Slovak Cinema DVD/Blu-ray

[perkypat]

Thanks, Michael, might give them a whirl. Just heard so many horror stories about extra charges, stuff being stuck at customs etc. A couple of small traders I occasionally buy stuff from in the EU have stopped selling to the UK. Still, blue passports, eh?

[feihong]

Night Riders looks stunningly beautiful on blu ray––rich grain, depth of field, a sharp, well-defined look, and really strong sounding sound (I don't pay that much attention to sound usually, but this one struck me as having very good sound mixing). I also picked up blu rays of A Fountain for Suzanne, which looks just as sharp and well-authored, and Perinbaba, which I think looks mostly really good. I can see the grain on display in the image, but there is a lot of soft-focus photography and some scenes of snow spray which look a little soft. All blu rays have English subtitles. I know Night Riders is a great movie, but Fountain for Suzanne and Perinbaba are blind buys for me. They look cool, and Juraj Jakubisko has not steered me wrong yet. So I'm looking forward to seeing these. But I know Night Riders is worth it. A very neat film.

[MichaelB]

I've yet to encounter a Slovak Film Institute release that wasn't fully bilingual in English and Slovak - subtitles, menu, booklet, you name it.

[TMDaines]

Thanks, Michael, might give them a whirl. Just heard so many horror stories about extra charges, stuff being stuck at customs etc. A couple of small traders I occasionally buy stuff from in the EU have stopped selling to the UK. Still, blue passports, eh?

The only benefit I can identify from Brexit is that you shouldn't get any customs charges on orders below £135 from anywhere in the world now. I've ordered a fair few things from the EU and the US. VAT for orders of goods under £135 is now intended to be collected at point-of-sale. VAT for orders of goods £135 or over is supposed to be at point-of-entry to the UK, but sites like Amazon and eBay are seemingly even collecting it for orders above that, so your packages will just sail through customs. Things are miles better than what they used to be.

The EU has also employed nearly identical rules with a 150 euro threshold.

This Blu-ray.com post summarises it: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... st19165172

I've always been happy to pay the tax, but it was the flat £8 handling fees that I was desperate to avoid. It seems we are now there, more or less.

[Calvin]

The SFI have told me that a Blu-Ray release for Eduard Grečner's Dragon's Return is 'coming soon!'

[swo17]

Nice!

[L.A.]

Their next Blu-ray is dedicated to Dušan Trančík, out in December.

Pripravujeme... Blu-ray DUŠAN TRANČÍK – KRÁTKE FILMY

Napriek tomu, že najpočetnejšiu vrstvu slovenskej kinematografie tvoria krátke filmy, často sa na nich zabúda. Prinášame preto výber z krátkometrážnej tvorby režiséra Dušana Trančíka, ktorý predstaví päť dokumentárnych a dva hrané digitálne reštaurované filmy z rokov 1968 až 1974. Spája ich nekonvenčný prístup k predkamerovej realite a nápaditá štylizácia. Taký je aj film Amulet (1974). Rozpráva o náročnej úlohe herca, ktorý má zobraziť smrť povstaleckého vojaka.

Blu-ray Dušan Trančík – krátke filmy nájdete v Klapka.sk a ďalších spriatelených predajniach od polovice decembra.

[djvaso]

Their next Blu-ray is dedicated to Dušan Trančík, out in December.

Pripravujeme... Blu-ray DUŠAN TRANČÍK – KRÁTKE FILMY

Napriek tomu, že najpočetnejšiu vrstvu slovenskej kinematografie tvoria krátke filmy, často sa na nich zabúda. Prinášame preto výber z krátkometrážnej tvorby režiséra Dušana Trančíka, ktorý predstaví päť dokumentárnych a dva hrané digitálne reštaurované filmy z rokov 1968 až 1974. Spája ich nekonvenčný prístup k predkamerovej realite a nápaditá štylizácia. Taký je aj film Amulet (1974). Rozpráva o náročnej úlohe herca, ktorý má zobraziť smrť povstaleckého vojaka.

Blu-ray Dušan Trančík – krátke filmy nájdete v Klapka.sk a ďalších spriatelených predajniach od polovice decembra.

http://www.klapka.sk/blu-ray/blu-ray-kr ... a-trancika

[L.A.]

New release!

DVD Jaroslava Havettová. Selected Works presents the work of the first lady of Slovak animated film – from her early beginnings up to the highly fruitful 1980s. The selection thus includes examples of various animation techniques and procedures, infused by a distinctive artistic handwriting; their thematic diversity always hides a remarkable message.

