Kurosawa/Tarkovsky/Chabrol/Antonioni/Schlondorff (Kino) -- Dec 9!
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Kurosawa/Tarkovsky/Chabrol/Antonioni/Schlondorff (Kino) -- Dec 9!
Check this out. From our fine friends at Kino:
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Great Directors: Volume 1 (Dersu Uzala / The Mirror / Les Bonnes Femmes / Il Grido / Circle of Deceit) (5D) MSRP $79.95.
Akira Kurosawa's DERSU UZALA (1975, Color, 140 Minutes, Letterboxed) Winner of the 1975 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this Kurosawa epic is a Siberian adventure that features stunningly photographed battles of man dueling nature.
Andrei Tarkovsky's THE MIRROR (1974, Color/B&W, 106 Minutes, Full Frame) Tarkovsky's most personal (and beautiful) work, The Mirror delves into his childhood to conjure up a stream of sublime images that reflect a WWII-scarred youth and a haunted future.
Claude Chabrol's LES BONNES FEMMES (1960, B&W, 93 Minutes, Letterboxed) One of the most erotic and suspenseful treats of the French New Wave, this Chabrol-helmed classic tracks the loves and stalkers of four pretty shopgirls who soon discover the dark side of passion.
Michelangelo Antonioni's IL GRIDO (1957, B&W, 115 Minutes, Full Frame) One of Antonioni s unsung masterpieces, Il Grido is a wrenchingly bittersweet tale of lost love replaced by lust, achieving a tragic poetry unequaled in the great director's illustrious career.
Volker Schlondorff's CIRCLE OF DECEIT (1981, Color, 108 Minutes, Letterboxed) This explosive tale of sex and politics in war-torn Beirut is one of the richest films in Schlöndorff's career. Setting up a minefield of ethical conundrums and personal jealousies, it s a scorching take on the modern media.
Akira Kurosawa's DERSU UZALA (1975, Color, 140 Minutes, Letterboxed) Winner of the 1975 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this Kurosawa epic is a Siberian adventure that features stunningly photographed battles of man dueling nature.
Andrei Tarkovsky's THE MIRROR (1974, Color/B&W, 106 Minutes, Full Frame) Tarkovsky's most personal (and beautiful) work, The Mirror delves into his childhood to conjure up a stream of sublime images that reflect a WWII-scarred youth and a haunted future.
Claude Chabrol's LES BONNES FEMMES (1960, B&W, 93 Minutes, Letterboxed) One of the most erotic and suspenseful treats of the French New Wave, this Chabrol-helmed classic tracks the loves and stalkers of four pretty shopgirls who soon discover the dark side of passion.
Michelangelo Antonioni's IL GRIDO (1957, B&W, 115 Minutes, Full Frame) One of Antonioni s unsung masterpieces, Il Grido is a wrenchingly bittersweet tale of lost love replaced by lust, achieving a tragic poetry unequaled in the great director's illustrious career.
Volker Schlondorff's CIRCLE OF DECEIT (1981, Color, 108 Minutes, Letterboxed) This explosive tale of sex and politics in war-torn Beirut is one of the richest films in Schlöndorff's career. Setting up a minefield of ethical conundrums and personal jealousies, it s a scorching take on the modern media.
Who's excited?
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I was for a split second... but these are just repacks of what I already have.
Still, the thinpak packaging is appealing. Depending on what I can find this for on sale (maybe at DD in June) and what I think I can get for my individual ones, it may be worth the space-saving "upgrade".
I'll have to think about it. I don't even have Kino's The Mirror any more (having gotten the superior R2 disc a while back).
Still, the thinpak packaging is appealing. Depending on what I can find this for on sale (maybe at DD in June) and what I think I can get for my individual ones, it may be worth the space-saving "upgrade".
I'll have to think about it. I don't even have Kino's The Mirror any more (having gotten the superior R2 disc a while back).
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That's a crappy cover font there..also I doubt these are not remastered and lack special features. I'm all in it if Kurosawa's film has at least special features...I wish Criterion could take this film and give it proper release. They're the only ones to get his films right...*sigh*
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I just assumed these would be remastered but if not I'll hold off as well since I already own R2 of The Mirror, and the 3-disc R3 set of Dersu Uzala.
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wait...What does that 3 disc of Dersu Uzala contain? I really hate getting non region dvds..cuz it's a pain for me to get them but...I want a badass version of that film. Anyone know why Criterion couldn't get this film? I'm still astonished as to their lack of ownership to the title. It had to be on their plans at some point, right?
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wait...What does that 3 disc of Dersu Uzala contain? I really hate getting non region dvds..cuz it's a pain for me to get them but...I want a badass version of that film. Anyone know why Criterion couldn't get this film? I'm still astonished as to their lack of ownership to the title. It had to be on their plans at some point, right?
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wait...What does that 3 disc of Dersu Uzala contain? I really hate getting non region dvds..cuz it's a pain for me to get them but...I want a badass version of that film. Anyone know why Criterion couldn't get this film? I'm still astonished as to their lack of ownership to the title. It had to be on their plans at some point, right?
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With 3 Oscars and countless OSCAR nomminations, I think its safe to say the Academy was very kind to him.
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I don't have the set in front of me as I write this, but as I recall, it has both the International Release version (2-disc, anamorphic) and the US Release version (1-disc, non-anamorphic) along with several featurettes in Russian with Korean subtitles (can't recall if they're forced). The set is a Korean release from Spectrum of Ruscico transfers.