Artificial Eye / Curzon Film World

[j99]

Does anyone know if the UHD of Werkmeister Harmonies includes a blu ray disc of the film? I just cannot find any info on this. Thanks in advance.

[nicolas]

Does anyone know if the UHD of Werkmeister Harmonies includes a blu ray disc of the film? I just cannot find any info on this. Thanks in advance.

Yes. The BD’s mentioned twice at Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Werckmeister-H ... 0DBHYCXJX/

[j99]

Does anyone know if the UHD of Werkmeister Harmonies includes a blu ray disc of the film? I just cannot find any info on this. Thanks in advance.

Yes. The BD’s mentioned twice at Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Werckmeister-H ... 0DBHYCXJX/

It looks as if it has been updated since I last looked. Thanks Nicolas.

[criterionsnob]

Good and bad news. The Tarr box pushed to November 18, and updated specs reveal some of the films to be in SD. However, they've added Macbeth and short films. Updated specs:

Béla Tarr | A Curzon Collection - 8 Blu-Ray Limited Edition
Digipak and hardcover slipcase in a canvas Curzon Collection slipcase
4 collectible posters, including the new artworks by Paul West
68-page booklet including new essays from Kelly Powell, Ian Haydn Smith and Nadin Mai, plus an interview with artist Paul West
FEATURE FILMS:
Family Nest (1979) - HD, English Subtitles
The Outsider (1981) - HD, English Subtitles
The Prefab People * (1982) - SD, English Subtitles
Macbeth ** (1982) - SD, English Subtitles
Autumn Almanac** *(1984) - SD, English Subtitles
Damnation (1988) - HD (from new 4K restoration), English Subtitles
Sátántangó (1994) - HD (from 4K restoration), English Subtitles
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) - HD (from new 4K restoration), English & English SDH Subtitles
The Man From London (2007) - HD, English Subtitles (for non-English dialogue)
The Turin Horse (2011) - HD, English Subtitles

*Included in The Outsider disc

** Included in Damnation disc

*** Included in Werckmeister Harmonies disc
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Hotel Magnezit (1978) - Short Film
Cinemarxisme (1979) - Short Film
Diplomafilm (1979) - Short Film
Journey on the Plain (1995) - Short Film
Prologue (2004) - Short Film (segment from ‘Visions of Europe’)
Béla Tarr in Conversation with Howard Feinstein
PLUS trailers and interviews with Béla Tarr, Mihály Víg, and Miklós Székely B.

[andyli]

What the...? Then this set is completely useless to me. May get the Werckmeister Harmonies UHD depending on the quality.

[denti alligator]

Interesting. HD materials obviously not available. Still, pretty complete.

[hearthesilence]

Autumn Almanac in SD is especially painful, that was essentially the only tangible motivation I had to splurge on this set. The earlier films are fine, but they're not the ones I'd return to. Ah well, at least I saved some $$$.

[GaryC]

Wasn't Macbeth shot on SD video anyway, as it was made for Hungarian television? That's presumably the only way that the second and final shot of the film could be 67 minutes long. (Highly likely the longest take of the pre-HD era.)

[MichaelB]

Sadly, I can't justify this any more. I have most of the films in HD already courtesy of Arbelos, Carlotta and indeed Curzon Artificial Eye, and most of those have Fidelity in Motion encodes that they presumably won't be getting here.

Buying the Peter Strickland box purely for Katalin Varga and the shorts was enough extravagance for this year!

[criterionsnob]

I already sold two of my out of print Tarr DVDs (for very good prices) to justify buying this, so I'm committed now.

[MichaelB]

Wasn't Macbeth shot on SD video anyway, as it was made for Hungarian television? That's presumably the only way that the second and final shot of the film could be 67 minutes long. (Highly likely the longest take of the pre-HD era.)

Macbeth is indeed natively in SD video, but the two SD features aren't.

[denti alligator]

f those have Fidelity in Motion encodes that they presumably won't be getting here.!

