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Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:18 pm**

DVD on March 13 by Koch International. No details yet; $24.98 SRP.

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:21 pm**

No way!!! Gigi, you just made my day! I thought this one might never see the light of day. Hopefully Koch will do this film some justice...I'm generally not too impressed by their product. This is an amazing, if difficult film. Hopefully this release could turn more people onto it...

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:28 pm**

Yeah, amazing news indeed.

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:39 pm**

Whoa, whoa, whoa. BIG news!! I just recently saw Hiroshima Mon Amour, my first exposure to Resnais, and was completely blown away. He is so thoroughly underrepresented on R1 DVD. Bring on Marienbad, Rialto!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:24 pm**

Holy smokes, this is a dream!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:42 pm**

17 bucks is a great price too! Though I do worry about the quality of the release.

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:30 pm**

justeleblanc wrote:17 bucks is a great price too! Though I do worry about the quality of the release.

I'll take, you know, ANY release at this point!

Posted: **Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:35 pm**

justeleblanc wrote:17 bucks is a great price too! Though I do worry about the quality of the release.

Koch seems to have steeped it up a notch recently, so I'm hoping for the best.

Posted: **Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:31 am**

And for god's sake can someone release PROVIDENCE?????

Posted: **Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:36 am**

Providence was released in Spain

Posted: **Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:37 am**

and only 50 cents more for canadians.

Posted: **Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:37 am**

Ashirg wrote:Providence was released in Spain

Yes, but reportedly only in a Spanish dub. This still needs to be released (on dvd) with the original English soundtrack.

Posted: **Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:18 pm**

davidhare wrote:Well the only other release is the unsubbed MK2 in France. I really hope they are using this transfer.

You mean Arte? Yes it's very nice package with the extras and all. I wonder if we get any extras on this release.

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:42 am**

MURIEL is a fascinating film. Despite not understanding it first time around it did reveal itself upon subsequent viewings. What I found intersting was the fact that despite seeming to be full of flashbacks and flashfowards it is actually strictly chronological. Resnais uses long scenes with huge jump cuts [e.g. the dinner served and a quick cut to dessert being eaten] and then edits together a string of very short scenes. Like Godard we become conscious of the film as medium while watching a film as story. Unlike Godard Resnais technique remains objective - no characters talking to camera or unorthodox camera movements. It is all in the editing and this gives us a fresh experience of time itself. Is "time" the theme of this film?

Posted: **Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:48 pm**

Screencaps of the R2 Arte can now be found here.

Posted: **Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:01 pm**

Early specs:

DVD Features:
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
Dolby Digital - French
Subtitles - French
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - Alain Resnais Featurette
Trailer - Original Theatrical Trailer

Posted: **Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:57 pm**

surely there would be you know English subs on a R1 release

Posted: **Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:44 pm**

Must be Eng subs... amazon price has gone up by $5.50 - luckily I ordered at the lower price...

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:18 pm**

Ugly!!

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:51 pm**

Holy shit - you're not wrong! That is one ugly motherfucker of a dvd cover. Lucky I don't care about such things otherwise there is no way I would have that monstrosity sitting on my shelf.

I'd be happy with this dvd if it came in a dustbin bag.

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:24 pm**

You have to laugh at how bad that is.

Posted: **Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:30 pm**

are they trying to sell this as a horror film

Posted: **Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:18 pm**

$14.95 pre-order price at DVDPLANET.

Posted: **Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:47 am**

got my shipping notice already this morning!

Posted: **Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:02 pm**

Anyone else somewhat bothered by the INCREDIBLY LARGE subtitles?

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Muriel (Resnais, 1963)