Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

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August 26, 2014

Patrice Chéreau's Queen Margot (1994) on blu-ray from Cohen Media Group, from a 4K restoration



Queen Margot (1994) - Amazon



wilder

June 30, 2014

Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection on blu-ray from Arrow



Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection (1959-1985) - Amazon UK



This groundbreaking collection brings together Walerian Borowczyk's key films from a twenty-five-year period stretching from 1959 through to 1984.

This unique release includes five of Borowczyk's provocative feature films: Theatre de M et Mme Kabal, Goto, l'ile d'amour, Blanche, Contes Immoraux and La Bete as well as his groundbreaking short films from this period.

Not only are many of these films available on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time, but also in new digital high definition restorations approved by the director's widow, Ligia Branice.

In addition to exclusive documentaries featuring cast and crew, an hour long portrait of Borowczyk is to be included, featuring the director's musings on painting, animation and sex.

Accompanying this seminal release is a book edited by Borowczyk experts Daniel Bird and Michael Brooke featuring newly commissioned essays on Borowczyk's films and art, as well as an account of the meticulous restoration process involved.

To round off the release is, for the first time, an English translation of Borowczyk's 1992 collection of short stories, Anatomy of the Devil, translated by the director's assistant, Michael Levy.



LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

-Brand new 2K restorations of Borowczyk films
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the films and extras.

THE SHORT FILMS & THEATRE OF MR AND MRS KABAL

-Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
-Film is not a Sausage: Borowczyk's Short Films – A new interview programme featuring Borowczyk, producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, assistant André Heinrich and composer Bernard Parmegiani
-Blow Ups – A new visual essay by Daniel Bird concerning Borowczyk's works on paper
-Borowczyk's commercials

GOTO, ISLE OF LOVE

-Introduction by artist and Turner Prize nominee Craigie Horsfield
-The Concentration Universe: Goto, Isle of Love – A new interview programme featuring actor Jean-Pierre Andréani, co-writer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, cameraman Noël Véry and camera assistant Jean-Pierre Platel
-The Profligate Door – A new documentary about Borowczyk's sound sculptures featuring curator Maurice Corbet

BLANCHE

-Introduction by director Leslie Megahey
-Ballad of Imprisonment: Blanche – A new interview programme featuring producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, assistant director André Heinrich, camera operator Noël Véry and assistant Patrice Leconte
-Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk – A newly edited archival interview in which Borowczyk discusses painting, cinema and sex
-Gun Point – A documentary short by Peter Graham produced and edited by Borowczyk

IMMORAL TALES

-Introduction by Borowczyk expert Daniel Bird
-Immoral Tales: L'Age d'Or Cut – featuring a fifth episode, The True Story of the Beast of Gévaudan
-Love Reveals Itself: Immoral Tales – A new interview programme featuring production manager Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin and cinematographer Noël Véry
-Boro Brunch: A reunion meal recorded in February 2014 re-uniting members of Borowczyk's crew, featuring Philippe D'Argila, Florence Dauman, Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, Dominique Ruspoli, Noël Véry and Zoe Zurstrassen
-A Private Collection
-A Private Collection: Oberhausen Cut

THE BEAST

-Introduction by critic Peter Bradshaw
-The Making of The Beast: Camera operator Noël Véry provides a commentary on footage shot during the making of The Beast
-Frenzy of Ecstasy – A new visual essay on the evolution of Borowczyk's beast and the sequel that never was, Motherhood
-Venus on the Half Shell

CAMERA OBSCURA [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]

-A generously illustrated book edited by Daniel Bird and Michael Brooke featuring new essays, landmark articles by Raymond Durgnat, Philip Strick, Patrice Leconte, David Thompson and Chris Newby, Boro's Dictionary, an account of the restoration of Borowczyk films and Anatomy of the Devil, a collection of Borowczyk's short stories translated from the original French by the filmmaker's assistant, Michael Levy

LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES   

wilder

August 11, 2014

Francois Truffaut's The Soft Skin (1964) on blu-ray from Artifical Eye




Francois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (1960) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




August 25, 2014

Francois Truffaut's Bed & Board (1970) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




