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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:51 pm
by Kinsayder
No - the documentary is frustratingly brief: just 7 minutes excerpted from a 1989 French TV broadcast about film restoration. I'd be happy for someone else who's seen it to correct me if I've got any of the details wrong! (It's on disc 2 of the Gaumont set.)
One theory: if the reels that Langlois picked up as a job lot were indeed in different formats, they may have been bundled together from different sources. Maybe a few did indeed have their intertitles, and for the sake of consistency Henri chose to "homogenise" his collection. Just speculation...
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:04 pm
by Narshty
I think this has already been mentioned previously on the board, but the Gaumont restoration of Les Vampires will be getting a release by Artificial Eye in 2007 (as they just informed me via email).
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:25 am
by domino harvey
Apparently
another (?) new restoration comes out next week from Gaumont?
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:54 am
by Hashi
They're just restocking it...
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:29 pm
by denti alligator
The question is: when is Artificial Eye going to get their act together and put this out with English subs (and at a lower price)? Then Gaumont needs to get crackin on Barrabas, Tih Minh, and Judex (though, unfortunately, I'm sure they'll be doing them in the opposite order).
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:18 pm
by Cinetwist
Well, I'm a bit late to the discussion, but I was searching for a thread on Chabrol films* and this came up (?).
Anyways, re. Langlois' oddball screening techniques (the man's my hero but sometimes his motives were indecipherable).
I remembered reading this in the Myrent biography:
Farrokh Gaffray - 'Langlois usually screened the silent films without their credits and title cards, and it became a game for him to identify them. I especially remember an occasion when he looked at just a few images of a film and said, "It's Danish, and it must have been made before 1914." And when I checked up on it, it was a Danish film from before World War I.'
So he may not have taken the intertitles out of Les Vampires, but it wouldn't have been out of character if he did.
*If anyone knows whether the French dvd of Le Beau Serge and Les Cousins has English subtitles, do tell. I presume it doesn't but would like to know for sure.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:27 pm
by Kinsayder
Cinetwist wrote:If anyone knows whether the French dvd of Le Beau Serge and Les Cousins has English subtitles, do tell. I presume it doesn't but would like to know for sure.
No, there are no subs on that DVD.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:30 am
by Petty Bourgeoisie
It appears the Image DVD is suddenly in print again. One week ago Amazon said OOP and the cheapest vendor price was $95. Tonight they say they have it in stock for $62.99 and the vendor prices have plummeted. Good news I would say.
Wonder if I should restrain myself in hopes DVD Planet will stock it in time for their 20% sale. Hmmmmm... deep thinking.