[REL] Piccole Labbra (1978)

[deadman]

Even the other version listed there claims a running time of 90 min. I'm not sure how reliable that site is.
http://www.vhsdb.org/fiche.php?vhs=w5yxtgkd

Either those tapes actually exist as shown in the cover photos, or someone's tinkered with the images - in which case you can't take anything on the site at face value.

I look for this movie occasionally on remastered DVD or bluray. Some small company could always do a limited release without much fanfare - wouldn't be the first time. Not holding my breath though. If bluray had come along ten years earlier, back in the 90's, maybe we'd have one, but I'd be quite shocked to see a reissue in the current climate.

[Night457]

Even the other version listed there claims a running time of 90 min. I'm not sure how reliable that site is.

Since I have actually watched videotapes this past year, I can honestly say I remember encountering a number of videotape releases where the "Running time" is rounded UP to the next 10 minutes. It frequently includes the time of the leader-tape and any trailers as well. In this case, the site features this Comment below the videotape in question:

"La jaquette indique 90 mn mais la durée réelle est 83 mn." OR translated:
"The jacket indicates 90 minutes but the actual duration is 83 minutes."

So while old videotapes often display incorrect running times (as do dvds and blu-rays), this vhsdb site seems to at least make an attempt at accuracy.

As for this supposed 100 minute version? I'll believe it when I see it - the video, not the cover.

[deadman]

Since I have actually watched videotapes this past year, I can honestly say I remember encountering a number of videotape releases where the "Running time" is rounded UP to the next 10 minutes. It frequently includes the time of the leader-tape and any trailers as well. In this case, the site features this Comment below the videotape in question:

"La jaquette indique 90 mn mais la durée réelle est 83 mn." OR translated:
"The jacket indicates 90 minutes but the actual duration is 83 minutes."

Makes sense. Videotape is basically one long track with no menus. They gave you the length of the whole tape, which can be longer than the main feature.

I've seen DVDs that do similar things though - listing the length of all content combined rather than the movie alone. I wonder if that has an effect on sales? Does it make people feel like they're getting more for their money, more likely to purchase a disc rather than put it back on the shelf?

[Night457]

I've seen DVDs that do similar things though - listing the length of all content combined rather than the movie alone. I wonder if that has an effect on sales? Does it make people feel like they're getting more for their money?

I have seen claims of "Over 3 hours of bonus content!" where they included a two-hour audio commentary in that count. So sure, you are getting more -- the only question is if you enjoy that "more". Some people are more excited by the bonus content than the movie (which tells me that the movie isn't that good), others claim as a point of pride that they have NEVER watched a bonus feature in their life. Personally my enthusiasm for bonus content has waned; but then, I am spending much more time watching films from FLM than on disc, and that's all the GOODIES I need!

[deadman]

Personally my enthusiasm for bonus content has waned; but then, I am spending much more time watching films from FLM than on disc, and that's all the GOODIES I need!

Often the bonus content is a disappointment, true. Not always though. Which is why I usually watch the extra material - in real time if it seems interesting enough, if not then I zip along at higher speed and if I catch something that looks like it might be worth watching I can stop, or go back a little, and check it out.

[Night457]

Most bonus material these days is just talking heads interspersed with footage from the film I just watched, so it is hard to tell at high speed whether they have anything interesting to say, unless I am lucky enough to have hard-coded subtitles on the featurette. Those have saved the day with __R E A L L Y__ S L O W__ T A L K I N G__ old men being interviewed. Twenty minute interview "read" in ten minutes, thanks.

I really miss my very first DVD player, an expensive monster that allowed me to play video content at high speed with the audio at high speed also! The directors interviewed sounded like chipmunks, but I could still understand them and get what they were saying in less time.

[deadman]

I'm usually looking for special features of the sort that could be posted here along with the film: OT stuff that goes beyond clips from the movie. More often than not, unless it's in English the bonus content has no subtitles so you can't understand what they're saying in those interviews anyway (unless you happen to speak the language).

[emuler]

I just downloaded a release of Oliver! (1968) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063385/ which included some fascinating extra videos - interviews with the main actors, and a 'making of' segment. Loved it. It is a much loved classic (boy oriented, though).

[Phuzzy4242]

allowed me to play video content at high speed with the audio at high speed also!

VLC can do that up to 3x speed. not sure about 4x but that would be unintelligible anyway.

[Night457]

The bonus content deadman and emuler mentioned sounds like the kind that interests me, and is less common on newer disc releases. Mind you, most of my purchases over the past 5 years have been 1970's and 1980's genre films (horror, action, Italian western, gialli ...), so the bonus content is pretty much stuck at being interviews with old men long retired -- maybe my view of the current state of bonus content is skewed. I finally gave up collecting expensive out-of-print import DVDs of Kids Films when I discovered FLM, but most of those did not have bonus material anyway.

VLC can do that up to 3x speed. not sure about 4x but that would be unintelligible anyway.

>BLINK< >BLINK< Oh yeah, that is true! VLC can do pretty much anything. Unfortunately I do not have a blu-ray computer drive (just dvd), and I always watch movies on my TV (from a hard drive connected to a blu-ray player). Maybe some day I will push myself to figure out how to broadcast my computer content to my television, and then I can take advantage of all the playback features that VLC has that a standalone disc player does not.