Francois Truffaut's Stolen Kisses (1968) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




September 15, 2014

Francois Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




Francois Truffaut's A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




September 29, 2014

Francois Truffaut's Love On the Run (1979) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye


wilder

October 13, 2014

Francois Truffaut's Confidentially Yours (1983) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye




Francois Truffaut's The Woman Next Door (1981) on blu-ray from Artificial Eye


wilder

July 29, 2014

Delbert Mann's Separate Tables (1958) on blu-ray from Kino



Travel to the Beauregard Hotel where the eccentric guests all share one common trait - loneliness. There's Major Pollack (David Niven), who hides a dark secret behind a polished military veneer; Sibyl Railton-Bell (Deborah Kerr), a shy, neurotic old maid who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother; John Malcolm (Burt Lancaster), a disenchanted writer who drowns his bitterness in a pool of alcohol; and Ann Shankland (Rita Hayworth), whose narcissism masks a deep fear of growing old alone and unloved. In one emotional evening, these four unhappy misfits will bare their innermost secrets... and change each other's lives forever.   

Separate Tables (1958) - Amazon


jenkins

Quote from: wilder on March 29, 2014, 03:43:04 PM
-Curtis Harrington's Night Tide (1961) starring Dennis Hopper, which sort of has the feel of a Val Lewton movie

-Frank Perry's The Swimmer (1968), a dark, devastating dream set against the sun-soaked valley

watched them in this order, night tide to the swimmer, for a snazzy double. i'm feeling mood oriented, atmospheric. i'm a haunted human house. thanks. good call

wilder

July 8, 2014

Max Ophuls' Caught (1949) on blu-ray from Olive Films



Caught (1949) - Amazon

wilder

July 21, 2014

Jacques Tati Blu-ray Collection from Studiocanal





Includes:

-Trafic
-Parade
-Playtime
-Mon Oncle
-Les Vacances De M. Hulot
-Jour de Fete

Jacques Tati Blu-ray Collection - Amazon UK

wilder

September 29, 2014

Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) on blu-ray from Masters of Cinema







July 21, 2014

John Cassavetes' Too Late Blues (1961) from Masters of Cinema



Too Late Blues (1961) - Amazon UK




wilder

Upvote for A Face in the Crowd. That UK Tati set is a conundrum. I haven't seen the two you mentioned. Criterion will be releasing their own Tati blu-ray titles down the line, but they lost the rights to Trafic, and given that the other Studiocanal titles Criterion has lost the rights to haven't been re-licensed (La Grand Illusion, The Third Man) and Playtime is already a standalone...blah. Do I trust Studiocanal to issue Trafic as its own disc release in the US? I don't know. Don't know which way is up.

wilder

August 18, 2014

F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926) from Masters of Cinema



Faust (1926) - Amazon UK



wilder

Quote from: Larry Doc Sportello on May 17, 2014, 03:25:15 PMLOVED A FACE IN THE CROWD!! Need to see more KAZAN!!

edit: Trafic is awesome!!

Glad you enjoyed them. A Face in the Crowd has to be my favorite movie of the 1950s alongside Night of the Hunter.

Quote from: Larry Doc Sportello on May 17, 2014, 03:25:15 PM...the Criterion Blu Ray of Jules et Jim, THE EXTRAS!! There is la terrific interview featuring Jeanne Moreau, Truffaut and Jean Renoir.

Don't think I've listened to that - will investigate.


May 26, 2014

Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (1941) from Arrow



Sullivan's Travels (1941) - Amazon UK






July 22, 2014

Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution (1957) from Kino



Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Amazon



wilder

July 15, 2014

Delbert Mann's Marty (1955) from a screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky, from Kino



Marty (1955) - Amazon





July 22, 2014

Michelangelo Antonioni's Love in the City (1953) on blu-ray from Raro



Love in the City (1953) - Amazon





July 29, 2014

Martin Ritt's Paris Blues (1961) from Kino



Paris Blues (1961) - Amazon



wilder

According to this article, a blu-ray of Hal Ashby's Coming Home (1978) is in the works.