Cohen Film Collection
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Sudden Fear is currently sold for $9.99 on amazon.com; Howard's End for $13.49. For Cohen BR's these are pretty good prices.
- rohmerin
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What a wonderful film The official story is!!! I've just watched an old print. In France has been restored and released but only on DVD + book with: Entretien avec le réalisateur Luis Puenzo
- Entretien en 4 parties avec le réalisateur (40 min) : « Un scénario sous haute tension », « Filmer l’histoire », « Les comédiens », « Négation et révélations » - Module sur la restauration + 1 livre de témoignages sur l’histoire du film
When is out in the States?
and behind a VERY strange name is this beauty that looks German Chunchuna Villafañe
- Entretien en 4 parties avec le réalisateur (40 min) : « Un scénario sous haute tension », « Filmer l’histoire », « Les comédiens », « Négation et révélations » - Module sur la restauration + 1 livre de témoignages sur l’histoire du film
When is out in the States?
and behind a VERY strange name is this beauty that looks German Chunchuna Villafañe
- FrauBlucher
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- jazzo
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Just a quick question that, perhaps, someone here has an answer to.
I really wanted to pick up Arrow's new blu-ray of City of the Dead. I have a multi-region player, and this clearly is the best version of the film available.
But.
I would prefer to purchase a Region A version, if possible. Now I know VCI has their blur-ray, but it has been ripped by most as being inferior, even, to their own earlier DVD of the film (which I own, and am quite satisfied with for now).
Since Cohen shared the restoration with Arrow, does any think a Region A disc from them is possible? They are quite behind on their releases. Still no sign of THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, and that's months and months late, so I'm not hopeful.
I really wanted to pick up Arrow's new blu-ray of City of the Dead. I have a multi-region player, and this clearly is the best version of the film available.
But.
I would prefer to purchase a Region A version, if possible. Now I know VCI has their blur-ray, but it has been ripped by most as being inferior, even, to their own earlier DVD of the film (which I own, and am quite satisfied with for now).
Since Cohen shared the restoration with Arrow, does any think a Region A disc from them is possible? They are quite behind on their releases. Still no sign of THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, and that's months and months late, so I'm not hopeful.
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Cohen has said on Facebook that both titles will be released in the U.S. at some point, but offered no idea of what sort of timeline we're looking at. They were especially vague about CITY OF THE DEAD; I think in that case they said it would come out here "eventually." So I share your frustration.jazzo wrote:Just a quick question that, perhaps, someone here has an answer to.
I really wanted to pick up Arrow's new blu-ray of City of the Dead. I have a multi-region player, and this clearly is the best version of the film available.
But.
I would prefer to purchase a Region A version, if possible. Now I know VCI has their blur-ray, but it has been ripped by most as being inferior, even, to their own earlier DVD of the film (which I own, and am quite satisfied with for now).
Since Cohen shared the restoration with Arrow, does any think a Region A disc from them is possible? They are quite behind on their releases. Still no sign of THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, and that's months and months late, so I'm not hopeful.
- Ribs
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BR.com's forums say Cohen confirmed that a UK label will be doing versions of Howard's End that fix some of the problems on that release - question becomes whether or not it's Arrow or MoC, right?
(If there were more than just the two ready restorations - Howard's End and Maurice - I'd totally bet on it being Arrow as an Academy box, but I could kind of just as easily imagine it just being two attached MoC releases)
(If there were more than just the two ready restorations - Howard's End and Maurice - I'd totally bet on it being Arrow as an Academy box, but I could kind of just as easily imagine it just being two attached MoC releases)
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I understand "Chunchuna" is a nickname. Her real name is Elba.rohmerin wrote:What a wonderful film The official story is!!! I've just watched an old print. In France has been restored and released but only on DVD + book with: Entretien avec le réalisateur Luis Puenzo
- Entretien en 4 parties avec le réalisateur (40 min) : « Un scénario sous haute tension », « Filmer l’histoire », « Les comédiens », « Négation et révélations » - Module sur la restauration + 1 livre de témoignages sur l’histoire du film
When is out in the States?
and behind a VERY strange name is this beauty that looks German Chunchuna Villafañe
- FrauBlucher
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Can anyone name the two Keaton films to which Cohen does not own rights?FrauBlucher wrote:Cohen hires Bogdanovich to direct a Buster Keaton doc
- kcota17
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The Cameraman and Spite Marriage?
