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The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:19 am
by What A Disgrace

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:01 am
by EddieLarkin
This sounds exciting, despite the fact we seemingly only have the title to go by (no announcements, press details?). I've wanted to see Planeta Bur for ages. Is anyone familiar with the rest of his filmography?

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:01 am
by MichaelB
It must be a very safe bet that that will be included, as this will be part of the BFI's Science Fiction project and that's by far his best known sci-fi title.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:06 am
by EddieLarkin
That's what I figured. His filmography appears to be rather small, made up of shorts and films with generally short running times. You could easily fit everything on 2 Blu-rays, which is what Amazon lists, so I'm crossing my fingers we'll get something close to complete.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:22 pm
by What A Disgrace
And its been deleted from Amazon.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:27 am
by Fitzcarraldo555
EddieLarkin wrote:You could easily fit everything on 2 Blu-rays, which is what Amazon lists, so I'm crossing my fingers we'll get something close to complete.
It's Dual Format: one blu ray and one DVD. You can pre-order it from Zavvi.
http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-klusha ... 85084.html

It's seems unlikely that they'll be able to fit his entire filmography on one DVD, unless the blu-ray will have more material, yet as it's dual format they'll most likely be keeping both discs identical in material.

Sounds like a very interesting director, can't wait :)

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:25 pm
by neilist
While we're waiting for this release to reappear on the schedule, there's an exhibition running through October and November at London's Calvert 22 gallery featuring Klushantsev's work and screening two of his documentaries, 'Road to the Stars' (1957) and 'Moon' (1965).

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:41 pm
by Orlac
what happened to this release? I hope it hasn't gone the way of BFI's Rosselini releases - ie. nowhere slowly.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:39 pm
by htdm
Bumping this thread in hopes that someone may have more info.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:54 pm
by L.A.
I can't help but wonder that first the collection was announced and then no updates. Please BFI, just let us know is it still coming. If not, then at least I would have some piece of mind.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:39 am
by stepps
It would be unbelievably amazing if somehow this got back on track and there were non-Cormanised versions of some of the films. Just tell me who I have to kill.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 12:00 pm
by MichaelB
By this stage, I'm assuming it's not happening. The rationale for the release passed literally years ago.

These things happen: that fascinating look at early BBFC problem pictures bit the dust as well.

Re: The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:22 pm
by stepps
I'm still holding a candle. I'm a bitter man, and will stand holding this candle for years. Back at the time of this announcement I had just seen these films in London, and they are just so much better than what Corman did with them, much as I admire many of Corman's other pictures.

The Klushantzev Collection

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:46 am
by MichaelB
Honestly, I’d give it up. It’s wildly unlikely that they still have the rights: even if licensing had been trouble-free (bearing in mind that we don’t know why the release didn’t ultimately go ahead), they’ll have expired years ago.