Foreign/Art/Independent Film DVD Preorder List II (1 Viewer)

[DonaldB]

Available now:
The Ear (Karel Kachyna, 1970) Second Run [R2-UK]
Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2004) MGM
Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967) Second Run [R2-UK]
Week of 11/7
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (Elem Klimov, 1981) Kino
The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948) Optimum [R2-UK]
9 Songs (Michael Winterbottom, 2005) TLA Releasing
Week of 11/14
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard, 2005) Wellspring
Cet amour-la (Josee Dayan, 2001) New Yorker
Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004) Wellspring
Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Week of 11/21
À double tour (Claude Chabrol, 1959) Kino
Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, 1974) Metrodome [R2-UK]
Hisoire(s) du cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard, 2000) Gaumont [R2-France] (no English subs)
House by the River (Fritz Lang, 1950) Kino
Punishment Park (Peter Watkins, 1971) New Yorker
La Ronde (Roger Vadim, 1964) Kino
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) Kino
Thérèse Raquin (Marcel Carné, 1953) Kino
Vidas Secas (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963) New Yorker
Week of 12/05
The Essential Bergman Collection: The Seventh Seal/Wild Strawberries/Persona/Autumn Sonata (Bergman, 1957/1966/1978) Tartan [R0/PAL-UK]
L'Intrus (Claire Denis, 2004) Tartan [R2-UK]
Week of 12/26
2046 (Wong Kar-wai, 2004) Sony
Week of 1/9
The Bad Sleep Well (Akira Kurosawa, 1960) Criterion
Dear Wendy (Thomas Vinterburg, 2005) Metrodome [R2-UK]
Triple Agent (Eric Rohmer, 2004) Koch Lorber
Orson Welles Box Set: Citizen Kane/The Magnificent Amberson/Touch of Evil (Welles, 1941/1942/1958) Universal [R2-UK]
Week of 1/23
The Children are Watching (Vittorio De Sica, 1944) Criterion
The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1961) Criterion
Week of 1/30
David Holzman's Diary/My Girlfriend's Wedding (Jim McBride, 1968/1969) Second Run [R2-UK]

 

[Gary Tooze]

MORE R2 UK ...
Chaplin Mutuals Vol.2 (finally!) - November 28, 2005
Alex Cox - Three Businessmen / Highway Patrolman - October 31, 2005
Alex Cox - Straight To Hell / Death And The Compass - October 31, 2005
Whisky (Juan Pablo Rebella - 2004) - December 5, 2005
Best,

 

[Gary Tooze]

Found this at YesAsia ...
Seopyeonje (Kwon-taek Im, 1993) - Spectrum DVD - Region 0 - NTSC - October 28, 2005
You may remember from his Chunhyang (2000)... that never did get that extended release that we had heard about...
have a great weekend,

 

[StevenA]

Seopyeonje (Kwon-taek Im, 1993) - Spectrum DVD - Region 0 - NTSC - October 28, 2005

Seopyeonje is a wonderful film. Hopefully the DVD is a good one.

Thanks for the tip, Gary!

 

[Gary Tooze]

Almost as soon as I finished my keystroke - YesAsian must have listed it (long version)
Chunhyang (Kwon-taek Im - 2000) LONG VERSION - Spectrum DVD - Oct 28th
The General's Son (Kwon-taek Im, 1993) - Spectrum DVD - Region 0 - NTSC - Nov 5th
http://www.yesasia.com/prdTransfer.aspx/pid-1004071691]HERE[/url] and http://www.yesasia.com/prdTransfer.aspx/pid-1004071690]HERE[/url]
Best,

 

[StevenA]

Is this what I think it is, i.e. the second Hou Hsiao-Hsien boxset that never seemed to materialize?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hou-Hsiao-Hsien-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Ali B]

Heimat 3 (Edgar Reitz, 2004) Artificial Eye [R2-UK] is now being released on 6th Feb 2006, not November now :frowning:

 

[Ali B]

Well, after what seems like 5 years of asking, New Yorker are finally getting around to releasing Patrice Toye's stunning Rosie on DVD. According to the person at New Yorker it will be most likely Q2 of 2006.

Although Toye has not made a feature film since, Rosie is (from memory at least) one of finest debuts I've seen. It never received UK distribution, and I only saw it because John Parish (one time PJ Harvey collaborator and Bristol, UK, resident) scored the film and lived locally to the cinema. If I had to describe it purely in terms of other films, this is Rosetta (Dardenne bros.) directed by Lukas Moodysson (so Lilya 4 Ever then...). I haven't seen it since 2000 so it difficult to compare it with Lilya fully (and Lilya is also one of my favourite films of all time).

When this film is released on DVD, I urge anyone who can to buy it!

Has anyone else here seen the film? My most enduring memory of it is that I would have shot the ending slightly differently.

ali

 

[Richard>S]

Week of 11/21

Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, 1974) Metrodome [R2-UK]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

This still remains one of my most appreciated Criterion titles, although further investigation of this forthcoming title lists an interview and audio commentary created specifically for this release?

As the Criterion edition is a director approved transfer i'm certainly eager to hear of how this release will stack up against it.

