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#451 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:27 am

Well Ozu never made a Danish film so clearly Issa got mixed up

Des Esseintes · #452 Post by **Des Esseintes** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:40 am

Every time I try to access this latest blog, Firefox crashes. Am I the only one?

#453 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:41 am

Des Esseintes wrote:Every time I try to access this latest blog, Firefox crashes. Am I the only one?

I'm on Firefox and it's fine for me-- there's some flash videos in the blog post though, try updating at Macromedia

Zazou dans le Metro · Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:01 am

Ashirg wrote:
And now I have to book a flight to Copenhagen, where I’ll be returning to the primary pleasures of being a Criterion DVD producer: working with cinema scholars and sifting elbow-deep through film archives.
Hmmm, what movie this might be? Let the speculations begin!

Von Trier Box set. (searching for an 'Irony' emoticon)

miless · #455 Post by **miless** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:19 am

Copenhagen archives... this has to be Phantom Carriage. Vampyr is another possibility (to get other language cuts of the film, perhaps) but the restoration for that film was done in Italy, I believe.

#456 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:23 am

the Phantom Carriage is Swedish though, Copenhagen is in Denmark.

#457 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:26 am

miless wrote:Copenhagen archives... this has to be Phantom Carriage. Vampyr is another possibility (to get other language cuts of the film, perhaps) but the restoration for that film was done in Italy, I believe.

Our own justeleblanc reported on his blog a couple of weeks ago that Criterion was beginning work on Vampyr, and that they would be doing their own restoration from scratch.

a.khan · #458 Post by **a.khan** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:28 am

domino harvey wrote:Well Ozu never made a Danish film so clearly Issa got mixed up

Ha ha, loving the recurring digs at Criterion and their Ozu obsession!

miless · #459 Post by **miless** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:25 am

domino harvey wrote:the Phantom Carriage is Swedish though, Copenhagen is in Denmark.

I am mistaken. god-damned Scandinavia (it must be noted that I am mistaken in my Phantom Carriage knowledge, of which I have none, as I am well aware of the location of Copehagen, having visited the 'lovely' 'town').

tryavna · #460 Post by **tryavna** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:05 pm

miless wrote:
domino harvey wrote:the Phantom Carriage is Swedish though, Copenhagen is in Denmark.
I am mistaken. god-damned Scandinavia (it must be noted that I am mistaken in my Phantom Carriage knowledge, of which I have none, as I am well aware of the location of Copehagen, having visited the 'lovely' 'town').

FWIW, the first and (so far) only time I visited Copenhagen, I flew into the airport and promptly got on board the wrong train and the next stop was in Sweden! So Copenhagen is a lot closer to Sweden than it is to much of the rest of its own nation.

jaredsap · #461 Post by **jaredsap** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:41 pm

Becker throws down on THE LAST EMPEROR.

#462 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:07 pm

Tamara's latest musings confirm the summer release of Mishima's Patriotism (as a supplement to the Schrader film, I'm assuming. But who knows).

justeleblanc · #463 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:12 pm

Jeff wrote:Tamara's latest musings confirm the summer release of Mishima's Patriotism.

Or Patriotism as a special feature for this summer's release of Schrader's MISHIMA.

EDIT: our posts crossed.

jaredsap · #464 Post by **jaredsap** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:12 pm

Am I nuts or does this confirm both the Patriotism short and the novella will be included? Why else would Tamara be transcribing the novella? This is going to be quite a package.

a.khan · #465 Post by **a.khan** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:25 pm

Her "beloved cat" was named...Jackie Chan?

Ashirg · #466 Post by **Ashirg** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:52 am

Latest Eric Skillman blog:

The cover for the original novel The Furies that's being packaged with the DVD.

sidehacker · #467 Post by **sidehacker** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:20 am

First comment: "hey what's up with the weird "Mishima" cover? is that really the finalized design? If so, what was the thinking behind it?"

Donald Brown · #468 Post by **Donald Brown** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:42 am

sidehacker wrote:First comment: "hey what's up with the weird "Mishima" cover? is that really the finalized design? If so, what was the thinking behind it?"

That poster has clearly mistaken that forum for this one. Somebody direct him here for all his petulant cover bitching needs.

#469 Post by **domino harvey** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:46 am

I tried talking about it on other boards but I gotta tell you, the ESPN March Madness forum was not as interested in Mishima as I'd figured

Tribe · #470 Post by **Tribe** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:27 pm

domino harvey wrote:I tried talking about it on other boards but I gotta tell you, the ESPN March Madness forum was not as interested in Mishima as I'd figured

Dude, you are killing me!

Tribe

#471 Post by **Jeff** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:43 pm

Issa Clubb remembers Jules Dassin.

Antoine Doinel · #472 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:35 pm

New blog post about the Eclipse line. I like the Calvin & Hobbes reference.

miless · #473 Post by **miless** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:55 pm

looks like we can look forward to a Larisa Shepitko set in the near future.

Awesome Welles · #474 Post by **Awesome Welles** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:08 pm

Who, according to IMDB only made eight films, depending on their run times, I wonder what would be included (other than The Ascent), it would be pretty audacious to say all?

Antoine Doinel · #475 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:00 pm

If all the rights to her films are controlled by one license holder, it could very well happen.

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