Joseph Losey on DVD

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Scharphedin2 · #26 Post by **Scharphedin2** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:14 am

Gordon McMurphy wrote:I was able to rent the Figures in a Landscape DVD here:
www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=33703

I have been looking out for this one... do you know of any place that has it for sale?

Miguel · #27 Post by **Miguel** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:21 am

Scharphedin2 wrote:
Gordon McMurphy wrote:I was able to rent the Figures in a Landscape DVD here:
www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=33703
I have been looking out for this one... do you know of any place that has it for sale?

http://oas2000.proxis.be/gate/jabba.cor ... i=82926907

vertovfan · #28 Post by **vertovfan** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:18 pm

I just purchased a UK promo DVD of The Go-Between that seems to have been given away with the Sunday Telegraph. It's a bare-bones disc, but with nice picture quality - it's 4:3 and I don't know if that's the intended AR, but the compositions looked fine to me. There are several copies floating around on eBay.

Lino · #29 Post by **Lino** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:44 pm

I have a TV taped version of Go-Between and it's in the 1.85 AR.

Gordon · #30 Post by **Gordon** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:09 pm

Miguel, is the Dutch DVD anamorphic?

Miguel · #31 Post by **Miguel** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:29 pm

Gordon McMurphy wrote:Miguel, is the Dutch DVD anamorphic?

Unfortunately, no. I checked after I read your post and, contrary to what is stated on the back cover, the disc is indeed non-anamorphic.

jdcopp · #32 Post by **jdcopp** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:47 pm

Joseph Losey's short film "A Gun in his Hand" from MGMs "Crime Does Not Pay" series which was nominated for an Academy Award for best short film in 1946 is available as a supplement in the Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 3 from Warner Home Video.

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Gordon · #33 Post by **Gordon** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:14 pm

The Assassination Of Trotsky was released in the USA this month: Amazon listing

No reviews are available, though. Lance (Koch) seem to be a new company.

MichaelB · #34 Post by **MichaelB** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:44 am

vertovfan wrote:I just purchased a UK promo DVD of The Go-Between that seems to have been given away with the Sunday Telegraph. It's a bare-bones disc, but with nice picture quality - it's 4:3 and I don't know if that's the intended AR, but the compositions looked fine to me.

Given the date, it's almost certainly not the intended AR, but I had cause to examine a 35mm print not that long ago and can confirm that it's open-matte 4:3.

I assume projectionists were supposed to crop it - presumably to 1.66:1 in British cinemas.

tryavna · #35 Post by **tryavna** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:33 pm

Optimum have updated their website and announce that Losey's The Go-Between will be released in late January (on R2). No word on supplements, if any.

Lino · #36 Post by **Lino** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:18 pm

About fokin' time too! Maybe I will finally be able to bin my VHS. Let's wait for results.

Gordon · #37 Post by **Gordon** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:50 pm

tryavna wrote:No word on supplements, if any.

Hideo Nakata's 83-minute documentary, Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names would be perfect, but I doubt we'll ever see it.

Gordon · #38 Post by **Gordon** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:24 pm

I'll have The Go-Between in a few days and will report.

Lino · #39 Post by **Lino** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:14 pm

Please do but I have to say I don't have high expectations for that one. I hope I'm wrong.

Meanwhile, can anyone point me to the best version of The Boy With The Green Hair available? I love this film to bits but the DVDs seem to be very lackluster. What's the story?

Gordon · #40 Post by **Gordon** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:58 pm

The transfer is 1.33:1, though the packaging states 1.85. Detailed and colorful transfer, too.

Hashi · #41 Post by **Hashi** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:37 pm

Lino wrote:Meanwhile, can anyone point me to the best version of The Boy With The Green Hair available? I love this film to bits but the DVDs seem to be very lackluster. What's the story?

Anyone seen the French Editions Montparnasse disc? I wonder how's that disc...

solent · #42 Post by **solent** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:29 am

Amazon now have THE GO-BETWEEN at 50% off [7.97]. Unfortunately it has been reported already as being 1.33:1. If anything it should be 1.66:1 - like ACCIDENT - but I can't find oar details.

The Julie Christie box is due out in March and DVD Times state that THE GO-BETWEEN is included with a 1.85:1 transfer. The only problem is that the same company is putting this out [Optimum] and they already have 1.85:1 listed on the current version. I'd be surprised if the box set version is any different. Who are these guys? Don't they know its the 20th century?

Person · #43 Post by **Person** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:38 am

Is the Australian release of Figures in a Landscape anamorphic?

Lino · #44 Post by **Lino** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:43 pm

DVDBeaver reviews The Go-Between.

DrBanan · #45 Post by **DrBanan** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:34 am

Optimum apparently released the seven-disc "Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection" on July 23, which includes three by Losey: Accident, The Servant, and The Sleeping Tiger.

Reviews anyone/anywhere?

kekid · #46 Post by **kekid** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:38 am

DrBanan wrote:Optimum apparently released the seven-disc "Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection" on July 23, which includes three by Losey: Accident, The Servant, and The Sleeping Tiger.

Reviews anyone/anywhere?

Do these have English subtitles? The R1 versions of the Losey/Bogarde films do not.

MichaelB · #47 Post by **MichaelB** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:27 pm

I now have checkdiscs of Second Sight's Don Giovanni, and it looks like a blinding transfer - anamorphic, framed correctly at 1.66:1 and seemingly blemish-free.

The biggest (and most pleasant) surprise is that the soundtracks have been pitch-corrected, so despite the PAL speedup the opera remains in D minor - more details here

Person · #48 Post by **Person** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:16 pm

Yes, I noticed this release a few days ago, Michael. I have yet to see this film, so I'll check it out. Nice to know that the pitch was corrected. Roll on Blu-Ray becoming the norm so that we can finally put an end of irritating pitch anomalies on home video.

Hashi · #49 Post by **Hashi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:08 am

Received the just released R2 UK DVD of A Doll's House. A serviceable transfer, anamorphic and progressive. No subs of any kind. I'll be posting a couple of screencaps soon.

Lino · #50 Post by **Lino** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:34 am

One more reason why I keep loving Cinebeats so much: one of the very best reviews I've ever read about Boom!.

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