- Roscoe
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Couldn't Cohen just do a proper release of the Brownlow documentary on Keaton, A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW?
- MichaelB
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Does that even exist in HD form? As a mid-80s British TV documentary, the master may well be SD PAL.Roscoe wrote:Couldn't Cohen just do a proper release of the Brownlow documentary on Keaton, A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW?
- tenia
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It will be the BFI.Ribs wrote:BR.com's forums say Cohen confirmed that a UK label will be doing versions of Howard's End that fix some of the problems on that release - question becomes whether or not it's Arrow or MoC, right?
And it seems the Cohen replacement discs with the proper AR suffers from an incorrect color range encode...
- Roger Ryan
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Right, I believe the article should have specified that Cohen owns all but two of Keaton's silent films which would be the ones quoted above. These two were produced through MGM and are now owned by Turner/Warner Brothers (although a licensing to Criterion seems likely). I don't know if Cohen has acquired any of Keaton's sound films, most of which were produced through MGM, Columbia, and the poverty-row Educational Pictures, with the occasional outlier like the French-produced Le Roi des Champs-Élysées, but I doubt it. That said, the company could certainly license clips from the later work to flesh out the documentary.kcota17 wrote:The Cameraman and Spite Marriage?
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tenia wrote:It will be the BFI.Ribs wrote:BR.com's forums say Cohen confirmed that a UK label will be doing versions of Howard's End that fix some of the problems on that release - question becomes whether or not it's Arrow or MoC, right?
And it seems the Cohen replacement discs with the proper AR suffers from an incorrect color range encode...
what do you mean exactly?
By the way, looking at the initial screenshots I wasn't very happy with the general encoding either.
I hope BFI does it better.
- domino harvey
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Maurice coming in September
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2 things for me:domino harvey wrote:Maurice coming in September
1) hope it includes deleted scenes (although i fear it won't since Criterion released them)
2) i assume they will be careful about the AR, so I hope it has a better encoding than Howards End which wasn't anywhere near the high standards of other blurays
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Specs for Maurice have been announced:
- NEW 4K restoration of the film
NEW on-stage Q&A session with James Ivory and cinematographer Piere Lhomme
NEW conversation between James Ivory and director Tom McCarthy
James Ivory and cinematographer Piere Lhomme on the making of Maurice
The Story of Maurice (this is the same documentary from the Criterion/HVE DVD)
Conversation with the Filmmakers (also from the Criterion/HVE DVD)
Deleted scenes and alternate takes with commentary by director James Ivory (also from the Criterion/HVE DVD)
Original theatrical trailer
New restoration trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- HitchcockLang
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So I have been sitting on my hands for a while. I always knew I would get around to buying Cohen's Jamaica Inn and Thief of Bagdad but neither was a high priority for me, but now it looks as if both are out of print and going for insane prices on Amazon and eBay. What happened there? Was there a rights issue? Is Cohen going to rerelease these titles or should I try to snap them up if I see an opportunity?
- DeprongMori
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Looks like Cohen will be releasing the new restoration of James Whale's The Old Dark House, based on their Facebook post today.
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
- Finch
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^ Excellent news!
- FrauBlucher
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I just got back from holidays and saw some screenshots at bluray.com for Maurice - one of my most anticipated releases ever!
I understand these are jpegs, but they remind me the bad encoding days of Criterion!
look at the sky: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screensho ... position=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
or the coat on the left: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screensho ... position=9" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
personally, I'll wait for a European bluray in case it's better.
I understand these are jpegs, but they remind me the bad encoding days of Criterion!
look at the sky: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screensho ... position=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
or the coat on the left: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/screensho ... position=9" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
personally, I'll wait for a European bluray in case it's better.
- Ribs
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Cohen will be releasing Howards End themselves in the UK. Totally within their power but I've felt their partnerships with the UK labels have been very fruitful at producing the best versions of their titles and hope this doesn't mean that they'll be doing the same for the Rivette titles or even other Merchant Ivory restorations.
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I saw it and was disappointed.Ribs wrote:Cohen will be releasing Howards End themselves in the UK. Totally within their power but I've felt their partnerships with the UK labels have been very fruitful at producing the best versions of their titles and hope this doesn't mean that they'll be doing the same for the Rivette titles or even other Merchant Ivory restorations.
I didn't know Cohen can release in UK too like Criterion.
I was hoping someone else picks this up, because I really don't like their encoding.
Let alone the issues with Howards end (wrong gamma in the fixed disc).