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Re: Mr. Bongo Films

#351 Post by HJackson » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:44 pm

TMDaines wrote:Have you not got anything better to do than cross-referencing the latest DVD releases with the BBFC's database? :D

It's absurd that DVD labels have to submit everything to the BBFC in the first place, and the whole practice is directly responsible extras being left out UK releases that can't justify the submission cost.
Well if breaking the law allows Mr Bongo to continue putting out the feature-rich, extras-laden discs they've come to be known for, I'm all for it!

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#352 Post by McCrutchy » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:32 am

The Chimes DVD has finally released (and with different cover art than I saw previously); it's now a "Definative [sic] Restored Version DVD" according to Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Falstaff-Midnig ... 007H7OQW2/

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Really hoping somebody can buy this ASAP and tell me if I should get it before Beatrice changes her mind and forces the disc to go out of print at the end of the week.

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#353 Post by JPJ » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:14 am

Amazon UK reviewer suggests that best version is from Sinister films(Italy).Maybe this is the same transfer?

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#354 Post by McCrutchy » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:02 am

JPJ wrote:Amazon UK reviewer suggests that best version is from Sinister films(Italy).Maybe this is the same transfer?

No one on Amazon has reviewed the Bongo disc yet, since it released today.

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#355 Post by JPJ » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:29 am

McCrutchy wrote:
JPJ wrote:Amazon UK reviewer suggests that best version is from Sinister films(Italy).Maybe this is the same transfer?

No one on Amazon has reviewed the Bongo disc yet, since it released today.
Yes I know,since it was written in january I think he's reviewing earlier Cornerstone Media release.I was just speculating if the Italian release is so good maybe Mr.Bongo is using their transfer,after all it's "definative" restored version.

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#356 Post by doc mccoy » Thu May 03, 2012 4:24 pm

According to the BVA, Il Posto and the Grim Reaper have been deleted, even though they were released a year ago, and there's no sign of them anywhere on the usual etailers, not even Bongo's site.

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#357 Post by MichaelB » Fri May 04, 2012 6:57 am

This might be a legacy of the Sony DADC fire - existing unsold copies would have been destroyed, and sales might not have been good enough to justify a reprint.

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#358 Post by Jonathan S » Wed May 23, 2012 7:17 am

Just received the 1981 Russian TV Hound of the Baskervilles and from a brief preview it looks like a nice transfer with optional English subs. The back cover states: "Authored from DigiBeta" and "Licensed from Contemporary Films Ltd."

Curiously, though no more than 146 minutes, it's split over 2 single-layer DVD5s, but as it was made in two parts (each with separate credits) that isn't a problem for me.

Mr Bongo has scheduled the Kozintsev Don Quixote for September 24, also a collection of their three already-released Dovzhenko silents.

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#359 Post by kidc85 » Wed May 23, 2012 5:04 pm

Jonathan S wrote:Mr Bongo has scheduled the Kozintsev Don Quixote for September 24.
Nice. Is it as good as his Shakespeare adaptations?

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#360 Post by Michael Kerpan » Wed May 23, 2012 5:22 pm

kidc85 wrote:Nice. Is {Kozintsev's Don Quixote} as good as his Shakespeare adaptations?
I like the film quite a lot -- and the Don Q-Sancho pairing of Nikolai Cherkasov and Yuri Tolubeyev is near perfect. But Moskvin's Sovcolor cinematography (though very good) is not quite as impressive as Gritsius's b&w cinematography in the two Shakespeare films. And this is one of the few Kozintsev films without a score by Shostakovitch (not sure why). So -- very worth seeing -- but not quite as good as the two later films.
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#361 Post by Calvin » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:23 pm

Going by BBFC classifications (I'm as surprised as you are!), Mr. Bongo will be releasing Boris Barnet's By the Bluest of Seas and The Outskirts

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#362 Post by colinr0380 » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:16 pm

That seems pretty redundant if true given that MovieMail have been providing easy access to Ruscico's Hyperkino editions of both films.

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#363 Post by John Edmond » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:52 pm

Not if Mr. Bongo use the Ruscico transfers, dump the extras and reduce their price by 2/3rds (all quite likely).

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#364 Post by bigP » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:16 am

It appears Mr Bongo will be putting out Santa Sangre in November. It might just be a mistake double entry, but I'm intrigued as to why HMV have two listings for this - I highly doubt we'll be seeing their first Blu-ray, but a special edition release like they did with Soy Cuba, perhaps?

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#365 Post by eerik » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:42 pm


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#366 Post by Calvin » Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:41 am

Well, that's a surprise. Not only are they releasing Santa Sangre on Blu-Ray, the DVD edition has an extras disc. I'm cautiously optimistic - look at the turnaround Kino had.

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#367 Post by JamesF » Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:11 am

And just as the Severin edition goes OOP (along with all of their other releases) - great news!

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#368 Post by knives » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:23 pm

It should be noted that the Severin edition is only temporarily OOP until they settle with their new distributor.

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#369 Post by Calvin » Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:33 am

I sent off an e-mail to Mr. Bongo, enquiring about their plans for Blu-Ray. The response was:
Many Thanks for your enquiry. We are indeed releasing Sante Sangre on DVD which is a first for us! Obviously it will introduce us to the process for releasing things on Blu-Ray which will give us more options on future releases but so far we are not planning on releasing the Bongo back catalogue on that format*. That said, we will register your interest and if enough people seem keen we may look into doing it in future.
Keep Enjoying the films!
*I singled out L'avventura, Falstaff and the Glauber Rocha films in my e-mail.

So, if you want to register your interest, give them an e-mail.

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Re: Mr. Bongo Films

#370 Post by peerpee » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:17 pm

It's probably best that they keep chipping away at DVD and try and get that right first, perhaps going back and reissuing a number of titles properly on DVD. A number of their discs have been absolutely appalling, not just slightly problematic, but truly rubbish. Their subtitling needs a big step up too.

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#371 Post by Calvin » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:32 pm

I would like to be a fly on the wall of Bongo HQ, just to watch the comedy of errors. However, going Blu could actually help them rather than hinder them as it would mean they don't have to do any of the dodgy NTSC>PAL conversions that blighted some of their discs.

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#372 Post by Kauno » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:00 pm

I like what they made with Earth (Zemlya), The Hourglass Sanatorium, The Brute (El Bruto), Company Limited (Seemabaddha) and The Stranger (Agantuk). I think Mr. Bongo should not vanish and fade.

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#373 Post by knives » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:01 pm

Susana and the Rocha's are also pretty good. They've fucked up plenty, but they've also done good and are improving.

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#374 Post by peerpee » Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:48 pm

Let's hope they don't start uprezzing Digibeta to 1080i with ingrained subs then.

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Re: Mr. Bongo Films

#375 Post by knives » Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:38 pm

Thank goodness for that as Isobel Elsom would say.

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