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Nov 26, 2021 • 31min

A SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: IMPRINT FILMS - The Harry Palmer Collection

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is episode is all about the pick of the October British Batch, The Harry Palmer Collection.  FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THREE ORIGINAL 1960S FILMS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE COLLECTION, WITH BONUS FEATURES WORTHY OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION.The Ipcress File (1965) – Imprint Collection # 75Starring Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, and Gordon Jackson.Based on Len Deighton’s bestselling novel, the realistic, landmark spy thriller of espionage and counter-espionage centres on Harry Palmer, an intelligence agent assigned to investigate fears over British security. Produced by 007’s Harry Saltzman, with music by John Barry, The Ipcress File provides a downbeat, yet realistic and exciting portrayal of 1960s espionage.  Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition master from a restored 2k scan by ITV StudiosAudio commentary by director Sidney J. Furie and film editor Peter Hunt (1999)Audio commentary by film historian Troy Howarth and film historian/filmmaker Daniel Kremer (2020)Michael Caine is Harry Palmer – interview with Michael Caine (2006)The Design File – interview with production designer Ken Adam (2006)Locations Report with Richard Dacre (2021) Through The Keyhole – interview with 2nd assistant director Denis Johnson, Jr. (2021)Counting The Cash – interview with assistant production accountant Maurice Landsberger (2021)Isolated Music & Effects audio track Textless Material, Theatrical Trailers, U.S. Radio Spots and Extensive Photo GalleriesDTS HD 5.1 surround / LPCM 2.0 Mono Optional English subtitlesFuneral in Berlin (1966) – Imprint Collection # 76Starring Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oscar Homolka, Eva RenziHarry Palmer is sent to Berlin where he is to extricate a Russian general who wants to defect. Director Guy Hamilton’s follow-up to The Ipcress File is the second in the film series based on Len Deighton’s novels. Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition transfer by Paramount PicturesAudio commentary by Rob Mallows of The Deighton Dossier (2021)Fun in Berlin – interview with editor John Bloom (2021)Afternoon Plus – interview with Len Deighton (1983) Candid Caine: a self portrait by Michael Caine – documentary (1969) Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold – documentary (1994)Theatrical Trailer and Photo GalleryLPCM 2.0 Mono Optional English subtitlesBillion Dollar Brain (1967) – Imprint Collection #77Starring Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka, Francoise DorleacHarry Palmer is blackmailed into working for MI5 again on his wildest – and most dangerous – assignment yet as he pits his wits against an insane billionaire and his supercomputer. From 007 producer Harry Saltzman and acclaimed director Ken Russell come the final film in the 1960s Palmer trilogy. Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition transfer by MGM Audio commentary by film historians Vic Pratt and Will Fowler (2021))Interview with Rob Mallows of The Deighton Dossier (2021) Photographing Spies – interview with cinematographer Billy Williams (2021)Billion Dollar Frame – interview with associate editor Willy Kemplen (2021)This Week – excerpt of Michael Caine discussing the British film industry (1969)Theatrical Trailers LPCM 2.0 Mono Optional English subtitlesBlake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total RebootAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Nov 12, 2021 • 42min

MIAMI NICE: "Mann-aissance" with Michael Mann Facts

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins the chief architect of the meme-ificiation of Michael Mann, the elusive @MannFacts. We discuss his Mann immersion and being at the nexus of the "Mann-aissance".Mann FactsTwitter: @MannFactsOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Nov 12, 2021 • 45min

A SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: IMPRINT FILMS - COLLABORATIONS: THE CINEMA OF ZHANG YIMOU & GONG LI

Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming releases from Australia's brand new boutique Blu-Ray label Imprint Films. This is a special episode all about the release of the year Collaborations: The Cinema of Zhang Yimou & Gong Li. THE EPIC COLLABORATIONS OF ZHANG YIMOU, ONE OF THE CINEMA’S GREATEST AUTEURS, AND ACCLAIMED CHINESE ACTRESS GONG LI IN LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION, NOW FOR PRE-ORDER!The films of Zhang Yimou, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, and acclaimed Chinese actress Gong Li have had a profound effect on audiences around the world.Their long and diverse filmmaking partnership has produced some of cinema’s greatest films.Here presented for the first time in one collection are the eight major works from their remarkable collaboration together.All eight films are presented in 1080p high definition from 2k masters from the original negatives. Each film has additional supplements to compliment and provide insight into the making of these important cinema achievements.Limited edition 60-page booklet containing new essays from Professor Chris Berry & Professor Ying ZhuStrictly Limited edition 2000 copies hard box packaging featuring unique artworkRed Sorghum (1988) – Imprint Collection #67When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on Red Sorghum (2021)Zhang Yimou interview by Tony Rayns (1988)Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 MonoSubtitles: EnglishJu Dou (1990) – Imprint Collection #68A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband’s nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband’s heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on Ju Dou (2021)Shadow Play: The Early Cinema of Zhang Yimou – documentaryInternational TrailerAspect Ratio: 1.37:1Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 StereoSubtitles: EnglishRaise the Red Lantern (1991) – Imprint Collection #69China in the 1920s. After her father’s death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on Raise the Red Lantern (2021)Theatrical TrailerAspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 StereoSubtitles: EnglishThe Story of Qiu Ju (1992) – Imprint Collection #70A humorous fable of justice that traverses shot in the north of China. Gong Li plays Qiu Ju, a tenacious farmer determined to right a wrong done to her husband. Defying all stereotypes of the passive Chinese woman, she remains unbowed by the frustrations of bureaucracy in her quixotic search for dignity.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on The Story of Qiu Ju (2021)Theatrical TrailerAspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 StereoSubtitles: EnglishTo Live (Huo zhe) (1994) – Imprint Collection #71Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on To Live (2021)Interview with actress Gong LiTheatrical TrailerAspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 StereoSubtitles: EnglishShanghai Triad (1995) – Imprint Collection #72Country boy Shuisheng is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang. In fact, Shuisheng will serve Tang’s capricious mistress Bijou, a nightclub singer whom the boss proclaimed “the Queen of Shanghai.” When the boy’s uncle and the gang’s several other members die during a rival gang’s unsuccessful attempt on Tang’s life, the latter retreats to a remote small island, taking both Bijou and Shuisheng with him and thinking of revenge.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentation from a new 2K scanFilm historian Tony Rayns on Shanghai Triad (2021)Theatrical TrailersAspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audio: Mandarin LPCM 2.0 StereoSubtitles: EnglishCurse of the Golden Flower (2006) – Imprint Collection #73Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colorful world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family divided against itself builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and revenge.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentationFilm historian Tony Rayns on Curse Of The Golden Flower (2021)From Daggers to Flowers – an interview with composer Shigeru Umebayashi (2021)Los Angeles Premiere FootageSecrets Within featuretteThe Emperor featuretteThe Empress featuretteB-Roll Behind-the-scenes footageTheatrical Trailer and TV SpotsAspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audio: Mandarin DTS HD 5.1 Surround / Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: EnglishComing Home (2014) – Imprint Collection #74Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labour camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recognizes him.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p high-definition presentationFilm historian Tony Rayns on Coming Home (2021)Audio commentary by director Zhang Yimou in Mandarin with English subtitlesToronto Film Festival Q & AInterview with Gong LiMaking of Coming Home – featuretteTheatrical TrailerAspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audio: Mandarin DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (Optional English Audio Descriptive)Subtitles: EnglishDue to unprecedented demand and COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne, any online orders received after October 14th will ship in early November. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Nov 5, 2021 • 1h 10min

