Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

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July 24, 2012

Julio Medem's The Red Squirrel (1993) on DVD from Tanelorn Films.



The Red Squirrel (1993) - Amazon


Julio Medem's movies Tierra (1996) and Vacas (1992) are also available.



Tierra (1996) - Amazon




Vacas (1992) - Amazon

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October 2, 2012

Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection - Blu-ray





-Dracula (1931)
-Drácula [Spanish-language version] (1931)
-Frankenstein (1931)
-The Mummy (1932)
-The Invisible Man (1933)
-Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
-The Wolf Man (1941)
-Phantom of the Opera (1943)
-Creature from the Black Lagoon (3-D, 1954)

Special features detailed here

Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection - Amazon

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September 18, 2012

Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably (1977) on DVD from Olive Films



The Devil, Probably (1977) - Amazon


Maurice Pialat's Police (1985) on DVD from Olive Films



Police (1985) - Amazon

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Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection from the TCM Vault Collection



Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection - TCM Shop


October 3, 2012

Michael Haneke's Benny's Video (1992) on blu-ray from French distibutor MK2



Benny's Video (1992) - Amazon France

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July 10, 2012

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 4 from Warner Archive



-Jewel Robbery (1932)
-Lawyer Man (1932)
-Man Wanted (1932)
-They Call It Sin (1932)

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 4 - WB Shop


Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 5 from Warner Archive



-Miss Pinkerton (1932)
-Hard to Handle (1933)
-Ladies They talk About (1933)
-The Mind Reader (1933)

Forbidden Hollywood Collection Vol. 5 - WB Shop


"...these sets will initially be available as pressed DVD discs, at least until the initial limited run is exhausted and they're switched over to WAC's normal burned-on-demand DVD-R format."

via this NY Post article

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More Important French Films Will Be Digitally Restored
via blu-ray.com

Thanks to a new initiative from state film organization CNC, more classic and important French films will be digitally restored. Some of the films already approved for restoration are Jacques Tati's Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle and Playtime, Rene Vautier's Avoir 20 Ans Dans Les Aures, Agnes Varda's Jacquot de Nantes and Jacques Demy's Le Joli Mai and Peau d'Ane.

Claude Lelouch, Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard's documentary feature Far From Vietnam will also be restored, as well as three short films.

The CNC committee, which selects the films that will be restored each year, is headed by Gilles Jacob, the current president of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Warner Archive now has a weekly podcast

George Feltenstein hosts the Warner Archive Collection podcast, bringing you vintage radio dramas, interviews and weekly round-table discussions culled from the rich film and television history contained within the Warner Bros. vaults.

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[Pozer]

should change the name of this thread to Random DVD and Blu-ray wilderesquements.

[tpfkabi]

More Important French Films Will Be Digitally Restored
via blu-ray.com

Thanks to a new initiative from state film organization CNC, more classic and important French films will be digitally restored. Some of the films already approved for restoration are Jacques Tati's Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle and Playtime.

They weren't restored when Criterion released them?

[Ravi]

They weren't restored when Criterion released them?

Criterion probably cleaned those releases up just for DVD and Blu-Ray, without actually restoring the original film elements.

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Jacques Deray's long-unavailable The Outside Man (1973) has just been released via MGM MOD. This film sort of fuses the spirit of French crime movies with the landscape of Los Angeles. Though its plot isn't amazing, for me the cinematography elevates the movie and makes it a bit of a stylistic/thematic blood brother to something like Point Blank.

Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a french contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. But simultaneously, as he arrives to do his job, a slaying occurs inside the household of the mob boss supposed to employ him. Suspicion is deliberately cast against Trintignant from within that very family. From that moment on, Trintignant is on the run from the police, and the minions of two different mob families. What makes his escape hazardous is that the real murderer shares all the information known about him to aid in his capture and death.




The Outside Man (1973) - Amazon


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9AyZvV3hM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd9AyZvV3hM</a>

Trailer

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0SFn2k8Jg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0SFn2k8Jg</a>

[Reelist]

wow, that looks like a lot of fun! Where would I be without you, Wilder?

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Masters of Cinema Q4 2012


October 22, 2012

Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen in a Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD Edition



Die Nibelungen - Amazon UK


Sam Fuller's Park Row (1952) on DVD



Park Row (1952) - Amazon UK


October 29, 2012

Soul Power (2008) in a new Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD Edition


November 12, 2012

Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) in a Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD Edition



The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) blu-ray - Amazon UK


Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise (1932) on DVD



Trouble in Paradise (1932) - Amazon UK


December 3, 2012

Ozu's Floating Weeds (1959) in a Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD Edition



Floating Weeds (1959) - Amazon UK


Teinosuke Kinugasa's Gate of Hell (1953) in a Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD Edition, one of the top 10 films (international list) Scorsese cited as demonstrating a 'masterful use of light and color'



Gate of Hel (1953) - Amazon UK

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October 16, 2012

Max Ophuls' Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) from Olive Films



and the rest of Olive's October slate.