BACK FROM SUMMER HOLIDAYS...SIGH!!

Hi to all!

I hope you had a great summer break.

Mine was almost perfect I can say.

All the sadder I feel now that I'm back.

Back to regular job... which sucks, and back to regular dvd-vhs business which seems to go from worst to ultra-duper-worst!

Einstein had said: TWO THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE AND HUMAN STUPIDITY AND I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN ABOUT THE FORMER.

Bill says:
THREE THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE, HUMAN STUPIDITY AND ONAR'S DOWNFALL, AND I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE FIRST TWO.

As for ALTIN COCUK dvd release, I'll do my best to get it out late October, fingers crossed.

When will ALTIN COCUK dvd be out?

Some gentlemen are wondering when this one will be released.

Well... so am I.

I earlier said that as soon as I raise enough money.

But if I wait till I get just my COSTS back from the latest dvd it's gonna be a looooong wait.

Speaking in numbers, I must sell about 350 copies of the last dvd just to get my costs back.
After that I'll be having a profit too.
But at THIS rate it would take me about 12 months.
Now, given that this rate won't be steady all the time and week after week sales will be dropping, I must make it about 3 years.

Thank God I'm also selling a few copies of my older releases in the meantime, plus those blessed old videos on ebay!
Therefore, my current plan is to get it released in October.

NEW aquisitions!

After about a year of negotiations and misunderstandings and suspense I managed to secure (meaning I already paid for) license for these 3:

ALTIN COCUK (THE GOLDEN BOY)
ALTIN COCUK BEYRUT'TA (THE GOLDEN BOY IN BEYRUT)
CICI CAN

The first one is the Turkish 007 version from 1966.
The second one is its sequel featuring a superhero-looking villain with mask, cape etc.
The third one is a 1963 weird bizarre spooky TWILIGHT ZONE-looking gem.

The prints are in very good condition by the way!

You can check trailers for the first and third on my dvd's and youtube.

The ALTIN COCUK character appeared in 2 more films that I would buy ONLY if the first 2 sold well and fast.

I really believe these 007 ripoffs are something unique and ground-breaking and don't tell me you're used to watching such films.
In fact these are another experiment for me.
I've released Superhero stuff, Vigilante stuff, Horror stuff, Historical stuff, Western stuff.... but NEVER SPY James Bond-ish stuff!

Those 3 have something in common:
The actor and producer Goksel Arsoy.
And of course, I've already ordered a special interview with him due to be given in a few days.

I'd love to hear your opinions...

KADIN DUSMANI reviews

I thought it would be a good idea and it would help undecided buyers to check current reviews for this DVD.

I guess it doesn't help if I just say "Hey! this is a great dvd! Buy it NOW!", right?

So, check these reviews for the moment:

http://worldweirdcinema.blogspot.com/2009/06/dvd-review-kadin-dusmani.html

http://www.synergy-magazine.com/
(Follow the DVD Reviews page...)

http://www.mondo-digital.com/kadin.html

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/k/kadin-dusmani-woman-despiser/

http://delirium-vault.com/kurtodrome/2009/07/03/kadin-dusmani/

http://cinemino.kaywa.com/

http://z9.invisionfree.com/THE_CINEHOUND_FORUM/index.php?showtopic=3064

http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/frame1.html

http://www.searchmytrash.com/movies/womandespiser(1967).shtml

http://iyikotufilm.com/kadin-dusmani-1967/

http://blog.darkmaze.com/2009/06/more-turkish-awesomeness-at-onar-films.html

http://sinematik.blogspot.com/2009/06/kadn-dusman-1967.html

http://infini-tropolis.com/reviews/woman_despiser.html

http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/?p=5735

http://movies.full2.us/?s=kadin+dusmani&x=8&y=9

I'll be updating as they come in.

KADIN DUSMANI DVD available as of today

Right, today, May 27, I got it from the factory and I'm waiting for 498 (2 copies were damaged and thrown away) buyers.

I hope I'll live long enough to see this release sold out.

KADIN DUSMANI in the Factory

Yesterday, I took the master to the factory, at long last.

I encountered a problem with the sound and it took me a few extra days plus a few 100's of Euros to get it fixed.
There was a horrible hissing buzz throughout and it wouldn't go away no matter what.
I had to take it to a special sound studio and eventually the sound became hiss-free, clear, strong and as good as it gets!

The picture quality is better than I expected. Well, it's actually one of my CLEAREST releases!
And now that I watched it with subtitles I loved it even more.
It's a genuine, original, sick, unpredictable gloomy giallo... from 1967, in Turkey!

Now, the dvd will be in my hands for sale by the end of next week.

As for the price?
Remember that my 500 copy titles were 23.50 euro in retail, ok?
But, as promised earlier, now that I've run out of wholesales, I will share my lost wholesale prices with you.
So, as of now, all my future releases will be sold for 17.50 euro, ONLY!

Ok, one of these days I'll let you know about my new acquisitions and the title coming after Kadin Dusmani.
As for "when" is the next one, it ALL depends on "when" I get back enough money to be able to pay for it...

KADIN DUSMANI and OTHER NEWS...

Here I am again, still breathing.

For those who care about what's going on with KADIN DUSMANI DVD, a few minutes ago I received the subs and I'll shortly start working on them.

Well, lately I've been -and still am- facing various problems with my personal life... lots of shit etc.

A big problem is the cash.
My current super-discounts don't seem to do the trick and I can't say I'm ready to pay for the dvd costs right now.
See, I'm one of those guys who hate owing money to anybody.
I always work in hand-to-hand terms. One hand gives the cash, the other hand gets the stuff.

But since I also hate fooling around I'll save on bread and milk and I'll just go on and release this damn thing in about 3 weeks.

This time, I'm in the unpleasant position of declaring that there's no retail sources you could buy this one from.
Right, I'm out of wholesales.
And I don't give a damn if a couple of small stores buy 2-3 copies from me just to demonstrate they got cool stuff for sale.

At least you can now buy them much cheaper than before since I'm going to combine the old wholesale prices with my retail ones resulting in really attractive prices!

Too bad though, as I'm going to have to wait for a loooooong time before I get back enough cash to release my next dvd.

...Speaking of which, what's it going to be?

I'm not really sure...
I was planning to seal the deal for the ALTIN COCUK films and CICI CAN and release the first ALTIN COCUK film next...
BUT, Yilmaz Atadeniz is back again, asking for more money since I was dumb enough to sign licenses for 18 months ONLY instead of 5 years like ALL companies do!!

This case is a big pain in the ass and I must either throw tons of dvd's in the toilet and never release other films at all, OR pay Atadeniz LOTS of cash!

This situation has caused me so much trouble and grief that I've lost my appetite for the whole Turkish Films story.

I may as well start selling greek cheese-pie in my neighbourhood or something...