What’s Fidelity in Motion, Michael?

[MichaelB]

The best encoding house out there, founded and run by David Mackenzie. I've been lucky enough to work with him on at least 90% of my own projects (almost certainly an underestimate), and he'd be my first choice every time.

[TechnicolorAcid]

Is this set the first Blu-Ray release of The Man from London?

[MichaelB]

Yes, and that's the only one that I don't already have in high-def, although it's a long way from my favourite Tarr.

If that, The Prefab People and Autumn Almanac had been in HD, that would probably have sold the box to me.

[denti alligator]

To be clear, though, those films are not available anywhere in HD, right?

[MichaelB]

Those three aren't, no. But Family Nest, The Outsider, Damnation, Sátántangó, Werckmeister Harmonies and The Turin Horse all are, and I have them already.

[criterionsnob]

I've received the Curzon Tarr box. I've just watched Family Nest, but it's a huge improvement on the Criterion encode. Haven't checked out anything else yet.

[ryannichols7]

nicolas also highly praised the box over on the other forum. I'm gonna have to weigh a purchase, even though I'm very satisfied with the Arbelos/Criterion/Cinema Guild releases stateside

[DeprongMori]

Question on either the Peter Strickland box set from Curzon, or The Duke of Burgundy Artificial Eye Blu-ray disc (which is the one included in the box.

The booklet description for The Duke of Burgundy says the disc includes two extras that do not seem to be on the disc. Are they Easter Eggs? If so, what’s the path to them?

• Q&A with Peter Strickland, Sidse Babbett Knudsen & Chiara D’Anna
• Perfume Advert

There is a different extra on the disc which is neither of the two missing features, and it is not mentioned in the booklet:

• Mole Cricket Field Notes (two pages of text and a stills gallery video)

Are they maybe somewhere on the bonus disc? I haven’t yet scoured that. Anyone know? Were they maybe planning on a different pressing for this disc?

[amberry]

Haneke season planned at the BFI in partnership with Curzon in June, probably accompanying a box set release as with Tarr/Von Trier etc. One of the long rumoured ones!

[rapta]

Haneke season planned at the BFI in partnership with Curzon in June, probably accompanying a box set release as with Tarr/Von Trier etc. One of the long rumoured ones!

Hopefully, that's the one I've actually been hoping for the most! I will probably get the Tarr one (and maybe Strickland) eventually, but not in a rush, whereas I'm much more likely to get this one sooner. I would've snapped up the Wenders one when it was reduced, but hear the transfers are hit and miss on that so waiting for a drastic reduction before I bite.

[ryannichols7]

Orbit has listed the next Curzon Film™ 4K to be Orlando, in case you don't wanna buy the Sony Pictures Classics set

Haneke season planned at the BFI in partnership with Curzon in June, probably accompanying a box set release as with Tarr/Von Trier etc. One of the long rumoured ones!

please let there be individual 4Ks for Code Unknown and Cache....

[beamish14]

Orbit has listed the next Curzon Film™ 4K to be Orlando, in case you don't wanna buy the Sony Pictures Classics set

Haneke season planned at the BFI in partnership with Curzon in June, probably accompanying a box set release as with Tarr/Von Trier etc. One of the long rumoured ones!

please let there be individual 4Ks for Code Unknown and Cache....

A Sally Potter box set would be incredible, and I thought that a number of her films were with Sony.

[eerik]

Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark Blu-ray announced for June, alongside stand-alone releases for The Idiots and Dogville.



EXTRAS:

- Von Trier's 100 Eyes - a behind-the-scenes documentary
- Commentary with director Lars von Trier and sound designer Per Streit
- Commentary with choreographer Vincent Paterson
- 100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
- Choreography: Creating Vincent Paterson's Dance Sequences
- Interview with Lars von Trier
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- English SDH Subtitles
- Audio Description
- Double-sided poster with lyrics
- O-ring with embossed braille

The other two should be the same discs as the 2023 boxset.