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Kurosawa/Tarkovsky/Chabrol/Antonioni/Schlondorff (Kino) -- Dec 9!
Check this out. From our fine friends at Kino:
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. Who's excited? |
I already have Il Grido. I was hoping for Red Desert.
Still a good collection. |
Are these remastered?
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These are more than likely budget repacks. Il Grido for example should have been remastered a long time ago.
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Originally Posted by Yakuza Bengoshi
(Post 8957495)
Who's excited?
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). |
Originally Posted by Yakuza Bengoshi
(Post 8957495)
Who's excited?
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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 rented DERSU UZALA and the PQ was poor at best.
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Damn it. Criterion dropped the ball for not getting Dersu. You they love the man, yet they failed to get the film that garnered him a Palme D'or.
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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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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
(Post 8963587)
Damn it. Criterion dropped the ball for not getting Dersu. You they love the man, yet they failed to get the film that garnered him a Palme D'or.
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Gah, Sorry....I meant the Oscar in Best Foreign Film. Sadly the only Oscar Kurosawa got besides the Honorary award he got in '89...
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
(Post 8963824)
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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Love the directors, but Kino is shit - they over charge and don't put forth the effort into their releases.
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
(Post 8963587)
Damn it. Criterion dropped the ball for not getting Dersu. You they love the man, yet they failed to get the film that garnered him a Palme D'or.
Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
(Post 8963824)
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?
Originally Posted by Dan Average
(Post 8963995)
No, Criterion got Kagemusha.
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Originally Posted by dx23
(Post 8964846)
Just because Kino released it, doesn't mean that Criterion didn't acquire the rights later on or that they aren't going to release it in the near future.
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
(Post 8964082)
Gah, Sorry....I meant the Oscar in Best Foreign Film. Sadly the only Oscar Kurosawa got besides the Honorary award he got in '89...
With 3 Oscars and countless OSCAR nomminations, I think its safe to say the Academy was very kind to him. |
Originally Posted by Yakuza Bengoshi
(Post 8964207)
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.
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