MoC Forthcoming, Wishlist, and Random Speculation

[peerpee]

See DVDBeaver, Odeon Entertainment released a pretty good looking edition of it here in the UK recently.

[cana7cl]

See DVDBeaver, Odeon Entertainment released a pretty good looking edition of it here in the UK recently.

Not the answer I wanted to hear, unfortunately...
No booklet, no commentary, no extras, no subtitles, horrible menus, not available at Amazon...

[peerpee]

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It uses the same HD restoration as the Kino, but it's progressive. I'm sorry it's not the answer you wanted to hear but we're not going to release a film that already has a UK release made from the best master available.

The lack of booklet, commentary, etc is reflected quite well by the price.

[Der Spieler]

Any chance of MoC releasing a definitive version of DER MÜDE TOD?

The Image one is crappy at best.

[What A Disgrace]

Is there any chance of MoC snagging any Eisenstein?

I don't know a thing about the rights issues to the films in the UK, so I'm begging your pardon if this question has been answered before, or brings up baaaad memories.

[perkizitore]

The rights were with Tartan, but now the boxsets are OOP.

[Frankinho007]

Any chance for unreleased Noir in 2010?

[perkizitore]

The Metropolis restoration will be finished by the end of the year, will we have in our hands a MoC blu-ray before summer?

[Tommaso]

That would be great (and SD too, please!), but I could imagine that FWMS/Transit would first want to tour the film in at least some cinemas, and not just in Germany. I'd actually love to see the new resto on the big screen first, though of course I'd go for an MoC disc as soon as it came out.

[Awesome Welles]

It will definitely go to cinemas, it's a big enough film that it would be programmed into regional cinemas not just arthouses - I can't wait!

[peerpee]

The Metropolis restoration will be finished by the end of the year, will we have in our hands a MoC blu-ray before summer?

Much more likely to be this time next year. All being well -- ie. a Xmas 2010 release.

[perkizitore]

It's screened in Berlinale 2010, so why the wait?
Also, can we have 'Aelita' please?

[peerpee]

Because orchestras have to be booked and there will be a theatrical run.

[Zazou dans le Metro]

Not wishing to tempt providence but is there any mildly encouraging news on the Epstein front?

[peerpee]

Heirs and relatives being traced. No further news, but we're pushing all the time to speed things up.

[Zazou dans le Metro]

Heirs and relatives being traced. No further news, but we're pushing all the time to speed things up.

Thanks. But the french legal system??!! Bonne chance! Hopefully before the successor to blu-ray comes out.

[broadwayrock]

With the news the French label Wild Side is releasing:

Nicholas Ray - The Lusty Men and Wind Across the Everglades
Anthony Mann - Devil's Doorway
King Vidor - Northwest Passage
Samuel Fuller - Run of the Arrow
Fritz Lang - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt and While the City Sleeps

...is there any chance of MOC picking up the UK rights for these rare films?

[Suspect]

I imagine most if not all of my suggestions will have been brought up at some point before, and I am completely ignorant in terms of rights holders/issues compared to others on these boards so forgive me if some of these are completely asinine.

'Yellow Earth', a film crying out for a release, not to mention the contextual supplements a label like MOC could provide with a booklet and docs. about the Fifth Generation filmmakers, etc.

'Level Five' - There needs to be more Marker available and with 'La Jetee' and 'Sans Soleil' already released (in perfectly adequate form), plus the Arte and Wexner releases of 'The Last Bolshevik', 'The Case of the Grinning Cat' and 'A Grin Without A Cat' plus others I suppose 'Level 5' would be a strong option in terms of it being a pseudo-fictional 'feature' of sorts. Although a box set of Marker's collected travelogues would be great, if not possible as it's known that Marker refuses them to be shown. Or perhaps 'Le Joli Mai' or 'Far From Vietnam'.

And while I'm at it I'll throw in Ousmane Sembene too, 'Borom Sarret', 'Xala', etc. are calling out for releases.

[Der Spieler]

With the news the French label Wild Side is releasing:
Fritz Lang - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt and While the City Sleeps

Fuck. Yeah. AT LAST.

But they say it could be 2011 so it's still far...

MoC grab these!

[perkizitore]

Is that Sacha Guitry box coming from MoC, or not?

[Zazou dans le Metro]

Is that Sacha Guitry box coming from MoC, or not?

All the films have english and french subs Not the supplements though

[doc mccoy]

How about Rosi's Illustrious Corpses or a better version of Christ Stoppped at Eboli?

De Sica's La Ciociara?

[monks19]

hi, any news about other Murnau films' releases ?

like Schloß Vogeloed, fon exemple ?

thanks to answer

[peerpee]

we're lining up more Murnau and Lang - please bear with us.

[perkizitore]

we're lining up more Murnau and Lang - please bear with us.

We already know you are releasing City Girl, so what's left? Only Haunted Castle, but please tell me that restored prints of Der Gang in die Nacht and Der brennende Acker exist! [-o<