Godard on DVD and Blu-ray

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

Yes there are english subs on all films except Film socialisme. Haven't had a chance yet to check supplements

[henry001]

Yes there are english subs on all films except Film socialisme. Haven't had a chance yet to check supplements

Are you sure about that? Not that I do not trust you or anything. I am really glad to hear the confirmation from a buyer that all of them have English subs except Film Socialisme. I have blu ray version so I do not worry about it. I do not hesitate to purchase the set now!!

Thanks bunch!!

[vertovfan]

The Godard Politique box provides English subs for the features (except Film socialisme as mentioned before) but not the extras (one or two interviews per film, providing historical and critical background). Luttes en Italie has options for both the French and Italian soundtracks. Un film commes les autres has only the French version - not a big loss in my opinion, as the English version is truly painful. The Spanish Intermedio "Jean-Luc Godard y el Grupo Dziga Vertov" set includes 1PM (One Parallel Movie) and Letter to Jane, but Gaumont doesn't. On the other hand, Gaumont includes a number of additional titles: La chinoise, Le gai savoir, Numéro deux, Comment ça va?, Soft and Hard, and Film socialisme. All in all I'm quite happy with it.

[markpsf]

I'd love to see this film. I'd like to own it.
I don't want to purchase a multi region player though and it appears to be unavailable in the U.S.

Any leads or is this a dead end for now?

And, if so, it's another comment on how far ahead Europe is when it comes to international cinema availability.

Thanks.

Mark

[TMDaines]

Well, it would be a terrible indictment on European film institutes and distributors if they weren't ahead of the US when it comes to their own cinema!

[domino harvey]

I guarantee you the French DVD would cost more than a region-free DVD player, BUT IT'S WORTH IT

[elcinegro]

Godard on Japanese Blu-ray

Ｆｒｅｎｃｈ/Japanese subs

Godard Early Sonimage Collection
"Numéro deux"（1975）
"Ici et Ailleurs"（1976）
"Comment ça va?"（1977）

http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/ItemIntro/738395

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AYS0GES/

"Soine ta droite"（1987）

http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/ItemIntro/738393

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AYS0GDE/

"La chinoise"(1967)

http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/ItemIntro/741342

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00BAP09IM

"Une femme est une femme"（1961）

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00BP873II/

"One Plus One"（1968）

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00BP873I8/

"Une femme mariée"（1964）

http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/ItemIntro/744043

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00BQ3OU74/

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Does anybody have information on the Dziga Vertov set from Japan? Is it like the Kinokuniya releases with just French and Japanese subtitles? Any idea of the picture quality?

[rrenault]

Today I finally I bought a copy of the first press white case edition of the A Woman is A Woman Criterion edition.
Took me a while but I finally got it

Wasn't that always released in a white case?

[hearthesilence]

Is Puissance de la parole available on DVD anywhere? I'm wondering where I can get a copy. (FWIW, if you haven't seen it, it'll play at Lincoln Center as part of a shorts program tomorrow night.)

[domino harvey]

No, and the only circulating version is an incomplete VHS rip-- go and enjoy!

[hearthesilence]

F-ing hell. Well, it's a 25 minute video...I guess I can bootleg it tomorrow on my phone and sell pirated copies on the street! Eh.....

[domino harvey]

I can see you walking up and down Canal Street now: "About Time, Rachel McAdams, $5. Got that rare Godard short here, $5"

[hearthesilence]

Walk my ass, I'm gonna set up a cart near Penn Station, get the spillover from the guy selling the Disney DVD's.

[Mathew2468]

Hail Mary and For Ever Mozart on Blu from Cohen Media Group. In January.

Hail Mary is cheaper, maybe it doesn't come with The Book of Mary.

[domino harvey]

Blu-ray.com has both titles listed as widescreen, God I hope that's not the case

[domino harvey]

Kino Lorber will be releasing Le plus vieux métier du monde on Blu-ray

Kino's Blu-rays of La Chinoise and Le gai savoir coming October 10th

[domino harvey]

Revisited Le petit soldat and had a good chuckle at Fox Lorber's claim here:



Could that be accurate? Well, it's



I'm not sure I'd seen this since last watching it on my old tube TV (!), but man, there's nowhere to go but up from this "Revival"-- where's this and Les carabiniers already, Criterion?!

[dwk]

Not a Blu-ray, but Le petit soldat is going to be added to the Criterion Channel on July 28th.

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Rialto toured a new 35mm of Le Petit Soldat four years ago and nothing has happened since. Ten years ago, that would've meant a Criterion was imminent, but after all the Studio Canal titles went out of print, it seems like Rialto's relationship with Criterion died along with it.

[dwk]

Kino posted the details for their La Chinoise and Le Gai Savoir Blu-rays

Coming out on DVD and Blu-ray October 17th!

Two classics from Jean-Luc Godard:

LA CHINOISE (1967)
"A spectacular accomplishment." - J. Hoberman

Special Features:
*Audio Commentary by James Quandt
*Booklet essays by Richard Hell and Amy Taubin
*Trailers

*On-camera interviews with:
actor Michel Semeniako
assistant director Charles Bitsch
2nd assistant director Jean-Claude Sussfeld
writer Denitza Bantcheva [Blu-ray only]
film historian Antoine de Baecque [Blu-ray only]

LE GAI SAVOIR (1969)
"One of Godard's most beautiful, most visually lucid movies." - Vincent Canby

Special Features:
*Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin
*Booklet essays by Richard Hell and Adam Nayman
"Promenade dans LE GAI SAVOIR", a video by Fabrice Aragno (DP on GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE and FILM SOCIALISME)
*Trailers

[domino harvey]

This Adrian Martin commentary is actually different than the excellent one that appeared on Madman's edition FYI

[Rayon Vert]

La beaver chinoise.

Any way to know how this one compares to the Gaumont blu (which I already own)?

The extras appear to be the same, minus the new commentary.

[domino harvey]

DVDBeaver on Le gai savoir -- the caps for both these KL releases look incredible, I can't believe these are getting such beautiful and stacked releases from KL!

[Rupert Pupkin]

DVDBeaver on Le gai savoir -- the caps for both these KL releases look incredible, I can't believe these are getting such beautiful and stacked releases from KL!

I had ordered it - it will probably be shipped now at any time...
who is the girl on the very last vidcaps on dvdbeaver ? at the first sight (...love at first sight ? ) I thought for one short moment that it was Claudia Cardinale... In fact no... so, who is she? (who's that giiiiiiiiirl....)

caps looks better (less DNR'ization Gaumont'n'French touch) than La Chinoise.

I don't A/B the other Godard released by StudioCanal (the English one) like Alphaville ou Une Femme est Infâme with the UK Blu-Ray release since I had bought the Japanese Blu-Ray a couple of years ago (and I'm very happy with these blu-ray - no DNR, etc...) - both had the StudioCanal logo on the same source. So I guess the same master was used. But at least these Japanese BR are not DNR'ized. And I have to add that "Une Femme est Une Femme" (with the lovely Anna Karina in here "petit marin" outfits) looks absolutely stunning, wonderful... The kind of Blu upgrade we would have got from Criterion, had they still have the rights for this title (still have the DVD). That's why I bought the Japanese BR... out of "désespoir"...