International Blu-ray discs

Discuss internationally-released DVDs and Blu-rays or other international DVD and Blu-ray-related topics.
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Drucker
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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#501 Post by Drucker » Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:47 pm

I was going to chime in as well. Saw this in 35 earlier this year and the blue tint was not there, but it was definitely a little more muted than the Criterions. I still think the BFI basically looks pretty accurate.

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#502 Post by Stefan Andersson » Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:41 pm

Coin de Mire Cinema in France has announced their November slate:
https://coindemirecinema.com/nos-films/ ... couderc-54 (scroll down for clickable links)
Selections include La Veuve Couderc and Le Chat, two Simenon adaptations starring Simone Signoret; La Chartreuse de Parme (1948); Le Mouton a 5 pattes, starring Fernandel in five or six disguises.

Some other upcoming titles, announced earlier in the year in Les Années Lasers (French publication) and in booklets:
Les égout du paradis
- Le jardinier d'Argenteuil
- Le soleil des voyous
- Chiens perdus sans collier
- Les granges brulées
- Le rapace
- Dernier domicile connu
- Le grand chef
- Brelan d'as (episode film with Michel Simon as Inspector Maigret in one episode)
- Folies-bergère
- Charmants garçons
- Adorables créatures
- Souvenirs perdus
- Chère Louise
- La poudre d'escampette
- Tu ne tuera point
- Classe tous risque
- Ho
- Une robe noire pour un tueur
- Les feux de la Chandeleur
- Pétrus
- L'age ingrat
- La loi c'est la loi
- Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles
- Une souris chez les hommes
Le jardinier d'Argenteuil
Le soleil des voyous
Le ciel est à vous (Grémillon)
La table aux crevés (Verneuil)
Retour de manivelle (De la Patellière)
Les liaisons dangereuses (Vadim)
Le meurtrier (Autant-Lara)
Rue des cascades (Delbez)

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#503 Post by Calvin » Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:40 pm

Do Coin de Mire usually include English subtitles? Le ciel est à vous on Blu-Ray is a very attractive prospect

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#504 Post by tenia » Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:08 pm

They usually don't. I don't think they ever have, though I might have missed the odd one.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#505 Post by Forrest Taft » Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:27 pm

My favourite recent purchase is this Abel Ferrara collection, that came out last year. It includes Ms .45, Fear City and China Girl, none of which I had seen before. It's always a gamble whether or not the subs can be removed on French releases, but here they are removable on the films themselves, though not on the special features, which includes the unrated version of Fear City. All three discs have input from Brad Stevens, and there is also a good Ferrara interview on Ms .45. Recommended!

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#506 Post by Stefan Andersson » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:15 pm

Did Blaqout Films, France, cease operations?

This is what I found on the net: https://boutique.blaqout.com/password - internet boutique has folded, redirecting to the boutique of distributor ESC Films.

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#507 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:25 pm

They just closed their online store, the label itself is still around. They put out a few DVD-only releases this month, including Undine and Cuties.

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#508 Post by Stefan Andersson » Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:10 pm

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:
Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:25 pm
They just closed their online store, the label itself is still around. They put out a few DVD-only releases this month, including Undine and Cuties.
Thanks for the update, good to know!

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#509 Post by Adam X » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:17 am

Which reminds me, did they ever get around to their promised english-friendly reissue of the first Wakamatsu box set? Last time I checked (a few years ago I guess), the answer seemed to be no.

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#510 Post by Stefan Andersson » Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:13 am

Review, in French, of Raining in the Mountain and All The King´s Men; one film per disc. Includes a 288-page book in French.
http://retro-hd.com/tests/blu-ray/3116- ... s-men.html

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#511 Post by Stefan Andersson » Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:36 pm

Mods: moved to Pathé thread.

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#512 Post by L.A. » Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:21 am

Peplum classic Romulus and Remus (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) has been released on Blu-ray by Explosive Media in Germany including both the English and Italian soundtracks with optional EN subtitles apparently.

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#513 Post by L.A. » Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:01 pm

Spanish horror classic El Bosque del Lobo / The Ancines Woods (Pedro Olea, 1970) has gotten quite an impressive Blu-ray. According to the site the film and even some of the extras have English subtitles.

