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tavernier · #1 Post by **tavernier** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:19 pm

WHV press release:

On September 12, Warner Home Video (WHV) debuts the DVD of Gloomy Sunday, the film sensation which won six International Film Festival awards and had record breaking engagements at major market movie art houses. Reminiscent of the movies of the 1940s, this is a beautiful romance, a love triangle set in a glorious pre-WW II Eastern European city with an unexpected but thrilling twist ending.

Gloomy Sunday will also be included in WHV's International Cinema Collection which features internationally acclaimed foreign films all in new Amaray packaging: Luchino Visconti's The Damned and Death in Venice; Francois Truffaut's Day for Night and the critically-applauded A Very Long Engagement. The entire Collection will sell for $79.92 SRP; single disc of Gloomy Sunday will be available for $19.97 SRP.

justeleblanc · #2 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:23 pm

I thought Warner lost the rights to Day for Night... what awesome news. I assume they will all be available individually -- though the release says otherwise.

skuhn8 · #3 Post by **skuhn8** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:36 pm

Is there any rhyme or reason behind this seemingly random collection of films?

Hey Merle, let's pick up some of 'em artsy foreign films...just take a look over 'ere--hey look! whaddya know, they put all'of'em in one neat and tidy box.

Gigi M. · #4 Post by **Gigi M.** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:53 pm

Five titles for $79.92 SRP? What? Who do they think they're fooling. That's the same price of the John Wayne - John Ford 10 disc set. Are you sure about that price Tavernier?

tavernier · #5 Post by **tavernier** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:56 pm

gigimonagas wrote:Five titles for $79.92 SRP? What? Who do they think they're fooling. That's the same price of the John Wayne - John Ford 10 disc set. Are you sure about that price Tavernier?

That's the price on the press release.

#6 Post by **zedz** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:28 am

skuhn8 wrote:Is there any rhyme or reason behind this seemingly random collection of films?

Hey Merle, let's pick up some of 'em artsy foreign films...just take a look over 'ere--hey look! whaddya know, they put all'of'em in one neat and tidy box.

Agreed. This looks like a particularly stupid collection, as if they think that 'foreign' is a genre designation.

#7 Post by **Jeff** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:47 am

zedz wrote:Agreed. This looks like a particularly stupid collection, as if they think that 'foreign' is a genre designation.

It is for Warner. They have released so few foreign classics that a foreign collection makes sense for them. I'm very pleased that it looks like Day for Night will remain available; I'll be happy to replace my current snapper. This is also a fine excuse for me to finally pick up the Visconti titles.

This is a rather odd and overpriced set though. If I get it, I'll quickly be selling off A Very Long Engagement, which did nothing for me, and I don't know enough about Gloomy Sunday to even know if I'm interested or not. I assume that this new-to-DVD title and the two disc Engagement are what is driving the price up. I would have much preferred that they had dubbed the set "European Masters" or something so that they could include Zabriske Point and an Amaray version of Blow-Up instead.

godardslave · #8 Post by **godardslave** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:58 am

skuhn8 wrote:Is there any rhyme or reason behind this seemingly random collection of films?

Hey Merle, let's pick up some of 'em artsy foreign films...just take a look over 'ere--hey look! whaddya know, they put all'of'em in one neat and tidy box.

I think you answered your own question pretty accurately.

justeleblanc · #9 Post by **justeleblanc** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:05 am

Jeff wrote:
zedz wrote:Agreed. This looks like a particularly stupid collection, as if they think that 'foreign' is a genre designation.
It is for Warner. They have released so few foreign classics that a foreign collection makes sense for them. I'm very pleased that it looks like Day for Night will remain available; I'll be happy to replace my current snapper. This is also a fine excuse for me to finally pick up the Visconti titles.

This is a rather odd and overpriced set though. If I get it, I'll quickly be selling off A Very Long Engagement, which did nothing for me, and I don't know enough about Gloomy Sunday to even know if I'm interested or not. I assume that this new-to-DVD title and the two disc Engagement are what is driving the price up. I would have much preferred that they had dubbed the set "European Masters" or something so that they could include Zabriske Point and an Amaray version of Blow-Up instead.

Agreed. Though I doubt we'll get a re-issue of Blow-Up anytime soon. They just released the Jimmy Stewart Collection and they didn't reissue the Lubitsch in an amaray....

I assume if they are putting together strange collections, then maybe we'll see Performance and Zabriskie in a Warner Acid Collection.

Buttery Jeb · #10 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:19 am

Can anyone give me a note on "Gloomy Sunday," and if it's worth checking out? I remember a point where nearly every film buff I knew over the age of 50 seemed to think it was the best film they'd seen in years... and then nothing. Possibly the delay in getting it out on disc (I thought Universal had a hand in producing it).