MIAMI NICE: "Miami Vyce" with Vyce Vyctus

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins the action film aficionado Vyce Victus. Katie, Blake and Vyce discuss the meta-American Empire apparatus expressed through the Bay-formers series, watching HEAT in basic training and generally championing "Gangster Ass Movies" (Trademark Vyce Victus).About Vyce VictusWriter, Film Critic, IT Support, Cybersecurity BA in Communications & Media Studies Armed Forces VeteranTwitter: @VyceVictusOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 31, 2021 • 1h 4min

MIAMI NICE: "Gravity of the Flux" with Jean-Baptiste Thoret

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins Michael Mann crusader, director, film critic and historian; Jean-Baptiste Thoret. Katie, Blake and Jean-Baptiste discuss Miami Vice as an era-defining movie and Michael Mann as one of the most influential American filmmakers of the last thirty years. About Jean-Baptiste ThoretJean-Baptiste Thoret is a French director, historian and film critic born in 1969, a specialist in American cinema and, particularly, New Hollywood and Italian cinema of the 1970s. He is the author of fifteen books on cinema, including American Cinema of the 1970s. In 2017, he directed We Blew It, his first feature film.Book: Michael Mann: Mirages of the ContemporaryArticles: Gravity of the Flux: Michael Mann’s Miami ViceThe Seventies Reloaded: (What does the cinema think about when it dreams of Baudrillard?)One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 28, 2021 • 58min

MIAMI NICE: "I do wanna talk about the shirts" with Emma Stefansky

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins Brooklyn based culture writer at Thrillist and Twitter "Imp", Emma Stefansky. Katie, Blake and Katie talk about Colin Farell embracing the weird, attending "Miami Vice (T.V Show) Nights", and prescribing Miami Vice 2006 for those feeling horny and lonely. About Emma StefanskyEmma Stefansky is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY. I'm currently a staff writer for Thrillist, where she writes about pop culture, TV, and movies.In the past, Emma have been the weekend blogger for Vanity Fair, where she wrote about everything from Hollywood's biggest movies and TV shows to what the president tweets about on Saturday mornings to what Meghan Markle is wearing. Emma also wrote features for the HWD vertical, where she interviewed the creators and actors behind the year's best movies and television. Emma has freelanced at multiple places, including Uproxx.com, where she reviewed movies and interviewed talent behind the scenes. For GQ, Emma has written a few humorous pop culture pieces, including a roundup of all the pettiest crimes regular people would commit if The Purge were real. Emma also co-hosted a podcast for Vanity Fair about Season 2 of USA's creepy crime drama The Sinner and interviewed stars Bill Pullman, Carrie Coon, and Natalie Paul.TWITTER: @stefabskyWEBSITE: https://www.emma-stefansky.com/One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 27, 2021 • 25min

A SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: Interview w/ Director of LAIR - Adam Ethan Crow

A Serious Disc Agreement is the only "serious" podcast on the Australian Internet about "Movie Disc Culture."Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) flies solo to chat with the director of indie horror LAIR, Adam Ethan Crow. We discuss this ambitious debut, using direct nods to Manhunter, wielding Corey Johnson to bring The Last Boy Scout's Joe Hallenbeck into the horror genre, and doing everything Ed and Lorraine Warren (from The Conjuring franchise) has told us not to do.LAIR is an elevated horror that's guaranteed to excite, unnerve and creep out fans of the genre.Director Adam Ethan Crow's debut feature stars Corey Johnson (Morbius, The Mummy franchise), Oded Fehr (Star Wars Discovery, The Mummy franchise) and Alexandre Gilbreath (Bercoming Elizabeth), alongside newcomers Anya Newall, Alana Wallace and Lara Mount.The film follows Dr Steven Caramore (Johnson), who specializes in debunking the supernatural. When a friend (Fehr) is accused of murder, claiming an unseen menace possessed him, Caramore begins to question his own beliefs. So he investigates his friend's claims, setting off a chain of events that force Caramore and a young family into a battle for survival.LAIR- Sometimes, your inner demons get out!Available on DVD 27th October 2021Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 15, 2021 • 1h 7min

