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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:14 am
by Scharphedin2
I have been looking out for this one... do you know of any place that has it for sale?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:21 am
by Miguel
Scharphedin2 wrote:
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
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:18 pm
by vertovfan
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:44 pm
by Lino
I have a TV taped version of Go-Between and it's in the 1.85 AR.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:09 pm
by Gordon
Miguel, is the Dutch DVD anamorphic?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:29 pm
by Miguel
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:47 pm
by jdcopp
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.
My blog
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:14 pm
by Gordon
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.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:44 am
by MichaelB
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:33 pm
by tryavna
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:18 pm
by Lino
About fokin' time too! Maybe I will finally be able to bin my VHS. Let's wait for results.
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:50 pm
by Gordon
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:24 pm
by Gordon
I'll have The Go-Between in a few days and will report.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:14 pm
by Lino
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?
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:58 pm
by Gordon
The transfer is 1.33:1, though the packaging states 1.85. Detailed and colorful transfer, too.
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:37 pm
by Hashi
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...
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:29 am
by solent
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?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:38 am
by Person
Is the Australian release of
Figures in a Landscape anamorphic?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:43 pm
by Lino
DVDBeaver reviews
The Go-Between.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:34 am
by DrBanan
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?
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:38 am
by kekid
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:27 pm
by MichaelB
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
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:16 pm
by Person
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:08 am
by Hashi
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.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:34 am
by Lino
One more reason why I keep loving Cinebeats so much: one of the very best reviews I've ever read about
Boom!.