Kino

[Tribe]

If this is the case, that title would be pretty misleading. In book publishing, "collected" and "selected" mean quite different things. Fingers crossed that this is the former!

In light of Kino's sorry-ass track record, I'd be very surprised if this release is nothing more than a re-issue of the Image discs in one two-disc package.

[unclehulot]

From DVD Planet:

Disc 1 The Fall of the House of Usher: (1980, B&W, 5 min) A Game with Stones: (1965, Color, 9 min) Et cetera: (1966, Color, 7 min) Punch and Judy /Rakvickarna: (1966, Color, 10 min) The Flat: (1968, B&W, 13 min) Picnic with Weissmann: (1969, Color, 13 min) A Quiet Week in the House: (1969, Color, 19 min)

Disc 2 Dimensions of Dialogue: (1982, Color, 12 min) Down to the Cellar: (1983, Color, 15 min) The Pendulum, the Pit and the Hope: (1983, Color, 16 min) Meat Love: (1988, Color, 1 min) Flora: (1989, Color, 20 sec) The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia: (1990, Color, 15 min) Food: (1992, Color, 17 min)

Don't know the Image discs. Are these different?

[solaris72]

Nope, exactly the same.

[What A Disgrace]

Nope, exactly the same.

Not quite a ripoff. Considering that both of the Image discs were $25 a piece, and this release, including both, is only five bucks more, I'd say it was a bargain. Still a very lazy attempt on Kino's part, though.

[solaris72]

Yeah, it's definitely a better deal, and I'll probably buy it since I never got around to picking up the Image releases. It just would've been nice if this second release of The Collected Shorts actually Collected all of the Shorts.

[unclehulot]

At least this Kino set will probably get picked up for rent at Netflix, unlike the previous Image discs that are only rentable through Nicheflix, to my knowledge.

[Anthony]

God I love Kino.

[Tribe]

Kino is now distributing the Kimstim collection....and the Kino site is offering all of them at $17.47 per title...

Tribe

[carax09]

Hi Annie,

Reviews are up on all 3 Bakers at DVDTalk. I think maybe they got the wrong chap to look at them, though. I mean, I don't think the appeal of these films should be based on how naturalistic the acting the acting is, or how groundbreaking and inventive the plot elements are.

Do you know what I mean?

Anyway, the transfers seem decent enough...Hopefully, a technical review will be up at DVDBeaver soon.

[Steven H]

There's a six disc Krystof Kieslowski box set coming out August 16th. I assume it will have The Scar, Camera Buff, Blind Chance, A Short Film About Killing, A Short Film About Love, and No End. At 70$ its a huge difference in price (about $180 retail), though I understand some of the transfers are problematic.

[Lino]

This page here states these extras for the upcoming Jan Svankmajer 2xDVD

Essay - "Filmmaker as Alchemist"

- BBC documentary - "Animator of Prague"
- Selected Jan Svankmajer artwor=k
- Bio and filmography
- Poems

Were they ever available on the Image discs

[Gordon]

Oh, goody! The BBC documentary, "Animator of Prague" is from 1990 and runs 26 minutes. It's quite good, as I recall, with Svankmajer talking about his life and art.

The "Filmmaker as Alchemist" essay is also new. The other extras were on the Image DVDs.

I can't wait to check this out.

[therainsong]

Can anybody comment on the quality of Kino's edition Marcel Pagnol's Fanny Trilogy?

Thanks.

[unclehulot]

Can anybody comment on the quality of Kino's edition Marcel Pagnol's Fanny Trilogy?

Looks pretty good, especially compared to the old Image/Interama LDs, but the sound has been atrociously fiddled with, with lots of added sound effects gunking and clanking up the sound mix....very distracting if you know what the original sounds like.

[TechNoir]

On August 16 Kino will be releasing three films starring Alain Delon. Flic Story, and Borsalino And Co. from Jacques Deray, and Two Men In Town, from Jose Giovanni. No word on any extras.

[rwaits]

Great news, but when will we ever see Le Samurai???

[Gordon]

New Yorker no longer own the rights to Le Samourai. I emailed them last month and they I was informed that Criterion now owns the rights. I'm not holding my breath, though. It will probably happen next year. I already have the French R2 edition. I am actually more interested in L'Armee des Ombres right now, which Rialto owns and should be a Criterion in the coming months, as Mulvaney has stated that "more Melville" is planned.

[Ashirg]

On September 6th, Kino is releasing 2 silents by Maurice Tourneur:
The Blue Bird and Lorna Doone. On the same day they will also release Palestinean/Israeli Chronicle of a Disappearance, Brazilian Hour of the Star, Korean Motel Cactus and Touki Bouki from Senegal.

[What A Disgrace]

On September 6th, Kino is releasing 2 silents by Maurice Tourneur:
The Blue Bird and Lorna Doone.

Finally.

[Brian Oblivious]

Touki Bouki from Senegal.

Hooray for this! Anyone who wants to get into African cinema and likes Godard should check this film out. And if you can't wait until the release date, go check out Mambety's later (and less new-wavey) Hyenas currently available from Kino.

[porquenegar]

Does anyone know if the Art of Buster Keaton set contains the same modern music as the old laserdisc sets?

[unclehulot]

Does anyone know if the Art of Buster Keaton set contains the same modern music as the old laserdisc sets?

Yes

[FilmFanSea]

I've never seen the laserdiscs, but I own the DVD box set. The musical 'style' certainly isn't modern; it sounds wholly appropriate to my ears. YMMV.

[unclehulot]

I'm guessing he meant modern sonically, or recorded at the time of the LD sets, which they were, and then used once again as is for the DVD releases, and that is true. They are compilation style scores using "period" repertory rather than modern in idiom, except for the annoying Club Foot score for Sherlock Jr., which IS I suppose "modern", but in any case, is not by the team that did the other scores. AMC even replaced that score for an airing once, whereas the others were aired as is.

[porquenegar]

I'm guessing he meant modern sonically, or recorded at the time of the LD sets, which they were, and then used once again as is for the DVD releases, and that is true. They are compilation style scores using "period" repertory rather than modern in idiom, except for the annoying Club Foot score for Sherlock Jr., which IS I suppose "modern", but in any case, is not by the team that did the other scores. AMC even replaced that score for an airing once, whereas the others were aired as is.

Thanks. That's what I meant and thought. A buddy of mine has two of the LD sets and they are joyous to behold and it appears that this is basically the same thing in DVD form. Gotta save up some pennies for this.