The boxset itself does seem a bit pointless, just shoehorning discs that they can't fit in elsewhere. Uncommonly sloppy for Warner's. I would have hoped that, if they did focus on some of their international titles, we would have gotten decent DVDs of Kusturica's "Arizona Dream" or "Until the End of the World" in the bargain.

-BJ

HerrSchreck · #11 Post by **HerrSchreck** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:38 pm

Christalmighty what the hell's with that price tag? You can beat the crap outa Universal for lack of extras (and ignoring their vaults, and..) but if they put this out today they'd it'd be with all films included, with rock solid transfers, progressive (and anamorphic when wide) for 20 bucks tops, a disc layer to a title when possible. With priceless misspellings & false cast attributions on the box.

They're going to be coming out with a new flipper disc by the way: it's called THE COMPLETE UNIVERSAL TALKIES 1930-2006.

That Warner "set" is pretty hilarious, theme-wise. There is no damned theme.

stroszeck · #12 Post by **stroszeck** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:58 pm

I swear, this is absolutely hilarious. I think the theme concerns the World War 2 era, but then again Truffaut's film is neither here nor there.

About Gloomy Sunday: I saw this during its theatrical run and have to say that it is absolutely packed chalk full of cliches. Every cliche about World War 2 and evil Nazis that you could think of. The title song is pretty good, but this film is very, uh, limp. I cannot understand for the life of me why it has been so apparently lauded, but you'll have to find out for yourself. Oh, but I did kinda get a kick out of the surprise ending, if that's what you can call it, but the acting and everything was just way too generic. Hope that helps. (perhaps worth a rental, though?)

tavernier · #13 Post by **tavernier** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:04 pm

stroszeck wrote:I swear, this is absolutely hilarious. I think the theme concerns the World War 2 era, but then again Truffaut's film is neither here nor there.

Neither is Venice (early 20th century) nor Engagement (WWI).

How about if we just call it the "International Cinema Collection in All-new Amaray Packaging"?

Gigi M. · #14 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:44 pm

Amazon's pre-order

Gigi M. · #15 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:09 pm

Amazon also has Day for Night in stock. Will this be a snaper or amaray?

#16 Post by **Matt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:39 pm

gigimonagas wrote:Amazon also has Day for Night in stock. Will this be a snaper or amaray?

Warner stopped using snappers two years ago.

Gigi M. · #17 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:43 pm

True, but remember the Bogie and Bacall set exclusive from Amazon.

#18 Post by **Matt** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:45 pm

Well, if you don't believe me, you could believe the press release quoted in the first post:

...WHV's International Cinema Collection which features internationally acclaimed foreign films all in new Amaray packaging...

Gigi M. · #19 Post by **Gigi M.** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:52 pm

Come on Matt, I never doubted you. I just want to be sure before I'll buy it. Since the box set hasn't been released, do you also think Death in Venice and The Dammed are available in amarays. Amazon shows them in new cases.

Gigi M. · #20 Post by **Gigi M.** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:24 am

Well Matt, I got Day for Night today from Amazon in a SNAPPER!!!

#21 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:48 am

gigimonagas wrote:Well Matt, I got Day for Night today from Amazon in a SNAPPER!!!

That could have something to do with the fact that the new versions aren't being released until September 12.

Gordon · #22 Post by **Gordon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:40 pm

I am surprised that Warner didn't include Claude Lelouch's, Man and a Woman, which looks like a fine package; I have been meaning to check it out.

Moshé Mizrahi's Oscar-winning 1977 adaptation of Romain Gary's La Vie devant soi, starring Simone Signoret with cinematography by Néstor Almendros, is owned by Warner FranÃ§ais. It's strange that this one hasn't been released on DVD anywhere.

justeleblanc · #23 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:16 pm

Gordon McMurphy wrote:I am surprised that Warner didn't include Claude Lelouch's, Man and a Woman, which looks like a fine package; I have been meaning to check it out.

I wouldn't be surprised if that's in the next box.

justeleblanc · #24 Post by **justeleblanc** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:55 pm

I know this is an old question, but can anyone confirm whether or not Warner actually released The Damned, Death in Venice, and Day for Night in amaray cases, or whether they just used the snapper cases next to amaray packing for Gloomy Sunday and Very Special Engagement? I know the press release says one thing, but can anyone actually confirm that this is the case? Please please let me know.

#25 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:25 pm

justeleblanc wrote:I know this is an old question, but can anyone confirm whether or not Warner actually released The Damned, Death in Venice, and Day for Night in amaray cases.

The ones in the box are definitely all in Amaray cases. That is the only way you can get The Damned, Death in Venice, and Day for Night in amarays. I bought the whole box at Costco for $35, and sold Gloomy Sunday and A Very Long Engagement.

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