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Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:13 pm**

Finally a Czech! Now we're getting somewhere. Time to start pooling resources.

Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:23 pm**

skuhn8 wrote:Finally a Czech! Now we're getting somewhere. Time to start pooling resources.

OK, fire away.

FYI, I'll be away for the weekend, w/o access to the Internet, but feel free to drop me a PM about anything regarding the Czechoslovak cinema - I'll get back to you on Monday.

Cheers!

Peto

(P.S. Is it true you come from Hungary? If so, I'm searching for this edition of Pálfi's Hukkle. Do you know an English-friendly e-shop I could use by any chance? Thanks!)

Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:23 pm**

petoluk wrote:I'm searching for this edition of Pálfi's Hukkle. Do you know an English-friendly e-shop I could use by any chance?

To the best of my knowledge Hukkle with the DTS track is out of print. "nem rendelhetÅ‘" means cannot be ordered. I think they'll rerelease it when Taxodermy comes out. I'll keep you posted.

Posted: **Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:57 am**

Acclaimed Polish director A. Zulawski's (Possession) difficult to track down On the Silver Globe is set to be released 08/28 by Facets. Not the best distrib by any stretch of the imagination but...a must own title.

Pro-B

Posted: **Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:22 am**

petoluk wrote:[Is it true you come from Hungary? If so, I'm searching for this edition of Pálfi's Hukkle. Do you know an English-friendly e-shop I could use by any chance? Thanks!)

Located a stash of the Hukkle dvds in Budapest. Are you interested in one? Let me know.

Posted: **Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:40 pm**

I am interested in one. Could I take you up on that offer. I would be willing to send you something in return. If this should be fine with you you could email me at [email protected], or PM-me.

Thanks in advance for considering my request.

Pro-B

Posted: **Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:02 pm**

The very interesting Yamamoto Musashi film Robinson's Garden (1987) is coming out from FACETS on Sept. 25th. Here's what FACETS' site has to say:

Independent filmmaker Masashi Yamamota, known for his edgy dramas that capture the restless spirit of Japanese youth, appropriates the The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and transplants it to present-day Tokyo. The story begins when Kumi discovers mysterious ruins on the outskirts of the city. Now overgrown, the haunting atmosphere of "the garden" draws her in, consuming her with its beauty, color, and fantasy. Just like Crusoe on his deserted island, Kumi is lost and isolated in Robinson's Garden. Shot by Tom DiCillo, director of Living in Oblivion and Jim Jarmusch's frequent cinematographer. "Robinson's Garden is a true original...funny, unpredictable, quixotic magic" (Nigel Andrews, Financial Times). In Japanese with English subtitles.

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:41 pm**

Facets is also releasing Bunuel's A WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE on Sept. 25, and in October, Facets will be ruining....er, releasing the following films:

Bunuel's SUSANA
Syberberg's OUR HITLER
Laloux's FANTASTIC PLANET
Aleksander Ford's KRZYZACY

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:17 pm**

tavernier wrote:Facets is also releasing Bunuel's A WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE on Sept. 25, and in October, Facets will be ruining....er, releasing the following films:

Bunuel's SUSANA
Syberberg's OUR HITLER

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:46 pm**

I'm actually looking forward to seeing whether or not my VHS of SUSANA is better or worse.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:49 am**

I'm guessing there's no news on the long postponed Sátántangó. and don't give me all this shit about going multi-region... I hear it ALL THE GODDAMNED TIME!

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:25 am**

miless wrote:I'm guessing there's no news on the long postponed Sátántangó. and don't give me all this shit about going multi-region... I hear it ALL THE GODDAMNED TIME!

Sorry, but there's no excuse, man!

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:57 am**

denti alligator wrote:Sorry, but there's no excuse, man!

money.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:37 am**

you don't have $40 for the Phillips all-region player from Target but you have the $50 or more the Facets is going to run you once it comes out?

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:00 pm**

domino harvey wrote:you don't have $40 for the Phillips all-region player from Target but you have the $50 or more the Facets is going to run you once it comes out?

Which model is this (these days)?

When an adequate multi-region DVD player is no more expensive than a couple of DVDs, ITS price is pretty insignificant.

On the other hand -- having the entire world's DVD output tempting you can result in lots of extra spending.

;~}

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:00 pm**

Tarr is personally overseeing the transfer of SATANTANGO himself and is very slow and meticulous. The Facets DVDs will most likely be worth the wait.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:13 pm**

Tarr supposedly oversaw the other Facets releases of his films too....

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:17 pm**

And didn't he also oversee the PAL versions of Sátántangó, which came out in 2006? What's so complicated about an NTSC transfer that it should take several months longer?

(To be fair to Facets, their releases aren't invariably shit - the Sokurov DVDs were so good that you'd never guess the distributor. Then again, they weren't in-house productions, which probably helped)

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:00 pm**

tavernier wrote:Tarr supposedly oversaw the other Facets releases of his films too....

I stand corrected.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:26 pm**

They probably walked Tarr around their offices and showed him segments from their other releases and he went "Oh, Americans like for their films to look like complete shit. Get to work, Facets!"

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:00 pm**

domino harvey wrote:They probably walked Tarr around their offices and showed him segments from their other releases and he went "Oh, Americans like for their films to look like complete shit. Get to work, Facets!"

Except, of course, for Almanac of Fall... which may just be a fluke.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:55 pm**

miless wrote:
domino harvey wrote:They probably walked Tarr around their offices and showed him segments from their other releases and he went "Oh, Americans like for their films to look like complete shit. Get to work, Facets!"
Except, of course, for Almanac of Fall... which may just be a fluke.

That's such a gorgeous film to begin with though, I mean, you really have to try to fuck that up. Haliburton couldn't even fuck that one up.

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:17 pm**

justeleblanc wrote:Haliburton couldn't even fuck that one up.

Sez you...

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:38 am**

Thanks for enlightening me about Haliburton. (Who knew?)

Posted: **Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:47 pm**

domino harvey wrote:you don't have $40 for the Phillips all-region player from Target but you have the $50 or more the Facets is going to run you once it comes out?

which Phillips model DVD player is this?
but to correctly display PAL I need an HDMI cable, right?