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

[DonaldB]

The other two films in the Mike Leigh Collection Vol. 2 (June 29) are Nuts in May and Who's Who.
5/11
Elephant (2003 & 1989) (Gus Van Sant/Alan Clarke, US/UK) mk2 [R2-France]
5/25
Duel in the Sun (King Vidor, US) MGM
6/1
The Company (Robert Altman, US) Columbia/TriStar
6/8
In July (Im Juli) (Fatih Akin, Germany) Koch Lorber
6/22
Intervista (Federico Fellini, Italy) Pathé [R2-France]
7/1
Alan Clarke Box Set: Scum/Made in Britain/The Firm/Elephant (Clarke, UK) Blue Underground
7/20
Early Summer (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan) Criterion
Port of Shadows (Le Quai des brumes) (Marcel Carné, France) Criterion
Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir: The Golden Coach/French Cancan/Elena and Her Men (Renoir, France) Criterion
7/27
All These Women (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
Bad Guy (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
La Balance (Bob Swaim, France) Home Vision
La Cérémonie (Claude Chabrol, France) Home Vision
Masques (Claude Chabrol, France) Home Vision
Story of Women (Claude Chabrol, France) Home Vision
Three Strange Loves (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
8/10
The Bad Seed (Mervyn LeRoy, US) Warner
Freaks (Tod Browning, US) Warner
8/17
Scorsese Collection: Who's That Knocking at My Door?/Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More/Mean Streets/After Hours/Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, US) Warner 16:9 (also available separately)
9/14
Coffret Luchino Visconti: Mort à Venise (Death in Venice - 2 discs)/Les Damnés (The Damned - 2 discs) (Visconti, Italy) Warner [R2-France] (also available separately)
9/28
Basque Ball (Julio Medem, Spain) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
Ozu Box Set: Late Spring/The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice/Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...And Spring (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]

 

[Eric.]

Samaria (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea)was just released in r3 from starmax.I just got my copy a few days ago,havn't got to watching it yet.
Next week Oldboy Director (Park Chan-Wook, South Korea) (Joint Security Area JSA,Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance)is released in r3 also from starmax.

 

[DonaldB]

Available now:
Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, Japan/USSR) Divisa Red [R2-Spain]
Mizu No Onna (Woman of Water) (Hidenori Sugimori, Japan) Artist Film [R2-Japan]
No One Writes to the Colonel (El Coronel no Tiene Quien le Escriba) (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico) Cameo [R2-Spain]
Samaria (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea) Starmax [R3-Korea] 16:9
Le Voleur (The Thief of Paris) (Louis Malle, France) MGM [R2-France]
Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) Panorama [R3-HK] 16:9
6/8
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (Alan Clarke, UK) Cinema Club [R2-UK]
6/15
Gate of Flesh (Seijun Suzuki, Japan) Hanzibar Films [R2-UK]
Son frere (His Brother) (Patrice Chéreau, France) Parasol Peccadillo [R2-UK]
6/22
East Palace, West Palace (Zhang Yuan, China) Millivres Multimedia [R2-UK]
Holy Mountain (Der Heilige Berg) (Arnold Fanck, Germany) Eureka/MoC [R2-UK]
6/29
Beckett on Film (various, UK) Tyrone Productions [R2-UK]
7/6
Le Boucher (The Butcher) (Claude Chabrol, France) Arrow Film Distributors [R2-UK]
Film Noir Classic Collection: The Asphalt Jungle/Gun Crazy/Murder, My Sweet/Out of the Past/The Set-Up (Huston/Lewis/Dmytryk/Tourneur/Wise, US) Warner (also available separately)
7/13
Okraina (Outskirts) (Pyotr Lutsik, Russia) Facets
Pauline a la plage (Pauline At The Beach) (Eric Rohmer, France) Arrow Film Distributors [R2-UK]
7/27
The Girl With the Hat Box (Devushka s korobkoj)/Outskirts (Okraina) (Boris Barnet, USSR) Image
Good Bye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, Germany) Columbia/TriStar
10/5
The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, US) Paramount 16:9
11/30
It's All True (Orson Welles, US) Paramount

 

[Daniel Windsor]

Fans of Patrice Chereau will be disappointed to hear the USA release of Son Frere is very poor
That's a pity Strand are so lazy (nothing new).
The French DTS looks the best so far although there's no English subtitles. The UK disc (14 June) is being listed as "Widescreen anamorphic DD5.1").
Here's hoping.