 

[DieterW]

Chaplin Mutuals Vol.2 (finally!) - November 28, 2005

Hey Gary,
I'm not sure whether you know or not, but there is Chaplin DVD box set available in France with all Essenay and Mutual Comedies. I bought the set two years ago and was pleased with the video quality, which varies quite a lot from one short to another.
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASI...164927-3848163
It is a cooperation between Arté and Gaumont.
Though Amazon.fr lists the product at 56 euro, I found the set two years ago for 35 euro in a local store.

 

[Gary Tooze]

Hi Deiter !

Wow, I wasn't aware of this - thanks for telling me. I may have to nab that boxset to do a comparison.

Best,

Gary

 

[Ali B]

Has anyone bought or seen a review of the Hong Kong DVD of Truffaut's Une belle fille comme moi? It's one of the two remaining films he solely directed not on DVD before I saw this version! The HK disc appears to be full screen only, but the Japanese disc (here ) is unclear to me (mainly as I can't read Japanese).

 

[Mark_Wilson]

I've seen this version of Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me
It is 1.33:1 but the transfer is surprisingly good.

 

[Ali B]

What's the OAR on the film? I presume it's not 1.33:1.

 

[Ted Todorov]

The OAR is 1.66:1 -- I own of the 4:3 DVDs (Spanish) and there is no doubt that it is in the wrong aspect ratio. Who owns the R1 rights -- is there any chance of someone like Criterion who won't screw it up getting a hold of Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me?
FWIW, Truffaut has NEVER made a 1.33:1 feature film. All his features are either in 2.35:1 or 1.66:1
Ted

 

[DonaldB]

Available now:
Dogme Collection #1-4: Festen/Idioterne/Mifunes Sidste Sang/The King is Alive (Thomas Vinterberg/Lars Trier/Søren Kragh-Jacobsen/Kristian Levring, 1998/1999/2000) Sandrew Metronome [R2-Denmark]
The General's Son (Im Kwon-taek, 1990) Spectrum [R3-Hong Kong]
The Power of Kangwon Province (Hong Sang-soo, 2000) Spectrum [R3-Hong Kong]
Sopyonje (Im Kwon-taek, 1993) Spectrum [R3-Hong Kong]
Tale of Cinema (Hong Sang-soo, 2005) Woosung [R3-Hong Kong]
Week of 11/21
The Fifth Reaction (Tahmineh Milani, 2003) Facets
Vasya (Andrei Zagdansky, 2002) Facets
Woman of the Port (Arcady Boytler and Raphael J. Sevilla, 1934) Facets
Week of 12/5
Forbidden Games (René Clément, 1952) Criterion
Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1960) Criterion
Week of 12/12
Charlie Chaplin: The Mutual Films Vol. 2 (Chaplin, 1916-1917) bfi [R2-UK]
Who's Got the Black Box (Claude Chabrol, 1967) Pathfinder
Week of 12/26
Café Lumiere (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2004) Wellspring
Charlatan (Arash Moayerian, 2004) Facets
Dismissed From Life (Waldemar Krzystek, 1992) Facets
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola (Alexandr Sokurov, 1981) Facets
Week of 1/2
Or (My Treasure) (Keren Yedeya, 2004) Kino
Week of 1/9
Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2004) Sony
Tony Takitani (Jun Ichikawa, 2005) Strand
Week of 1/23
Assassination (Masahrio Shinoda, 1964) Eureka/MoC [R2-UK]
Gloria (John Cassavetes, 1980) Gaumont [R2-France]
Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors (Hong Sang-soo, 2000) Tai Seng
Week of 1/30
La Bataille du Rail (René Clément, 1945) Facets
The Departure (Piotr and Magdalena Lasakiewicz, 1991) Facets
The Essential Atom Egoyan Box Set (Egoyan) Zeitgeist
End of August at the Hotel Ozone (Jan Schmidt, 1967) Facets
Amos Gitai: Territories: House/House in Jerusalem/Field Diary/Arena of Murder/Wadi 1981-1991/Wadi Grand Canyon 2001 (Gitai) Facets
Week of 2/13
Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) Optimum [R2-UK]
The World (Jia Zhang Ke, 2004) Zeitgeist
Week of 2/20
La Double vie de Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991) mk2 [R2-France]
The Sun (Alexandr Sokurov, 2004) Artificial Eye [R2-UK]
Twenty-four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954) Eureka/MoC [R2-UK]

 

[Brook K]

Any whiff of Manderlay on DVD yet?

 

[GregoryMesh]

Any whiff of Manderlay on DVD yet?

It's been released in Russia in October and getting released in Denmark on December 6. I would wait for Danish release (it's going to be 2 discs and probably better quality).

 

[Ali B]

great - Veronique comes to DVD! Any details on the disc? Amazon.fr and the MK2 site don't seem to list it. Does it have English subs?

 

[DonaldB]

DVD VIDÉO

DVD 2

Documentaire : "Kieslowski - Dialogues 1991" (52')

Courts métrages documentaires de Krzysztof Kieslowski :

- L'usine ("Fabryka" - 1971 - 17')

- L'hôpital ("Szpital" - 1976 - 22')

- La gare ("Dworzec" - 1980 - 14')

Court métrage : "Les musiciens du dimanche" de Kazimierz Karabasz ("Ludzie z pustego obszaru" - 1957 - 15')

Documentaire : "Krzysztof Kieslowski, cinéaste polonais" (26')

Rencontre avec Irène Jacob

Entretien avec Zbigniew Preisner

La collection Kieslowski (23')

A loaded 2-disc set and a 150 page book!