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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:37 pm
by Barmy
What does he know?
I'm not saying that I am not interested in what Peploe has to say. I'd certainly rather hear from him than some film critic. However, I would much prefer to hear from someone who actually worked on the FILM.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:47 pm
by ellipsis7
More from Antonioni...
It was the first time I made a film from a subject that wasn't mine. Mark Peploe, who's a friend of mine, had talked to me about the story from the time it was only three pages long. Then, little by little, he developed it. we worked together on the script, correcting it and changing it always with an eye to the fact he was supposed to direct this film. When I got the project instead, I realized the material I had in my hands had to be modified. Mark and I had to do this work in a hurry because Nicholson had given me dates when he was available and I couldn't change them. This forced me to continue working on the script while I was shooting. And in order to solve problems for which I had not come up with a solution yet, I had to shoot much more than I needed to...
So you will see Peploe was central to the filmmaking process, and should have some very interesting insights!
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:51 pm
by Barmy
You've convinced me! Thanks.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:23 pm
by tartarlamb
ellipsis7 wrote:Amazon emailed me to tell of the delay till 25th April, so it has not disappeared altogether.
I don't think thats any indication -- I've had to approve delays ad absurdum on Amazon for things I knew had gone out-of-print or weren't coming. They'll keep sending mails about delays a good 4-6 months after something has been discontinued.
I hope it is just a delay, though. I was really looking forward to this one.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:28 pm
by rwaits
I was REALLY looking forward to it. If its discontinued, I'll probably kill myself.
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:29 pm
by toiletduck!
Dibs on his stereo.
-Toilet Dcuk
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:39 am
by rwaits
No, I mean it.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:04 pm
by toiletduck!
So do I.
-Toilet Dcuk
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:21 am
by zedz
Threatening suicide over the non-release of a DVD!? Imagine how he'd react to a genuine catastrophe like a pig-ugly Viridiana cover!
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:29 pm
by rwaits
Yeah, I'm pretty upset about that too.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:04 am
by stroszeck
IT's back up again: New date for release = > April 16, 2006
I guess we ain't screwed after all!
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:19 am
by Gordon
Oh,
joy!
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:09 pm
by DrewReiber
stroszeck wrote:IT's back up again: New date for release = > April 16, 2006
Except that the 16th is a Sunday.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:20 pm
by Napoleon
stroszeck wrote:IT's back up again: New date for release = > April 16, 2006
I guess we ain't screwed after all!
Back to 25th April. Double checked
here.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:21 pm
by ellipsis7
And the Amazon page actually says 25th April...
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:51 pm
by Barmy
I would advise you not to check Amazon every 5 minutes about this. April 25th was just the earliest date at the time of the postponement that Sony did not have on their schedule.
The Sony website now has the 4/25 releases posted. No "Passenger". I'm predicting a June 12, 2026 release.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:42 pm
by godardslave
yes, i too spend hours refreshing amazon.com pages every 5 minutes for the latest dvd release dates and then checking whether its a sunday against my handily placed computer calendar.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:44 pm
by Barmy
BREAKING NEWS: "The Passenger" STILL isn't coming out on April 25.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:00 pm
by Gordon
UPDATE: "The Passenger" STILL isn't coming out on April 25.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:52 pm
by tavernier
Gordon McMurphy wrote:UPDATE: "The Passenger" STILL isn't coming out on April 25.
Yes, it is. Sony's press release:
Culver City, CA (February 20, 2006) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is honored to announce the DVD debut of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 classic, The Passenger, on April 25, 2006. The Sony Pictures Classics film stars Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson (Something's Gotta Give, About Schmidt, As Good as It Gets) as the enigmatic title character and will be available on DVD for an SRP of $24.96.
Director Michelangelo Antonioni is responsible for some of the most brilliant films of the 1960's including L'Avventura, The Red Desert and Blow-Up. For the release of The Passenger in 1975, Antonioni teamed with producer Carlo Ponti (Dr. Zhivago) and cast rising stars Jack Nicholson, who had just completed Chinatown, and Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) to create a somber reflection on one man's inability to escape his past. The Passenger was nominated for the 1975 Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival and won the 1976 Bodil Award (Danish Association of Film Critics) for Best European Film and the 1976 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists' Silver Ribbon for Best Director and Best Cinematography. In 1995, Antonioni was awarded an Honorary Oscar for his body of work.
The Passenger was re-released theatrically in 2005 by Sony Pictures Classics and critics found that the suspenseful and haunting story of a drained journalist whose deliverance is an identity exchange with a dead man was still remarkably powerful, even 30 years after its premiere. Manohla Dargis in the New York Times called it “… arguably Mr. Antonioni's greatest filmâ€
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:11 pm
by rwaits
Whatever happened to the commentaries with Nicholson and Wim Wenders? Wasn't that part of the original announcement of this disc?
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:30 pm
by tavernier
rwaits wrote:Whatever happened to the commentaries with Nicholson and Wim Wenders? Wasn't that part of the original announcement of this disc?
Hey, just be happy it's finally coming out!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:33 pm
by kinjitsu
rwaits wrote:Whatever happened to the commentaries with Nicholson and Wim Wenders? Wasn't that part of the original announcement of this disc?
Zapped, scuttled or never recorded, I imagine. However, the
DVDActive page is unchanged, meaning: nothing is certain at this time...
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:35 pm
by tavernier
Kinjitsu wrote:rwaits wrote:Whatever happened to the commentaries with Nicholson and Wim Wenders? Wasn't that part of the original announcement of this disc?
Zapped, scuttled or never recorded, I imagine. However, the
DVDActive page is unchanged, meaning: nothing is certain at this time...
Based on Sony's press release, I'd bet that all we get is the Peploe/Irvine commentary.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:37 pm
by kinjitsu
tavernier wrote:Kinjitsu wrote:rwaits wrote:Whatever happened to the commentaries with Nicholson and Wim Wenders? Wasn't that part of the original announcement of this disc?
Zapped, scuttled or never recorded, I imagine. However, the
DVDActive page is unchanged, meaning: nothing is certain at this time...
Based on Sony's press release, I'd bet that all we get is the Peploe/Irvine commentary.
Who the hell is Irvine and why is she associated with this film?