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Fox Lorber Release, R1, Letterboxed

davidhare wrote:Can you guys confirm which editions these last two series of caps are from?

I presume the Imamura is the Criterion? The Antonioni looks like 1.85 (good) but is it anamorphic or letterboxed? It looks much better than the Pox Lorber and also much better than the R4. Where is it from?

The Imamura is indeed the Criterion release. The Antonioni is letterboxed. Funny that you say it looks better than the Fox Lorber release because I thought that was what it was. It's been quite some time since I made these captures - unfortunately I can't remember! If it helps any, I received the film from Netflix.

Les Aventuriers (Robert Enrico, 1967)
France R2. Optional French subs only.

Kiga kaikyo / Straits of Hunger / Fugitive from the Past (Tomu UCHIDA, 1965) -- Toei DVD, Region 2

Himeyuri no tô (Tadashi IMAI, 1953) Toei DVD, Region 2

Michael Kerpan wrote:Kiga kaikyo / Straits of Hunger / Fugitive from the Past (Tomu UCHIDA, 1965) -- Toei DVD, Region 2

I have seen Tomu's first Musashi film and "Beautiful Yoshiwara..." two years ago in Cologne and was delighted. I never dared to look, if there were Japanese DVDs, just to avoid the disappointment, that no one released the movie in a subtitled version. But here you come and I see that some of his films are available since 2002 already. I hope one of these gets released with English subtitles soon.

Michael, do you also own one of the Musashi DVDs? The print I've seen was 16mm hence blurry.

Alas, I have not seen Uchida's MM films.

If you read French, several films have come out on DVD in France.

Sadly, I chose latin as second foreign language (after English), not French. But I hope, MoC gives the movies a chance.

All caps from DVD Beaver except the third, that is from a new scandinavian release (no english subs).

Bandai (chinese bootleg)



Miramax R1



Njuta



MIA R2



Panorama



What can I say? MIA and Panorama are downright awful. Miramax (Beavers choice for best image) sharp but saturated and reddish (not only the skintones). The chinese bootleg, supposedly very close to the japanese Bandai "original", looks very "Floating Weeds-blue". Njuta on the other hand looks like it's taken from Traffic's "south-of-the-border" sequence.

Kino Video, R1

A Man Vanishes (Imamura, 1967)
Tohokushinsha, Japan

No subs (not even japanese). Progressive.

Since there is an ongoing speculation about the contents of the upcoming Imamura Eclipse-set.

Some screenshots from the brand new British Universal DVD of Monte Hellman's TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (which includes an audio commentary of his).

Dillinger è morto (Marco Ferreri, 1969)
Italy R0 (Minerva Classic) Italian, French & English soundtracks, Italian & English subtitles

Stan Czarnecki wrote:Some screenshots from the brand new British Universal DVD of Monte Hellman's TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (which includes an audio commentary of his).

Picturewise this looks like an ok substitute for the OOP Anchor Bay disc, eh? Or does anyone know about any possibilities for a new release in the US/R1? Does this Brit disc have any other extras, since I recall the AB disc had more than just a commentary?

Hashi wrote:

Stan Czarnecki wrote:Some screenshots from the brand new British Universal DVD of Monte Hellman's TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (which includes an audio commentary of his).

Picturewise this looks like an ok substitute for the OOP Anchor Bay disc, eh? Or does anyone know about any possibilities for a new release in the US/R1? Does this Brit disc have any other extras, since I recall the AB disc had more than just a commentary?

The R1 also has a trailer and a doc by George Hickenlooper 'Monte Hellman:American Auteur'

It looks like the only extras are a commentary.

Le Lit de la Vierge (Philippe Garrel)
PAL R0. Optional English subs.

Violette Nozière (Chabrol, 1977)
France R2 (René Chateau). No subs.
Beaver review of the Koch Lorber edition.

Following now are screenshots from the new Godard Vol. 1 Box Set. It is packaged in a very nice digipack, includes interesting (albeit a bit short) introductions by Colin MacCabe and seems altogether adorable. First up is BREATHLESS:

ALPHAVILLE

MADE IN U.S.A.

And of course PASSION, which - for the first time - is available on DVD with English subtitles.

Thanks for posting those - but, yikes,"Breathless" looks terrible!

I'd love to get "Passion" and "Made in the USA" - assuming they look as good in motion as they do in still shots. Are these only available as a set?

Stan Czarnecki wrote:And of course PASSION, which - for the first time - is available on DVD with English subtitles.

My r2fr PAL disc has English subs.

yoshimori wrote:

Stan Czarnecki wrote:And of course PASSION, which - for the first time - is available on DVD with English subtitles.

My r2fr PAL disc has English subs.

Really? Hmm, I didn't know that. Anyway, I highly recommend this box!