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Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:51 pm
by 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?
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:05 pm
by 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
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:05 pm
by DeprongMori
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:29 pm
by justeleblanc
FrauBlucher wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:24 pmI 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:08 pm
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:27 pm
by FrauBlucher
justeleblanc wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:29 pm
FrauBlucher wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:24 pmI 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
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:25 pm
by Roger Ryan
Cohen did allow Criterion to stream City Of Women on the Channel for a time.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:23 pm
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:09 pm
by What A Disgrace
Wonderful news. I wonder if the two Zorro films are next.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:59 am
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:03 am
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:00 pm
by fdm
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:46 pm
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:21 am
by beamish14
The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:46 pm
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
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:30 pm
by knives
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).
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:01 pm
by nicolas
Howards End 4K SDR upgrade coming via Kino on 11/18.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 3:23 pm
by 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.
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:06 pm
by Jean-Luc Garbo
Will Kino do the UHD encode themselves?
Re: Cohen Film Collection
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:28 pm
by nicolas
Jean-Luc Garbo wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2026 7:06 pm
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.