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#514 Post by L.A. » Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:19 pm

Bigas Lunas’ Bilbao (1978) and Poodle (1979) both Edición Limitadas to 500 copies apparently. English subtitles listed.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#515 Post by beamish14 » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:10 pm

L.A. wrote:
Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:19 pm
Bigas Lunas’ Bilbao (1978) and Poodle (1979) both Edición Limitadas to 500 copies apparently. English subtitles listed.
I’m curious about these, but it doesn’t seem like they can be shipped outside of Espana.

Are they really good? I love Lunas’ The Tit and the Moon, Golden Balls, and Jamon, Jamon, but I’m unfamiliar with his other work.

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#516 Post by Stefan Andersson » Fri May 13, 2022 7:22 am

Post deleted, moved to Carlotta thread.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#517 Post by L.A. » Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:17 pm

Two Fantaterror titles Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) and Hunchback of the Morgue (1973) from El Setanta-Nou coming next month. English subtitles.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#518 Post by L.A. » Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:10 am

Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker (Erik Balling, 1956), the first Danish film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and shot on location in Greenland.

No Blu-ray available but a DVD only. Don’t know where else to ask but does it have English subtitles?

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#519 Post by jegharfangetmigenmyg » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:53 pm

L.A. wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:10 am
Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker (Erik Balling, 1956), the first Danish film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and shot on location in Greenland.

No Blu-ray available but a DVD only. Don’t know where else to ask but does it have English subtitles?
I'm a native Dane, and I can confirm that the DVD indeed has English subtitles. It comes from a fine HD remaster, so it's really a shame that Nordisk only released it on DVD. They do this with many of their titles as the blu-ray market in Denmark is pretty much non-existing. Instead, one can stream their films in 1080p on their platforms, but then, of course, it's often compressed to death and grain looks like a smudge of death. Still better than DVD, though, I think. I can check out some of the streaming services as to whether English subs are provided, if you're interested?

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#520 Post by L.A. » Sat Aug 06, 2022 5:19 am

jegharfangetmigenmyg wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:53 pm
I'm a native Dane, and I can confirm that the DVD indeed has English subtitles. It comes from a fine HD remaster, so it's really a shame that Nordisk only released it on DVD.
Thank you for confirming, ordered the DVD from CDON which was cheap fortunately. Also took the Swedish bonkers sci-fi classic Rymdinvasion I Lappland (1959) with a very hairy monster from outer space.
jegharfangetmigenmyg wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:53 pm
I can check out some of the streaming services as to whether English subs are provided, if you're interested?
Sure, that would great. Thanks.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#521 Post by L.A. » Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:21 pm

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) six-disc edition coming in Germany from Capelight Pictures in November.

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Treasured Films (UK)

#522 Post by mrb404 » Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:52 am

Seems like a new boutique label is about to pop up: Treasured Films in the UK.

Their first release is planned for March 2023 and is Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter(1980).

They're hitting all the right notes :
- a new restoration (from the original camera negative)
- high quality encoding/authoring (Fidelity in Motion)
- an audio commentary (in this case, by Nathaniel Thompson, Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth)
- new exclusive interviews
- a feature length documentary
- a booklet (60 pages)
- exclusive artwork by Graham Humphries
- a rigid slipcase
- a reversible cover with the original Italian name and poster

There isn't much info out there yet. All I could find is:
- this episode of the Cult Cinema Cast podcast in which Graeme Lloyd, the label's founder (and, if I understand right, also the owner of https://www.filmtreasures.co.uk), discusses this first release and the following one (Jeff Lieberman's Satan's Little Helper, 2004)
- the release description on BR.com: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31789

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#523 Post by yoloswegmaster » Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:25 pm

French blu for Sleuth coming out in September. No word on what the source of the transfer is.

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#524 Post by therewillbeblus » Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:36 pm

yoloswegmaster wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:25 pm
French blu for Sleuth coming out in September. No word on what the source of the transfer is.
Woah, how?!

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Re: International Blu-ray discs

#525 Post by tenia » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:48 pm

Nobody knows so far. I'd wait until it physically materialises.

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