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jurples wrote:totally speculating here, but i could see it being something like lotte eisner's "the haunted screen"

This would be incredible. I would be more interested in a package of a period in cinema or a film movement than a specific director.

If it were Lotte Eisner's Murnau, I'd pay about 150 pounds without the movies.

back when i was in school 15 years ago, my university's library had a hardcover copy of eisner's "murnau." i used it to write a paper on murnau for a "europe between the wars" class that i took. i remember thinking at the time that i should've just kept it and paid the fine for "losing" it. :-" i'm sure it's long gone by now. ](*,)

I mean, there's a copy in the UMass library, but it seems rude (to say the least) to take away the ability to read it from everyone else.

true, but i'd be lying if said that the notion that "somebody's eventually going to do it, so it may as well be me" didn't cross my mind.

anyhow, i'll just say in closing that i'm very much looking forward to "haunted screens: german cinema in the 1920s" coming to lacma at the end of next month. \:D/

If you still want the Murnau book, you could buy a copy.

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I'm surprised that University of California Press doesn't seem to have done yet what a number of other academic presses have the past several years and start using print-on-demand technology to make OOP books from their backlist available again. Fortunately, many libraries still have the book. I hope no one will steal them, as there's really no need: getting my own copy only required about 15 minutes at a photocopier, printing double-sided pages, held together with a small binder clip in the corner. Not exactly an attractive volume, but it works.

If only.


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RossyG wrote:I'd certainly be up for supporting an MoC box-set similar to MichaelB's upcoming Arrow release, or even just single disc BDs. I'm actually less inclined to be interested in things with coffee table books or ornate packaging. I just want great films on great discs

Here's another vote along that line. For whatever demographic I represent: I have enjoyed putting together substantial vinyl and CD collections and was a pushover for fancy packaging for both. Now I am interested almost entirely in film, and have no interest in over-sized books, packaging that emulates pizza boxes or little pieces of luggage, or that include reproduction ephemera. I wish the producer's money had been spent on additional quality titles instead.

I love my Potemkine Epstein and Rohmer sets, the MoC Mizoguchi, and even the more bare-bones Robbe-Grillet approach. These suit me perfectly.

The days of selling big-package Special Editions with cast resin doodads in BestBuy are, or should be, dwindling. Increasingly, expensive BD titles are the domain of more serious viewers/collectors and I'm not sure how many of us want novelty stuffing, even if it intends to be beautiful or academic. I would prefer to be spared the extra cost and the gilt associated with getting no enjoyment from the Specialness.

There is something in between which should be fine. I mean, it's nice to see some neat special editions, with a big book, a soundtrack CD, or stuff like this. What Arrow was doing with their old "white" packages is something which seemed right to me (reversible covers, booklet, poster).
The Rohmer set is this type of in-between special editions.

But I don't want t oget an umbrella with Singin' In The Rain ! Or a passport reproduction with Casablanca !

eerik wrote:

New titles to be announced

We'll be announcing our releases for October in the next few days, along with a teaser for the rest of the year. Make sure to check out the user forums for all the details.

It'l be nice going into the weekend \:D/ with some brand spanking new titles announced. [-o<

8-[ So, um, next few days?

FrauBlucher wrote:8-[ So, um, next few days?

This is what Kevin posted on Blu-ray.com yesterday:

Not long to wait, we've been waiting on some stuff from a licensor which we have now.

Pure speculation of course, but given The Devil and Daniel Webster has just been deleted by Eureka, I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't one of the releases.

Having said that Une femme mariée has just been deleted as well (unless MoC are going with dual formats, but that defies logic)

They specifically said it would not be repressed. I think D&DW is done for.

Tomorrow at around 11am UK time along with @mastersofcinema we'll be announcing our releases up until the end of the year

Dual Format upgrade for Diary of a Lost Girl already confirmed.

One of Fellini’s final masterpieces ‘I CLOWNS’ to be released as part of the #MastersofCinema Series in a Dual Format edition on 20 October


• New high-definition 1080p presentation of feature on the Blu-ray, and in a progressive encode on the DVD
• New and improved English subtitles
• Fellini's Circus — an essay-film about the picture by the great Italian critic and scholar Adriano Aprà
• A 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring new writing about the film, rare archival imagery, and more!


The breakthrough film from director Sijun Suzuki, YOUTH OF THE BEAST will be released in the #MastersofCinema Series /Dual Format/ 27 Oct


• New high-definition 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray, and progressive encode on the DVD.
• New and improved optional English subtitles
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay by Frederick Veith, and rare archival imagery
• More extras to be announced closer to release!


Expected later in the year, Fritz Lang’s hugely influential story of intrigue, espionage, & blackmail, SPIONE (Dual Format)
Pabst’s 1929 masterwork starring screen icon Louise Brooks, DIARY OF A LOST GIRL coming soon in a Dual Format edition from #mastersofcinema
We'll also be releasing Raoul Walsh’s spectacular and award winning 1924 silent masterpiece THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (Blu-ray) #mastersofcinema
The acclaimed silent era masterpiece from D.W. Griffith, INTOLERANCE will join the #mastersofcinema Series on Blu-ray in late 2014
Last but not least, the 1934 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, Raymond Bernard’s LES MISERABLES #mastersofcinema
LES MISERABLES to be given the #mastersofcinema Dual Format 4k restoration treatment later this year

They kick ass with the Silents!

Looking forward to Youth of the Beast. Might double-dip on the Les Mis BD if the specs are too tempting to resist, otherwise I'll stick with the French BD. Glad I didn't get the Cohen disc of Intolerance.

Indeed. I like Spione a lot and have been waiting. My big question: are The Thief of Baghdad and Intolerance the Cohen versions already released here in the USA?

Probably from the same restoration/master, but will be a different encode for sure (and apparently Cohen's Thief has the frame issue many Kino blus have).

isakborg wrote: My big question: are The Thief of Baghdad and Intolerance the Cohen versions already released here in the USA?

Seems likely. Divisa has already released those two in Spain, both use Cohen's restorations.

Surprised to see Les Mis announced given Craig Keller's feelings on Bernard as expressed in the Eclipse threads.

Didn't he dismiss Gremillon as well sometime or maybe it's just my paranoia ? Whatever,I hope the Pathe deal with the Bernard may lead to La Petite Lise getting its deserved full blown treatment. (No pun intended re image manipulation)