Random DVD and Blu-ray announcements

[wilder]

i like when i sense the strangeness to my life through the magic of movies

marquee

[wilder]

changed my mind















Full review here

[jenkins]

and if you don't already know, wait, even if you do or don't know, b&n is having a generalized 40% off bluray deal, before next month's yearly 50% criterion sale. i totally bought the arrival on bluray for $5. other example:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-spike-lee-joint-collection-1/27528143?ean=786936841862

^example

[wilder]

August 25, 2014

Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon (1929) on blu-ray from Masters of Cinema



Woman in the Moon (1929) - Amazon

[03]

an often overlooked masterpiece by lang.it is a straight up must watch.

[wilder]

A 14 film box set of Jean Epstein's movies was just released in France from Potemkin Films and includes English subtitles. More information on the official site, and information on the restoration and some background here.



Coffret Jean Epstein - Amazon France


Also going to take this opportunity to plug Masters of Cinema's blu-ray release of Coeur fidéle (1923)




Jean Epstein’s Cœur fidèle [True Heart] established the great French filmmaker as one of the most inventive directors of the (then still silent) art form. A pared-down tale of a barmaid oppressed by an exploitative foster family who attempt to push her into the arms of an unscrupulous regular-about-town, Marie’s heart (exuberantly vivified by Gina Marès) belongs, as far as she’s concerned, to the tenderly blank Jean (Léon Mathot)…

Cœur fidèle drives its simple story (which, with its infamous and exhilarating “carousel sequence”, helped pave the way for the narrative tradition of such Murnau masterworks as Sunrise and City Girl) on into the realm of what might be considered an early incarnation of French poetic realism — all while still anticipating Epstein’s magical, post-surrealist, later works.

Coeur fidéle (1923) - Amazon UK

[jenkins]

those are such great screencaps. is that an all-region release? i'll google. just having a "gimme a sec, i'm spiraling into emotional chaos" moment regarding already having seen the robocop remake and not remembering i've already seen the robocop which remake i saw like a month ago. that's kinda mysterious

[wilder]

It's not, but you of all people on this board except maybe samsong should rectify that situation yesterday. Maybe you already did. Maybe you forgot?

[jenkins]

movie theaters in los angeles are my all region player, my actual player is 7yo and normal, so i'd have to buy a new player and prepare myself to spend higher costs on certain releases to make the change. haven't done it. which is too bad for under the suns of satan and judex, both of which i've owned in region 2 ways for about three years

the sidestory is masters of cinema was started by like three friends, as a way to release their personal favorite movies, and the company has grown and they no longer control the company, but one of the founders regularly sends my friend masters of cinema releases, which he receives for free and can't watch because he hasn't downloaded the thing to make his player allreigion

you of all people should know that including samsong's name ruins a pitch. btw. makes me think of someone punching my face

[wilder]

the sidestory is masters of cinema was started by like three friends, as a way to release their personal favorite movies, and the company has grown and they no longer control the company

What are they up to now? They're still there and don't have ownership or...?

but one of the founders regularly sends my friend masters of cinema releases

Envy.

you of all people should know that including samsong's name ruins a pitch. btw. makes me think of someone punching my face

???

...did I miss something?

[jenkins]

i'd have to ask to remind myself what they do now. i'm a link away from the story. all i know is Trond Trondsen, a Ph.D. of Space Physics and president of Keo Scientific Ltd (<-wiki helped me there), continues to regularly attend movie festivals, sxsw at least, and he met my friend there, and trond trondsen is a nice guy whose name i initially thought wasn't his real name, and he sends my friends moc movies for free. i've now shared my full knowledge of the situation

if you missed the other story that's probably better. idgi either. but it's a regular drag for me

[samsong]

really?

[jenkins]

yes, you're really always a drag to me. since the beginning
http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=174.msg321252#msg321252
http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=12766.msg331373#msg331373
http://xixax.com/index.php?topic=12449.msg334106#msg334106

as i've said, it's both adorable and creepy

[samsong]

as i've said, it's both adorable and creepy

when did you say that?  i must've missed it in my scouring the board for all your posts for the purposes of responding in such a way as to be a drag.

[jenkins]

it'd be a fruitless "scour" because this is your battle. adorable. creepy. i hope you enjoy it because i don't