Pedro Costa on DVD
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Pedro Costa on DVD
I want to talk about the best DVD i have bought this year, of whose existence, i suspect, very few people are aware. Pedro Costa's Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? has been issued on DVD in Portugal by Assirio & Alvim with English subtitles and a bunch of excellent extras. More info here, here and here. I bought it from CDGO, but it can also be bought from FNAC.
Screenshots from the main title.
Screenshots from the main title.
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Pedro Costa on DVD
Anyone have the R2 disc? Is it true that it has English subs? I'd like to be assured before buying it! Thanks.
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Well, I can't assure you as I don't own it but the English subs are clearly indicated as available on the page for this item on blueplanetdvd.com which is a resource I can highly recommend as trustworthy. Why not buy the two pack with Casa de Lava? It's a great deal.
Edit: I noticed that DVDBeaver also lists the Gemini edition as containing English subs. It contains extras which may not be on the other version, though they may (blueplanet tends not to list such things).
Edit: I noticed that DVDBeaver also lists the Gemini edition as containing English subs. It contains extras which may not be on the other version, though they may (blueplanet tends not to list such things).
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There's a Japanese edition of "In Vanda's Room" ("No Quarto de Vanda"), probably the only one available. Here's the link: (no English subtitles i think)
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Anyone have any idea of the cheapest way to snag that reportedly very nice but obscenely expensive book/DVD edition of Pedro Costa's Où gît votre sourire enfoui?/Onde Jaz O Teu Sorriso? (Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?). The best options I've found so far (and with those crazy shipping fees to the US, they're far from good) are at fnac.pt or at cdgo here
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When I bought my copy cdgo was the cheapest option I could find. It's worth every penny.
But bear in mind this bit of news from Jonathan Rosenbaum in the current issue (#29) of CinemaScope
But bear in mind this bit of news from Jonathan Rosenbaum in the current issue (#29) of CinemaScope
The Intermedio set may well not be English-subbed (I'd be a little surprised), but it might be worth waiting to find out.I finally received my cherished copy of the Portuguese book-and-DVD package devoted to Pedro Costa's Onde Jaz O Teu Sorriso? (2001), his brilliant documentary about Jean-Marie Straub and the late Danièle Huillet, which has become all the more precious since Huillet's tragic recent death. It's an ideal edition of a major film; everything is provided with English subtitles, including some outtakes from Straub-Huillet's 1999 Sicilia! (the film they're shown editing in the documentary) and some even more precious outtakes from Costa's film. (One of these is an outdoor laundry-hanging sequence that I find especially moving.)
My source for this package is a German web site, www.tfmonline.de/tfm/htm/Multimedia.htm, but the whole process was both costly and lengthy (it took months). I've since learned that a more direct (if still costly) source is the Portuguese FNAC (www.fnac.pt), and Costa has informed me that the two other editions will become available soon, perhaps even by the time this column appears: the 70-minute version of the film will appear in a French MK2 box set devoted to ten programs in the Cinéma de notre temps series, and the Barcelona-based www.intermedio.net will release a two-disc set with all the bonuses in the Portuguese edition plus an interview with Costa.
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FNAC also no longer lists it and Alapage list it as "épuise".planetjake wrote:Anyone want to point me to a website that'll sell me both Ossos & Casa de Lava? Amazon.fr is not currently stocking Ossos. I want these real bad.
Sorry I have no better news to report. Maybe used copies will show up on eBay France?
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With English subtitles, according to the page. No stock at the moment, but you could contact them.
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You can also buy "Onde jaz o teu sorriso?" directly from the editor: Assirio e Alvim. Just write a email to: vendas@assirio.com (António Carvalho).
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Holy cow - they're also doing In Vanda's Room and a box set of Godard's Dziga Vertov Group films!!! Not to mention Duras - India Song and Baxter, Vera Baxter - plus a bunch of Jean Rouch. If only Criterion's release slate was that appealing to me... English subs on these would be a dream come true, so if anyone knows what their general policy is please do share.ptmd wrote:Does anyone know if this has English subtitles?
Actually, that question applies to all of Intermedio's DVD releases, which include a bunch of rare Sokurov films and will soon include Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth.
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I saw a few of his films during the week they screened at REDCAT last year - pretty essential film going. Using video beautifully, he creates a unique and ravishing aesthetic. They are quiet observational tales of rough lives.iangj wrote:There are French DVDs of two of Costa's films - CASA DA LAVA and OSSOS. Anyone seen them? Comments? I assume they're in Portuguese with French subtitles.
For that matter, has anyone seen anything by Costa, in whatever format? Any thoughts/reactions?
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From Cinemascope:
Subscriptions with FREE DVDs
Beginning with the Summer 2008 issue, Cinema Scope subscribers will receive FREE DVDs courtesy of Filmswelike. The first DVD in this special Cinema Scope Presents series, featuring extra features developed in partnership with Cinema Scope, will be Pedro Costa’s COLOSSAL YOUTH .
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