Cohen Film Collection

[swo17]

I’ll ask about one more title; how about Otar Ioseliani’s film Favorites of the Moon, is this worth the hassle?

Any Iosseliani is a treasure

[Aunt Peg]

Amazon has Bertrand Blier's Get Out Your Handkerchiefs up for pre-order. Release date 27 August.

[knives]

I'm definitely on both a noir kick AND a George Sanders kick lately, so I likely will get to them soon!

Better be watching The Affairs of Bel Ami for the '40s list in that case.

[domino harvey]

Already saw it a couple months ago and loved it

[Godot]

La Belle Noiseuse blu is on Amazon for for $21.27. I thought it had already gone OOP but I guess not.

Holy cow, thank you for the tip, Glowingwabbit! I've been looking for that all over for a reasonable (read: less than $50) price. I snapped one up. Looks like an interesting release.

[Gregory]

I have the AE DVDs and was tempted to get the Cohen set, but it just looks to be too teal for it to be a good blu-ray upgrade.

[L.A.]

I’ll ask about one more title; how about Otar Ioseliani’s film Favorites of the Moon, is this worth the hassle?

Any Iosseliani is a treasure

Cheers. If this massive collection get upgraded to Blu someday that would be something. I can only guess this has been OOP for ages and even when it was available getting a copy was superhard(?).

[swo17]

I only became acquainted with him 5-10 years ago and missed out on that

[L.A.]

Couple Russian online stores had it for sale but I understand because of some laws Russia didn’t ship DVDs internationally. Maybe a thread here has more info.

[andyli]

Volume Three with Seven Chances and Battling Butler due in August.

[Grand Wazoo]

Volume Three with Seven Chances and Battling Butler due in August.

We know they also restored Our Hospitality. Can we assume there will be a volume 4 with that + Go West, The Three Ages, or College?

[Drucker]

Given how well these definitely sell for MOC, and how many times they've been released on blu ray, I imagine they sell well enough and we should expect more!

[hearthesilence]

I have the AE DVDs and was tempted to get the Cohen set, but it just looks to be too teal for it to be a good blu-ray upgrade.

This is why I held off. MoMI screened an excellent-looking (if not excellent-sounding) 35mm print right before the Blu-Ray was released, and it had a natural looking palette, NOT what you see on the Blu-Ray.

[HitchcockLang]

Just watched Sherlock Jr. from the Cohen Keaton vol. 2. It looked absolutely marvelous and the new orchestral score by Timothy Brock was lovely and engaging and was also subtler and avoiding some of the cute gimmicks of the Mont Alto score from the Kino.

I also checked out the "new" supplements, hoping Cohen had heard the cry for more after the barebones volume 1. Alas, both are about 4 minute long excerpts of talking heads from the Bogdanovich film, edited in such a way that some of the clips are just soundbites without enough context to make them meaningful, and ending with an ad for the Cohen blu-ray of that film. They're more glorified publicity ads for the documentary than meaningful supplements for the films, so I'd say the Kinos are still worth hanging onto for their fairly loaded supplements, but the Cohens are worth grabbing for the restorations and scores.

[dustybooks]

Yeah, I didn't even look at the supplements because from the back cover copy I assumed it was more of the same, but I was totally delighted by Sherlock Jr. again and can't wait to revisit The Navigator tonight. I'm also glad that Seven Chances is next because it's my favorite. I actually have never seen Battling Butler and sort of forgot it existed; in fact Our Hospitality, which I'm sure will anchor Cohen's Vol. 4, is the only remaining Keaton feature I've seen in the presumptive lineup. (I've seen all the shorts but my knowledge of the features kind of ends with the heavy hitters.)

[domino harvey]

Numerous previously OOP Cohen titles are popping back up in stock at Amazon-- I think there's been a massive repressing of their back catalog

[HitchcockLang]

Awesome and thanks for the heads up domino. I’ve been kicking myself for missing that Jamaica Inn release but it looks to be one of the ones coming back in stock.

[dvakman]

I received the Keaton Collection, Vol. 3 w/ Seven Chances and Battling Butler, and it looks great! No trailers or ads appear to have been included that indicate whether a Vol. 4 w/ Our Hospitality and the restored shorts are on the horizon or not...

[dustybooks]

Agree with the above post. Presentation-wise, these Keaton discs continue to be impeccable, and I appreciate the restoration notes at the outset of each film. Seven Chances is my favorite Keaton feature, and Battling Butler — which is new to me — was a delight. It’s really stunning that films of this vintage can be made to look this good, especially given how much damage they’ve been screened with over the years. (Some flaws remain in Butler but they’re evident for very little of the runtime.) I’m also curious if Cohen tackles the shorts but even if they don’t, this series has already been a gift and a bargain.

[sabbath]

Burned-in subtitles for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, according to Beaver.

[domino harvey]

That may be the most piss-colored resto I’ve seen yet

[CSM126]

That may be the most piss-colored resto I’ve seen yet

Blu-Ray.com somehow claims it’s skewed blue.

[domino harvey]

It is skewed eww. Also LOL at the pearl-clutching throughout that review

[Aunt Peg]

Visually it looks far from perfect colour wise but I'll take it over the wretched DVD.

[domino harvey]

I mean, I’m pretty much used to it at this point. I’m not giving up Muriel or L’argent or whatever, so it just really do be like that sometimes