll get either a release or re-release. Just my two cents.

Plus no extras on streaming! Docs, trailers, commentary tracks etc - even the most arbitrary old movies are sometimes packed with extras which really increase the value of a purchase. Also it's like a historical archive/document with all the extras - all gone with streaming! Plus after the next great event you can fire up the generator and still watch movies (while fighting off mutant wolves and radiation poisoning).

A good expansion on this video would be most interesting obscure movies that don't fit into any popular genre and are in print. I've never heard of Double Door.

Another great video Heath! As some other people were mentioning I'm a bit worried for the future of TV releases. Especially cartoons, those are my jam. Very few get completed even on DVD and very very few get Blu-Rays.

I think one of my concerns for hard copy is a lost cause and that's whether there's any hope of anyone restoring films that fell into public domain and now exist mostly in horrible copies whether hard copy or even streamed. I'm thinking of some very important films historically like :The Front Page" "Nothing Sacred" or "The Scarlet Pimpernel" - all from the thirties. Restoration is expensive and I fear these are lost. Meanwhile, you've reminded me to stock up on my favorite niche film before they're gone too.

I found a Copy of Nigara At Big Lots for $5. But it was weird, there was no shrink wrap and the sticker was directly on the case. The disc was still inside and looked fine. The price sticker was different than the usual Big Lots tag, it was all white and was wider than it was tall.

I liked something that Films at Home's latest podcast guest brought up. The streaming companies are spending $$$ to remaster obscure titles to beef up their libraries, but once the master is done, it's a lot more likely to be put on disc. It'll really come down to if they see streaming as the end all or if it will go hand in hand with disc sales.

Props for mentioning M SQUAD, one of my all-time favorite series. I've had the crappy Timeless DVD set for, I dunno, 10 years? And watched each episode at least twice, most probably 3x. Lee Marvin was the man. One thing you don't get into (not complaining, you wanted to keep it short) is restoration; M SQUAD is at best "OK" looking, but many episodes are very close to unwatchable. Nobody's likely to put any money into rejuvenating a 117-episode TV series though unless it's STAR TREK level of popularity. And the same goes for all those old movies that don't have big stars, didn't win awards, weren't big at the box office, or aren't in currently-marketable genres (film noir and horror being the two that will always sell). There are loads of 40s-50s 2nd-tier musicals, adventure films (Arabian Nights type stuff, pirate films in particular), and westerns that just aren't available except in abysmal copies - and I for one will look for "other" ways to see this stuff if my only other way is to buy an Alpha Video. So if the market for us collectors continues to slowly contract, or even just stays about the same, I don't see much chance for many of these titles to get brought back to real life. You can see them, but it'll be like 15th-generation VHS dupes. And I'm afraid I see this as even less likely in the mostly-streaming world we've entered into. And as someone else mentions, with streaming the owner can just cut the title out at any time, and then we're left with nothing unless we find it in other ways. If we own a physical copy, it's ours forever.

I hope that I'll always be able to find the media I wanna add to my collection, someway somehow...🙏🏼💯✔️

Awesome video! I remember almost buying the light up box set of the Interstellar soundtrack by Hans zimmer for several hundred dollars but couldn’t bring myself to do it, all I wanted the expanded score, then the two disc version came out in 2019 I think it was. Got it. I just wanted the music. As with these “limited editions” or “exclusives”, I just want the movie, maybe some special features and a good transfer, sure a box set is a perk but where’s it going to sit when I get it?

I watched The Last Picture Show on The Criterion Channel last week, loved it so much I wanted to buy the blu ray disc. No luck, out of print as a single title only, but it is available in the 6 disc collection for only $99.66 sale, "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story," at the Criterion Collection web site. But I ain't paying a hundred bucks just to get the one I really want.

I have been trying to find a PBS documentary that aired around '80/'81 and was in two parts about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. All I remember was part two was called 'Change Partners', they both were really good and featured interviews with Hermes Pan and other choreographers. I would love to be able to find the two part documentary and add it to my collection.

