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NABOB OF NOWHERE · Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:37 pm

Interesting to see mail on Eureka/MOC activity hotting up . We can expect no doubt random speculation threads and guess the (insert month) releases shortly. Sooooooo... Can I ask whether there has been any consideration of releasing the Kevin Brownlow TV "Hollywood " series ??????

denti alligator · Sat Nov 20, 2004 11:16 pm

Interesting to see mail on Eureka/MOC activity hotting up

I would move to re-name the forum to the Eureka/MoC Forum and just have a thread for Criterion.

The Digital McGuffin · Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:52 pm

My copy of the new Holy Mountain cover art arrived this weekend. I'm not normally too fussed about covers but that is one beautiful poster. Many thanks for sending it.

Actually, I noticed that it didn't come by Royal Mail. In fact, there's no postage markings on the envelope at all. Did it come hand delivered? I feel special!

Anyway, thanks again.

Pinback · #54 Post by **Pinback** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:22 am

The Digital McGuffin wrote:My copy of the new Holy Mountain cover art arrived this weekend. I'm not normally too fussed about covers but that is one beautiful poster. Many thanks for sending it.

Actually, I noticed that it didn't come by Royal Mail. In fact, there's no postage markings on the envelope at all. Did it come hand delivered? I feel special!

Anyway, thanks again.

How does one get on that mailing list?

denti alligator · #55 Post by **denti alligator** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:14 am

I'm on a Feuillade kick.
Any chance you could release Tih Minh and/or Barrabas, neither of which have ever been on home video?

Please!

Tribe · #56 Post by **Tribe** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:18 am

How does one get on that mailing list?

Ditto. I don't have a multi-region player, and being able to have the info would be great to feed my intense jealousy that no R1s of the same purported quality of these are available here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Crazed.

John

porquenegar · #57 Post by **porquenegar** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:28 pm

John wrote:
How does one get on that mailing list?
Ditto. I don't have a multi-region player, and being able to have the info would be great to feed my intense jealousy that no R1s of the same purported quality of these are available here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Crazed.

John

Get on the region-free bandwagon. It is cheap to do so and very rewarding. Of course, buying dvd's from England can be a bit pricey but worth it and it is offset from all the deals you can get from Korea.

peerpee · #58 Post by **peerpee** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:20 pm

The Teshi comms are in the bag. Nobody won the competition. We'll have to make them a bit easier next time.

Pinback · #59 Post by **Pinback** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:58 pm

peerpee wrote:The Teshi comms are in the bag.

Tony Rayns. Outstanding. If Criterion has shelled out to get him on the new Suzukis I'd be a lot more excitied about them...

denti alligator · Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:22 pm

So was the commentary for Spione scrapped?

Arn777 · #61 Post by **Arn777** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:02 am

Duh, I should have entered the competition, since I thougth it was Tony Ryans.

Brian Oblivious · #62 Post by **Brian Oblivious** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:19 am

I thought it was needlessly cruel that it wasn't specified whether one person was doing both discs or not. That drove me crazy so I stopped thinking about it. Sorry somebody else didn't win the coveted prizes.

peerpee · #63 Post by **peerpee** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:35 am

Sorry Brian. But look at it this way: if anyone had Tony Rayns for just one of their options they would have won (because nobody guessed him at all).

denti alligator · #64 Post by **denti alligator** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:47 pm

coming in April:

Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Yamanaka, 1937) Eureka/MoC R2 UK

ltfontaine · #65 Post by **ltfontaine** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:28 pm

Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Yamanaka, 1937) Eureka/MoC R2 UK

Very exciting news, and really wonderful that MoC is pursuing elusive Japanese titles like this one and the Teshigaharas. Isn't this the first appearance of a Yamanaka film ever on home video?

Michael Kerpan · #66 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:11 pm

Yamanaka's work deserves to be seen outside Japan. Too bad only three of his films survive, but all three are fascinating -- and "Humanity and Paper Balloons" is the best of the very good lot.

Congratulations to Eureka/MOC

MEK

Pinback · #67 Post by **Pinback** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:47 pm

ltfontaine wrote:
Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Yamanaka, 1937) Eureka/MoC R2 UK
Very exciting news, and really wonderful that MoC is pursuing elusive Japanese titles like this one and the Teshigaharas. Isn't this the first appearance of a Yamanaka film ever on home video?

Indeed. The MoC label could become as useful a source of Japanese classics as Criterion. Let's see which company will be the first to start putting out Mikio Naruse films...

What A Disgrace · #68 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:48 pm

denti alligator wrote:coming in April:

Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Yamanaka, 1937) Eureka/MoC R2 UK

Stimpy mode activated
JOYYYYY!
Stimpy mode deactivated.

mbalson · #69 Post by **mbalson** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:21 pm

Just a quick note to peerpee:
I don't know if you have any control over this, but the clear double case used for The Holy Mountain is of a type that will eventually damage the DVDs it holds.
Let me explain, I run a New/Used CD/DVD store and I see these specific cases used on everything from the new Warner releases (ie Matrix 2-3,Harry Potter) to more obscure titles. The problem lies with the hub that holds the middle disc. Through normal use it will eventually start to crack the DVD it holds. At work we have many useless DVDs with cracks caused by this specific brand of case. Other cases, such as the normal width 2DVD ones that Disney uses are ideal.
Anyway, I thought you should be aware of this.

BTW, I haven't yet received my Holy Mountain replacement cover

I sent an email on Nov 18, how long should it take?

peerpee · #70 Post by **peerpee** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:21 am

Eureka have been using these particular Amaray cases for over 3 years and they've not had any more problems with these cases than any other types.

re: HOLY MOUNTAIN cover
I can't do anything if I don't know your email address or house address. Try emailing Eureka again, with your address, and say that you wrote on Nov 18.

FilmFanSea · #71 Post by **FilmFanSea** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:01 am

I received my Holy Mountain replacement cover today, & I also emailed my address in mid-November. So you might expect it sometime this week.

denti alligator · #72 Post by **denti alligator** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:06 am

So what's the second April title gonna be?

mbalson · #73 Post by **mbalson** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:46 am

Eureka have been using these particular Amaray cases for over 3 years and they've not had any more problems with these cases than any other types.

That's fine, I'm just stating a fact about what happens over time with these cases. I will send another email about the HM cover if it doesn't arrive this week. Thanks!

Steven H · #74 Post by **Steven H** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:54 am

I'm very excited about the Yamanaka (it's on my damn top 5 list in the suggestions to Criterion thread... looks like I was worshipping at the wrong alter). The Spione cover is gorgeous.

So let's see one down from the MoC "big four"... Ozu, Bresson, and Tarkovsky stepping up to the place sometime in the future, I think.

Lino · #75 Post by **Lino** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:21 am

Any chances of Kaneto Shindo's The Naked Island entering the MoC series?

France has already put out a wonderful edition of this film apparently in beautiful A/V condition and complete with a french subbed audio commentary by Shindo! It would be nice if this ever came out in an english version.

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