Wow, are they delusional.Both parties apparently believe this film is an untapped goldmine of profit, I guess
Now I love this film & I'm sure there are a goodly number of cinephiles who want to see it ... but an "untapped goldmine?"
Please ...
Wow, are they delusional.Both parties apparently believe this film is an untapped goldmine of profit, I guess
The disc is also listed at amazon, and there are quite a few customer reviews. It is a dvd-r and should certainly be considered as some sort of bootleg. I am surprised that TCM are selling it, but then, I'm equally surprised that amazon did.... According to the reviews there, it seems to be quite decent, but certainly not 'the real thing'.I did a search on Chimes at Midnight yesterday and it came up on Turner Classic Movies website for purchase. Does anyone know anything about this DVD? I don't want to get my hopes up in case it's too good to be true. Anyways, good to be here and I look forward to much discussion.
And that link now brings forth the message: "Sorry, this item is either discontinued or does not exist."Tommaso wrote:The disc is also listed at amazon, and there are quite a few customer reviews. It is a dvd-r and should certainly be considered as some sort of bootleg. I am surprised that TCM are selling it, but then, I'm equally surprised that amazon did.... According to the reviews there, it seems to be quite decent, but certainly not 'the real thing'.I did a search on Chimes at Midnight yesterday and it came up on Turner Classic Movies website for purchase. Does anyone know anything about this DVD? I don't want to get my hopes up in case it's too good to be true. Anyways, good to be here and I look forward to much discussion.
Yes, the one with the spoken credits. I was able to see it five years ago at the Locarno Film Festival's Welles retrospective and I was taken aback at how good the synchronization and sound mix were. My immediate reaction (having only seen the '92 restoration version previously) was that this version of the film needed little to no sound restoration at all - it played beautifully. The soundtrack just sounded more Wellesian to my ears, more substantial and not nearly as compromised as the '92 resto would suggest. The European cut also incorporates more footage for the Venice scenes, which strengthened those scenes in my opinion, as well as the occasional alternate shot (a close-up of the dead Desdemona's face is quite chilling and more effective than that strange, compromised "blown-up still" from the earlier medium wide shot used in the U.S. release - did Welles think the close-up would be too gruesome for U.S. audiences?).cinemartin wrote: A side note: when you're talking about Welles's European Othello, are you talking about the one that premiered at Cannes with the spoken credits? I actually have never seen that version, but would love to. Unfortunately, I've only seen the American cut (which I loved), but I at least got to see the unrestored Criterion laserdisc of it.
I think this might be it.Titus wrote:There's been an Italian DVD of this that's supposed to be pretty good that was just released within the last few months, but Amazon doesn't seem to have it available and I'm worried it's been taken out of print, much like the Studio Canal one a few years back. Does anyone know of any alternatives for Italian DVDs that might still have it in stock?