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Everlasting Moments

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Swedish master Jan Troell, director of the beloved classics The Emigrants and The New Land, returns triumphantly with Everlasting Moments, a vivid, heartrending story of a woman liberated through art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Though poor and abused by her alcoholic husband, Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen, in a beautifully nuanced portrayal) finds an outlet in photography, which opens up her world for the first time. With a burnished bronze tint that evokes faded photographs, and a broad empathetic palette, Everlasting Moments—based on a true story—is a miraculous tribute to the power of image making.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DVD SET FEATURES

- New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Jan Troell
- Jan Troell’s Magic Mirror, an hour-long documentary about Troell’s life and career
- Short documentary on the making of Everlasting Moments, featuring interviews with Troell, cast,
and crew
- Documentary featuring photographs by the real Maria Larsson, accompanied by narration telling her story
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White

Also available on Blu-ray.

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No Blu-ray for a 2008 film?

eerik wrote:No Blu-ray for a 2008 film?

Yeah, I don't get it either. I saw this and it's a beautiful film. I don't want to buy this on DVD.

And as someone else posted elsewhere, it's available on Blu in Sweden.

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White

I hate that AW loves this film. But he can't be wrong 100% of the time.

tavernier wrote:And as someone else posted elsewhere, it's available on Blu in Sweden.

Unfortunately, the Swedish BD doesn't appear to have English subs.

triodelover wrote:Unfortunately, the Swedish BD doesn't appear to have English subs.

There goes that idea....that makes Criterion's decision even more annoying.

I wonder who holds the rights in the UK?

Maybe some lobbying would make a difference here, as it did for A Christmas Tale, which was also originally announced as SD only.

I love the artwork on this one!

I wonder who holds the rights in the UK?

Icon has it out on dvd already - you can get it from Amazon UK for about £7. But apparently, footage may have been cut from this version - the dvd's runnning time does not match up with other listed running times and a poster from IMDB says he bought the UK dvd and believes that about 25 minutes was cut. A poster on Amazon UK also states that there is a problem with the subtitles.

I think this is one to avoid, even if Icon brought out a Blu version.

Brian C wrote:Maybe some lobbying would make a difference here, as it did for A Christmas Tale, which was also originally announced as SD only.

Let the e-mail campaign begin!

Ditto!

You can stop your email campaign. Both this and Close-up are also bumped to Blu.

But they still aren't releasing Night Train to Munich in Blu!!!1!

What A Disgrace wrote:You can stop your email campaign. Both this and Close-up are also bumped to Blu.

Now what the Hell am I going to do with this 10,000 word e-mail to Mulvaney?

save it for the next non-Blu release

Fiery Angel wrote:save it for the next non-Blu release

My next Blu campaign will be for Disney to release Song of the South in a full HD restoration on Blu. :-$

triodelover wrote:

Fiery Angel wrote:save it for the next non-Blu release

My next Blu campaign will be for Disney to release Song of the South in a full HD restoration on Blu. :-$

I'm rooting for you, but I think Disney believes its their Jud Süß.

The name of the lead is Maria Heiskanen, not Eiskanen.

I love that they actually listen!

Caught this film over the weekend on Sundance. While it pales in comparison to anything that Bergman has done, I am a sucker for period films and really enjoyed the storyline. It did also pique my interest in Troell and some of his films, in particular Utvandrarna and Nybyggarna. I couldn't help but notice there are no dvd releases for these films, I would like to see them just because they feature the lovely Liv Ullman in what I consider to be her prime.

saji1986 wrote:It did also pique my interest in Troell and some of his films, in particular Utvandrarna and Nybyggarna. I couldn't help but notice there are no dvd releases for these films, I would like to see them just because they feature the lovely Liv Ullman in what I consider to her prime.

Well, there is a Swedish set here, which includes both films. No English subs, though.

saji1986 wrote:Caught this film over the weekend on IFC. While it pales in comparison to anything that Bergman has done, I am a sucker for period films and really enjoyed the storyline. It did also pique my interest in Troell and some of his films, in particular Utvandrarna and Nybyggarna. I couldn't help but notice there are no dvd releases for these films, I would like to see them just because they feature the lovely Liv Ullman in what I consider to her prime.

Not sure about IFC's showing, but I was able to record it this past weekend off the Sundance Channel. I enjoyed the film quite a bit, actually, and look forward to checking out the supplements on the Criterion release.

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Thanks ccfix - it was Sundance - been trying to catch up on all the crap on my DVR, getting things mixed up! Still trying to work my way through all the Kurosawa films TCM ran about 2 weeks ago!

Wow, that's one grainy film. I can see why Criterion might have hesitated to put it on Blu-ray, but I imagine it looks wonderful in motion.