Imprint

 

My five year journey with Imprint

By

Damian Magee

 

Over sixty years I been a film and TV buff, I have been collecting physical media for

41 years from video tapes to blu rays, over this period many labels or online stores

have came and went from Australia and overseas or companies that were able to

grow stronger by bringing new and classic titles to our shores, which we would have

search for overseas. These companies were able diverse into sub labels.

 

One such company is Via Vision with their sub label called Imprint Films. The mission

of Imprint Films is to bring premium, lost gems, and unreleased titles on blu ray and

now on 4K.

 

Five years ago, I got notify that Via Vision was putting first of five titles on blu ray by

this new sub label, when I looked at the website, no doubt with other collectors saw

what they had to offer, I could not curtail my excitement, I had seen all five films

before, two of them I had on DVD for long time: Waterloo and War of the Worlds.

My excitement was really two titles; Sorry, Wrong Number, which I had seen on

stage and TV and the classic sci-fi I Married a Monster from Outer Space each time

the film was screened on TV, I would sit and watched.

 

I never thought see these films released in Australia. So, I brought the first five. Then

the next five was released and I brought them, only one I had not seen was Night

Falls on Manhattan directed by Sidney Lumet, I had been admirer of his work, this

Film is just brilliant, a hidden gem.

 

Then Imprint started update the game by introducing box sets with between two or

more films in the sets, and the box sets are brilliantly put together, unlike early days

where box sets were made in awful carboard. These box sets including film Noir,

directors by and film focus on actors with many famous, hidden gems or films that

just missed the mark, as film lovers this was a voyage of discovery.

 

 

 

Then Imprint started expanded into Television titles started with Hammer House of

Horror with upgrade from DVD set that released over twenty years ago, first of many 

ITC shows, including left over project from Network, The Baron feature films set.

Still to come are Department S and Gerry Anderson’s Captain Scarlet. Also, with the

Television releases are three classics from the 1960’s Screen Gems (TV sub of

Columbia Pictures); Bewitched, I Dream of Jennie and now Gidget. Part of Imprint

Television is TV Movies of the Week, which most of us grew up watching, some these

television films were pilots that made turn into series, such as The Name of the

Game.

The latest collection part of Imprint is films made in Asia, there has been large

audience for Asian films from Japan, China, and Korea, in particular Hong Kong

favourite studio Shaw Bros.

 

As Imprint started released more titles, I started to choose titles what I really want,

so over time I was picking the films I wanted in my library.

I do admit I would buy a set that only one or two titles I have interest in, however,

I am happy to explore different type of films. Also, there is no guarantees might be

standard edition of the limited title too.

 

So, it has been great five year journey of imprint film, here to another five years of

exciting titles of world of film around the world and Television.