Upcoming DVD Releases

by **eric** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:15 am

Post about upcoming DVD releases others might be interested in.

by **Brutus** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:27 am

Les Blank, the director of Burden of Dreams, said earlier this year that Criterion would be releasing his film about this time. I also read their plans were to put it out with Fitzcarraldo, but I don't know how that's going. It's been released in a Korean Herzog set, talked about in the Herzog thread some. Gates of Heaven will be released on February 2005, it says on his site, I see this just now so that's good news. Vernon, Florida and the Thin Blue Line will be released then too. La Luna I don't think will be released, or I haven't heard anything. Bertolucci I read doesn't have any interest at all in having his older films released on DVD or anything, which includes the Conformist. Over the Edge is supposed to be released on DVD soon. The Devil, Probably and several others of Bresson may be released by Artificial Eye in Summer, 2005, it says on the <a href="http://www.mastersofcinema.org/" target="_blank">masters of cinema</a> site. Mouchette will be out in November, they say too. Two or three things i know about her and weekend will be out soon too, it says there. That site is very good for DVD releases, they have a calendar of releases that shows some time ahead. and yeah, I don't think you'll ever see Wiseman's films on DVD. He retains the rights and doesn't seem to want that, but I don't know, maybe Titticut Follies one day if anything i guess.

by **Uter** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:44 am

They need to make a DVD of Mike Leigh's Naked. It's a shame it isn't out already.

by **eric** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:48 am

wow yea, that site is awesome...are these all region 1 dvd's your talking about tho brutus, the bressons and godard's and all?? i always thought artificial eye released only region 2's...?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Uter)</div><div class='quotemain'>They need to make a DVD of Mike Leigh's Naked. It's a shame it isn't out already.</div>

yes, very true, i forgot about that one.

by **Brutus** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:10 am

Yeah, the Godard and Bresson ones are released in the UK so they would be R2 or PAL at least. You should get a multi-region dvd player, you can get them for I guess about twenty dollars and they're perfectly fine. You can get ones that don't require PAL playback on your television too, these ones where you just press PAL/NTSC on the DVD player remote and it plays. That is what i have for these. everyone should have one.

by **Smut** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:48 am

Arizona Dream, La Haine, Mouchette, and Zero de Conduit are all out on DVD in the UK.
You should buy esp. the Jean Vigo set which has all four films he made plus shitloads more.
If you have a spare twenty, you could do worse than buy the Werkmeister Harmonies/Damnation DVD also.

by **eric** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:53 am

fuck...wow....gotta get one of them things quick.

thanks much you guys for the help, really. i'll make it a point to get one of these soon. my current player is gettin pretty old anyway, as it is. this sounds like a good thing to invest in, for sure. is there any particular brand that is especially good for all-region players??? also, are there any individual uk dvd releases that were particularly better than their pertinent us dvd releases???

by **foot foot** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:51 am

Brewster McCloud is supposed to come out on dvd soon...thats what Altman said in a interview.

by **Smut** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:11 am

In terms of better uk versions, boggle, I can't say off the top of my head.
there's tons of stuff released here that's not available in the states...'Naked' for one...and vice versa.
I dunno, what might you be interested in?
A couple of Ozus, Mizoguchis, Tarkovskys we have that you don't I think.

by **eric** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:47 pm

very cool.

i looked around a little bit on amazon and i found this player: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002NYM3G/ref=pd_sbs_e_1/002-2811123-3250436?v=glance&s=electronics&n=172282" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ronics&n=172282</a>

philips is a trusted brand at my house, like always has been. what do you guys think of this one, this player? it seems to have all of the needed features, from what i can see.

by **Brutus** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:48 am

Yeah, that one looks very good. It also plays most downloaded films right off a CD, I think it says, which is a fine feature.

by **Timeoil** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:50 am

This site says it has Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia on DVD but that it is region 3 NTSC
<a href="http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=1235" target="_blank">http://www.xploitedcinema.com/dvds/dvds.asp?title=1235</a>I've never ordered from them...Anyone else?
<a href="http://www.xploitedcinema.com" target="_blank">http://www.xploitedcinema.com</a>

Website · by **Bastard Wisher** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:58 pm

According to <a href="http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?dir=Errol+Morris" target="_blank">dvdaficionado.com</a>, Gates of Heaven and Vernon, Fl. are supposed to be coming out on DVD sometime next year, along with The Thin Blue Line and A Brief History of Time. I don't know how accurate their information is, though.

by **Brutus** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:13 pm

That same version of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is 12 dollars at <a href="http://www.koreandvds.com/dvddetail.html?id=13924" target="_blank">koreandvds.com</a>. I've never ordered from either.

by **Timeoil** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:41 am

I just ordered Alredo Garcia from them (koreandvds), so we'll see. Just got tired of watching my ex-rental VHS copy.

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