Chris Marker on DVD

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#176 Post by swo17 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:24 pm

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marker's birth with 50% off the Icarus releases of his films using the code
bonus points if you can guess itShow
CAT100
Sale goes through the end of the month. I highly recommend The Owl's Legacy and the Medvedkin double feature!

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#177 Post by knives » Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:46 pm

I recommend all of them. Also my guess was Guillaume

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#178 Post by swo17 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:59 pm

Well sure, I recommend them all as well, but which ones do you highly recommend?

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#179 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:11 pm

swo17 wrote:
Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:24 pm
I highly recommend The Owl's Legacy
Is the blu-ray option listed on their site real? On a cursory search it's only listed as DVD on Amazon, blu-ray.com, etc. I can't find mention of a blu-ray in existence

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#180 Post by swo17 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:20 pm

Yes, I have it though it is a BD-R

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#181 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:21 pm

swo17 wrote:
Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:20 pm
Yes, I have it though it is a BD-R
Thanks for confirming- are their DVDs also DVD-Rs?

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#182 Post by swo17 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:25 pm

I think it's hit or miss, like their initial runs were pressed but you'll get a DVD-R if those have run out. Also, here is some good discussion of the Owl's Legacy Blu-ray, which is preferable to the DVD if only because it fixes a subtitle issue

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#183 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:28 pm

Thanks!

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#184 Post by therewillbeblus » Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:36 pm

Is anyone else having a problem purchasing more than one of these DVDs at a time? Every time I add one to my cart, the last one disappears, and going to checkout only allows me to purchase the last one added- However, if I go and add another copy of the one now-missing, it'll show up as me ordering two copies of it. So the site is recording my entries but splitting my carts in two or something

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#185 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:55 am

I was having a similar problem. I eventually got everything I wanted in the cart at the same time, but the code wouldn't apply to the On Strike! DVD, so I sent an email to ask about it and am waiting to hear back

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#186 Post by dadaistnun » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:54 am

I noticed that about On Strike last night as well. Just checked and the code is working for it now.

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#187 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:27 am

Nice, thanks for the tip. I was able to get the cart thing to work by hitting "continue shopping" before searching for each new item. Shipping was...not cheap, but the deal was still worth it

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#188 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:27 pm

I've been trying the "continue shopping" thing from the beginning, and still no luck (I'm just trying to get The Owl's Legacy and A Grin Without a Cat)- honestly it looks like they may be cheaper on Amazon even without super expensive shipping, but I'd like to support the company if they could just fix whatever this error is

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#189 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:28 pm

Try emailing Ian@icarusfilms.com

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#190 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:30 pm

swo17 wrote:
Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:28 pm
Try emailing Ian@icarusfilms.com
Thanks, I had sent one to orders@icarusfilms.com last night and no response yet- I'll try Ian

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#191 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:38 pm

I got a response from Ian this morning about the On Strike issue, shortly after dadaistnun's post

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#192 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:55 pm

swo17 wrote:
Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:38 pm
I got a response from Ian this morning about the On Strike issue, shortly after dadaistnun's post
Thanks for the tip, Ian was incredibly helpful- we had to do it over the phone but he was super nice and flexible around logistics

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#193 Post by swo17 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:19 pm

Glad to hear it. Did you get a confirmation email? Because I didn't

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#194 Post by therewillbeblus » Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:34 pm

swo17 wrote:
Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:19 pm
Glad to hear it. Did you get a confirmation email? Because I didn't
No, but Ian said the guy who does the billing isn't in today and will be tomorrow so maybe that's why? He also said that he's accessible by email so I'm sure you can reach out with any questions. Very flexible guy and one of my better customer service experiences ever

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#195 Post by Grand Wazoo » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Has anyone who ordered a Marker dvd received a shipping notice?

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#196 Post by swo17 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:24 pm

Not me

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#197 Post by therewillbeblus » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:45 pm

Nope- I also got the impression that it'd be slow to ship by the flexibility informally offered around the deal's time parameters during my phone call

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#198 Post by dadaistnun » Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:54 am

My package arrived today; did not get a shipping notice. Shipped from a fulfillment center in Georgia, btw, not Brooklyn in case anyone is factoring in location to delivery time. (I'm in upstate NY.)

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#199 Post by swo17 » Wed Aug 18, 2021 11:20 pm

My shipment actually arrived on the 7th (to an old address, which is why I didn't know until now). The five titles I ordered all included pressed discs, though Le Joli Mai did not include the advertised booklet

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Re: Chris Marker on DVD

#200 Post by lzx » Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:32 pm

Swift wrote:
Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:26 pm
Does anybody know who does the English narration on Letter from Siberia? A quick google seems to suggest that it's never been revealed/widely known.
Super belated answer, but the 1982 NYFF program notes credit the English voice actors as Catherine Le Couey and Henri Pichette. No idea if it's the same Henri Pichette as the author of Les Épiphanies, though I must say I very much enjoyed his performance and find it more effective than Georges Rouquier's, especially during the Yakutsk sequence. (I couldn't find any evidence that Pichette also did the English narration for Sunday in Peking, though the two voices certainly sound similar!)

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