Dear Tony,
Thank you very much for your email and your interest in CinéMoi.
To answer your first question, we will show film on 4:3 or 4:3 LetterBox: that means that when the original format is 4:3 we leave it as it is. If it's 16:9 or Scope, we do the transfer on 4:3 LetterBox.
Regarding your second point, to be honest that's a part of the programmation we have left on the side for now. I will look into the whole era of Silent Cinema during the summer I think, with programme starting from September.
Neverthless, I confirm there will be a lot of attention put on the quality of the programme for the Classics. During the Free to Air period in March, we will programme the following films:
Remorques (Jean Gremillon, 1939)
Les Amants (Louis Malle, 1958)
Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
L'Armée des ombres (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
From April, we will be showing the following films:
Bob le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)
A Double Tour (Claude Chabrol, 1959)
Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
Leon Morin, prêtre (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)
From July, we will be showing:
Le Corbeau (H-G clouzot, 1943)
Pepe le Moko (Julien duvivier, 1937)
Quai des brumes (Marcel Carné, 1938)
Casques d'Or (Jacques Becker, 1962)
Quai des Orfèvres (H-G Clouzot, 1947)
Sang d'un Poete (Jean Cocteau, 1930)
Paris qui dort (René Clair, 1923)
Le Ciel est à vous (Jean Gremillion, 1943)
From November, films confirmed are:
L'Air de Paris (Marcel Carné, 1954)
La Bête Humaine (Jean Renoir, 1938)
Le Jour se lève (Marcel Carné, 1939)
La Marseillaise (Jean Renoir, 1938)
L'Auberge Rouge (Claude Autant-Lara, 1951)
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Jean Renoir, 1959)
I am in negotiation with key distributors in France so we can show the following films from August (and I'm sure it will happen):
Boulevard (Julien Duvivier, 1960)
Copie Conforme (Jean Dreville, 1946)
Goupi Mains Rouges (Jacques Becker, 1942)
Le Bonheur (Marcel L'Herbier, 1935)
Le Désordre et la Nuit (Gilles Grandier, 1958)
Le Silence est d'Or (René Clair, 1946)
Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carné, 1946)
Les Orgueilleux (Yves Allegret, 1953)
Les Portes de la Nuit (Marcel Carné, 1946)
This is a short list of titles confirmed or about to be confirmed. I will be also looking at the great classics like La Règle du Jeu, Boudu or Drole de Drame, for which I have to deal with distributors in the UK.
As you have noticed, I have not mentioned any titles from the New Wave and after, but I confirm we will show 14 films by François Truffaut, 15 films by Claude Chabrol, 5 films by Claude Sautet, films by Pierre Granier-Deferre, etc.
At last, to answer your last question, you don’t have to contact Sky to subscribe but you do it directly with us by calling at 0845 880 8008, or go on line:
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Kind regards,
Julien Planté
Operations Director & Head of Programmes
CinéMoi, The French Movie Channel
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