Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Ian » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:12 am

It's all very odd.
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Santi » Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:42 pm

I sent them an email last year and they told me that they must to think about it.
It is the same as saying no.

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It seems very bad. This movie should be discontinued. They are continue playing with us.
They must think Especially in those like you who have been keeping this movie alive for 20 years, and do not give us any little presents.
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:34 am

Santi wrote:I sent them an email last year...

Perhaps I should see if I can find someone on the "inside" and send them a message too.
Maybe lead to a more sympathetic hearing. :?
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Ian » Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:13 am

That's what I don't get. This isn't obscure movie. It's one of the biggest hits in Swedish film history.
Maybe they just don't give a rat's ass about films in general or Blu ray or whatever over there?
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Santi » Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:20 pm

fish wrote:Perhaps I should see if I can find someone on the "inside" and send them a message too.
Maybe lead to a more sympathetic hearing. :?


Good idea, try it.
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:40 am

Santi wrote:Good idea, try it.

I have loads of medical stuff to attend to today, but I have a few ideas.
I just need to find the time to do the research and I'll be able to start things rolling. :W
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:58 am

fish wrote:...but I have a few ideas...

Not confident of anything, so I won't give any details other than to say I'm waiting for a reply. :|
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:56 am

fish wrote:...I'm waiting for a reply. :|

Well, this reply from Svensk Filmdatabas is certainly a smack in the face.

"You have contacted a film fact database at the Swedish Film Institute and we do not make or sell DVDs, not in Sweden and absolutely not in foreign territories. The films we digitise and restore, we distribute as DCPs to cinemas in Sweden and any DVD releases using the result of our work will have to be released by commercial entitities. These typically only purchase rights to distribute them in their own territories, i.e. editions for Sweden and sometimes also for the other main three Nordic countries. For Australia a local distributor would have to purchase the rights before releasing it there.

As far as I know, the "digitised version" has not been released as a DVD in Sweden, nor as a film streamed film over the net for that matter.

Kind regards,

Per Sundfeldt"


Where Per says "Australia" I guess it applies to all other countries too.
I'm just going to think about this for a while and see if I can come up with any helpful ideas.
If you can think of something helpful don't be afraid to share it.
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Ian » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:35 am

All very bizarre.
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Eldsjäl » Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:47 am

Sorry for being so inactive lately! I have actually heard from someone who attended that digital screening in Stockholm last year and he said that they were openly talking about an eventual BD release. Not that it's ultimately Svenska Filminstitutet's descision to make. I am worried now that a BD version won't get released in time for FÅ's 20th anniversary. However as long as BDs and other physical media manage to stay relevant we'll get a new release for FÅ in the future I'm sure of it. :-)

fish wrote:"You have contacted a film fact database at the Swedish Film Institute and we do not make or sell DVDs, not in Sweden and absolutely not in foreign territories. The films we digitise and restore, we distribute as DCPs to cinemas in Sweden and any DVD releases using the result of our work will have to be released by commercial entitities. These typically only purchase rights to distribute them in their own territories, i.e. editions for Sweden and sometimes also for the other main three Nordic countries. For Australia a local distributor would have to purchase the rights before releasing it there.

As far as I know, the "digitised version" has not been released as a DVD in Sweden, nor as a film streamed film over the net for that matter.

Talk about an unfriendly way of phrasing it. They could've given you directions on where to turn for more useful information if they were a little nicer.

Svenska Filminstitutet should by the way not be confused with Svensk Filmindustri that for example were in charge for distributing the 2009 retail DVDs here in Sweden.

I'd suggest contacting Memphis directly about this. If you guys want to I can write an asking e-mail to those addresses I can get my hands on and see what they have to say about it. They'll probably not give me as an outsider anything of much detail but oh well.
Whatever. We'll go there and burn the house down. Come on. Please...
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:08 am

Eldsjäl wrote:...I'd suggest contacting Memphis directly about this. If you guys want to I can write an asking e-mail to those addresses I can get my hands on and see what they have to say about it. They'll probably not give me as an outsider anything of much detail but oh well.

I'd love it if you could do that.
It's surprising what people will tell you if you ask nicely. O-) :P
And you're certainly much less of an outsider than the rest of us. :D
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Eldsjäl » Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:21 pm

Alright so I've now sent off some e-mails, let's wait and see how this goes.
Whatever. We'll go there and burn the house down. Come on. Please...
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby fish » Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:01 am

Eldsjäl wrote:...let's wait and see how this goes.

Too excited to wait. *:)* *:)* :roll: :lol:


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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Ian » Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:17 am

Nice one. :D
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Re: Digitally Modified HQ re-release of Fucking Åmål

Postby Santi » Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:44 pm

Years ago When I sent my email, I did not tell them this:

In 2015 I met a Spanish user who ripped Fucking Åmål, which improved the quality a lot.
And that he gave me and the lovers of this movie without any condition.
This movie circulates freely on the internet.

If our emails do not work maybe we should tell them about this movie to look like "the bad guys of movie". :wink: :lol:

If you believe You must decide this action.
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