New Australian DVD and BD Releases

[Solaris]

According to ezydvd, Shock will be releasing Europa, Europa next month.

[marty]

Accent who are releasing some of the most interesting titles and best executed transfers in AUstralia.

[Geoff]

marty must have a good memory!

[marty]

marty must have a good memory!

Thanks Geoff. Just very observant about people's behaviour. I am a psychologist, after all. This forum is great fodder for us.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thanks Geoff. Just very observant about people's behaviour. I am a psychologist, after all. This forum is great fodder for us.

I assume you are not being serious. Otherwise you are not very observant about your own behaviour, given that your statement makes you sound like a complete tosser. And given your posts on this forum, one would think you are not...

[King of Kong]

Any reviews yet for Double Life of Veronique?

[marty]

Any reviews yet for Double Life of Veronique?

From all accounts, it is direct port from MK2 remastered version.

[King of Kong]

Any reviews yet for Double Life of Veronique?

From all accounts, it is direct port from MK2 remastered version.

So I can pick it up without hesitations? No image problems, etc - well, it is a PAL transfer, so. Man, I'm a nerd...

[Solaris]

Any word on specs for Europa, Europa yet?

[King of Kong]

Today at the store I noticed a new Region 4 edition of Fritz Lang's M - http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228583

Anybody have any extra info on this?

[King of Kong]

Kong - that's surely the original R4 Accent?

And it's superb!

(but terribly expensive..?)

Are you sure - those extras look similar to the ones on the Criterion reissue. It's not some dodgy NTSC to PAL transfer?

If not, how does it stack up with the new Criterion?

[marty]

Kong - that's surely the original R4 Accent?

And it's superb!

(but terribly expensive..?)

Are you sure - those extras look similar to the ones on the Criterion reissue. It's not some dodgy NTSC to PAL transfer?

If not, how does it stack up with the new Criterion?

The Accent release of Fritz Lang's M is identical to Eureka release in the UK, I believe. Correct me if I am wrong. It was actually released prior to Criterion and it is excellent and was far superior to Criterion's original DVD of M. I am sure they got pissed off about this and so they did a better version after.

The Accent DVD even has a short doco on the restoration work doen by local authoring house IML Digital Media who do all of Accent's titles and actually created Accent themselves to have enable to acquire and distribute titles themselves, I believe.

[daniel p]

The Accent M is from the PAL masters of the TransitFilm restoration and was also digitally restored by IML Melbourne. It's identical to the Eureka. It's an essential title. I think the restoration is astounding!

But I've seen this at local JB's etc (fighting off leb boys fighting over Barbra Streisand videos etc) for under 20 bucks Oz. But still I paid 35 Eu for it at a Paris fnac store and was happy to do so (before the Oz disc came out.)

Whoops! I keep forgetting you live in our future country of retirement!

So how does it stack up to the Criterion re-release David? That is, if you do have both.

[Solaris]

Sony pictures will be releasing The Passenger in July.

Aztec will be releasing more Malle in the forthcoming months. Zazie Dans Le Metro and Le Feu Follet on May 17. Lacombe Lucien and Murmur of the Heart on June 21. And The Pursuit of Happiness will be released in the near future.

[ben d banana]

Chris, will the AV Channel High And Low be anamorphic?

[ChrisW]

Yes, it'll be anamorphic.

[devlinnn]

Meanwhile what on earth is happening with Warner Australia? Have they all committed suicide en masse in a Rapture?

Warner here are in a deep, deep slump. Meeting the demands of the mainstream, they seem to be only interested in TV shows. However, July will see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the Streetcar Special Edition hit the shelves (under $15), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2-disc set. But that's it - no musicals, Bette, Busby, Joan, Garbo, Gable, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. listed for the next 3 months at least.

[Solaris]

What about the other Tennessee Williams films?

They may possibly release the box set a few months later, like they did with The James Dean Collection.

[Solaris]

Umbrella shall be releasing The Bicycle Thief in July.

[Solaris]

I have no more information, all I know is it will be released in July.


Anyone checked out recent Umbrella release Full Body Massage?

[devlinnn]

Not without the required barge-pole Solaris. I don't even want to go near what Roeg was on during this shoot. Plus, it keeps the collection a Brian Brown free-zone.

I did pick up the very guilty pleasure new 2-disc set of Carousel (deepest apologies David), and was pleasantly surpised on the p.q.

[Solaris]

I agree Full Body Massage is awful, by far Roeg's worst film, but as a Roeg completest I will probably pick up a copy soon.
His best work of the nineties Two Deaths, a hugely underrated film locally available cheaply through Warner. Samson and Delilah has also been released, I've never seen it, has anyone here? How does it compare to DeMille's version?

[tryavna]

I did pick up the very guilty pleasure new 2-disc set of Carousel (deepest apologies David), and was pleasantly surpised on the p.q.

Devlinnn, is this the 2-disc set that includes Fritz Lang's Lilliom as an extra? If so, can you let us know what its p.q. is? I'm thinking of picking up this title simply for that extra film, seeing as how god-awful the Kino version is.

[devlinnn]

Devlinnn, is this the 2-disc set that includes Fritz Lang's Lilliom as an extra?.

No Lilliom found here, just a Nick Redman-Shirley Jones commentary, a featurette, vintage stage excerpts, additional songs, and movietone news material. The second disc could easliy fit the Lang, but that would require someone at Fox to have a bit of stardust runnin' through their vains. An ideal release would include the Lang, and the Sinatra recordings on a seperate channel. Maybe the upcoming R1 (the R4 is a port of the R2, or vica-versa) will shoot for the heavens, rather than settle on a star.

[tryavna]

Maybe the upcoming R1 (the R4 is a port of the R2, or vica-versa) will shoot for the heavens, rather than settle on a star.

Well, the reason I asked is that it seems like the R2 release of Carousel is supposed to contain Lilliom as an extra, so I thought perhaps the R4 had it. Anyway, my evidence is located here (scroll down to the description of special features for Carousel). Maybe Lilliom was dropped at the last minute...?