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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:54 am
by dx23
Acording to Amazon.com, Big Deal On Madonna Street - 20 Years Later is coming next week. Is this any good? I didn't even know that this film was made. Here is the link for the release:
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:32 pm
by kieslowski_67
tryavna wrote:But what does Hinsley and his colleagues expect when they've just unleashed what I'm told is a very disappointing release of the Lina Wertmuller Collection? I know that only two of those films are anamorphic, which is enough of a disappointment in 2005, but has anybody actually picked this one up? I can't find a single review online (apart from Amazon). I'm not even sure if the non-anamorphic releases are in the correct AR.
I did pick it up a month ago. The good news is that they provided anamorphic transfer for 'swept away', but 'seven beauties' was released in a 4:3 letterbox version. The transfer (image quality) is indeed a vastly improvement over the horrible Fox Lorber release though.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:57 am
by richast2
upon watching the documentary included with Teorema, I just had to say this:
what a steaming pile of hooey.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:15 am
by richast2
I will say this for that doc, though. The 30-second clip from Medea was in pristine condition. Much better than the Vanguard DVD.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:24 am
by zedz
richast2 wrote:I will say this for that doc, though. The 30-second clip from Medea was in pristine condition. Much better than the Vanguard DVD.
See the Raro Video edition of
Medea for the full, eye-popping transfer.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:04 pm
by Alain3000
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:31 pm
by dadaistnun
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:35 am
by kekid
Claude Chabrol's "Violette Noziere" will be issued by Koch Lorber on the 8th of May.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:02 am
by devlinnn
kekid wrote:Claude Chabrol's "Violette Noziere" will be issued by Koch Lorber on the 8th of May.
It looks to be full-screen 1:33:1 on the DVD. Was this the correct ratio? IMDB is no help here.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:28 pm
by dadaistnun
From
DVD Savant's review:
Koch Lorber's DVD of Violette Nozière is a throwback to the days of the old Fox Lorber label and its weak transfers of European films both famous and obscure. Koch Lorber now releases plenty of high-quality DVDs but occasional eyesores like this one keep turning up. It appears to be an older flat transfer that crops away horizontal information. Colors are off and the contrast fluctuates wildly. Image definition suffers from only so-so encoding, as the opening titles break up in ways I haven't seen since the first days of the format. In short, this is a very disappointing disc.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:32 pm
by Subbuteo
dadaistnun wrote:From
DVD Savant's review:
Koch Lorber's DVD of Violette Nozière is a throwback to the days of the old Fox Lorber label and its weak transfers of European films both famous and obscure. Koch Lorber now releases plenty of high-quality DVDs but occasional eyesores like this one keep turning up. It appears to be an older flat transfer that crops away horizontal information. Colors are off and the contrast fluctuates wildly. Image definition suffers from only so-so encoding, as the opening titles break up in ways I haven't seen since the first days of the format. In short, this is a very disappointing disc.
Bastards (Koch) - so wanting this to be a good transfer. Have to wait longer for my
Huppert fix now
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:14 pm
by justeleblanc
This is really bizarre. Considering a better print I believe exists in R2, why would Koch Lorber wear the LORBER label again?
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:46 pm
by zone_resident
DVDBeaver informs us that Amazon.com has listed three Taviani bros. films with a release date of April 1st, 2008, from Koch Lorber: Kaos, Fiorile and Night of the Shooting Stars.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:35 pm
by justeleblanc
La Chinoise, 5/13
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:28 pm
by BrightEyes23
justeleblanc wrote:La Chinoise, 5/13
i thought maybe criterion would do this one. oh well, i enjoy my R2 disc. i dont know if Koch will be able to outdo it.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:59 pm
by tavernier
BrightEyes23 wrote:justeleblanc wrote:La Chinoise, 5/13
i thought maybe criterion would do this one. oh well, i enjoy my R2 disc. i dont know if Koch will be able to outdo it.
Doubtful.
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:38 pm
by justeleblanc
What annoys me is that Criterion told me in an email that they owned the rights to La Chinoise. I have no problem with Koch releasing it, assuming it comes from the same source as Koch's gorgeous print that played at the film forum last October, but why would Criterion say they owned it when they didn't. This almost goes back to that comment from Criterion that they still plan on releasing Battleship Potemkin.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:31 am
by justeleblanc
They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:43 am
by The Fanciful Norwegian
AFAIK Le Gai Savoir has never received an official home video release anywhere, so that's big news. The odds of getting the Dziga Vertov Group stuff on DVD just got a lot better.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:47 am
by domino harvey
justeleblanc wrote:They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!
I thought Godard bought the American rights to this so he could sit on it. AMAZING news, one of my favorite Godard films and one of my dream releases!
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:20 am
by Petty Bourgeoisie
justeleblanc wrote:They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!
Wonderful. Any idea about a release date? And seeing how I never bought the region 2
Le Chinoise Koch Lorber will get a good chunk of my money this when these come out.
What a year so far for Godard and Resnais fans with 4 Resnais' coming out on Kino, the Lionsgate Godard set, and now these two releases.
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:14 am
by What A Disgrace
No specs yet, but Koch Lorber is releasing Julien Duvivier's Don Camillo.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:25 pm
by zone_resident
DVD Talk reviews of the recently-released Taviani Bros. films:
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Kaos
Fiorile
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:39 pm
by What A Disgrace
...and it actually seems that the Don Camillo release is a double bill with The Return of Don Camillo.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 4:26 pm
by justeleblanc
What A Disgrace wrote:...and it actually seems that the Don Camillo release is a double bill with The Return of Don Camillo.
Does anyone know if these are Studio Canal ports?