Newly founded boutique label Arbelos has announced that it is set to reveal a brand new 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's directorial follow-up to
Easy Rider,
The Last Movie (1971). The label will also release the 4K restoration on Blu-ray in early 2018.
The official press release that announced the arrival of Arbelos also describes the label's future goals:
"Blending both new independent features with 4K restorations of classic and cult films, Arbelos will champion bold and innovative voices, cutting across all genres and eras. The four company founders had previously collaborated at arthouse distributor Cinelicious Pics where they had released new films like Anurag Kashyap's
Gangs of Wasseypur and Tim Sutton's
Dark Knight along with 4K restorations of Japanese underground anime
Belladonna of Sadness, the lost Warren Oates film
Private Property and (most recently) Toshio Matsumoto's transgender masterpiece
Funeral Parade of Roses."
In addition to new projects, Alrbelos will handle the entire Cinelicious Pics film library of 14 feature films, which included the recent, critically acclaimed, 4K restoration of the late Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses.
Arbelos was founded by David Marriott, Dennis Bartok, Craig Rogers and Ei Toshinari and Chief Business Development Officer Jonathan Marlow.
Bartok, Marriott and Toshinari left Cinelicious Pics several months ago and began to collaborate with restoration expert Rogers (who worked for parent company Cinelicious Inc.) and Marlow, who acquired a number of Cinelicious Pics releases for the SVOD streaming service Fandor.