The statement "nothing is really gone" unfortunately is not always true..For those of us with a taste for the stuff that's truly off the radar, there are many movies that I have been waiting for, for years. Some of those movies only exist on super-crappy VHS tapes, with awful quality and missing scenes. I have a wish list of titles that I'm hoping will be brought back from obscurity..beloved movies like the Graffiti drama "Dreams Don't Die" from 1982, or "Dreams Come True," the erotic love story about Astral Projection, or the 1983 film "Scarred" about street prostitution, and "Off the Minnesota Strip" to name a few....There are so many lost films and it's sad.

Hey guys New to the channel. I listened to you on Jeff's films at home and loved your interview. I just started collecting again myself up to almost 750 movie's but here's where I'm different and get back lash on things. I won't just buy to buy the movie and have it. I will only buy movies I grow up on or if I'll watch it more than once. And of course what my wife like A.K.A (HORROR) what I'm having a hard time finding is Robot Jox for a decent price $80 to $100 for a bluray is crazy. I just wonder why some movie's are more important than others!

I just picked up a few DVDs that don't have blu-ray editions, & a few where the blus are OOP & going for $35+ on eBay. There have been quite a few blus lately that I've found are out of print & going for oodles on eBay. You never know if you should wait. Sometimes they go back in print, or another company puts it out. I discovered Disturbing Behavior is OOP, & was debating just forking over the cash for it, then found out MVD Rewind is releasing a blu-ray soon. I'm still kicking myself for missing out on the Tank Girl blu-ray. I won't pay $70+ for a blu-ray that's not a limited edition box set or something along those lines. Then there are the movies that we've never & will never get on blu-ray, hell, some not even DVD. If I know one of my favorite movies is owned by Disney, I let go of my hope for a release. Past Buena Vista & Touchstone titles don't seem to be coming to blu-ray. We've seen what happens when 20th Century gets the Disney 4K treatment. Disney has all the money & capabilities to give us everything we want, but they won't. That was never more evident than on the 75th Anniversary of Snow White, when they gave us yet another blu-ray instead of a 4K. I didn't care about that one, but now we're getting repeat blu-rays of movies I have been waiting on 4Ks of, like The Emperor's New Groove. 😒 Sorry, I just realized I got a bit off topic. 😳

Any advice on how to start a campaign to get official releases for 'Abbey' (70's blaxploitation horror flick), 'The Hour Before the Dawn' (Veronica Lake ), and 'Get Christie Love' (television series)? Thanks!

Good advice on when and how to make purchase decisions

I sure hope you're right about Fox. Robert Altman's film version of MASH is in my top five list of films I would love to see on 4K (or at least an improved Blu-ray transfer). I also think it's excellent advice that everyone should decide for themselves how much to spend on releases. I don't mind paying more for something I really want. But I use my own criteria to decide how much I want to spend and ignore many of the ridiculous prices on eBay.

I believe that the comic industry shall have the same fate as CD of DVD. They will eliminate paper because it is just too expensive, distribution costs, salaries, and paper and ink cost too much money, So eventually the majority will read comics online.

I saw my local supermarket have the Turning Red blu rays on the shelves as well.

Just recently purchased 2 seasons of a show called Dollhouse on Blu-Ray with Eliza dushku that originally aired on Fox. I would like to see another series that originally aired on Fox called Dark Angel with Jessica Alba come to blue ray. Unfortunately all I am finding is a DVD set that is now out of print and starting to climb in price. Hopefully one day.............

As i have said many times i have several different large collections i am a physical media person and there are a lot more of us out here then they say i get what you're saying its all about the bottom line and discs dont make the money they used to and the funny thing is the streaming service with the best old titles are like pluto and tubi not even the big companies. And i get what you're saying about buying stuff just to do it but like you also said a lot of this stuff wont be back around so when you find them i would buy them if reasonable i do. I own checkmate and riverboat also and im 22 thats why i think its good not to just sterotype and oh this young fans dont known these old obscure 50s movies thats pretty much my whole collection i get i maybe a rarer case but you do see it. Love your channel and you're topics great job Heath.

