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  1. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    Hard to remember ... Sherman maybe? David Hare would be sure to remember more accurately.
  2. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    Well, I'm not 80 yet! ..... not quite ....
  3. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    What a lifetime! It's great to be so involved in what we love. I had thought carelessly that David was talking to me, although we hadn't been talking in the recent past about 'Tales of Hoffman'. But since David and I have known each other for almost 60 years, it was an understandable slip into...
  4. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    The 60s were a strange time for cinephiles, demented or not! I remember in Melbourne (and David, you would have seen the same print) the screenings of Bunuel's wonderful 'Un Chien Andalou'. Wonderful ... except in London in 1969 I finally managed to see the even more wonderful 'sonorised'...
  5. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    I checked my Studio Canal version and it is indeed the complete restored version with all the previously missing footage. So no need to double-dip, fortunately for my wallet! And yes, the transfer is very pleasing.
  6. AnthonyClarke

    Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Tales of Hoffman (1951) (Blu-ray)

    What was the recently discovered lost footage? It appears that the new edition will run for 13 minutes longer than the UK Blu ray. Tantalising....
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