French DVD & Blu-ray Recommendations

[Stefan Andersson]

Yasuzo Masumura upcoming from La Rabbia/The Jokers in November:
La bête aveugle, Passion, Femme de champion, Confessions d'une épouse, L'école militaire de Nakano
Source: https://www.bekindreview.fr/forum/blura ... 3-165.html - Aug. 7 post

Titles not up yet at https://thejokers-shop.com/

[Stefan Andersson]

Lumiere 2024 festival -- detailed film pages now online.
Lumière Classics:
https://www.festival-lumiere.org/progra ... ssics.html
Film pages include notes about upcoming theatrical and video releases in France of Pension Mimosas, Four Nights of a Dreamer, Pêcheur d´islande, Pépe le Moko, Viridiana, Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (Masumura) and others.

Three restored Masumura films, upcoming from Jokers Films, France on dvd/blu:
https://www.festival-lumiere.org/progra ... gonie.html

[andyli]

Links of five Mashmura blu-ray releases already up on Amazon.fr. All are from The Jokers with 4K restored transfers.

[Stefan Andersson]

Le Choix des armes, Corneau, w/ Montand, Depardieu, Deneuve on Blu:
https://digitalcine.fr/4k-bluray-dvd/te ... more-81595
French subs only.

[Stefan Andersson]

La Grande Bouffe, 4 K:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... collector/

Pink String and Sealing Wax:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

Round Midnight 4K Blu:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... t-blu-ray/

Death of a Bureaucrat 4K:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

La Ultima Cena 2K:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

[Stefan Andersson]

Upcoming from Les Acacias - restorations of Sans lendemain, Le Plaisir, Madame de, and de Bosio´s La Terrorista w/ Volonté:
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/films/reeditions/

[Calvin]

Upcoming from Les Acacias - restorations of Sans lendemain, Le Plaisir, Madame de, and de Bosio´s La Terrorista w/ Volonté:
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/films/reeditions/

I don't think there's anything to say they will be newer restorations than those already available?

[Stefan Andersson]

Upcoming from Les Acacias - restorations of Sans lendemain, Le Plaisir, Madame de, and de Bosio´s La Terrorista w/ Volonté:
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/films/reeditions/

I don't think there's anything to say they will be newer restorations than those already available?

My guesses:
News of newer restorations would have been out by now. Sans lendemain is probably the same as the 2K release from Kino Lorber. Sans lendemain is out in France on Blu from Gaumont along with Le Plaisir, Madame de, De Mayerling à Sarajevo and Yoshiwara. Can´t imagine Gaumont giving home video rights to Les Acacias. So maybe Les Acacias is doing a DCP theatrical re-release only. If so, my post was premature.

The Potemkine web store has a handy list of French Ophuls releases:
https://store.potemkine.fr/dvd/36074832 ... ax-ophuls/

Update: Here is the trailer:
https://vimeopro.com/furyprod/bandes-an ... 1017465469
Seems Acacias and Gaumont have teamed up for theatrical re-releases. No mention of 4K restorations.

[Aunt Peg]

Terence Davies last film Benediction (2021) has been released in France on a DVD/Blu Ray combo (since August).

Needles to say the pictures quality is exquisite.

Whilst there is no menu option to turn the French subtitles off I could remove them via my remote control and could also push them out of the frame on my Panasonic 4K player. However, on my Region A locked player whilst I could play the film I couldn't remove the subtitles by either method (much older Sony player).

[Stefan Andersson]

La vie à l´envers, Jessua, French subs:
https://homepopcorn.fr/test-blu-ray-la- ... more-68546

[Stefan Andersson]

Bunuel´s El on French blu:
https://testsbluray.com/2024/11/12/test-blu-ray-el/

[Stefan Andersson]

Lobster Films is now FPA Classics:
https://www.fpaclassics.com/catalogue
https://www.facebook.com/FPAClassics/
No online boutique.
Discussion in French about whether FPA will release films on physical media like Lobster did:
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... &start=750

[pistolwink]

I assume this is a reference to David Shepard's Film Preservation Associates, which Lobster was closely tied to. Also seems like they've made a move to another location in the 11e, unless Lobster had made that move prior.

[Stefan Andersson]

Hiventy is now part of TransPerfect Media:
https://www.transperfect.com/ - see under Family of Companies
https://www.hiventy.com/