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AZAI · #51 Post by **AZAI** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:37 pm

look before posting....

Cinesimilitude · #52 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:39 pm

Noshame has announced their November releases. Stelvio Massi's "Emergency Squad" and "The Last Round" and Michele Massimo Tarantini's "A Man Called Magnum" will all be released November 15th.

Unfortunately the cover art noshame is pumping out for cult flicks continues to be complete shit, but the spines are all great so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing these films.

jesus the mexican boi · #53 Post by **jesus the mexican boi** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:54 pm

AZAI wrote:woops, just realised I was looking for titles that are going to be released in october (namely partner and amore e rabbia), they don't have them (yet) on pre-order on both amazon as DVDpacific......sorry for the bad post.

DDD is now listing Partner and Love and Anger for $19.xx.

Cinesimilitude · #54 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:33 pm

Amazon has them listed now as well: Partner and Love and Anger, but I'm waiting for the amazon.ca prices, they are usually only a dollar or two more and shipped free.

PS. I have to say, Even though I love the content they are putting out, the presentation is absolutely piss poor. so many misspelled words and even wrong titles (IE: they call it "The Sensual Nurse" twice) in the booklets and misspellings on the covers too.

Ashirg · #55 Post by **Ashirg** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:17 pm

NoShame finally goes progressive!

For this release No Shame finally makes the switch from interlaced to progressive scan and now all the hard work that they put into their transfers can be seen to its fullest capability.

This progressive scan transfers boasts strong colors that look evenly saturated and flesh tones look natural.

Lino · #56 Post by **Lino** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:01 am

Love and Anger review

FilmFanSea · #57 Post by **FilmFanSea** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:51 pm

Better late than never ...

High praise indeed from Slant Magazine's Dan Callahan for No Shame's June release of Michelangelo Antonioni's first feature film, Story of a Love Affair (Cronaca di un amore):

A fantastic package of an essential and rare Antonioni feature, surely one of the best DVDs of the year.

Similar raves from DVD Verdict and DVD in My Pants, more muted praise from DVD Beaver and DVD Talk.

Alain3000 · #58 Post by **Alain3000** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:02 pm

Coming From NoShame in 2006 ...

We received a big ol' package from Italian genre specialists NoShame Films recently - reviews are on the way for Partner, Love and Anger, Emergency Squad and a few more - and included in there was a big list of what they've got on the slate for 2006. No details on film makers or original titles on these, so if you know something feel free to share ... here's what on the slate:

Massacre in Rome
The Desert of the Tartars
Death Walks At Midnight
Death Walks With High Heels
Colt 38 Special Squad
La Uno Bianca
St. Francis
Padre Pio
The Night That Evelyn Come Out of the Grave
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Un Poliziotto Scomodo-Convoy Busters
Double Game
Open Letter to the Evening News (2 disc set)
Roma Citta Libera
Dark Waters (2 disc set)
Down and Dirty
La Moglie Piu Bella-Most Beautiful Wife
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Oggi Domani e Dopodomani-Kiss the Other Sheik
Anno Uno-Italy:Year One
Socrate
Gran Bollito-Black Journal
Corruzione a Palazzo di Giustizia-Corruption in the Halls of Justice

ellipsis7 · #59 Post by **ellipsis7** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:20 pm

Roma Citta Libera (should be Aperta) (1945)

Anno Uno-Italy:Year One (1974)

Socrate (1970)

are all Roberto Rossellini films

Ishmael · #60 Post by **Ishmael** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:35 pm

ellipsis7 wrote:Roma Citta Libera (should be Aperta) (1945)

are all Roberto Rossellini films

Actually, Roma, Citta Liberta looks like another film entirely, though imdb lists it as 1946.

ellipsis7 · #61 Post by **ellipsis7** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:44 pm

Seems so....

Only 2 late Rossellinis then...

Lino · #62 Post by **Lino** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:48 am

Review of the Love and Anger disc.

devlinnn · #63 Post by **devlinnn** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:08 am

Geez, one of the more infantile reviews I've read in some time. Surely the opening line ("As strange as it may sound political propaganda films have been around for quite some time now.") was penned in jest? I've read the opening paragraph three times and it still makes no sense. Bah-humbug, can't wait for this set - I'm a sucker for Godard's (to quote the reviewer) 'too quick yet too pretentious attempts in experimental filmmaking.'

godardslave · #64 Post by **godardslave** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:12 am

dvdtalk have no clue what they are talking about.
the whole website is a haven for stupidty.

unclehulot · #65 Post by **unclehulot** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:31 am

godardslave wrote:dvdtalk have no clue what they are talking about.
the whole website is a haven for stupidty.

Like DVD Savant, for example? For the site as a whole, I agree, but Glenn Erickson's column is top notch. Obviously SOME of those shortened running times mentioned in the first post are due to PAL to NTSC conversion speedup, but the longer ones? I wish more of this label's output would make it to Netflix' library.

Cinesimilitude · #66 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:51 pm

Partner and Love and Anger arrived last night, and I must say, the true gem on these discs is whats found on the 2nd disc of the partner dvd set.

the included film "His Day of Glory" , even though it hasn't been cleaned up very well, but looks very good for its age, is one of the greatest politically driven films i've ever seen.

