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Gigi M. · #301 Post by **Gigi M.** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:31 pm

justeleblanc wrote:Okay, maybe I'm just imagining this but NEW YORKER FILMS has been deleted from imdb's MY AMERICAN UNCLE Company Credits page.

Can this mean that New Yorker doesn't hold the rights anymore.... which means that Criterion could snatch it?

Man, I sure hope so, and I'm also dying to see a proper release of Babenco's Pixote.

arsonfilms · #302 Post by **arsonfilms** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:07 pm

According to Facets, the Peter Watkins box includes Culloden/War Game, The Gladiators, Punishment Park, the 2-disc Edvard Munch and The Freethinker. Munch includes "three documentaries on Munch and contemporaries, unique 9.5mm footage shot by the artist himself in 1923, and a 24-page collector's booklet." You know, in case anyone else was curious.

I'm wondering how this will all fit on 5 discs though, unless they're cutting out Munch's 2nd disc.

miless · #303 Post by **miless** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:14 pm

arsonfilms wrote:According to Facets, the Peter Watkins box includes Culloden/War Game, The Gladiators, Punishment Park, the 2-disc Edvard Munch and The Freethinker. Munch includes "three documentaries on Munch and contemporaries, unique 9.5mm footage shot by the artist himself in 1923, and a 24-page collector's booklet." You know, in case anyone else was curious.

I'm wondering how this will all fit on 5 discs though, unless they're cutting out Munch's 2nd disc.

and, The Freethinker seems a bit long to fit on one disc (seeming as its runtime, according to imdb, is 276 minutes)

tavernier · #304 Post by **tavernier** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:16 pm

If you looked on the previous New Yorker page, you'll see my post about the Watkins box:

The Watkins boxed set contains the SE of MUNCH, along with PUNISHMENT PARK, THE WAR GAME, CULLODEN and THE GLADIATORS. THE FREETHINKER is being released as a separate 2-disc set.

arsonfilms · #305 Post by **arsonfilms** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:28 pm

The Watkins boxed set contains the SE of MUNCH, along with PUNISHMENT PARK, THE WAR GAME, CULLODEN and THE GLADIATORS. THE FREETHINKER is being released as a separate 2-disc set.

I did read that, which is why I was surprised Facets listed it as being included. I think I just kind of hoped that Facets was correct. Ah well.

Don Lope de Aguirre · Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:59 pm

Has anyone seen The Freethinker?

I certainly haven't seen it (yet) but I hope this helps.

Gigi M. · #307 Post by **Gigi M.** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:19 pm

Killer of Sheep is up at Amazon for pre-order from New Yorker. Apparently is a double discer schedule for November 13 at RSP $39.95 (30% off at the moment).

justeleblanc · #308 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:03 pm

arsonfilms wrote:
The Watkins boxed set contains the SE of MUNCH, along with PUNISHMENT PARK, THE WAR GAME, CULLODEN and THE GLADIATORS. THE FREETHINKER is being released as a separate 2-disc set.
I did read that, which is why I was surprised Facets listed it as being included. I think I just kind of hoped that Facets was correct. Ah well.

Anyone else think its weird that they are packaging only some of the films together? And does anyone else think its weird that they are packaging the television version of Munch rather than the preferred theatrical cut?

tavernier · #309 Post by **tavernier** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:29 pm

It's New Yorker: would you expect anything other than weirdness?

miless · #310 Post by **miless** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:05 pm

justeleblanc wrote:does anyone else think its weird that they are packaging the television version of Munch rather than the preferred theatrical cut?

is the shorter theatrical cut preferred?

justeleblanc · #311 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:47 pm

miless wrote:
justeleblanc wrote:does anyone else think its weird that they are packaging the television version of Munch rather than the preferred theatrical cut?
is the shorter theatrical cut preferred?

Yes.

MichaelB · #312 Post by **MichaelB** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:09 pm

Apparently Watkins used to favour the longer cut, but has since changed his mind.

justeleblanc · #313 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:01 pm

MichaelB wrote:Apparently Watkins used to favour the longer cut, but has since changed his mind.

I've never heard him favoring the longer cut. To my knowledge, he has favored the theatrical cut.

Don Lope de Aguirre · Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:45 pm

I have just seen the DVDBeaver review of Joachim Laffosse's 'Private Property'

I have never seen this film but it sounds fascinating. Shame about New Yorker being New Yorker. I decided to look for alternative editions and found that Facets think they'll be releasing the DVD (letterboxed) with extras that New Yorker couldn't manage and -more promisingly- a Belgian boxset (soon to be released) which is said to include English subs for a price not much over that of the New Yorker release.

Ashirg · #315 Post by **Ashirg** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:25 pm

Facets web site doesn't sell just their releases. This is the same New Yorker release.

davebert · #316 Post by **davebert** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:46 pm

You should just be thankful it's come out on DVD so soon... it was several months behind Bamako as a theatrical release, so I was thinking early 2008 would be the earliest we saw it. Maybe it tanked, so the regional touring didn't go on for long. Either way, I am looking forward to seeing it.

#317 Post by **zedz** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:11 pm

Don Lope de Aguirre wrote:I have never seen this film but it sounds fascinating.

It's a great film - one of the best I've seen this year, and I've heard that his previous feature, Ca rend heureux, is also excellent (though in a completely different mode), so I'd guess that the Belgian coffret is the way to go. Well spotted!

Gigi M. · #318 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:57 pm

This has to be one of New Yorker's best package:

HerrSchreck · #319 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:00 pm

Agreed... even including the obvious riffing on the CC "line" logo. Nice job.

tavernier · #320 Post by **tavernier** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:07 pm

It's not really a New Yorker package....it's a Milestone release which New Yorker distributes.

The Milestone and Watkins releases are not "officially" New Yorker releases, which is why they're better than the usual New Yorkers.

Got that?

Gigi M. · #321 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:21 pm

tavernier wrote:It's not really a New Yorker package....it's a Milestone release which New Yorker distributes.

The Milestone and Watkins releases are not "officially" New Yorker releases, which is why they're better than the usual New Yorkers.

Got that?

I'm sorry, but since New Yorker is the distributor I guess we can call it a "New Yorker" disc. Is the same shit as the Jodorowsky set by Anchor Bay. ABKCO did the entire set, but Anchor Bay distribute it, so everybody asume was AB doing.

Got that?

tryavna · #322 Post by **tryavna** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:27 pm

Gigi M. wrote:I'm sorry, but since New Yorker is the distributor I guess we can call it a "New Yorker" disc.

You've got a point, but it's really rather unfair to the folks at Milestone. It would be like calling everything that Image distributes an Image release.

tavernier · #323 Post by **tavernier** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:57 pm

Gigi M. wrote:
tavernier wrote:It's not really a New Yorker package....it's a Milestone release which New Yorker distributes.

The Milestone and Watkins releases are not "officially" New Yorker releases, which is why they're better than the usual New Yorkers.
I'm sorry, but since New Yorker is the distributor I guess we can call it a "New Yorker" disc. Is the same shit as the Jodorowsky set by Anchor Bay. ABKCO did the entire set, but Anchor Bay distribute it, so everybody asume was AB doing.

Sorry, you're wrong.

Gigi M. · #324 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:06 pm

tavernier wrote:Sorry, you're wrong.

Why?

tavernier · #325 Post by **tavernier** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:10 pm

I already explained that.

Milestone and Project X releases are not New Yorker releases. Period.

You're impunging their integrity by dropping them to New Yorker's level.

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