I love physical media.

I was happy when Shout Factory announced a blu ray release of Tattoo and was disappointed when it was pulled. Also, I think Nicolas Roeg's films have been really neglected as far as physical releases go. I waited 50 years for a decent Beatles' Let It Be and was finally rewarded with Get Back. I hope the July 12th release doesn't come with issues. I still want the original film, though. Yes, The Monkees! It would have been more fun to own when the other 3 were still alive.

Kino Lorber also re-released BILLY WILDER'S THE APARTMENT on DVD and Blu-Ray!

One thing I've learned from businesses I've worked for is that what we may think of as a lot of money they think of as pennies and they are not in it to chase pennies. And they are almost always chasing the New. I see that Kino are releasing a lot of titles that Shout previously released and went out of print. I do wonder what happens when the Kino titles go OOP. Seems like they might be the last physical stop for many films.

This is the way I see it as long as records are in high demand then dvds and Blu-ray’s will be around too. I’m not big on really old movies, but it seems like some of my favorite movies, and shows goes back, and forth on being in print, and out of print.

Kino Lorber sometimes re-release many MGM titles, such as SPACEBALLS, THE LONG GOODBYE, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, and THE FORTUNE COOKIE, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and LIFE STINKS.

Excellent Lost Boys T Shirt. 👍

Reminds me of Tom Noonan scene from Heat. Its all just flying around through the air, you just gotta know how to grab it.

Saw this with a couple movies recently. Lucas, which is a fairly obscure 80's teen movie is going for $200+ on ebay.

I don't think it's gonna be a huge problem. There are numerous boutique labels stepping in to pick up the slack. Labels like Eureka, Kino Lorber, Shout! and numerous others are distributing older and assorted OOP titles. Also sometimes the Studios will release more obscure or OOP titles in box sets - eg I have Niagara in an 8-film Marilyn Monroe box set, and some of those titles are hard to get too. Australian label [Imprint] is releasing many never-before-released and OOP titles, in runs of of 1500-2000 units for the collectors editions and print more if they're really successful.

I think the battle is over between streaming services and cable but what you said about DVDs is patently incorrect. When you said that a DVD only sells 10,000 copies I thought that was pretty strange because a lot of people collect movies. I went and looked at last year's numbers and the top selling DVDs. Sold close to 700,000 copies and made over 15 million. There were over 100 movie and television titles that did more than a million dollars. So physical media isn't going anywhere just yet.

At least over here (Ireland), Alien is very easy to get, we constantly get new stock of it in work! Predator, dvd box set out there, no individuals, blu ray every now and then and 4K available readily! Our classics section and horror is probably our best selling product constantly… mostly dvd too! 📀

Where did you purchase that Lost Boys T-shirt?

Is there a secondary online market OTHER than Ebay?

I recently bought the 4K One Piece Film Red. Only available on 1 UK site. When they sell out, that's likely it. No physical 4K version of it available in the US. Japan also has a 4K release but with no subs (or dub if you care). Basically bought it because I wanted the movie and knew this was my only chance to get it. Heck, no one even did a 4K comparison to the blu-ray or did a review specifically for the 4K version. Won't be doing it often though.

The FOX rights situation worries me a bit because now we don’t know if we’ll ever get an official good release of True Lies on blu ray or not. I have the laserdisc for True Lies which looks really good. That might just have to be the best way to watch that movie.

