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perkizitore wrote:The Colour Of Pomegranates on blu-ray!

zedz wrote:

perkizitore wrote:The Colour Of Pomegranates on blu-ray!

And it's two discs. Their previous DVD of the film, with a bunch of extras, was only one, and they could easily include the alternate version of the film on a single BluRay, so could they possibly have obtained all those amazing outtakes?

Adam Grikepelis wrote:Really happy with this "announcement". Hopefully they've got Daniel Bird & David Mackenzie involved.

rapta wrote:Very happy they're releasing this one though, assuming it's the 4K restoration from WCP.

Features:
'Fassbinder: Love Without Demands’ - The acclaimed 2015 feature length documentary by Christian Braad Thomsen
An appreciation by writer and critic Tony Rayns
Berlin Alexanderplatz - A Visual Essay by Daniel Bird
‘A Mega Movie and it’s Story’ documentary by Juliane Lorenz
'The Restoration' documentary including ‘before and after’
The Original Recaps
Stills and Production Photos
Berlinale 2007 trailer

50 page perfect bound booklet:
New essay by Cahiers Du Cinema’s Stephane du Mesnildot
‘Christ, Rainer’ by Wim Wenders
Essay by Thomas Elsasser (excerpted from his book Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject)
Excerpt from Christian Braad Thomsen’s ‘Fassbinder'
Michael Hofmann’s Times Literary Supplement review of Berlin Alexanderplatz

Zot! wrote:Is it a 25fps presentation for Alexanderplatz?

Zot! wrote:Cool! Cue the complaining and general dissent.

Calvin wrote:I imagine that Second Sight will be using the same transfer as the recent German release, screencaps here

We can confirm the full contents of THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES LIMITED EDITION BOX SET which will be available 20th November;

The Film Foundation restoration of Parajanov’s ‘Armenian’ Cut

Feature length subtitle commentary by James Steffen, author of The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov, and adviser on the new Film Foundation restoration

Kiev Frescoes – Parajanov short film; restored and available for the first time

Kiev Frescoes subtitle commentary by Daniel Bird, adviser on the new Film Foundation restoration

Pomegranates Rediscovered: Cecilia Cenciarelli of Bologna Cineteca on the multi-national effort to save The Colour of Pomegranates

Free Parajanov! Featurette on Parajanov's imprisonment

Poetry, Pomegranates and Parajanov: A new appreciation by Daniel Bird

The World is a Window: The Making of the Colour of Pomegranates (now with removable subtitles)

100pp soft cover book

Packed in rigid slipcase

HEIMAT, COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ update.

We've been working hard in the hope of releasing these Limited Edition Box Sets before Christmas. However, as our research and production has progressed, the projects have grown and grown, and we just can’t say no when another eleventh hour opportunity arises to include something special. We want to do these classic titles justice, which means we won't be able to meet our original release dates. We will be finalising new dates shortly which will be announced here first, along with the full specifications and special features. We believe that the end products will justify the wait and we hope you'll agree.

Calvin wrote:

HEIMAT, COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ update.

We've been working hard in the hope of releasing these Limited Edition Box Sets before Christmas. However, as our research and production has progressed, the projects have grown and grown, and we just can’t say no when another eleventh hour opportunity arises to include something special. We want to do these classic titles justice, which means we won't be able to meet our original release dates. We will be finalising new dates shortly which will be announced here first, along with the full specifications and special features. We believe that the end products will justify the wait and we hope you'll agree.

I'm surprised "something special" came up for all three, but I've got my fingers crossed for the Yutkevich cut of The Colour of Pomegranates +/- the rushes that were broadcast on RAI.

THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES: LIMITED EDITION BOX SET. Thanks for your support as we put together the best possible release for this classic film. Pleased to announce that we also now include the ‘Yutkevich Cut’, using The Film Foundation’s restored materials, plus the 60 minute documentary, ‘Parajanov: A Requiem’, in addition to all the features we have already announced. Release date is 29th January 2018.

kekid wrote: Amazon and Second Sight's own site continue to reflect the original dates. Has there been any update?