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eerik wrote:

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.

There is a restoration done by Digimage, supervised by Thomas Christensen. I haven't seen the Cohen so I couldn't say, but the Danish Film Institute version looks very good.

Kevin must have read my post on the Eureka forum last night, as 4 of my wishlist ended up being announced!

Most looking forward to Intolerance and Spione but will definitely look at the Suzuki and Fellini films too.

Amazing announcements, very excited about all of these, and surely will eventually get almost all of them. 10 hours of beautiful silent film to watch!

I hear that MoC have managed to get the rights to An Autumn Afternoon off BFI and will be releasing it under the title Holy Mackerel!

MOC presents- The Sad French People.
For the first time ever, anywhere in the known Universe, card-carrying member of the 'tradition of quality' Ray Bernard allows us all to see what a 'bad filmmaker' looks like.

In all seriousness, these announcements are great and although I've only just experienced the joys of the Bernard Eclipse set, I'll definitely be grabbing Les Miserables- here's hoping they can port some of the Pathe extras in English-friendly form.

pianist wrote:I wonder if my wishlist request will be honoured in the first part of 2015

Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
Der Schrecken im Hause Ardon - is there a surviving 35mm/decent print?
A Browning/Chaney film (MGM or Turner might not allow Eureka to release, but it is a wishlist)

Kevin has very recently said that they have no immediate plans for the remaining Mabuse because it would require a new scan and restoration.

tenia wrote:Kevin has very recently said that they have no immediate plans for the remaining Mabuse because it would require a new scan and restoration.

I missed that. Thanks for letting me know.

To be exact, here is the link to this post :
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Can we expect an MoC release of Der müde Tod? Not sure I want to pick up the 14 year old Image disc if a new one is on the way (have Murnau-Stiftung done any work on this title in recent years?), but the completist in me wants to - it's the only Lang not my collection.

RobertAltman wrote:Can we expect an MoC release of Der müde Tod? Not sure I want to pick up the 14 year old Image disc if a new one is on the way (have Murnau-Stiftung done any work on this title in recent years?), but the completist in me wants to - it's the only Lang not my collection.

Coming soon: Fritz Lang's Dead Tired!

Dog-tired zombies?

Yawn of the Dead.

It'll probably end up 'Listless'

Now available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk -

SPIONE (Dual Format) - November 17
DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (Dual Format) - November 24
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (Dual Format) - November 24

According to Facebook, Shoah is coming on Blu in 2015.

willoneill wrote:According to Facebook, Shoah is coming on Blu in 2015.

This may sound petty, but carry over the Criterion bonus films and don't break up the eras into multiple parts like Criterion did, and you'll have yourselves a sale.

On the trailers for The Thief of Bagdad and Intolerance, the logo for the Cohen Film Collection pops up after the Masters of Cinema logo. Perhaps we will see more Cohen Films with MoC. It would be great if the Keatons start to appear with Masters of Cinema.

If that box-set speculation really was about Lang, then maybe MoC were already planning on releasing Hangmen Also Die.

I dreamed last night that not only did the Fritz Lang boxset include Hangmen Also Die, but also Frank Borzage's Street Angel and Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali.

Make it happen, guys!

Ganja & Hess has just been submitted to the BBFC by Eureka - what are the odds it's for an MoC release? Very exciting news all the same!

Wow! Since he put it out on DVD back in the day, we'll maybe get a new Kalat commentary.

JamesF wrote:Ganja & Hess has just been submitted to the BBFC by Eureka - what are the odds it's for an MoC release? Very exciting news all the same!

Wonder if it'll be under MoC or Eureka Classics. My guess is the latter. Also guessing it'll see a January/February release. Good news though, sounds interesting and likely I will get it!

EddieLarkin wrote:Wow! Since he put it out on DVD back in the day, we'll maybe get a new Kalat commentary.

Not that this augurs anything for this forthcoming release, but the Kino blu only featured the Kalat-made doc from the original DVD. No commentary.

rapta wrote:

JamesF wrote:Ganja & Hess has just been submitted to the BBFC by Eureka - what are the odds it's for an MoC release? Very exciting news all the same!

Wonder if it'll be under MoC or Eureka Classics. My guess is the latter. Also guessing it'll see a January/February release. Good news though, sounds interesting and likely I will get it!

Speaking of Jan/Feb release, shouldn't we be hearing announcements for the first quarter as November is coming to a quick end.

Guessing it will be next week, like Arrow too. I noticed somebody on Twitter asked again about Dragon Inn and got a reply that it would be 'released in a few months', so that could be as early as February! Would be incredible if that's the case

rapta wrote:Guessing it will be next week, like Arrow too. I noticed somebody on Twitter asked again about Dragon Inn and got a reply that it would be 'released in a few months', so that could be as early as February! Would be incredible if that's the case

Ah but the Black Friday sales will likely be next week. I'm guessing the week after, but I think this is the shortest notice they have left it.

As for speculation for the whole of 2015, I'd guess at

Definites
Listen up Phillip, Dragon Inn, Shoah, Last of the Unjust, Life of Riley

Likely Upgrades
Vampyr, The Last Laugh, 24 Eyes, Shoeshine, Flowers of St Francis, Funeral Parade of Roses, Rocco and his Brothers

Likely because of Criterion Upgrades
Judex, F for Fake, Hausu (they said there was no plans of upgrading)

Decent Guesses...
The Phantom Carriage, Haxan (Tartan dvds are OOP, so likely a release will occur sometime soon).
Mississipi Burning, Reds
The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur (1926)

What I Would go Wild About
ANYTHING JAPANESE, last year there were over 10 Japanese films, this year there was one.
A Yoji Yamada boxset would be the best release ever. I've just imported a couple of the Tora-San films and they are brilliant. But also the early 70s work seems to be hidden from view. I've only seen "A Distant Cry from Spring" and it really was perfect.
The Human Condition Trilogy is my favourite film. They would be BEAST in blu!
A rerelease of the Naruse Boxset (a la Lubitsch). I missed out on it, and the price has skyrocketed from £55 to £155 this year!
Seijun Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, Pastoral, Obayashi box set, or any Japanese New Wave film.
Tokyo Olympiad, in time for the 2020 Olympics.
Fukasaku upgrades. Under the Flag of the Red Sun is a brilliant war film (similar to Fires on the Plains). A Yakuza Papers boxset.
I'd love to see Kusterica's Time of the Gypsies, and why not put it in a boxset with the OOPs: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? and When Father was Away on Business.
Anything from Jodorowsky.
Journey of Hope and The Assault are two foreign film Oscar winners that have never been released.
Kin Dza Dza is the weirdest sci-fi I have seen. It would get a large cult following if released.
Devastating Russian War films: Come and See and The Ascent.
Epics such as The New Land, The Best Intentions, Pelle the Conqueror, The Emigrants.

What is everyone else hoping for?