I think netflix is doing the same. They still haven't released Stranger Things Season 3 on physical media and no words on if they will for season 4. Same with Amazon and Ms. Maisel. It feels like they'd rather only have us watch it on their streaming service >_

Disney has a responsibility to restore many of their 20th century fox movie back catalog that are culturally reliant and movie history. Fight club on 4k should have come out years ago. Planet of the Apes, Alien, & the x-files are all properties they could be making new movies or tv episodes and restoring and distributing new 4K restorations on physical media. If they can’t get excited about their own movie back catalog and are making zero effort to do anything with their fox catalog, how is anyone supposed to love it on their streaming platform when they are omitting a revenue stream because they are too cheap or lazy to print up new disc or spend the money to make 4K restorations versions of culturally significant and beloved movies from the past 50 -100 years. Of course people stop buying stuff they bought one of the world biggest film companies of the past 100 years and are choosing to keep,it out of print and off the shelf and intentionally shrinking the physical media market. They owe their shareholders and the movie loving public everything from Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, John Ford,John Wayne movies, to fight club,Alien,planet of the Apes.etc

How do you find kino lorber insider?

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I hate streaming..it sucks

I think I picked up that version of Niagara for less than $5 at Big Lots!

Excellent points.love the thrill of collecting physical media but I have found obscure stuff on RU-vid.satans triangle and norliss tapes for example

That's an awesome tshirt!

ClassicFlix just retired 11 titles, their MGM movies and the complete series of It’s About Time are going away and The Little Rascals vol. 1 is going away too. I picked up all but It’s About Time, which sold out before I could get my hands on it. They put out some pretty obscure stuff so I don’t know if they’ll ever be released again. Maybe Kino Lorber will pick them up?

Hey Cereal At Midnight can you please explain to me why Family Guy Seasons 18 19 20 and 21 haven't been released on DVD yet or at all and when will they come out on DVD

The Cat Creeps 1946 was super obsure, and is now on blu ray. It's slow, but a good movie for a rainy night.

International movies are another niche market. I buy most Japanese and Hong Kong movies that are released on Blu in the U.S. In 10-20 years, I assume that most of those movies will be unavailable legally, especially the lesser known ones. Heck, a good chunk of the DVDs in my collection have no current availability.

Heath you mentioned the Monkees! I owned the DVD release of the complete series. Then they had a limited edition of a Blu-Ray set. It sold and sold quickly for hundreds of dollars. Obviously, people wanted this but why a limited release?

I try to be very controlled in my collecting. Only things that are special to me. I know longer feel the need to have everything (though I have twinges). Absolutely right, pay what it's worth to you. I'd add that you should only pay money you have to spend. The kids have to be fed, the rent paid, bills taken care of. Then you have money to play with. I did go a bit nuts with getting the Criterion Collection OOP for Days of Heaven. I had been slowly adding CC versions of Terence Malick films slowly and Days of Heaven was going to be next when BAM out of print it went. Eventually I broke down and paid quite a lot for one. But I'm very happy. It's an amazing transfer and has great supplemental materials and the extra money I paid for it will fade from memory.

Last year I regrettably chose to sell on Ebay a couple of rare anime and Tokusatsu Blu Ray collections. I did get several hundred for them, and was able to recently repurchase one collection for. About half what I sold it for last year. But I am patient. I don't expect the 2 I am now missing to be rereleased any time soon, but I keep looking online for a good deal. Pretty much all the Toho sci Fi films that are related to Godzilla ( but don't have Godzilla in them) are long OOP. While Toho in Japan may be slowly releasing Blu Rays still, I don't expect any US distributor to pick them up any time soon. Toho is known to be difficult to work with, especially after the Criterion Godzilla box set was so limited in terms of extras, and many dubs that most fans were familiar with were omitted.

Just heard Hundra is getting an HD Blu-ray release.

Great episode. I recently saw an episode of MovieGuy365 where he talked about Paramount having a deal with Kino Lorber, where Kino would put out stuff on 4k that Paramount might not be interested in doing themselves. I think if other studios would do that we would be in good shape. I know personally, some of the Godzilla titles over the years were hard to get. Anyway, Thanks for the info.

I was so happy when Shout Factory released the Friday The 13th Bluray Boxset a couple years ago because I missed out of the steelbook set the was released. I buy alot of 80's horror and action movies from Vinegar Syndrome.

