Cohen Film Collection

[therewillbeblus]

Looking to pick up some Cohen titles for the Kino site sale, and would love some recs. Also, I recall there being some contention around which version of Dementia is compromised between the Cohen or BFI- or am I misremembering?

[swo17]

Apparently both the Cohen and BFI releases have some cut footage and you need the old Kino DVD for the complete version of the film

[DeprongMori]

Apparently both the Cohen and BFI releases have some cut footage and you need the old Kino DVD for the complete version of the film

Fortunately, I was able to snag a copy of the OOP Kino DVD shortly after reading about the problems with my BFI Blu-ray (and the Cohen) release of Dementia.

[justeleblanc]

I don't think there is a good relationship between the Cohen and Criterion. City of Women being left out of the Fellini box could be an indication of that. As for Faces Places Agnes Varda was still alive when the box was being worked on. Perhaps she had something to do with Cohen licensing to CC.

I'm thinking it's more likely that Criterion saw the Varda as a "completist" boxset (like Bergman and Tati) and was therefore willing to make the effort to license Faces Places from Cohen. Whereas the Fellini box was more of a "here's the stuff we own, which contains the famous titles and a few others" (like the WKW and Demy boxes) and so it didn't justify trying to get some of the later titles that aren't as famous.

[dwk]

Apparently Lee Kline said the Fellini set was a real difficult project. No doubt it was due to so many different licensors. In fact, I wonder if the struggle to get the Fellini box put together has scared them away from attempting any big career spanning boxes.

[FrauBlucher]

I don't think there is a good relationship between the Cohen and Criterion. City of Women being left out of the Fellini box could be an indication of that. As for Faces Places Agnes Varda was still alive when the box was being worked on. Perhaps she had something to do with Cohen licensing to CC.

I'm thinking it's more likely that Criterion saw the Varda as a "completist" boxset (like Bergman and Tati) and was therefore willing to make the effort to license Faces Places from Cohen. Whereas the Fellini box was more of a "here's the stuff we own, which contains the famous titles and a few others" (like the WKW and Demy boxes) and so it didn't justify trying to get some of the later titles that aren't as famous.

I have to believe that City of Women would've been in the Fellini box if they had access to it. It wasn't a critics fave but it's a big name title of his late works. It's not an obscure film, the film opened in 80 theaters throughout Italy. Cohen had to play hardball with CC and there is no Fellini estate to push Cohen. Just my two cents

[Roger Ryan]

Cohen did allow Criterion to stream City Of Women on the Channel for a time.

[Finch]

Cohen's next Fairbanks silent bundle dated Oct 17 is Three Musketeers and The Iron Mask, the latter of which was scanned at 21fps at Jeffrey Vance's suggestion.

[What A Disgrace]

Wonderful news. I wonder if the two Zorro films are next.

[Tuco]

The Iron Mask was shown at the most recent San Francisco Silent Film Festival. It looked close to spectacular, and the audience was captivated.

[What A Disgrace]

Besides the Zorro films, an obvious double feature, there's also The Gaucho, which I have long been fascinated with because I read the synopsis and whoa.

[fdm]

Cohen/Curzon related… Judge Sets Sale Of Landmark Theatres, Other Charles Cohen Properties In Foreclosure Auction

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

Was really surprised Landmark was even opening new theaters as of rather recently. I remember a few years ago being involved with the Charles Cohen owned Pacific Design Center building in West Hollywood, and at the time, Cohen stopped paying vendors, so the fountain stopped functioning and stunk like sewage and security stopped being on site. A weird building.

[beamish14]

Was really surprised Landmark was even opening new theaters as of rather recently. I remember a few years ago being involved with the Charles Cohen owned Pacific Design Center building in West Hollywood, and at the time, Cohen stopped paying vendors, so the fountain stopped functioning and stunk like sewage and security stopped being on site. A weird building.

I don’t know why they kept sinking money into the Nuart. No one seems to ever go there anymore

[knives]

The Blu-ray of the 4K restoration of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is coming out on April 21. The Living Idol is included as a bonus on the 2nd disc

Finally caught up with The Living Idol and I’ll gladly call it a minor masterwork. I was afraid it would show a genius in decline, but instead it feels like an artist working his ideas done to their simplest core. It’s a remake of Cat People tearing off the cloth of horror to be a giant romantic heart (though not Romance as the film is still all nerves and melodrama).

[nicolas]

Howards End 4K SDR upgrade coming via Kino on 11/18.

[Finch]

Maurice 4K coming June 30th.

Extras

4K DISC 1 BONUS FEATURES
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Wade Major and Joseph Bristow, Distinguished Professor of English, UCLA

BLU-RAY DISC 2 BONUS FEATURES
James Ivory and Pierre Lhomme on the Making of Maurice
Q&A with James Ivory and Pierre Lhomme
Conversation between James Ivory and Director Tom McCarthy
The Story of Maurice
Conversation with the Filmmakers •
Original Theatrical Trailer
2017 Re-Release Trailer
Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes with Audio Commentary by James Ivory

Howard's End turned out good, fingers crossed Maurice is handled by the same team.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Will Kino do the UHD encode themselves?

[nicolas]

Will Kino do the UHD encode themselves?

Most likely yes. Howards End has Kino's menu layout. In case you're concerned about the encode, chances are that it'll be fine as there's no mentioning of HDR in the specs.