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Lionsgate: Andre Techine Collection
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:04 am
by Ashirg
From DVD Empire:
Andre Techine: 4 Film Collector's Edition
Andre Techine's extraordinary work with actors and his visionary approach to the complexity of emotions have made him one of France's leading post-New Wave directors. The four acclaimed films in this unique collection represent Techine's move toward naturalism and his masterful ability to examine the human condition.
Includes:
Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux Sauvages)
I Don't Kiss (J'Embrasse Pas)
Hotel America (Hotel Des Ameriques)
My Favorite Season (Ma Saison Preferee)
Coming 7/22
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:13 pm
by domino harvey
Okay well I didn't see this one coming
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:33 pm
by jesus the mexican boi
domino harvey wrote:Okay well I didn't see this one coming
Me neither. Let's hope
Wild Reeds is better than its previous craptastic Fox Lorber R1.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:54 pm
by Cronenfly
Is this good news? I have to admit to knowing nothing about Techine.
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:10 pm
by Barmy
Blue-haired people love him. =P~ =P~ =P~
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:20 pm
by Hopscotch
imdb says that if I like Hotel America and I Don't Kiss, I'll also like Titantic, Spider Man 2, and The Basketball Diaries.
Seeing as I love those films, I'll spring for this set immediately.
(I've never actually seen any Techine movies, and I know those rec's are 96% bullshit. Also those drool smilies look like faces with neon goatees.)
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:53 pm
by Barmy
Sorry. What we need are:
My Favorite Season is my favorite Techine. Also liked the one with Laurence Cote (
Thieves), for which she won an award for "best glass eating scene". He's one of those "quality" directors whose films are fine but don't really merit repeat views.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:21 am
by domino harvey
Lionsgate is going to move about eighteen copies of this set, tops.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:31 pm
by rohmerin
Great box. If it has got Spanish subtitles, I want it. My French is horrible, worse than my English
so I need subt.
J'embrasse pas, Wild reeds, Ma saison, what a good films !
I've not seen Hotel des Ameriques
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:55 pm
by Barmy
For $25 it might sell. I was looking at his oeuvre on imdb and it really confirmed how middlebrow it is, but spiced up a little bit with gay and arab characters. He's one of the few French directors whose work still consistently gets a US commercial release--not necessarily an indicator of superior quality. The boxset is some of his better work. Another approach would be to box his Deneuve films.
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:22 am
by pro-bassoonist
Sounds like they will be porting the Canal discs. Wild Reeds has a very decent transfer.
Buy!
Pro-B
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:27 pm
by batiar
It is bad that "Hotel Des Ameriques" overlaps with Catherine Deneuve: 5-Film Collection. They could put a different title instead.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:45 pm
by sidehacker
Beaver review. Looks like the
Hotel Des Ameriques transfer is the same as the one on the Deneuve boxset.