Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II (2 Viewers)

[DonaldB]

Available now:
Swallowtail Butterfly (Shunji Iwai, Japan) [R2-Japan]

 

[Andrew_K]

Le Bossu (On Guard) (1997, Philippe de Broca) Koch-Lorber March 6
with Daniel Auteuil and Vincent Perez
Le Bossu (1960, Andre Hunebelle) Cest la Vie [R2-UK]- Jan 26 (already out)
with Jean Marais and Bourvil

 

[Andrew_K]

Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003, Richard Berry) Seville, Feb. 10
La Vie Promise (Ghost River) (2002, Olivier Dahan) Seville, Jan. 20 (already released)

 

[Pascal A]

I found these on the Blackstar site:
3/15
In America (Jim Sheridan, Ireland/UK) 20th Century Fox [R2-UK]
3/22
Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, Germany) Eureka [R2-UK]
3/29
Young Adam (David Mackenzie, Scotland/UK) Warner [16:9] [R2-UK] {although I found the film rather vacuous, the visuals are quite stunning}

 

[DonaldB]

2/17
The Last of England (Derek Jarman, UK) Second Sight [R2-UK]
The Tempest (Derek Jarman, UK) Second Sight [R2-UK]
2/24
Richard III (Laurence Olivier/Anthony Bushell, UK) Criterion
Vendredi Soir (Claire Denis, France) Tartan [R2-UK] 16:9
3/1
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, US) Video Collection Int. Ltd. [R2-UK]
King and Country (Joseph Losey, UK) British Home Entertainment [R2-UK]
3/9
Croupier (Mike Hodges, UK/Germany) Image
3/16
The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung, France/Vietnam) Second Sight [R2-UK]
25 Watts (Juan Pablo Rebella, Uruguay) Facets
3/23
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (Andre Heller, Othmar
Schmiderer/Germany) Columbia TriStar [R2-UK]
Full Moon in Paris (Eric Rohmer, France) Arrow Film Distributors [R2-UK]
3/30
Crisis (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger, US) bfi [R2-UK]
La Habanera (Douglas Sirk, Germany) Kino
The Lady of Musashino (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
The Life of Oharu (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Summer Interlude (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) (Abderrahmane Sissako, France/Mauritania) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger, US) bfi [R2-UK]
Whirlpool (Otto Preminger, UK/US) bfi [R2-UK]
4/6
The Way Home (Lee Jung-hyang, South Korea) Paramount [R2-UK]
4/13
Together With You (Chen Kaige, China) Momentum Pictures [R2-UK]
4/20
Divine Intervention (Elia Suleiman, France/Germany/Morocco) New
Yorker
Floating Weeds/A story of Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan) Criterion
3 Women (Robert Altman, US) Criterion
4/27
Pure (Gillies MacKinnon, UK) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Wanda (Barbara Loden, US) mk2 [R2-France]
5/4
Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) Warner [R2-UK]
5/11
Safe Conduct (Laissez-Passer) (Bertrand Tavernier, France) Koch

 

[Ted Todorov]

Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) Warner [R2-UK]

I hope this will be a port of the R2 France (MK2?) transfer with English subs. Potentially great news...
Wow, they finally got around to Croupier in R1 -- I must have seen my R2-UK DVD 5 times already. It is one great DVD -- highly recommended.
Ted

 

[Gary Tooze]

This Region 1 DVD originally was released in a unique rights situation as an "exclusive rental" title. This meant that Netflix.com was the first to offer this DVD for viewing, and had what is said to be a three-month window of exclusivity. After that three months expired, Image Entertainment was then scheduled to release this as a DVD for sale to the general public. Unfortunately, the DVD never materialized on store shelves, and the only way to view this film on DVD is via a non-region 1 release, or through a rental outlet like Netflix.

Come to think of it... my DVD is P+S - I'll look for it to verify... but I wasn't as enamored with the film as Ted...

Cheers,

 

[Ted Todorov]

Come to think of it... my DVD is P+S - I'll look for it to verify... but I wasn't as enamored with the film as Ted...

The R2 UK of Croupier is a beautiful OAR anamorphic widescreen transfer, with an extremely incisive director's commentary.
Ted

 

[DonaldB]

Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003, Richard Berry) Seville, Feb. 10

La Vie Promise (Ghost River) (2002, Olivier Dahan) Seville, Jan. 20 (already released)

Andrew, do these have English subs?