I would recommend buying the dvd for the second disc alone, and I haven't even watched partner yet.

godardslave · #67 Post by **godardslave** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:35 am

unclehulot wrote:
godardslave wrote:dvdtalk have no clue what they are talking about.
the whole website is a haven for stupidty.
Like DVD Savant, for example? For the site as a whole, I agree, but Glenn Erickson's column is top notch.

I agree, DVD Savant is a good column.

cmleidi · #68 Post by **cmleidi** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:38 pm

NOSHAME shows little regard for the (extra) material on their discs. Rampant misspellings, incorrect information, etc. They need to hire a quality control agent. I'm pleased with the films they put out, but much more care would be appreciated.

On an unrelated note: Is it really necessary to make snide remarks about another message board? That behavior is especially hypocritical under the circumstances.

Gregory · #69 Post by **Gregory** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:47 pm

I agree, cmleidi, and it's made me very cautious about springing for more of their releases. Which titles did you have in mind specifically?

Dr. Atanasov · #70 Post by **Dr. Atanasov** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:13 pm

devlinnn wrote:Geez, one of the more infantile reviews I've read in some time. Surely the opening line ("As strange as it may sound political propaganda films have been around for quite some time now.") was penned in jest? I've read the opening paragraph three times and it still makes no sense. Bah-humbug, can't wait for this set - I'm a sucker for Godard's (to quote the reviewer) 'too quick yet too pretentious attempts in experimental filmmaking.'

Hello,

I have decided to respond to your comments about the review I posted at DVDTALK (I have chosen not to comment on the remarks addressing the integrity of the site) and the fact that you are unsure what the opening paragraph implies. As someone who actually grew up in Europe and is well aware of the history behind this short collection of experimental films (which is not as exciting as you might think) my paragraph meant to address the fact that even back then Love and Anger was a good (or maybe not so good) piece of propaganda that was favoring the left political spectrum not only in Italy but in France as well. Given the fact that Italy had the largest active communist party from the Western union (Western Europe) the impact of these well known directors making some bold statements in this feature was tremendous. Furthermore there were a number of films that were made to reflect the turbulent political environment between the extreme right and the far leftâ€¦something the Italian society was clearly fixated with. Naturally film directors outside Italy also responded in a manner they deemed appropriate. As a result a number of films came out of the former Yugoslavia, Russia (the Soviet Union), Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, and of course France. Many of these politically charged films however are still not available on DVD (not even on VHS...as it was the case with Bruno's film from the second disc of NoShame's Partner) and are very slowly making its way back to mainstream audiences. Many of these films were also as passionately debated in Europe at the time as was Michael Moore's F-911 in the States where some tagged it as being pure "political propaganda". While not as extreme such was the environment surrounding Love and Anger (in fact many of the comments which Bertolucci makes in his interview for the Partner release clearly explain his political vision during the period I discussed and why he contributed to this project is easily discernable). As you could see my opening line implies that (highly) politically charged films have been around for quite some time...yet just recently we began seeing some of them slowly crawling out from film vaults around Europe (I am sure that if and when MosFilm is truly restructured there will be some great surprises).

Either way, I hardly think that I have ever done anything to instigate such negative comments from some of the members here...which is indeed rather unfortunate, regardless of how you feel about DVDTALK.

Best wishes,
Dr. Atanasov
(DVDTALK review panel)

cmleidi · #71 Post by **cmleidi** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:41 pm

Gregory wrote:I agree, cmleidi, and it's made me very cautious about springing for more of their releases. Which titles did you have in mind specifically?

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW, BOCCACCIO '70, STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH, CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL, and THE RAILROAD MAN come to mind. My main complaint concerns the subtitles which contain many errors. I own that, and I'm happy with the print, but the subtitles are a pain.

Cinesimilitude · #72 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:19 am

I have yet to see a noshame dvd that doesnt have something incorrect, and I own every release so far. It's quite sad that I could make better dvd covers with correct spelling and punctuation and such, than a dvd company I adore.

Regardless, I love them.

#73 Post by **zedz** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:04 pm

devlinnn wrote:Geez, one of the more infantile reviews I've read in some time. Surely the opening line ("As strange as it may sound political propaganda films have been around for quite some time now.") was penned in jest?
As you could see my opening line implies that (highly) politically charged films have been around for quite some time...yet just recently we began seeing some of them slowly crawling out from film vaults around Europe.

I had assumed that devlinn's incredulity was sparked by the "as strange as it may sound" intro, which presumes that your readers are ignorant of May 68, Vietnam protest (and the Soviet avant-garde of the twenties, for that matter). "As strange as it may sound," I'd wager that the late sixties were a far more fertile time for radical political cinema that the early noughties, and that most cine-literate people are well aware of at least some of the politically committed cinema of the period.

devlinnn · #74 Post by **devlinnn** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:30 pm

Thanks Zedz, yes the opening line threw me completely. It also didn't help that I had just viewed Punishment Park a few hours before reading the review, thus fuelling the fire of my petty views.

In regard to No Shame, it is frustrating that they are still having trouble with the basics (how many emails do we need to send?). They also need an editor to work on the extra material - many of the interviews ramble and run far too long. But like most here, having said this, I'm just as grateful to view works that have only been read about over the years.

Cinesimilitude · #75 Post by **Cinesimilitude** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:39 pm

the "secrets of a call girl" cover art is drivel, I could have done better in MS Paint. If I could get a job at noshame I would, just to make the presentation a little more respectable.