Park Circus

[Kauno]

Fassbinder's Despair coming on 23rd April.

Coming up: Yet another blu-ray release of Despair without English/ English HOH subtitles. I would need those subs.

[eerik]

La mort en direct aka Death Watch will be released on 1st October, both Blu-ray and DVD.

[j99]

Coming up: Yet another blu-ray release of Despair without English/ English HOH subtitles. I would need those subs.

It obviously was never subtitled for some reason. I can't understand why because they made an excellent job of the transfer.

[Calvin]

ReelScotland Interview with one of Park Circus' directors

[MichaelB]

Thanks for that - it's also a really good general introduction to what an independent distributor does.

And very nostalgic for me, because I worked in a very similar environment in the early 1990s, only digital and 3-D weren't issues then. Neither were DVD or Blu-ray, come to that.

[colinr0380]

I think we should celebrate Scottish film more and try to get access to more Scottish films. There’s a tendency to say a lot of it is depressing, but that’s not true.

Interestingly this month's Sight and Sound has a feature about the most recent Park Circus theatrical restoration - of Betrand Tavernier's Glasgow-set, Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel starring Death Watch.

EDIT: Ah, I see eerik had mentioned it above!

[David M.]

Wow, I used to live near one of those places. I really want to see this now!

[GaryC]

I think we should celebrate Scottish film more and try to get access to more Scottish films. There’s a tendency to say a lot of it is depressing, but that’s not true.

Interestingly this month's Sight and Sound has a feature about the most recent Park Circus theatrical restoration - of Betrand Tavernier's Glasgow-set, Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel starring Death Watch.

EDIT: Ah, I see eerik had mentioned it above!

In UK cinemas on 1 June. I wanted to see this on its first release and so far have failed, so I will be making sure I finally catch up with this. It's based on a 1974 novel, The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton, which I read thirty or so years ago - it's being reprinted in October.

[eerik]

Park Circus now have UK and Eire rights for Méliès’ 1902 short A Trip to the Moon and The Extraordinary Voyage - Serge Bromberg’s documentary about the film, the rediscovery of the nitrite print in colour in 1993 and its subsequent restoration. Park Circus holds theatrical, non-theatrical, home video, television, and VOD and DTO rights on both films.

[Calvin]

Lovely news regarding A Trip to the Moon. It deserves a UK release.

Also, when I asked them about Harold Lloyd on Blu-Ray they replied saying "no plans yet but watch this space..." which I presume translates to 'we've got the rights to and we want to but we haven't started planning yet/we're waiting on restorations'

[Peacock]

A heads up. The UK Blu-ray of Despair is 1080i50 so isn't playable on some US displays. No idea why they decided to encode this way when the Olive is 1080p. So AVOID! Guess this is what happens when you get a company that rarely sends out review copies. It also lacks HoH subs like the Olive.

And in case it wasn't mentioned before, on the plus side, Park Circus' I Only Want you to Love Me has optional subs - unlike the Olive.

[TMDaines]

I don't think Olive's has HoH subs as that is what people always moan at Olive about.

[perkizitore]

And in case it wasn't mentioned before, on the plus side, Park Circus' I Only Want you to Love Me has optional subs - unlike the Olive.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

And in case it wasn't mentioned before, on the plus side, Park Circus' I Only Want you to Love Me has optional subs - unlike the Olive.

It also has the same extra as the Olive edition.

[kneelzod]

I don't think Olive's has HoH subs as that is what people always moan at Olive about.

He's saying that like the Olive disc, the Park Circus edition also does not include HoH subs.

[perkizitore]

Duh, this is a German film; on the Olive the subs are hardcoded, on the Park Circus they are optional.

[manicsounds]

Hmm, Park Circus is releasing Melies' "A Trip To The Moon" on DVD only?

[bigP]

Hmm, Park Circus is releasing Melies' "A Trip To The Moon" on DVD only?

Unfortunately it seems so. Amazon DVD pre-orders up for A Trip to the Moon and Farewell, My Lovely.

[Calvin]

My Name Is Joe (Ken Loach, 1998) - February 25th
Fatherland (Ken Loach, 1986) - February 25th
Looks and Smiles (Ken Loach, 1981) - February 25th
Living Apart Together (Charles Gormley, 1982) - March 4th

All DVD only.