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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:08 am 

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rwaits wrote:
Calvin wrote:
After the Birth of a Nation announcement, is there any chance or more Eureka titles moving over to the MoC label? I think the Eisensteins could be improved upon (from the previous Eureka, Criterion and Tartan releases) though whether or not they'll need to be restored first I don't know.


I missed this. When was this announced?

Eureka Entertainment are very pleased to announce the acquisition of rights to a sparkling new HD restoration of one of the great silent films – one of the most controversial films of all time – D. W. Griffith's THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

The film tells the story of the American Civil War and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of two families. The 1915 film has shocked audiences with its attitudes towards race yet remains one of the defining films of the silent era.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION will join Eureka's Masters of Cinema Series, the home of classic silent movies, and will be released later in the year on Blu-ray for the first time in a dual format (DVD & Blu-ray) edition.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:41 am 
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Has anyone heard when, or would anyone from MoC care to reveal, when the announcement of titles for release in July/August/September is going to be made? The last announcement was made in January, so I'm expecting it in a few weeks maybe?

From what we know is forthcoming, I think it's been suggested that there's a bit of a wait on dual-format upgrades of 'Tabu' and 'Muriel', so I'm not expecting those quite yet. 'Die Nibelungen' was revealed as coming out before Christmas, so I assume that's a release for the end of the year. I'm expecting 'Ro.Go.Pa.G.' to get announced and potentially 'The Birth Of A Nation' too, but then that may be one for later in the year as well?


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:31 pm 

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If all of those titles are on track then it seems there isn't much left to be announced!


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:42 pm 
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It was hinted that there would be 24 dual format releases in 2012 and 1 DVD-only release. Titles officially announced so far plus BOAN, Nibelungen, and Ro.Go.Pa.G only come to 17.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:15 pm 

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Well that's exciting. If Tabu/BOAN/Nibelungen are on track then we can assume there will be no more silents. Has anything else been confirmed/hinted/rumoured for this year?


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:21 pm 
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Don't forget the other unannounced Pasolini's which were hinted at coming the end of this year as well (Edipu, Porcile, Hawks)


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:41 pm 
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Tabu won't be this year.

Peacock, where are you getting your information? All I see is this confirming two more on the way, and one of those could be Ro.Go.Pa.G.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:48 pm 

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In case there was any doubt at this point, though it seems Tabu is confirmed eventually.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:54 pm 
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Tabu won't be this year.

Peacock, where are you getting your information? All I see is this confirming two more on the way, and one of those could be Ro.Go.Pa.G.

Educated guesswork suggests that MoC picked up the rights to the titles in Tartan's old Pasolini box - they've already released or announced Accattone, Comizi d'amore and RoGoPaG, and the other three were Peacock's titles.

I think those are all that are available, as Mr Bongo has Mamma Roma and the BFI has the rest (Teorema, Medea, Trilogia della vita, Salò).


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:56 pm 
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Calvin wrote:
Has anything else been confirmed/hinted/rumoured for this year?

There is also the as-yet unnamed Lubitsch confirmed by Nick on Twitter.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:04 pm 
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There's been so many announcements and hints in the past few months that I can't remember the source post, but as MichaelB says, the titles come from educated guesswork and I'm sure the original post, on Twitter or here, was something like: there will be more Pasolini titles in Q3/4 beyond those announced. Presumedly Hawks and Sparrows will be the bonus feature for one of the other two films.
Forgive me for not being more helpful!

Edit: Here's the discussion


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:34 pm 

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I think there was also a hint about more Yamanaka though whether or not it'll be this year is anyones guess. Wouldn't mind an upgrade of Humanity and Paper Balloons either. I'm not sure on the quality of the materials available but the recent Artificial Eye Mizoguchi set was pleasing.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:49 am 

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neilist wrote:
Has anyone heard when, or would anyone from MoC care to reveal, when the announcement of titles for release in July/August/September is going to be made?


We'll be announcing the Q3 2012 lineup a few weeks from now.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:25 pm 

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Wouldn't mind an upgrade of Humanity and Paper Balloons either. I'm not sure on the quality of the materials available but the recent Artificial Eye Mizoguchi set was pleasing.


I saw a beautiful HD broadcast of this on NHK earlier this year. The materials are there and they look good. Would absolutely love a blu-ray of this.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:51 pm 

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Could we be seeing an MoC release of Ford's The Sun Shines Bright? MoC tweeted this last night. As it's a Republic Pictures titles, that means that Universal have the distribution rights in the UK (I think?)


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:01 pm 
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Yeah, that would be great. And ideally they should release it together with a badly needed new disc of "The Quiet Man".


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:10 pm 

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I never realised The Sun Shines Bright was regarded as rare, as (like most Republic titles) it crops up fairly often on UK TV. The YouTube copy mentioned in the article may well derive from one of the Film Four showings over the last year or two.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:37 pm 
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The only DVD copy of the film has a bad transfer and lots of missing frames, not sure about the youtube upload but the only version floating around online that I know of which is the full film, is a rip from a VHS. This film BADLY needs a decent release, a MoC Blu would be insane. Fingers crossed!


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:10 am 

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The Republic catalogue generally seems to be the most inconsistent in terms of availability and transfers, perhaps because of different ownership across various media and territories. Even within the UK, I believe TV and DVD rights are split and of course the US is different again.

On UK TV they are (along with the BBC-owned RKO package) the only group of - mainly - black & white films still shown regularly. You're far more likely now to see an obscure Republic film than almost any Warner or MGM title of the 1940s. Even Borzage's Moonrise (with no DVD I gather) had countless transmissions in a nice copy a few years ago. But the transfers that are broadcast can be anything from stunningly crisp (e.g. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - far better than US or UK DVD - and Endfield's The Sound of Fury) to heavily scrubbed tape-sourced copies, sometimes even in NTSC-PAL conversions, that look far worse than the real 16mm prints they used to televise 30 years ago.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:08 am 
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MoC Newsletter wrote:
Shortly we will be announcing all of our forthcoming releases up to and including September. Keep an eye on Facebook and Twitter over the next week for live commentary as the announcements happen and of course, we'll have details coming in our next newsletter.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:36 pm 
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Nice, looking forward to see what we`re going to get :D


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:09 am 
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MoC Twitter/Eureka Facebook wrote:
EUREKA will be announcing their releases incl. MASTERS OF CINEMA titles for July, August & September on Monday 30 Apr at around 2.30pm UK time via their @eurekavideo & @mastersofcinema twitter feeds and on this very page! So what films and which directors would you like to see join the Masters of Cinema Series?


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:38 am 

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Seems like Amazon have outed some of MoC's upcoming titles:

[Reveal] Spoiler:
July 23rd - Pigsty + Hawks and Sparrows
August 27th - Rumble Fish
September 24th - Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:46 am 
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If you know my interests, it's no surprise which of those I'm buying!

Mabuse is getting a steelbook too it seems. Pity it's not the whole boxset getting a Blu-ray upgrade but maybe MoC can bring over some of the Criterion extras? Specs on the Amazon site seem erroneous, however, as Mabuse is listed as having original German language intertitles, even though it's a sound film.

Uccellacci e uccellini and Porcile are both listed as DVD only though, with only a trailer as extras. Could be erroneous again but perhaps not?


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:50 am 

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DeMille's Cleopatra and Pasolini's Oedipus Rex are also coming. ;)


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