So I bite bullet and signed up Hulu for one reason X Files Blu-ray was so expensive to buy as collector After 3 episodes watching I regret my decision as multiple commercials and even paying extra for faster home internet I kept losing my internet and having to start over and fast forward to where I left off over and over again. Holding a disc in my hand is so worth it to me over streaming. I refuse to get HBO For streaming only

Out of print titles as why I love my local video store. If I need to see something that is an insane price I could always go in and rent it until it's released at a reasonable price

I actually found that niagara release in a rasputin records here in california, sealed, for 7.99

Where do you get your Color frames from?

I started collecting with blu ray's nearly a decade ago now and theres a ton of stuff that's not on blu ray, I do collect DVDs and VHSs on occasion but its mostly childhood cartoons and show I couldn't otherwise get on blu ray. That being said there is alot of stuff on blu ray and blu ray is my primary collection so I'd like to have blu ray of whatever I buy. If theres something I really want on blu ray and it's not its only a matter of time weither it gets put out on blu ray or I just cave in and buy the dvd if I just want it right away. Theres 10s of thousands of movies on tons of different formats so theres gonna be a chance to find what you're looking for (it being on your preferred format is a different argument) the secondary market from thrift stores, pawn shops garage sales, online like Ebay. the opportunity it have access to physical media isnt going anywhere anytime soon, depending on what you want it may take a while to find or a lot of money so unless there's a movies buring event we'll have access to tons and tons of second hand movies even if newer physical media slows down in production. It also baffles me how much people just throw away I mean even if you can get money for it at least donate it to a thrift shop, but then of course if it sits on the shelf to long thrift stores will recycle it. I think the amount of physical media that's been produced in the last 30 to 40 years itll be another century before we really see a massive decline in physical media availability as hardcore collectors will keep their collections till they die and install that same mentality onto their children though I think hardcore collectors are the exception and the majority of media viewers are very casual. Things will be bought, held onto, resold or discarded we just hope future generations have the same value to preserve it as we did and I dont think there will be a lack of that cause preserving history is entrenched in American values.

These titles may not be available for licensing. There are companies like Wounded Bird and Mosaic who barley break even on each title on cd.

I don't trust Disney always making the right calls. So funny enough, next year I will reluctantly join their DVD movie club. I bought a few finds on Ebay, but I'm at that point I need a good members looks over. They do sell Fox as much as their old catalog. I do recommend everyone to comb through Big Lots and various Dollar Store movie selections. I bought last year Niagara for 5 bucks at Big Lots. Had no idea it's getting hard to find.

As we all know James Caan just passed away (RIP) and I've read a few articles saying Thief is one of his standouts. Only problem in Australia it's out of print, its not on any streaming services and you can't rent it on RU-vid either. Wondering whether it's worth picking up on Ebay.

Vinegar Syndrome titles are numbered and go out of print quickly depending n what the title is and how many they printed. Last weekend I finally bought the Tiger Claws trilogy because it was down to 100 copies left and who knows if and when that would have been brought back to print in such a fine edition.

I bought 'Double Door' because you mentioned it but also because it is a Charles Vidor movie and I loved 'Gilda' (but every little helps, eh?)

There is plenty obscure content on RU-vid, such as Luigi Cozzi's STARCRASH, Will Vinton's THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, and SHINING TIME STATION!

I've archived some out of print stuff. :) But I want 4Ks to purchase.

"nothing is gone" except for some of F. W. Murnau's movies like "Der Januskopf" and other lost films from that era :(

I wanted to own all Terrence Malick films on bluray but Days of Heaven was out of print and i refused to pay the $200 people were asking for the criterion on eBay. Then one day last year they rereleased it on bluray (not criterion) and I got it for $20. Days of Heaven is pretty obscure so you never know what will be released again.

They also own the DVD distribution rights of POWER RANGERS, from MIGHTY MORPHIN' to RPM!