Arte is releasing a 3 dvdset in France of the following Rivette's works:

LA BELLE NOISEUSE
SECRET DÉFENSE
HAUT BAS FRAGILE

Now, La Belle Noiseue already has received a rather fine treatment in the UK (R1 is a PAL to NTSC port) Secret Defense is sadly available on a non 16/9 dated Image disc. Haut Bas Fragile is yet to be released.

Given the fiasco with Rivette's HISTOIRE DE MARIE ET JULIEN which was announced by Arte as having English subs I would say that it is a sure bet that these DVDs will not offer English subs.

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Cheers,
Pro-B

Thanks for the info, Pro-B - I didn't know this was on the way. As I don't own any of these films, I might think about getting this. Although I imagine it won't be cheap...

Dazza.

Though weren't all three of these films already released (also unsubtitled) in the previous Rivette boxset?

Yes they were released in the 8dvd set (but I secretly hope that subs might come out of nowhere this time around), but now will also be sold individually as well.

The old boxset was this one-



with the following titles:

• DVD 1: L'Amour par terre
• DVD 2: Hurlevent
• DVD 3: La Bande des quatre
• DVD 4: La Belle Noiseuse (2 DVD)
• DVD 5: Haut Bas Fragile
• DVD 6: Secret défense
• DVD 7: Le DVD Bonus


Pro-B

ps
In my post above regarding Haut Bas Fragile I meant an English friendly release.