News & Notice
How to make the Blu-ray relevant again by Keith Phipps
"Physical media is not dead"
https://thedissolve.com/…/974-how-to-make-the-blu-ray-rele…/
Future Release : PA010 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
Plain and Art Service have announced partnership that would lead to Blu-ray releases under the brand Plain Archive.
The very first is Plain Archive No. 10, <Only Lovers Left Alive> by Jim Jarmusch. It shares our existing film selection rule of picking films featuring terrific actors.
The release date is May 2015. You’ll be able to witness a unique film driven by Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston.
Just like <Rust and Bone>, there will be two Keep Case editions available for purchase: Type A and B. Additional information will be provided in early April.
Thank you
Best regards
PLAIN ARCHIVE
We respect our customers, and we feel your respect coming at our direction.
To our international customers,
Plain Archive is a small independent company with just two full-time employees. We do almost everything ourselves —— film selection, package design, blu-ray authoring, online store management, shipment preparation, customer service, and more. After two years of operation, we’ve finally escaped working from home, and only recently moved to a small dedicated office.
We’re not saying that it’s acceptable to act like amateurs because of our scale. We’ve always wanted people to judge us based purely on the quality of our products. A lot of effort has gone into our products, shipments, and customer service in order to avoid certain assumptions that can be made about a startup like us.
Plain Archive deals with Blu-ray collectors all over the world, and not one customer is easy to please because of their extremely high standards. But we’ve always listened. And we’ve also received some absurd requests, but we tried our best to be polite and helpful.
Our team pours everything into creating products that are hopefully worth your money. A large majority of our existing customers purchase our products because they recognize our effort. Some even order multiple copies of the same edition.
We respect our customers, and we feel your respect coming at our direction. Unfortunately, there’s a small number of individuals who doesn’t respect us back. We’ve received angry emails with profanity, and in some cases — threats.
Our Zero Dark Thirty editions have caused a record traffic with unprecedented demand. It’s unfortunate, but some will succeed and some will miss out. We understand your frustration.
If there’s anything we need to improve upon, please give us your feedback. But we do not want to suffer from reading emails that cross the line.
We’d like to end by saying thank you for the support you’ve shown us with the pre-order of Zero Dark Thirty. We have some exciting new products coming this year. Please stay tuned.
Thank you
Plain Archive
Pre-order gift : ZERO DARK THIRTY for Triple pack or Quadruple pack
When you purchase a triple or quadruple pack, we’re including Jonathan Burton’s Zero Dark Thirty poster originally created for the BAFTA.
The A3-size poster will feature his signature to show its authenticity, but NOT hand-signed in person. It will be inserted into a poster tube for safety.
Jonathan is a British illustrator based in France. We are currently collaborating on an upcoming project, which will be announced in the coming months.
Please visit Jonathan’s website to take a look at his incredible portfolio.
http://www.jonathanburton.net/
'ZERO DARK THIRTY' Director Kathryn Bigelow approves.
Oscar-winning 'HURT LOCKER' director Kathryn Bigelow thought the artwork was really cool, and sent us her autograph.
It’s an honor to have her support on our design and illustration.
Huge thanks to Johnny and Chelsea at Annapurna Pictures. :)
Designing the PET case for Zero Dark Thirty
Our first attempt with the PET case for I SAW THE DEVIL was met with positive response.
Naturally, we discussed doing a similar slip case for ZERO DARK THIRTY.
Night Vision Goggles, or NVGs play an important role towards the end of the movie.
It made perfect sense for us to go for a green PET case that would reflect the storyline.
After a long period of testing, we’re revealing the final look of the ZERO DARK THIRTY PET case.
We take your feedbacks seriously. There’s absolutely no reason for us not to listen to your suggestions and concerns that would improve our product.
Although the green PET case was discussed amongst ourselves a long time ago, it was incredibly reassuring to find people online suggesting that we should do the green PET case
and we thank all of you for taking a huge interest in this project. It really means a lot to us.
OK, One more thing.
We want to show you something curious about our new PET slip case of ZERO "DARK" THIRTY in this video.
*Full Screen View Recommended.
'Rust and Bone' print error leads to delay.
Dear International customers,
'Rust and Bone' print error leads to delay.
Our partner in charge of printing the slip case A and B produced result not up to our standards. (Slightly warped slip box)
We’ve decided to make them again, but the release date now pushed back to March 10, from March 4.
