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Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:50 pm**

Yeah, I think it was just a VHS.

Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:08 pm**

And it's the same VHS master that will be used for the blu-ray, knowing New Yorker.

Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:16 pm**

If Kino can change(ish) than hopefully these yahoos can too.

Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:21 pm**

New Yorker WAS working very diligently on Celine and Julie -- prior to its time of troubles. The intention was to do a first-rate DVD release. Has NYer done any blu-ray releases yet?

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:22 am**

If they're doing the work for a theatrical reissue then certainly the Blu should be decent also...?

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:39 am**

Oh I'm just jibing. But I didn't start giving Kino the benefit of the doubt until after 10 or so great blu-rays.

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:45 am**

I remember them announcing the DVD a long time ago and then dropping the ball with it more than once after the announcement. I never heard any specific information about them working "diligently" on it before the reorganization, nor that the intention was to do a "first-rate" DVD. Very few of their other releases could be called that. Of course it's always possible Michael heard something I didn't.

Brian C wrote:If they're doing the work for a theatrical reissue then certainly the Blu should be decent also...?

I don't see any necessary connection there. They've long done theatrical and video distribution for the same films and the latter releases have usually been disappointing.
This will be the first release of its kind from "New New Yorker," so hard to predict what will happen.

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:50 am**

I think they paid to fly Rosenbaum to France for a bonus feature, didn't they? Maybe he's referring to that

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:58 am**

Speaking of Rosenbaum, has he commented on this upcoming edition?

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:33 am**

NYer are most likely to fall down on something like yellow subs, MPEG-2, forced subs, small file size, no uncompressed sound etc.... Fingers crossed it'll be good though... doesn't look like BFI are interested in upgrading it anyway.

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:42 pm**

Anyone know who got the Eustache rights? NYer no longer lists any of his movies in their website catalog.

As to the coming Celine & Julie Blu-ray, we can only hope, but considering NYers hotmail.com email address from the previous page of this thread, I caution caution.

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:43 pm**

From what I recall, the NYer DVD version of Celine and Julie seemed like it would be an upgrade over the UK release. It was going to be based on the same transfer as the French DVD (which was superior) and have considerable more in the way of extras. As to a future Blu-Ray, also keeping my fingers crossed.

And -- Oh for a nice Blu-Ray of Pont du Nord!

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:53 am**

Michael Kerpan wrote:It was going to be based on the same transfer as the French DVD (which was superior)

So we're pinning our hopes on New Yorker getting a PAL->NTSC transfer right. Um....

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:58 pm**

You'd think that over the course of the past several years with Criterion's reputation becoming so great that even many average movie enthusiasts go to it as a source of "alternative" movies, that companies like New Yorker, Koch and even Facets would kick up their game and produce higher quality stuff. Less than a decade ago Criterion was releasing single disc editions of hard to find stuff but today they get their own racks in major B&M stores. You'd think these companies would improve the quality of their output if only to attract more customers and $$$.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:14 pm**

Perkins Cobb wrote:So we're pinning our hopes on New Yorker getting a PAL->NTSC transfer right. Um....

No current info on what is being done now vis a vis transfers. Not sure what (if anything) might be going on with regards to any France-originating HD transfer. Just providing some purely historical data. ;~}

But given a choice of a transfer based on the BFI material and one based on the French material, I'd definitely go for the latter. Obviously a nice new HD transfer would be preferable to either.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:16 pm**

stroszeck wrote:You'd think that over the course of the past several years with Criterion's reputation becoming so great that even many average movie enthusiasts go to it as a source of "alternative" movies, that companies like New Yorker, Koch and even Facets would kick up their game and produce higher quality stuff. Less than a decade ago Criterion was releasing single disc editions of hard to find stuff but today they get their own racks in major B&M stores. You'd think these companies would improve the quality of their output if only to attract more customers and $$$.

Kino stepped up their game, but you should compare Facets with Second Run and NOT Criterion, since they release mainly obscure films.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:04 am**

Michael Kerpan wrote:
And -- Oh for a nice Blu-Ray of Pont du Nord!

Oh man, imagine the grain in that release.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:55 am**

perkizitore wrote:
stroszeck wrote:You'd think that over the course of the past several years with Criterion's reputation becoming so great that even many average movie enthusiasts go to it as a source of "alternative" movies, that companies like New Yorker, Koch and even Facets would kick up their game and produce higher quality stuff. Less than a decade ago Criterion was releasing single disc editions of hard to find stuff but today they get their own racks in major B&M stores. You'd think these companies would improve the quality of their output if only to attract more customers and $$$.
Kino stepped up their game, but Facets should compare themselves with Second Run and NOT Criterion, since they release mainly obscure films.

Facets has gotten marginally better, especially for those of us who remember atrocities like their releases of The Joke and Daisies. At least now the subs aren't scrolling! But Facets on their best day is still miles below Criterion or even Second Run on their worst.

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:25 am**

Moses and Aaron apparently won best special features alongside The Devils(BFI) and Godzilla(Criterion) at Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards. The special features are “Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene” (1969), a short film by the directors, Optional English subtitles, and a 40-page booklet containing the libretto in German and English, and 2 essays by Michael Gallope and Allen Shawn (English only). The New Yorker Films' page doesn't include the two essays but I've seen it mentioned elsewhere.
Can anyone who has the dvd comment on the image. I can't seem to find any decent reviews of the disc.

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:16 pm**

Dadapass wrote:Not sure if this has been mentioned but New Yorker Films will release Celine and Julie Go Boating on Blu-ray Spring 2012.

Close to a year later and no sign of a release.

So it goes...

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:05 pm**

It's been close to a year since the spring of 2012?

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:01 pm**

swo17 wrote:It's been close to a year since the spring of 2012?

Well, it is getting close to the end of SUMMER 2012. ;~}

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:13 pm**

It's had some screenings in the past couple months, too, so it's not as if there's been nothing happening.

Posted: **Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:16 pm**

New Yorker on Facebook 5/9/12 wrote:It's in the works--no release date set at present, though. Probably between Oct. and Dec. this year.

Posted: **Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:23 am**

swo17 wrote:It's been close to a year since the spring of 2012?

A simple formula in Excel says 306 days. I say that's close to a year.

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