 

[Jay E]

Thanks for that info Daniel. I'll wait and see what the UK DVD of Son Frere looks like before buying.

 

[Prentice Cotham]

I found out that Universal owns the distribution rights in the US and Canada for Before the Rain. Does anyone have any connections there that can help get this film released?

 

[DonaldB]

The Histoire de Marie et Julien disc from France has none of the subtitles originally adverstised, including English.
Available now:
Oliveira Box Set: The Principle of Uncertainty; Word and Utopia; Oporto of My Childhood (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France) Gemini Films [R2-France]
Old Boy (Park Chan-wook, Korea) Starmax [R3-Korea]
6/1
European Short Films (Moodyson/Godard/Wildrich/Fesser/Tykwer/Mullan/Moretti/Kounen/Andersson/Kieslowski/Leconte/Svankmajer/Solanas/Morris/Trier/Jensen) Cinema 16 [R2-UK]
6/22
The Sea is Watching (Ken Kumai, Japan) Columbia/TriStar [R2-UK]
6/29
Kiss of Life (Emily Young, UK) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Three Sisters (Laurence Olivier, UK) Warner [R2-UK]
7/27
Brakhage (Jim Shedden, US) Zeitgeist
Cold Fever (Fredrik Thor Fridriksson, Iceland) Second Sight Films [R2-UK]
Les Destinees sentimentales (Olivier Assayas, France) [R2-UK]
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (Martina Kudlacek, Germany) Zeitgeist
La Separation (Christian Vincent, France) [R2-UK]
8/3
Adoption (Márta Mészáros, Hungary) Kino
Blind Chance (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
The Camera Buff (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
Dogville (Lars Trier, Denmark) Icon Home Entertainment [R2-UK]
The Father (István Szabó, Hungary) Kino
No End (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
The Scar (Krzysztof Kieslowsk, Poland) Kino
25 Firemans Street (István Szabó, Hungary) Kino
8/17
Blind Shaft (Li Yang, Hong Kong) Kino
Let Joy Reign Supreme... (Bertrand Tavernier, France) Kino
8/31
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Luis Buñuel, Mexico/US) VCI

 

[Jay E]

Finally, Image is releasing Laurent Cantent's Human Resources on DVD on 8/3.

 

[DonaldB]

6/15
Love Streams (John Cassavetes, US) Cine Malta [R2-France]
6/29
Decasia (Bill Morrison, US) bfi [R2-UK]
Piccadilly (E.A. Dupont, UK) bfi [R2-UK]
7/6
Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, South Korea) Kino
7/20
Münchhausen (Josef von Baky, Germany) Kino
7/27
Elephant (Gus Van Sant, US) Optimum Home Entertainment [R2-UK]
8/3
Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) MGM [R2-UK]
Human Resources (Laurent Cantet, France) Image
The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) MGM [R2-UK]
The Serpent's Egg (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) MGM [R2-UK]
Shame (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden) MGM [R2-UK]
8/10
Max, mon amour (Nagisa Oshima, France/Japan) Cinema Club [R2-UK]
Sada (Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan) Home Vision
8/17
Black Peter (Milos Forman, Czechoslovakia) Facets
L.627 (Bertrand Tavernier, France) Kino
Life and Nothing But (Bertrand Tavernier, France) Kino
Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan) Lions Gate
8/24
Dogville (Lars Trier, Denmark) Lions Gate
I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, Italy) Criterion
8/31
Slacker (Richard Linklater, US) Criterion
9/7
Playtime (Jacques Tati, France) bfi [R2-UK]
10/26
The Last of England (Derek Jarman, UK) Image

 

[DonaldB]

9/14
Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, US) MGM/UA
Twenty-nine Palms (Bruno Dumont, France/US) Wellspring