We sincerely apologize for this delay.
Sincerely
PLAIN ARCHIVE
NOTICE of National public HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Product shipments and customer response via email will not be available during February 17th ~ 23rd.
Anything ordered after 2PM on 13th February(KST) will not be shipped until 23rd February due to National public holiday in the South Korea.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Best regards
PLAIN ARCHIVE
'De rouille et d'os(Rust and Bone)' (2012, Jacques Audiard) Pre-order will start.
PA008 <De rouille et d'os(Rust and Bone, 2012)> : Pre-order will start at 10AM, 30th January, 2015.(Korea Standard Time).
Our non-Steelbook releases <Blue is the Warmest Colour> and <The Master> both sold out within 24 hours. Many customers have asked to increase the number of copies from our usual 1000.
After careful consideration, we’ve decided to increase the number of copies of <Rust and Bone> by 50%.
**Please note that we don’t have any plans to release <Rust and Bone> as a Steelbook.
PA008 <Rust and Bone> will be released in two versions. The difference is the Slipbox and the Booklet design.
※ <Rust and Bone> will be released in two designs as shown below.
When we revealed <Rust and Bone>’s original slip cover design with a “photo-wall” concept, it was clearly unpopular.
The “photo-wall” image that we used for [Design A] appears briefly in the movie. It’s a wall of photographs from Stéphanie(Marion Cotillard)’s past and we thought it would be a good idea to show them properly in high-resolution.
But at the same time, we knew how it didn’t directly represent the feature film itself.
After a week of brainstorming with our design partner at Propaganda, we’ve decided to give [Design A] a new look.
The “photo-wall” image will be used for the booklet instead.
Thank you.
Upcoming STEELBOOK release, 'Foxcatcher' (2014, Bennett Miller)
We are thrilled to announce one of our 2015 Exclusive Steelbook releases: Foxcatcher. Most of you probably have not seen this movie yet due to its limited release.
At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Bennett Miller won the Best Director Award and the three main leads –– Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and mark Ruffalo have all garnered attention for their performances.
This is without a doubt, our most ambitious project of 2015 right next to Oldboy.
Synopsis : Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is struggling in obscurity and poverty in Wisconsin when he is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to his lavish estate to form a team and to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Schultz seizes the opportunity, eager to step out of the shadow of his revered older brother Dave (Mark Ruffalo), a prominent wrestling coach and Gold Medal winner himself.
With his vast financial resources and state-of-the-art training facility at Foxcatcher Farm, du Pont appoints himself head coach of the team, eager to win the respect of his peers and the approval of his condemning mother (Vanessa Redgrave).
The dynamic between Schultz and du Pont deepens as Mark embraces his benefactor as a father figure. But du Pont's mercurial personality and psychological gameplay begins to weigh heavily on Mark's shaky self-esteem, undermining his abilities on the mat. When du Pont's favoritism shifts to brother Dave - who possesses the authority and confidence both he and Mark lack - the trio is propelled towards a tragedy no one could have foreseen.
From Academy Award® nominee Bennett Miller (CAPOTE, MONEYBALL) comes a searing true-life account of three men grappling for their versions of the American Dream.
(+) The movie was nominated for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Hair & Makeup for this year's Academy Awards. What a day!
'THE MASTER' Steelbook has sold over 3,300 copies
PA006(Also PA-S03) 'THE MASTER' Blu-ray Steelbook has sold over 3,300 copies in its first ten days! (Both domestic and international)
It's better results than we expected, although the former Keep-case edition is sold out completely.
We are proud and happy to see that this kind of art-house film is appealing to you despite not being block buster or Marvel franchise.
We really thanks for your order and support!
Best regards
PLAIN ARCHIVE
'THE MASTER' Steelbook™ by Plain Archive
THE MASTER Steelbook™ by Plain Archive (World Exclusive Artwork / The world's 1st steelbook of The Master)
● World Exclusive Artwork (Confirmed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
● Made in Denmark
● Full Gloss Varnish
● Debbossed Title
- Pre-order date: 31st December, 2014 (Korea standard date / The exact time will be announced soon)
- Release date: 23rd January, 2015
This is updated full slip artwork for The Master steelbook™. (Discarding monotone color scheme)
Typo & Logos : Black hot stamping foil (Letterpress)
Rorschach pattern : Embossed transparent UV Silk epoxy coating
