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pro-bassoonist wrote:Have any of you residing down under taken a peek at the recent release of Boccaccio 70 by Stomp Distribution. I am wondering if they used the same print No Shame did in the US but in a native PAL?

I haven't but Stomp have released a few Italian classic films and the quality of the transfers are not great.

Thanks. I am aware of their past catalog titles...and the quality they come with. Yet, this release I hoped might be something different.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone took the time to provide a screen-cap or two.

Thanks,

Pro-B

pro-bassoonist wrote:Have any of you residing down under taken a peek at the recent release of Boccaccio 70 by Stomp Distribution. I am wondering if they used the same print No Shame did in the US but in a native PAL?

I have not seen it. However there is this review.

Thanks, that solves the dilemma then...I am not interested in a hack-job. The OAR is 2.35:1 and this disc is off.

Ciao,
Pro-B

MichaelDVD has a review of the new Region 4 Rashomon.

Just for Mother.

Warner in April.... (2-disc sets - promo prices - $14.95rrp, single releases $9.95rrp)
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (2 DISC)
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? SE (2 DISC)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE SE (2 DISC)
DAVID COPPERFIELD
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
ON MOONLIGHT BAY
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERLY MOON
THE PAJAMA GAME
LUCKY ME
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISES
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
CAPTAIN BLOOD
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
DODGE CITY
GLASS BOTTOM BOAT
SEA HAWK
YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN
BILLY ROSES JUMBO
PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH & ESSEX

plus, for general release now for those souls who have trouble with the colours yellow and black,
BETTE DAVIS COLLECTION
DORIS DAY COLLECTION
ERROL FLYNN COLLECTION

howdy, anyone have info on Marlene Dietrich (Morrocco) Collection, James Stewart (Naked Spur) Collection, which were previously rumored for R4 release?

thanks

No sign of these titles being released wbumble. Warner may release The Naked Spur in August to coincide with Father's Day - along with Mother's Day it seems to be the only way they know how to promote their catalogue down here.

Universal Aust. have no friggin' idea. ("Alan Jones Recommends..." anyone?) Then again, if Jones is a closet Marlene....no, hang on, let's not go there, the mind images are horrific.

Looks like Alan Jones has had a busy summer reviewing DVDs for Universal. Here are the highlights of his 'recommendations' for the April promotion (rrp$14.95). I'm not sure who Andrew G. is, which is probably a good thing if his taste is anything to go by (not worth reporting).

* The Last Temptation Of Christ
* The Man In The White Suit (new stand alone release)
* Buffalo Bill and the Indians (new)
* Tender Mercies (new)
* The Four Musketeers (new)
* The Sting SE (new)

Oh-hum. New to Universal as well in April -
(rrp$14.95)
* The Fog SE
* The Game SE
* The Changeling
* The Sicilian

Yeah, that trend towards B-list (or lower) celebrities having endorsement stickers on DVDs is really annoying. Alan Jones is probably the worst, but 'Kyle and/or Jackie O' can't be far behind.

What are Andrew Gs choices for DVDs? Sheer curiosity, I knew him when he was still Andrew Gunsberg...

Just for s_mac_k -

- Miami Vice / You, Me and Dupree / Inside Man / Jarhead / Nanny McPhee / King Kong / Curious George / Step Up

If only the industry was based south-of-the-border. A world where we wouldn't all suffer from Sydney's obsession with cheap celebs and common-as-muck attitudes and stylings. A world where DVDs would be packaged once again in clear cases, and where one would find local releases of Ms. Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford, the Renoirs, the Bunuels, etc. etc. because most of us down here read books, the papers, and therefore have heard of people who live outside the (tv) box. Thanks Sydney, we love ya heaps.

Thanks Devlinnn. That is a really odd bunch of films that surely don't require any extra recommendation from.... well anyone! I was secretly hoping to see a bunch of obscurish 70s - 80s music movies (and possibly The Last Waltz)... what a naive fool was I...

Does Sydney really deserve such vehemence? You seem very cross...

As we're getting statist, I must just take a moment to point out what I consider to be Brisbane's most redeeming feature. How cool is that! It makes living here kind of ok!

davidhare wrote:Melbourne people are merely jealous of Sydney's harbor and the real estate prices, but they're already just as expensive. But we have hotter men, they have better dressed women.) We have muscle twinks, they have Ozbears. We have party drugs, they have wine bars. We have Mardi Gras, they have Moomba. And we have Alan Jones, while they have Adrian Martin. (Believe me I love Melbourne, or I used to, cause I always got laid when I visited! You guys are a pushover!!)

