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With the advent of [[DVD]] in the early 2000’s, Siren repositioned itself as a specialist licensing company.{{fact}} Distribution was outsourced to [[Shock Records]],{{fact}} allowing a more concentrated operational structure focusing solely on acquisitions.{{fact}} |
With the advent of [[DVD]] in the early 2000’s, Siren repositioned itself as a specialist licensing company.{{fact}} Distribution was outsourced to [[Shock Records]],{{fact}} allowing a more concentrated operational structure focusing solely on acquisitions.{{fact}} |
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Siren steadily increased its operations between 2001 and 2006, with new logos to reflect the company's film roster<ref name='Small Studio'> {{cite web|url=http://www.smallstudio.com.au/siren-visual/ |title=Siren Visual logo redesign |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Small Studio logo redesign |publisher=[[ |
Siren steadily increased its operations between 2001 and 2006, with new logos to reflect the company's film roster<ref name='Small Studio'> {{cite web|url=http://www.smallstudio.com.au/siren-visual/ |title=Siren Visual logo redesign |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Small Studio logo redesign |publisher=[[Small Studio Australia]] }}</ref>. At the beginning of 2007 Siren parted ways with [[Shock Records]], teaming up with independent sales and distribution company [[Gryphon Entertainment]] to continue and expand the business.<ref name='Siren moves to Gryphon'> {{cite web|url=http://www.themusic.com.au/imm_display.php?s=christie&id=46 |title=Siren moves to Gryphon |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=themusic.com.au |publisher=[[www.themusic.com.au]] }}</ref>. |
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2006 saw Siren release [[Roger Watkins]]' underground classic ''[[Last House On Dead End Street]]''.<ref name='Last House On Dead End Street'> {{cite web|url=http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/96c6b39dc9999128ca257671007af113!OpenDocument |title=Last House On The Left released by Siren Visual |accessdate=2009-11-05 |date=2009-11-04 |work=Last House On Dead End Street |publisher=[[Office Of Film And Literature Classification]] }}</ref>. [[Ruggero Deodato]]'s ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (which had previously been banned in Australia for 23 years<ref name='Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database'> {{cite web|url=http://www.refused-classification.com/Films_C.htm |title=Cannibal Holocaust released uncut in Australia |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Cannibal Holocaust |publisher=www.refused-classification.com }}</ref>) followed soon after.<ref name='Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database'> {{cite web|url=http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/7e4bcd49b3f4de96ca2576710078a348!OpenDocument |title=Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Cannibal Holocaust |publisher=[[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)]] }}</ref>. |
2006 saw Siren release [[Roger Watkins]]' underground classic ''[[Last House On Dead End Street]]''.<ref name='Last House On Dead End Street'> {{cite web|url=http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/96c6b39dc9999128ca257671007af113!OpenDocument |title=Last House On The Left released by Siren Visual |accessdate=2009-11-05 |date=2009-11-04 |work=Last House On Dead End Street |publisher=[[Office Of Film And Literature Classification]] }}</ref>. [[Ruggero Deodato]]'s ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (which had previously been banned in Australia for 23 years<ref name='Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database'> {{cite web|url=http://www.refused-classification.com/Films_C.htm |title=Cannibal Holocaust released uncut in Australia |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Cannibal Holocaust |publisher=www.refused-classification.com }}</ref>) followed soon after.<ref name='Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database'> {{cite web|url=http://www.oflc.gov.au/www/cob/find.nsf/d853f429dd038ae1ca25759b0003557c/7e4bcd49b3f4de96ca2576710078a348!OpenDocument |title=Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database |accessdate=2009-11-19 |date=2009-11-19 |work=Cannibal Holocaust |publisher=[[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)]] }}</ref>. |
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Siren Visual is an Australian company which specialises in the distribution of Japanese anime, documentaries and off-beat cinema in Australia and New Zealand.
History
Founder and managing director Nigel Rennard started Siren in 1987 as a music distribution company.[citation needed] As the company grew, so too did its scope with the addition of VHS distribution in 1994.[citation needed]
A full service distribution company, Siren managed labels such as Manga Entertainment, Madman Entertainment, Redemption and Chinatown Video.[citation needed] Siren also undertook acquisition of its own titles and was the first company responsible for bringing the works of John Woo, Jet Li and Jackie Chan to the Australian home entertainment market.[citation needed]
The popularity of the Pokemon franchise, licensed in 1998, propelled the company to become one of the largest independent distributors in Australia Siren Visual won the Australian Video Retailers Association best independent distributor awards in both 1999 and 2000.[citation needed]
With the advent of DVD in the early 2000’s, Siren repositioned itself as a specialist licensing company.[citation needed] Distribution was outsourced to Shock Records,[citation needed] allowing a more concentrated operational structure focusing solely on acquisitions.[citation needed]
Siren steadily increased its operations between 2001 and 2006, with new logos to reflect the company's film roster[1]. At the beginning of 2007 Siren parted ways with Shock Records, teaming up with independent sales and distribution company Gryphon Entertainment to continue and expand the business.[2].
2006 saw Siren release Roger Watkins' underground classic Last House On Dead End Street.[3]. Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (which had previously been banned in Australia for 23 years[4]) followed soon after.[4].
Siren has released films by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal, Jan Švankmajer, Takashi Miike, Larry Clark, Tinto Brass, Lucio Fulci and Herschell Gordon Lewis;[citation needed] contemporary European films from Koen Mortier, György Pálfi and Marina De Van; as well as work by Australian film-makers Kriv Stenders, Eddie Martin and Maya Newell.[citation needed]
Siren continues to license anime for the Australian market from companies such as Bandai, Gonzo, Klockworx, Nippon TV and Madhouse.[citation needed] In June 2009, Siren released the first collection of Studio 4°C's Genius Party on DVD, the first Genius Party title to be released ouside of Japan.[citation needed] A second Genius Party collection, Genius Party Beyond followed in September.[citation needed]
Two documentaries released by Siren Visual were nominated for Australian Film Institute awards in 2009 - Amiel Courtin-Wilson's Bastardy and Eddie Martin's Lionel.[5].
Cult 1960's TV series The Samurai will be reissued by Siren Visual beginning with the first series in February 2010.[citation needed] In November 2009 SBS Television broadcast a documentary that reviewed the impact of the series and featured interview material with Siren Visual founder Nigel Rennard[6].
External links
References
- ^ "Siren Visual logo redesign". Small Studio logo redesign. Small Studio Australia. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ "Siren moves to Gryphon". themusic.com.au. www.themusic.com.au. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ "Last House On The Left released by Siren Visual". Last House On Dead End Street. Office Of Film And Literature Classification. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ a b "Cannibal Holocaust released uncut in Australia". Cannibal Holocaust. www.refused-classification.com. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-11-19. Cite error: The named reference "Cannibal Holocaust @ OFLC Database" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "AFI Awards 2009". AFI Award Nominations 2009. Australian Film Institute. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ "Shintaro". Shintaro!. Special Broadcasting Service. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-05.