Finally, official confirmation that the director's cut of Interview with the Vampire still exists! The original film negatives were thought to have been lost or destroyed; thankfully, that doesn't seem to be the case. Now who's door do I need to knock down in order to make this materialise in time for the 30th Anniversary next year? Neil Jordan. David Geffen. I'm looking at you. 👀 Artwork by Vlad Rodriguez. 4K mock-up by yours truly.
The Lighthouse is available on 4K Ultra HD for $47 and on Blu-ray for $45 exclusively from A24. The printed discpack is enclosed in an embossed wave-textured slipcase featuring artwork by Tobias Kaspar.
The 2019 psychological horror film is directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman) from a script he co-wrote with his brother, Max Eggers. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star.
The Lighthouse has received a new HDR master with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. A 64-page interior booklet is included. Special features are detailed below.
Special features:
Mini documentary on composer Mark Korven
Costume walkthrough and interview with costume designer Linda Muir
2019 making-of featurette
Deleted scenes
Booklet contents:
Storyboard excerpts by David Cullen
Production design drawings by Craig Lathrop
Behind-the-scenes photos by Eric Chakeen
Bib-front shirt pattern made by Marvin Schlichting to Linda Muir's design
From Robert Eggers comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. As an approaching storm threatens to sweep them from the rock and strange apparitions emerge from the fog, each man begins to suspect that the other has become dangerously unmoored.
I got the DJI Mavic Pro Platinum, and this is one of the only shots I have left. I was practicing my skills flying it, and was really impressed with it’s ability to capture high resolution film in low light. The drone had a 1” hassleblad 4k camera.
Unfortunately I crashed the $2k drone into a tree next to the cathedral just a few weeks later, and lost it in the branches! I tried to retrieve the drone by borrowing a 30 foot ladder from the maintenance crew at the La Fonda Hotel across the street. When I was in the pine tree, the priest of the church came out and began yelling at me telling me he would call the police if I didn’t come down immediately. Luckily I didn’t go to jail that day!
I spoke to the church and they told me to hire an arborist with insurance to climb up the tree to retrieve the drone. When I called, the arborist told me he wouldn’t be able to help me for a few days. I then paid $100 for the arborist to climb the tree to find my drone, but he looked all over and didn’t find it. I asked the security at the church to review the footage of the cameras, and they saw a construction worker pick up the drone off the ground after it was blown out of the tree by wind!
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of Sean Astin’s iconic films, Rudy will be re-released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital on November 14. The 4K ultra HD disc includes a 127 minute directors cut,  as well as deleted scenes.
For more details, visit https://www.nerdsandbeyond.com/2023/09/01/rudy-celebrates-30th-anniversary-with-4k-ultra-hd-and-all-new-directors-cut-coming-soon/