 

[Jerry Gerber]

Cluny Brown by Ernst Lubitsch (Gaumont R2 Fr)

Unfaithfully Yours by Preston Sturges (Gaumont R2 Fr)

Both April 6

 

[Andrew_K]

Les Adventures de Rabbi Jacob (Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob) (Gerard Oury, 1973) Facets, April 13, 2004. The first Louis de Funes DVD in the USA.
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Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003, Richard Berry) Seville, Feb. 10
La Vie Promise (Ghost River) (2002, Olivier Dahan) Seville, Jan. 20 (already released)
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Andrew, do these have English subs?
From my experience all Seville DVDs have English subtitles.
La Vie Promise has them for sure.

 

[DonaldB]

3/2
In This World (Michael Winterbottom, UK) Showtime
3/23
Sherman's March (Ross McElwee, US) First Run
3/30
Trembling Before G-d (Sandi Simcha DuBowski, US/France/Israel) Anchor Bay [R2-UK]
4/6
Kristin Lavransdatter (Liv Ullman, Norway/Sweden) Home Vision
4/27
All Things Fair (Bo Widerberg, Sweden) Home Vision
Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont, France) Blaq Out [R2-France]
5/11
Kedma (Amos Gitai, Israel) Kino
5/25
The Son (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium) New Yorker
Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, France) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]

 

[Andrew_K]

Les Grandes Manoeuvres (Rene Clair 1955) Cest La Vie [R2 UK] April 26
Okay (Jesper Nielsen 2002) Cest La Vie [R2 UK] April 26

 

[DonaldB]

5/4
The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, France) Columbia/TriStar

 

[DonaldB]

5/11
A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
6/1
Angels in America (Mike Nichols, US) HBO

 

[Andrew_K]

La Mentale (The Code) Manuel Boursinhac Columbia/Tri Star May 11

 

[DonaldB]

3/23
Il Bidone (Federico Fellini, Italy) Waterfall Home Entertainment [R2-UK]
3/30
The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley, US) C'est la vie [R2-UK]
4/6
Scream of Stone (Werner Herzog, Germany) Cinema Club [R2-UK]
Wim Wenders Collection: The American Friend/Lightning Over Water/Notebook on Cities and Clothes (Wenders, Germany) Anchor Bay
4/20
Le Chateau de ma mere (Yves Robert, France) Second Sight [R2-UK]
Eric Rohmer - L'Ancien et le moderne: Le Signe du lion; La Marquise d'O...; Perceval le Gallois; Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle; Les Rendez-vous de Paris; L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (Rohmer, France) Opening [R2-France] (No English subs. Also available separately.)
La Gloire de mon pere (Yves Robert, France) Second Sight [R2-UK]
Yasujiro Ozu - 5 Films en couleurs: Gosses de Tokyo; Fleurs d'équinoxe; Bonjour; Fin d'automne; Dernier caprice; Le Goût du saké (Ozu, France) Arte Video [R2-France] (No English subs. Also available separately.)
4/27
Le Cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) bfi [R2-UK] 16:9
Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy) bfi [R2-UK] 16:9
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin, Canada) Zeitgeist
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin, Canada) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Christo's Valley Curtain/Running Fence/Christo's Islands/Christo in Paris/Christo's Umbrellas (Al and David Maysles, et al., US) Plexifilm
Leon Morin, Prêtre (Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy) bfi [R2-UK] 16:9
Nói Albinói (Dagur Kari, Iceland) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Three Colours Trilogy (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France/Poland) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
5/4
Buffet Froid (Bertrand Blier, France) Warner [R2-UK]
Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France) Warner [R2-UK]
Mediterraneo (Gabriele Salvatores, Italy) Cinema Club [R2-UK]
The Trial (Orson Welles, US) Warner [R2-UK]
5/11
In America (Jim Sheridan, Ireland/UK)
5/18
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, Germany) Criterion
5/25
The Devil, Probably (Robert Bresson, France) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Lancelot du lac (Robert Bresson, France) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, Italy) Criterion
A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, France) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) Criterion
Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) Criterion
The Weather Underground (Sam Green and Bill Siegel, US)
6/29
The Chess Players (Satyajit Ray, India) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Days and Nights in the Forest (Satyajit Ray, India) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]

 

[DonaldB]

4/13
Simon the Magician (Simon mágus) (Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary) Facets
With Fire and Sword (Jerzy Hoffman, Poland) Facets
5/25
A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, UK) Columbia/TriStar

 

[Ali B]

Three Colours Trilogy (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France/Poland) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]

That's been out for ages - it's even in the sales over here now for less than £10 a film (unless this is just a boxset repackaging of the old discs?)

 

[DonaldB]

Ali, this is listed because it's the first time Artificial Eye has made the individual discs available as a set (something they should've done to begin with).