The disc contains digitally restored films The Song (1969), The Statue (1969), Until the Pitcher Is Broken at Last (1971), Contacts (1980), The Last Stone (1982), Heeelp! (1985), We We Like Hens (1986), Fate (1988) and the booklet.

Available at Klapka.sk.

[Klapka.sk]

Hi guys, a new blu-ray will be available for sale soon BR Slnko v sieti / BR The sun in a net

[ryannichols7]

wonderful!! that's an amazing movie. did it receive a new remaster?

[MichaelB]

Presumably the same disc that was in the box set from a few years ago.

But that looked fine, so I have no problem with that.

(Not least because I have it already!)

[L.A.]

Slnko v sieti / The Sun in a Net Blu-ray now listed. Fabulous.

[Klapka.sk]

wonderful!! that's an amazing movie. did it receive a new remaster?

hi Ryan, I think it´s the same release, but with with a few bonuses

[Klapka.sk]

Hi guys, new blu-ray realeses.

Third movie of Martin Šulík Záhrada/The Garden (1995) - thirty-year-old Jakub has long been unable to resolve his relationship whit the married Tereza, he is dissatisfied with his job, and he doesn´t get on with his father, with whom he lives in the same household. He therefore chooses to move to the countryside to his grandfather´s abandoned house surrounded by a large garden. From his grandfather´s notes he rediscovers simple things he had long forgotten - he learns how to scythe the grass, prune the trees, make slivovitz, bake bread. Whe he meets the mysterious Helena, it changes his life completely...

And the second new release is Blu-ray Dežo Hoffmann - Photographer of The Beatles (2022) - He was The Beatles officail photographer, he worked with the Rolling Stones nad other rock stars of the second half of the 20th century. This feature-lenght documentary about the globally acclaimed Slovak photographer, who until recently was almost forgotten, highlights the importance of Dežo Hoffmann´s influence onthe development of the world of photography - his originality, creativity and not as yet fully appreciated innovation, thanks to which his photographs have become and indelible part of the history of pop music.

available at Klapka.sk

števo

[djvaso]

New releases from SFU:
Prípad pre obhajcu (A Case for the Defence Attorney) (1964) by Martin Hollý


Organ (The Organ) (1965) by Štefan Uher

[TMDaines]

Maybe time to do another order for my birthday.

[Matt]

I tried ordering from them recently and couldn’t figure out how to pay. They sent me an email afterwards saying that the order went through but still required payment. I think we both just gave up on each other after a while. How is it supposed to work?

[TMDaines]

It was years since I last ordered, but it may have been the case that you order and they then send payment details in a separate e-mail..It is fairly common with Eastern European websites that you order, and are then contacted to make payment with a link to a payment provider in an e-mail.

[ryannichols7]

I want to do an order but I'm also telling myself I actually want to make the pilgrimage to Klapka's physical store in Bratislava in 2024. we very nearly did it this year! if we do I'm gonna budget to pick up most of the SFU discs in person

have any of us (besides klapka themselves) done so?

[swo17]

I last ordered two years ago, and yes, they send a separate email to receive payment. I'd like some of these new releases too and would be happy to head up a group buy if others are interested

[vertovfan]

I ordered the new releases a few days ago. Unlike with some previous orders, there was no separate email for payment and the only available payment option (other than paying in-person at the store) was via bank wire transfer. They provided the account details on the order confirmation page, and requested to include the order number and customer last name as a note with the payment. I paid via Wise (formerly Transferwise) and everything went smoothly. I didn’t receive a confirmation from Klapka, but when I emailed them to follow up, they replied very quickly that everything was on track and provided a postal tracking number.

[vertovfan]

I want to do an order but I'm also telling myself I actually want to make the pilgrimage to Klapka's physical store in Bratislava in 2024. we very nearly did it this year! if we do I'm gonna budget to pick up most of the SFU discs in person

have any of us (besides klapka themselves) done so?

I’ve never been to Slovakia, but I visited the Cinematheque of North Macedonia when I was in Skopje, and it was absolutely worth it.

[TMDaines]

Made a new order last night. One Czech Blu-ray I wanted was out of stock, but oh well. Birthday at beginning of February. Let's see if it gets here in time.

In related news, I have had no end of trouble returning damaged items from Amazon.de to their Slovakian return centre. Despite completeing all the customs forms accurately and attaching all the necessary Amazon-provided documents, everything bounces back to me from the Slovak border.

[TMDaines]

Oh man, three new discs released today.

Kristove roky (1967)
Boxer a smrť (1962)
Pieseň o sivom holubovi (1961)