 

[DonaldB]

7/27
Carandiru (Hector Babenco, Brazil) Columbia/TriStar [R2-UK]
Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
8/17
Jean-Luc Godard Box Set: Alphaville/Une Femme est une Femme/Le Petit Soldat (Godard, France) Warner [R2-UK]
Jean Renoir Box Set: Le Crime de Monsieur Lange/La Bete humaine/La Grande illusion (Renoir) Warner [R2-UK]
Luis Buñuel Box Set: Diary of a Chambermaid/Belle de Jour/The Milky Way
(Buñuel, France) Warner [R2-UK]
Roman Polanski Box Set: Rosemary's Baby/Chinatown/The Tenant (Polanski, US) Paramount [R2-UK]
8/24
The Cow (Dariush Mehrjui, Iran) First Run
La Femme infidele (Claude Chabrol, France) Arrow Film Distributors [R2-UK]
Hamoun (Dariush Mehrjui, Iran) First Run
8/31
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Robert Bresson, France) bfi [R2-UK]
Les Enfants terrible (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) bfi [R2-UK]
Orphée (Jean Cocteau, France) bfi [R2-UK]
9/28
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, US) Universal

 

[Jonathan Takagi]

Donald,

Are you sure that the Oliveira box set has been released? I haven't seen it for sale anywhere, but perhaps you could point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

 

[DonaldB]

Jonathan, I thought one or two members of the listserv said they had gotten it from Portugal. I certainly can't find it anywhere myself, so I'm wondering if it wasn't the Monteiro set that was mentioned.

Placing it back into the "In the works" section for now.

 

[Daniel Windsor]

7/1
Alan Clarke Box Set: Scum/Made in Britain/The Firm/Elephant (Clarke, UK) Blue Underground

Anyone seen anything of that? It seems to be called "No Fear" as a set. No sign of it as far as I can see. I was looking forward to seeing Elephant cleaned up. Might need to buy the CE in France of the Van Sant version as it has it on there.
Incidentally, for fans of Bruno Dumont (La Vie de Jésus/L'Huamnitié) I implore you to watch Twentynine Palms. I see Wellspring are to release it in the USA but they have a very poor record. The French disc is reference quality. That is not a term I use lightly. Great (spoiler free) article on Dumont here
...back on topic...
Proof. (Jocelyn Moorhouse/Russell Crowe) 5 August. Village Roadshow. Australia Region 4
Black Cat White Cat (Emir Kusturica) 25 June. AV Channel. Australia Region 4.
No detailed information yet, but I'm sure fans will want to get in there early.

 

[DonaldB]

Thanks, Daniel. The Clarke set has been pushed back to Aug. 31.
7/2
Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) Universal [R4-Australia]
Sex and Lucia (Julio Medem, Spain) AV Channel [R4-Australia]
8/13
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem, Spain) Magna [R4-Australia]
8/17
Rodrigo D: No Future (Victor Manuel Gaviria, Columbia) Facets

 

[Brook K]

Will the Bunuel set be available for individual purchase? I'd really just want to buy The Milky Way.

 

[Brook K]

Will the Bunuel set be available for individual purchase? I'd really just want to buy The Milky Way.

 

[DonaldB]

The Buñuel, Renoir, and Godard sets unfortunately appear to be all or nothing. The Milky Way is likely to be the next one or two Buñuel releases by Criterion, so I'm willing to wait on that. Belle de Jour is the one I would want separately, as it'll probably be better than the R1 disc.

 

[DonaldB]

The Buñuel, Renoir, and Godard sets unfortunately appear to be all or nothing. The Milky Way is likely to be the next one or two Buñuel releases by Criterion, so I'm willing to wait on that. Belle de Jour is the one I would want separately, as it'll probably be better than the R1 disc.

 

[Ali B]

I'd be interested to see what the transfer is like on the R4 version of Lovers of the Arctic Circle. I currently have the Tartan R2 UK version which is pretty poor and unfortunately the gorgeous Spanish R2 is OOP (as is the Medem boxset incidentally). Here's hoping they've licensed the Spanish transfer...