BD 66 Worlds: Select Films by Ben Rivers

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What A Disgrace · #1 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:26 pm

A two disc set containing 22 films by Ben Rivers is coming soon, according to Second Run's website.

#2 Post by **swo17** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:10 pm

Nice! But bring on some Ben Russell too please

What A Disgrace · #3 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:27 am

November 20.

• A World Rattled of Habit (2008)
• Ah, Liberty! (2008)
• Astika (2006)
• The Big Sink (1993)
• The Coming Race (2006)
• Ghost Strata (2019)
• House (2005)
• The House was Quiet (2020)
• The Hyrcynium Wood (2003)
• I Know Where I'm Going (2009)
• Ijen/London (2022)
• Look Then Below (2019)
• Now, at Last! (2019)
• Old Dark House (2003)
• Origin of the Species (2008)
• Phantoms of a Libertine (2012)
• Sack Barrow (2011)
• The Shape of Things (2016)
• Slow Action (2010)
• There is a Happy Land Further Awaay (2015)
• Things (2014)
• This is My Land (2006)
• Trees Down Here (2018)
• Urth (2016)
• We the People (2004)

BLU-RAY 2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Presented from new digital transfers from original materials, approved by the director.
• 32-page Booklet with a new essay by author and scholar Erika Balsom and writing on each of the films by Ben Rivers.
• Optional Japanese narration on Slow Action (2010)
• Easter egg.
• World Premieres on Blu-ray.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)

#4 Post by **swo17** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:38 am

To complement this release, one might also want to pick up:

Two Years at Sea (Cinema Guild DVD)
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (Soda Blu-ray)
+ Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
+ The Creation as We Saw It
Krabi, 2562 (Anti-Worlds Blu-ray)
+ The Ambassadors

#5 Post by **zedz** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:13 pm

The Soda UK release of Two Years at Sea also includes the short ‘This Is My Land’, and there’s also a UK release of The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers. For a contemporary experimental filmmaker he’s been quite well represented on home video.

Bikey · #6 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:12 pm

Spine number BD066

What A Disgrace · #7 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:59 pm

DiabolikDVD has this for pre-order at $29.99

dadaistnun · #8 Post by **dadaistnun** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:43 pm

Ben Rivers - Collected Stories coming from Firefly Press.

Firefly Press wrote:"It’s with pleasure that we announce a new collaboration with Ben Rivers. The book Collected Stories is just what the title implies: a collection of stories, curated by Ben, written by contemporary authors who have influenced his filmmaking over the years.

Ahead of the retrospective Ghost Strata, and other Stories, taking place at Jeu de Paume in Paris from November 14-26, Ben invited fourteen authors to watch one of his films and respond in writing in any way they wished. Imaginative and surprising, the fables, essays and poems of Collected Stories come together in a beautiful celebration of the work of one of contemporary cinema’s vital artists, doubling as a testament to the reciprocal nature of inspiration.

The writers of these collected stories are Gina Apostol, Chloe Aridjis, Kevin Barry, Xiaolu Guo, Golan Haji, M John Harrison, Daisy Hildyard, Nathalie Léger, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Helen Oyeyemi, Iain Sinclair, Irene Solà, Lynne Tillman and Marina Warner.

The book will be presented and available for purchase at Jeu de Paume during the retrospective. You can also pre-order it now via our webshop; copies will be sent out at the start of the retrospective, a month ahead of the December 15 publication date."

If you are considering getting this and don't have a local shop that would carry it, I've had nothing but good experiences buying directly from Firefly. They tend to ship early (sometimes quite so) and quickly.

Bikey · #9 Post by **Bikey** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:58 pm

Full details now at our website

mhofmann · #10 Post by **mhofmann** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:44 pm

Very frustrating that Amazon.co.uk doesn’t seem to sell this to people outside of the UK (I’m in NL). Previous Second Run titles were usually available to (pre-)order without issues, but for this one - not available from Amazon, as of today.

Anything that can be done here? (I know, there are other vendors…)

#11 Post by **swo17** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:19 am

Has anyone found the Easter egg in this set? I'm guessing it's the film The Big Sink (1993) but I can't find it

tenia · #12 Post by **tenia** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:04 am

swo17 wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:19 am Has anyone found the Easter egg in this set? I'm guessing it's the film The Big Sink (1993) but I can't find it

It is, but I only found it on my computer via looking at the different files on the disc (1st disc IIRC). I haven't found yet how to access it through the menu.

#13 Post by **swo17** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:33 pm

I found it! (Thanks for pointing out which disc it's on.)

Spoiler

With the cursor on Old Dark House (the first film listed on Disc 1), click up

And it's a fun short, pretty different from his usual style

Bikey · #14 Post by **Bikey** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:50 am

An expansive review in the latest Sight and Sound magazine

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