Yes Melbourne's kept a film culture - Sydney's fizzled out some time in the 80s. Too many reasons too little time. There is not one single working/published film writer in Sydney worth reading - not ONE.

Someone with another view of Sydney.

The vacuous, cinephobic city of Sydney will be hosting a silent film festival in March, obviously aimed at "cheap celebs".

Lights, camera … silence

Meanwhile Melbourne will be hosting the start of footy season.

I always thought it was the Melbourne Film Festival versus the Sydney Film Festival that clinches the deal for Melbourne.

marty wrote:I always thought it was the Melbourne Film Festival versus the Sydney Film Festival that clinches the deal for Melbourne.

Both are dots on the landscape compared to the Brisbane International Film Festival, especially when it comes to retrospectives. Just a shame it's in Brisbane, it's hard enough to visit friends in Fitzroy.

Sadly, Moomba has never recovered from the Zig & Zag scandal, and until it brings back it's King & Queen of.... it will always be runner-up to the Mardi Gras. Admittedly, no one these days can wear a crown, let alone deserve to, compared to past monarchs the likes of Frank Thring and Robert Helpman.

Whereby, in keeping the spirit of the thread alive and on topic, Mister Hare slipped an Austrailian disc.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:The vacuous, cinephobic city of Sydney will be hosting a silent film festival in March, obviously aimed at "cheap celebs".

Meanwhile Melbourne will be hosting the start of footy season.

So I gather you are not into watching athletic men wearing tight shorts and sleeveless tops revealing their muscular biceps and broad shoulders running around grinding into each other and tackling each other to the ground as they grope and sweat?

marty wrote:So I gather you are not into watching athletic men wearing tight shorts and sleeveless tops revealing their muscular biceps and broad shoulders running around grinding into each other and tackling each other to the ground as they grope and sweat?

Well, you gather incorrectly, though my motivation in watching is for the sporting contest, not the homophiliac aspect. My point is that there are many strands to a city's culture, footy representing Melboune's obsession with cheap celebs and common as muck attitudes and stylings.

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Well, you gather incorrectly, though my motivation in watching is for the sporting contest, not the homophiliac aspect. My point is that there are many strands to a city's culture, footy representing Melboune's obsession with cheap celebs and common as muck attitudes and stylings.

I think that's a generalisation as much as Melburnians think that Sydney is full of thick-head rednecks who watch rugby, piss on the streets and get into stoushes at Kings Cross.

Apologies for turning this little island of an oasis into Earl's Court at 4am with my snide remarks about Sydney. My original and only real complaint was all our media coming out of Sydney and it's obsession with tits and gloss, brahoo and ego (ie the USA). Please, take our sport (and ACMI), I really just want proper TCM on Foxtel.

(In Dreamland, if Foxtel was beamed from down here, I just know TCM would be heaven, Adrian Martin would run Rouge TV, and Virginia Trioli would come back home to have her own Tonight Show (dressed naturally in 8-inch heels, black slip with a whip in one hand, my admiration in the other).

Back on topic...hopefully picking up La Notte by the end of the week, co caps should be up soon.

Also, in an effort to bring this thread back on topic;

Recently bought the R4 release of 'Rashomon' and it is magnificient. Easily the equal of, and possibly better than, the Criterion.

Had a look at the Criterion captures on dvdbeaver.com and I think the R4 image is taken from the same HD source.

Extras feature the same documentary excerpt on the cinematographer, and some very extensive image galleries (approx. 100 images in total)
as well as some archival footage and three-minutes of out-takes (some of which were in the documentary-excerpt) and a 68 minute retrospective documentary that I haven't had time to watch.

The Criterion does have reprints of the original stories, but those are public-domain and thus quite easy to find on the internet. As for the Criterion commentary; I can't compare the content, but an 88 minute commentary versus a 68 minute documentary seems about even.

Given the atrocious releases Madman has offered in the past, I'm very pleased with this one, and hope it's the beginning of a new trend. It will be nice if, in future, I can just pick up the best-edition of a favourite movie from the nearest shopping centre, instead of having to order from overseas.

As for the movie itself; briefly; I liked it. Easy to see why Herzog called it "almost perfect"
When I have time and inclination, I'll probably post quite a bit on the subject of the film in the Criterion thread.

Not sure when the flood will end either, but Madman's current crop of future releases looks very light-on compared to previous times. If the stories are true and they turned over 200,000+ units of Kenny before Christmas, and sell Inspector Rex and Midsomer Murders by the truck-load, who can blame them for having second thoughts on releasing Euro-centric classics for snobs like us.

devlinnn wrote:Not sure when the flood will end either, .

FLOOD? Isn't Australia amid the worst drought in 100 years?

Haw haw haw.