Ripley's Home Video
- Don Lope de Aguirre
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:39 pm
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Ripley's Home Video
Ripley's Home Video
Ripley's Film
One of the finest DVD houses on the planet with some breathtaking releases. About time they had their own thread...
Ripley's Film
One of the finest DVD houses on the planet with some breathtaking releases. About time they had their own thread...
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Looks like they have a Chris Marker 3-film set including Level Five, alas in French with Italian subtitles...
- otis
- Joined: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:43 am
Screen captures from their English-subbed La Terra trema here.
Review of Prima della rivoluzione (Before the Revolution) here.
For Italian speakers I'd recommend:
Roberto Rossellini box set:
Un Pilota ritorna
L'Uomo dalla croce
Desiderio
Mario Camerini/Vittorio De Sica box set:
Darò un milione
Ma non è una cosa seria!
Il Signor Max
I Grandi Magazzini
Gli Uomini, che mascalzoni...
Aldo Fabrizi box set:
Campo de' fiori
Signori, in carrozza!
Cose da pazzi
Hanno rubato un tram
Avanti c'è posto
They also have Rossellini's Giovanna D'Arco al rogo, De Sica's Teresa Venerdì and Resnais's La Guerre est finie (Italian subs only).
Review of Prima della rivoluzione (Before the Revolution) here.
For Italian speakers I'd recommend:
Roberto Rossellini box set:
Un Pilota ritorna
L'Uomo dalla croce
Desiderio
Mario Camerini/Vittorio De Sica box set:
Darò un milione
Ma non è una cosa seria!
Il Signor Max
I Grandi Magazzini
Gli Uomini, che mascalzoni...
Aldo Fabrizi box set:
Campo de' fiori
Signori, in carrozza!
Cose da pazzi
Hanno rubato un tram
Avanti c'è posto
They also have Rossellini's Giovanna D'Arco al rogo, De Sica's Teresa Venerdì and Resnais's La Guerre est finie (Italian subs only).
- Tommaso
- Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 10:09 am
I have posted about this some while ago in the Pasolini thread, but as RHV now gets its own thread, I must again recommend their 2-disc set of Pasolini's rare 1964 documentary "Sopralluoghi in Palestina" (where he looked for places to film "Il vangelo", but didn't find anything suitable). A fascinating glance at Israel and Palestina in the early 60s, imbued already with his deep interest in archaic lifestyles and religion that features so prominently in his (slightly) later works. Much more interesting than, say, "Comizi d'amore" or "La rabbia". The second disc has a 120 minute documentary on Pasolini from the late 90s, one of the best and most informative I've ever seen. And that whole set isn't expensive, and has optional english subs throughout.
- pro-bassoonist
- Joined: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:26 am
Pasolini Prossima Nostro
Posted the info at DVDTALK...the just released docu is English-friendly
Ciao,
Pro-B
Posted the info at DVDTALK...the just released docu is English-friendly
Ciao,
Pro-B
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- GringoTex
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:57 am
Other than taking a crash language course in Italy?SncDthMnky wrote:on a slightly related side note, I've been looking around to see what my best option would be in order to learn the Italian language. would anyone here have any suggestions?
- Lino
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Worthy of mention is their SE of Bava's Black Sunday, still the definitive DVD edition of that movie to date. And it features the original italian credits.
- Don Lope de Aguirre
- Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:39 pm
- Location: London
Currently in Rome and came across (and bought) the following RHV releases:
Il Cristo Proibito, Gelosia & Gli Sbandati.
Haven't heard of any of these before and there's very little info out there about these films (Gli Sbandati has a dvdtalk review) so it'll be very interesting indeed...
Il Cristo Proibito, Gelosia & Gli Sbandati.
Haven't heard of any of these before and there's very little info out there about these films (Gli Sbandati has a dvdtalk review) so it'll be very interesting indeed...
- Telstar
- Joined: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:35 pm
Hey Don Lope - How much are these titles going for in Rome these days? Maybe you could be persuaded to pick up an extra copy or two of Gli Sbandati and perhaps Il Cristo Proibito for possible future trades with forum members?Don Lope de Aguirre wrote:Currently in Rome and came across (and bought) the following RHV releases:
Il Cristo Proibito, Gelosia & Gli Sbandati.
Haven't heard of any of these before and there's very little info out there about these films (Gli Sbandati has a dvdtalk review) so it'll be very interesting indeed...
- Cash Flagg
- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:15 pm
Re: Ripley's Home Video
Does anyone know if the following titles have English subs? I emailed RHV, but didn't receive a reply.
Matteo
Geolosia
Quei Due...
La Signora di tutti
Matteo
Geolosia
Quei Due...
La Signora di tutti
- kinjitsu
- Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:39 pm
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Re: Ripley's Home Video
According to IBS:Cash Flagg wrote:Does anyone know if the following titles have English subs? I emailed RHV, but didn't receive a reply.
Matteo - Couldn't locate title (director?)
