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Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:43 pm
by MichaelB
I have absolutely no idea what's being planned re extras - I've made suggestions, of course, but don't know how logistically/financially feasible they are.
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:17 pm
by Zobalob
Great news, Blu-ray like Benjamenta?
What's the timescale?
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:27 pm
by MichaelB
I've told you literally everything that I know.
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:53 pm
by joao
Does anyone know where I can find a transcription of the English translation of Alice? I bought the VHS in Czech about 10 years ago from Svankmejer's gallery.
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:52 am
by MichaelB
I suspect most of you have seen
the announcement in the BFI thread about
Alice on region-free Blu-ray in the original Czech, but just in case you've missed it...
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:35 am
by petoluk
Přežít svůj život / Surviving Life on
Czech DVD on May 23! (However, the shops don't mention English subtitles at the moment.)
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:40 am
by MichaelB
Czech HOH subtitles only, as far as I can see. Unfortunately, this film is Švankmajer's talkiest by some distance...
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:18 pm
by petoluk
petoluk wrote:Přežít svůj život / Surviving Life on
Czech DVD on May 23! (However, the shops don't mention English subtitles at the moment.)
Got this today, and just finished watching it - looks very good for SD (the film is, of course, excellent
). As opposed to the original listings, there are English, French, Spanish, Italian and German subtitles on the main feature; the (quite extensive) extras are subtitled in at least English. More info @
DVDFreak this Friday, hopefully...
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:26 pm
by MichaelB
Excellent news - I shall order a copy forthwith.
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:50 am
by bunuelian
Tedious question: Is the site petoluk linked to the best place to order from internationally?
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:56 pm
by petoluk
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:24 am
by MichaelB
For the record, the version screened at the London Film Festival featured an English voiceover over Švankmajer's intro, with the rest of the film being in subtitled Czech - so it sounds as though the DVD is the same.
Re: Jan Svankmajer
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:24 am
by petoluk
MichaelB wrote:For the record, the version screened at the London Film Festival featured an English voiceover over Švankmajer's intro, with the rest of the film being in subtitled Czech - so it sounds as though the DVD is the same.
Correct; basically, there's no way to play the entire film in Czech
with subtitles, as Švankmajer's (hilarious) intro is
not subtitled (well, it is - in Czech HoH
), so e.g. English speakers need to go the "intro w/ voice-over + the rest subtitled" way...