Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional images)

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otis · #251 Post by **otis** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:17 am

Milano calibro 9 (Fernando di Leo, 1970)
Italy R0 (RaroVideo) Italian & French soundtracks, English subtitles

Gofter · #252 Post by **Gofter** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:11 pm

From a German forum.

Battleship Potemkin (Eureka vs Transit)

Eureka

Transit

Eureka

Transit

Films Sans Frontieres vs Transit

Films Sans Frontieres

Transit

Films Sans Frontieres

Transit

Films Sans Frontieres

Transit

Oedipax · #253 Post by **Oedipax** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:27 pm

Damn, that's some serious cropping on the Eureka and Films Sans Frontieres.

Knappen · #254 Post by **Knappen** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:00 pm

It's a tad late to post on these releases from 2006, but we all need to take a closer look on the extraordinary silent titles presented by the Danish Film Institute:

Atlantis (August Blom 1913)

Verdens undergang/The end of the world (August Blom 1916)

Himmelskibet/A trip to Mars (Holger-Madsen 1918)

All films have bilingual danish and english intertitles. A special thanks to a certain person who helped me get these gems.

Rsdio · #255 Post by **Rsdio** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:17 pm

Gofter wrote:Battleship Potemkin (Eureka vs Transit)

Wow, I hope to god the new Tartan set I've got preordered is based on the Transit.

der_Artur · #256 Post by **der_Artur** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:51 am

Ballad of Narayama Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958.
Trigon-Film, Switzerland

But unfortunately only German and French subtitles:

Kinsayder · #257 Post by **Kinsayder** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:01 pm

Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)

French (Films Sans Frontières) vs UK (Bollywood Films)

French:

UK:

French:

UK:

French:

UK:

French edition has hard-coded yellow French subs; UK edition has optional English subs.

mikeohhh · #258 Post by **mikeohhh** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:40 pm

Does the FSF have English subtitles? (no?,

) It looks so beautiful. And to think: this has been my perennial answer to the question What Black & White Film Do You Wish Was Shot In Color? Criterion!!!! License this shit, motherfuckers!!!

charulata · #259 Post by **charulata** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:30 pm

Mmm that looks much better. The UK version is truly shocking. One of the worst transfers I've seen. That second capture might actually be considered as "flattering".

My 15 year old off-the-air VHS could have looked better had it been transferred to DVD using a handheld camera pointed at an old 14 inch tube from the sofa.

Michael Kerpan · #260 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:02 pm

Oh well the FSF "Music Room" DVD looks as dire as the UK version of "Charulata". (what a heartbreaker that Music Room DVD was).

Kinsayder · #261 Post by **Kinsayder** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:26 pm

The FSF Distant Thunder looks fairly good, though:

That awful UK Charulata comes with the following mystifying remarks on the back cover:

Reproduced from violage [sic] source for the sake of appeal, hence possibly compromising on quality. THE DVD VIDEO DISC FORMAT OFFERS THE BEST VIDEO & AUDIO QUALITY IN YOUR HOME. The DVD disc is Digitally Mastered from Original Film, offering sharp crisp digital video & audio quality that you can experience in your home theatre.

Michael Kerpan · #262 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:35 pm

violage?

possibly "vintage".

Person · #264 Post by **Person** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:19 am

Thanks for posting those shots, Mister Zob. Is that French disc anamorphic? Does it have english subtitles like Malavida's edition of The Saragossa Manuscript?

The Hourglass Sanatorium is an incredible film - it is very strange and demands close attention. The style is very Bava-esque and the music is highly ethereal.

Person · #266 Post by **Person** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:33 pm

I had noticed your "Polish with French subs only" statement, but I just wanted clarification. That's a weird move by Malavida, as their Saragossa Manuscript DVD has English subtitles and they are white, unlike the yellow subs on the vertically-stretched Image Entertainment R1 disc. Though his films are often too philosophical for their own good, Wojciech Has had incredible vision and imagination and more of his films should be available on DVD outside of Poland. I admire him more than Tarkovsky.

Paupau · #267 Post by **Paupau** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:18 pm

Human Condition I

Spanish vs entertainment. Spanish Subs only.

gibson · #268 Post by **gibson** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:36 am

Track 29 (Nicolas Roeg)
Anchor Bay UK

Gofter · #269 Post by **Gofter** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:47 pm

Troy Director's Cut (PAL)

Scharphedin2 · #270 Post by **Scharphedin2** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:10 pm

Trying to teach myself how to do some screen captures, so bear with me. These shots are from the four short documentaries (from the early '50s) on Disc 1 of the PSD: Andrzej Munk set:

Knappen · #271 Post by **Knappen** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:37 pm

Pathé Classique.

French subtitles for the hearing impaired.

The greatest film on the foreign legion from the 30s along with La Bandera and Beau Geste. Marcel Carné was assistant director for Feyder and Charles Spaak wrote the script. With names like Charles Vanel and FranÃ§oise Rosay on the list it is quite obvious that this is a work of quality. Bonus: Charles Vanel ou la passion du métier.

Kinsayder · #272 Post by **Kinsayder** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:35 pm

Thanks. I don't think this is one of Pathé Classique's better DVD releases. They've used a lot of image smoothing and contrast boosting on what was probably a very worn, grainy print - maybe even the same one used by the Japanese DVD, which is a warts-and-all edition. Also, Pathé are still not including the original mono soundtracks on these old films, which is a real shame.

Scharphedin2 · #273 Post by **Scharphedin2** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:29 am

Samuel Fuller's Park Row (unknown source through RareDVDs4Sale):

Scharphedin2 · #274 Post by **Scharphedin2** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:32 pm

Masahiro Shinoda's Punishment Island (Toho, R2 JP).

The film is visually truly arresting. Unfortunately the captures came out squeezed vertically. If someone can instruct me how to achieve the proper aspect ratio, I would be thankful and will repost.

Person · #275 Post by **Person** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:59 pm

Does Punishment Island have English subs?