Geolosia - italiano per non udenti - inglese
Quei Due... - italiano per non udenti
La Signora di tutti - italiano per non udenti - inglese
- Don Lope de Aguirre
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Re: Ripley's Home Video
Have you seen Gelosia before or are you buying it based on Germi's reputation? I must warn you that it really is the most hackneyed nonesense...I was shocked...!
- sir karl
- Joined: Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:16 pm
Re: Ripley's Home Video
Since their fine (and english friendly) release of Visconti's La Terra trema last year, anyone knows what's the story behind Ossessione? Some retailers have listed the DVD (oop though), but on the RHV site there is no indication of a release whatsoever. Did it ever get a release at all?
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I don't think so. I think somebody posted a March 2008 release date somewhere on this forum, and I was keeping an eye peeled, but nothing turned up.sir karl wrote:Since their fine (and english friendly) release of Visconti's La Terra trema last year, anyone knows what's the story behind Ossessione? Some retailers have listed the DVD (oop though), but on the RHV site there is no indication of a release whatsoever. Did it ever get a release at all?
- Cash Flagg
- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:15 pm
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Thanks for the info. Too bad about Queu Due. Sorry, ignore "Matteo" - that was a mistakenly typed fragment of another title. Is http://www.dvd.it" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; my best bet for these titles?kinjitsu wrote:According to IBS:
Matteo - Couldn't locate title (director?)
Geolosia - italiano per non udenti - inglese
Quei Due... - italiano per non udenti
La Signora di tutti - italiano per non udenti - inglese
- tojoed
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:47 am
- Location: Cambridge, England
Re: Ripley's Home Video
Yes, or just as good are Videociak.Cash Flagg wrote:Thanks for the info. Too bad about Queu Due. Sorry, ignore "Matteo" - that was a mistakenly typed fragment of another title. Is http://www.dvd.it" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; my best bet for these titles?kinjitsu wrote:According to IBS:
Matteo - Couldn't locate title (director?)
Geolosia - italiano per non udenti - inglese
Quei Due... - italiano per non udenti
La Signora di tutti - italiano per non udenti - inglese
- Cash Flagg
- Joined: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:15 pm
Re: Ripley's Home Video
I ordered several of these from DVD.It on March 27th, and my order is still listed as "In Attesa". Is this delay normal for them?
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Re: Ripley's Home Video
rhv is changing distribution from sony to cecchi gori home video so some of their titles will be out of stock till july (and others till october) 2009
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What's going on with this label? The link at the top of the page no longer works. They have a Facebook page that hasn't been updated since July, and the Ripley.it site only seems to cover their theatrical distribution of recent movies. Is the classic DVD line now defunct?
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Perkins Cobb wrote:What's going on with this label? The link at the top of the page no longer works. They have a Facebook page that hasn't been updated since July, and the Ripley.it site only seems to cover their theatrical distribution of recent movies. Is the classic DVD line now defunct?
they're back even if their site vanished in the last month, they're releasing again some of their best titles (rossellini, wenders, herzog, leone, borowczyk, blasetti) as most of them went out of print on summer, they told me some brand new titles are coming soon, hope their site will be up again, we'll see
- jsteffe
- Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:00 am
- Location: Atlanta, GA
Re: Ripley's Home Video
One internet retailer has a forthcoming RVH release of Visconti's Ossessione listed on their website. Cecchi Gori is listed as the distributor, but if you look at the cover it has Ripley's logo on it. Let's hope it has English subtitles!
I finally (!) watched their editions of La Terra Trema and La Signora di Tutti and can't believe how good the transfers are!
I finally (!) watched their editions of La Terra Trema and La Signora di Tutti and can't believe how good the transfers are!
- jsteffe
- Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:00 am
- Location: Atlanta, GA
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To tell the truth, it was your recommendation on another thread that spurred me to buy it.david hare wrote:Isn't the Ophuls a knockout! And such a masterpiece. This is almost HD quality, and its a 3.5 gig file!
Yes--I was really taken with the film as a whole, a prime example of melodrama if there ever was one. Already you can see many of Ophuls' signature touches, from the numerous tracking shots to a striking, lengthy superimposition/dissolve.
I had forgotten about the relatively small file size, which demonstrates the value of careful encoding. And I also love the disc's filmlike rendering of contrast and detail. This is an essential purchase.
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In 2008 RHV also released its first Blu-ray, A Fistful of Dollars.
Released yesterday.jsteffe wrote:One internet retailer has a forthcoming RVH release of Visconti's Ossessione
- tojoed
- Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:47 am
- Location: Cambridge, England
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I've checked a few Italian sites recently and they all show "Italian for the deaf" only. It would be a shame if there aren't English subs because RHV are probably the best DVD company in the world. Signora di Tutti and Before the Revolution to name just two.jsteffe wrote:One internet retailer has a forthcoming RVH release of Visconti's Ossessione listed on their website. Cecchi Gori is listed as the distributor, but if you look at the cover it has Ripley's logo on it. Let's hope it has English subtitles!