Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:13 am
I don't understand, how can a transfer be both progressive and interlaced?The Digital McGuffin wrote:DVD Times reviews Les Vampires
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:26 am
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:43 am
can't this happen with older films shot at (generally) around 18 fps? because this framerate is not acceptable to PAL or NTSC standards, it must be converted (unless it is just played faster). Progressive means that every frame is scanned, but a conversion must be done to conform a slower frame-rate to 29.97 or 25 fps (this problem is also seen in Criterion's Häxan and, I believe, Pandora's Box).domino harvey wrote:I don't understand, how can a transfer be both progressive and interlaced?The Digital McGuffin wrote:DVD Times reviews Les Vampires
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:58 am
Technically anything can be mathematically divided whereby a progressive encode is possible. The way the guy in the review states it sounds like he's not all too sure what the story is. CC Pandora is not progressive, and Haxan is probably not either.
Of course progressive players can upscale an intelaced transfer. But straight like-for-like, if it's progressively encoded by the author, it should play progressive.
Of course progressive players can upscale an intelaced transfer. But straight like-for-like, if it's progressively encoded by the author, it should play progressive.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:39 pm
Regarding the new AE release - So is there a correct answer as to whether untinted is in line with Feuillade's original wishes? Or did he create Les Vampires with tints?
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:13 am
I haven't seen the AE Les Vampires and don't claim to know what the problem is, but it's very much possible for a transfer to be both progressive and interlaced. There's a somewhat technical explanation here ("How The Information is Stored on Disc" is the relevant section); some of the info is probably out of date (I'm guessing the bit about the source master being "almost always an interlaced digital master tape" no longer applies) but it nicely covers some of MPEG2's little quirks.domino harvey wrote:I don't understand, how can a transfer be both progressive and interlaced?The Digital McGuffin wrote:DVD Times reviews Les Vampires
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:23 pm
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:22 am
You can now pre-order the Satyajit Ray Collection Volume 1 for 17.98 at Amazon UK.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:44 am
...and the second Satyajit Ray set is up for pre-order at Amazon UK. Three discs, no other details. June 23, retail is £29.99, selling for £22.49.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:14 am
These are the details found on Amazon: Three more critically-acclaimed films from master Indian filmmaker, Satyjit Ray. Includes KAPURUSH, MAHAPURUSH and JOI BABA FELUNATH.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:37 am
Or The Coward (1965), The Saint (1965) and The Elephant God (1978), for those whose Bengali isn't up to it. The links are to the IMDB entries.stephan73 wrote:Three more critically-acclaimed films from master Indian filmmaker, Satyjit Ray. Includes KAPURUSH, MAHAPURUSH and JOI BABA FELUNATH.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:21 pm
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:18 am
A Man Escaped is only £6.79 HERE. 
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:44 am
Any film of Satyjit Ray is worth seeing. However, I am not very excited about the selection on the second set. I think all 3 films on AE volume two are second-tier Ray. With so many better choices available, I am not sure why they picked these.stephan73 wrote:These are the details found on Amazon: Three more critically-acclaimed films from master Indian filmmaker, Satyjit Ray. Includes KAPURUSH, MAHAPURUSH and JOI BABA FELUNATH.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:42 pm
Les Vampires, which should be released tomorrow, is listed as "currently unavailable" at amazon. What does this mean?
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:55 pm
That you shouldn't take anything you read on Amazon as gospel?denti alligator wrote:Les Vampires, which should be released tomorrow, is listed as "currently unavailable" at amazon. What does this mean?
Seriously, I see glitches like this all the time - in fact, in one case I even posted a customer comment myself to reassure people that all was in hand!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:19 am
New dispatch estimate for Les Vampires is April 21! Let's hope it goes out sooner than that!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:48 pm
Mine is about to ship.denti alligator wrote:New dispatch estimate for Les Vampires is April 21! Let's hope it goes out sooner than that!
Girlish squealing may commence.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:39 am
According to MovieMail, A Man Escaped will contain the documentary The Road to Bresson. The other Bresson discs don't have specs yet.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:07 pm
When did Time Out write that blather? I prefer their current review:Time Out wrote:A Man Escaped: A heart-stopping, palm-sweating, emotional roller-coaster ride...
The true story of a French Resistance worker's escape from imprisonment by the Gestapo in the Montluc fortress at Lyon was the inspiration for A Man Escaped: 'The story is true. I give it as it is, without embellishment,' claimed Bresson. However, by pushing through the authentic details into a more transcendental realm, Bresson in fact subtly transforms the simple story into a metaphysical meditation. This he does by introducing an unseen, transcendental force which helps the young man in simple but crucial ways: 'I would like to show this miracle: an invisible hand over the prison, directing what happens and causing such a thing to succeed for one and not another...the film is a mystery...The Spirit breathes where it will.' The kind of film which inspires awe, even in an atheist.
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:09 pm
Early 1990s reissue, if I remember rightly.Kinsayder wrote:When did Time Out write that blather?Time Out wrote:A Man Escaped: A heart-stopping, palm-sweating, emotional roller-coaster ride...
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:16 pm
Amazon just shipped mine, so fear notdenti alligator wrote:New dispatch estimate for Les Vampires is April 21! Let's hope it goes out sooner than that!
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:37 pm
I received my Les Vampires today! Beautiful packaging. I love the three-slim-paks-in-a-cardboard-slip (same as with Satantango).
The back says it's "colour-tinted," the power supply on my HTPC is being repaired, so I can't check it. Could this be different from the Gaumont?
The back says it's "colour-tinted," the power supply on my HTPC is being repaired, so I can't check it. Could this be different from the Gaumont?
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:02 pm
As far as I can tell the AE is identical to the untinted Gaumont (apart from the subs). "Colour-tinted" may refer only to one of the extras, L'Orgie romaine, which is hand-coloured.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:55 am
DVD Outsider review of Les Vampires.