MIAMI NICE: "Their Code is No Code" with S.A Cosby

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins New York Times Best Selling author of Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby. Katie, Blake and S.A. talk about "neon-noir", the film as the T.V series grown up, Michael Mann's mastery of tone and digressions to WIDOWS and TRUE DETECTIVE.  About S.A. CosbyS. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named the best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player.TWITTER: @blacklionking73S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His OwnOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 14, 2021 • 1h 1min

MIAMI NICE: "Finding Work/Life Balance" with Justin Khoo

This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins Associate professor of philosophy MIT, movie podcaster about movies: Cows in the Field. Katie, Blake and Justin talk about the epic tragedy, imagining Ricardo and Trudy's exhibited through Sonny's perspective and Mann's depiction of the sublime. About Justin KhooI am an associate professor of philosophy at MIT. Before coming to MIT, I did my graduate work in philosophy at Yale and was an undergraduate at UC-Davis. I work in philosophy of language and philosophical logic on topics at the intersection of philosophy and linguistics. I also have research interests in metaphysics, meta-ethics, and social and political philosophy. Those curious to learn more about my work may want to check out my interview with 3:AM magazine. I am an Associate Editor of Linguistics and Philosophy and the Logic & Language Section Editor for Philosophy Compass. Outside of philosophy, I watch movies and discuss them on a podcast, Cows in the Field.TWITTER: @juskhooOne Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Oct 10, 2021 • 32min

A SERIOUS DISC AGREEMENT: UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT OZPLOITATION CLASSICS - TURKEY SHOOT

A Serious Disc Agreement is the only "serious" podcast on the Australian Internet about "Movie Disc Culture."Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) are expanding their IMPRINT COMPANION podcast to include the best physical media releases worldwide. For this episode, we're discussing Umbrella Entertainment's Ozploitation Classics - TURKEY SHOOT.TURKEY SHOOT (1982) (OZPLOITATION CLASSICS #7) BLU-RAYOur latest release and volume #7 for our Ozploitation Classics collection is Turkey Shoot. This release includes exclusive extra features, with limited bonus CD soundtrack and limited O-ring packaging and artwork."A CATALOGUE OF SICKENING HORRORS” – David StrattonRelentless violence! Gratuitous nudity! Deformed circus freaks! Prepare yourself for the most infamous and controversial Ozploitation shocker of them all!After refusing to conform to the rigid, strictly ordered society of futuristic 1995, Paul Anders (Steve Railsback) and Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey) are labelled ‘deviants’ and delivered to a brutal maximum-security behaviour modification camp. They soon discover that their only chance of freedom is to survive the “turkey shoot” - a vicious and bloody manhunt devised by ruthless camp warden Thatcher (Michael Craig).The odds are stacked against them and the hunt is on. Who will survive this outrageous blood and thunder shocker? Ozploitation mavericks Brian Trenchard-Smith (The Man from Hong Kong) and Antony I. Ginnane (Patrick) unite and proudly deliver the ultimate high-camp splatterfest!Extras: NEW audio commentary with producer Antony I. Ginnane and filmmaker Mark HartleyOriginal soundtrack CD2003 audio commentary with director Brian Trenchard-SmithBLOOD AND THUNDER MEMORIES interview featurette with cast members Michael Craig, Lynda Stoner and Roger WardNOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD extended interviewsTHE OZPLOITATION RENAISSANCE a discussion with Brian Trenchard-Smith, Antony I. Ginnane and Vincent MontonA GOOD SOLDIER 2002 interview with director Brian Trenchard-Smith80 minute US version from a VHSAntony I. Ginnane trailer reelTRAILERS FROM HELL with commentary by Brian Trenchard-SmithTV PromotionsOriginal theatrical trailerStills and poster galleryBlake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total RebootAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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