Marguerite Duras
- rockysds
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Re: Marguerite Duras
Has any Swedes (or anyone else) picked up this release from Atlantic?
It is labeled as having Swedish, Danish (what I'll be fine with), Finnish and Norwegian subtitles, but is the release any good?
It is labeled as having Swedish, Danish (what I'll be fine with), Finnish and Norwegian subtitles, but is the release any good?
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- ola t
- They call us neo-cinephiles
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:51 am
- Location: Malmo, Sweden
Re: Marguerite Duras
I assume you mean India Song?
Yes, I got my copy yesterday. I've only had a brief glance at it on my computer so far. It seems watchable at least; bright scenes look good, dark scenes look... well, dark. My main gripe so far is that I don't think the aspect ratio's right -- it looks like it's open-matte. Tellingly, the end credits are hard-matted to something like 1.66:1, but the movie itself is shown at 1.33:1 with ample headroom in many shots. No special features whatsoever. The subtitle info you had was correct.
I've never tried to take screen captures with the software I've currently got, but I'll give it a shot.
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I've never tried to take screen captures with the software I've currently got, but I'll give it a shot.
- ola t
- They call us neo-cinephiles
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- rockysds
- Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 11:25 am
- Location: Denmark
Re: Marguerite Duras
Yeah, that was it. I did mean to attach this link, but apparently I'm an idiot.
Anyway, thanks for the screen captures. Watchable does seem to be the word.
Anyway, thanks for the screen captures. Watchable does seem to be the word.
- R0lf
- Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 7:25 am
Re: Marguerite Duras
I saw India Song theatrically last year and it was the same ratio as the DVD.
Are there any releases of India Song with English subtitles? Does the Canadian version have English subs?
Are there any releases of India Song with English subtitles? Does the Canadian version have English subs?
- R0lf
- Joined: Tue May 19, 2009 7:25 am
Re: Marguerite Duras
The soundtrack to Vera Baxter is driving me crazy!
- martin
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Re: Marguerite Duras
A 4-disc box set (DVD) has been released in France by INA. It contains the three feature films:
La femme du Gange (1974)
Des journées entières dans les arbres (1976)
Vera Baxter (1977)
+ a one hour documentary (plus even more supplements and a booklet. More specs here)
All three films are also being released separately. Unfortunately no English subs. Not even French subs if the specs are correct. I'd love to see an English friendly box set of Duras-films!
Edit: The box is cheaper at Amazon.es and Amazon.it at the moment (~28 Euro).
La femme du Gange (1974)
Des journées entières dans les arbres (1976)
Vera Baxter (1977)
+ a one hour documentary (plus even more supplements and a booklet. More specs here)
All three films are also being released separately. Unfortunately no English subs. Not even French subs if the specs are correct. I'd love to see an English friendly box set of Duras-films!
Edit: The box is cheaper at Amazon.es and Amazon.it at the moment (~28 Euro).
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- zedz
- Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:24 pm
Re: Marguerite Duras
I believe the majority of Duras' features are now available on French DVD (I also saw Le Camion, Agatha and India Song when I was in Paris recently) - but all without subs, so it's going to be up to some fearless US or UK label to translate them. As far as I know, blaq out's Nathalie Granger remains the only Duras available with English subs.
- Matt
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:58 pm
Re: Marguerite Duras
India Song has been showing on Mubi for a couple of weeks with English subs. There was a short note about restoration at the beginning. Has there been talk of a US release soon? This was the first chance I've ever had to see it and it was an extraordinary experience.
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Re: Marguerite Duras
Three restorations have been recently released (in France, at least):
- Le navire Night is a beautiful 2K, but it's only out on DVD (and on VOD platforms).
- Le camion is another beautiful 2K, out on a Gaumont blu-ray (French HoH subs).
- India Song is another 2K, but the Tamasa blu (no subs whatsoever) has a couple of issues.
The image restoration was done by Technicolor. It's a bit different color-wise than the Benoît Jacob DVD, but nothing too serious (curiously, the blu states "supervised by Bruno Nuytten", and the DVD thanks Nuytten for his personal involvement with the release), except for a shot in the middle of the night-time section of the film. What was before a slight lighting change, now it seems to turn into daytime, despite the shots before and after being at night.
Having seen the film several times on 35mm (the last time was at the FIDMarseille 2014, an English-subbed print), that shot never jumped at me the way it does on the blu.
The main problem however is a fade to black near the end that I don't recall ever seeing before (and it's not on the Benoît Jacob DVD). Maybe Technicolor found it weird that the film cuts straight to black (the next shot starts with a completely black screen, before the camera pans up). I don't have access right now to Marie-Claire Ropars-Wuilleumier shot-by-shot analysis of the film, but I don't think there's a mention of a fade, since all the cuts in the film are straight cuts.
The other issue of the blu is the sound, done by Diapason (I think). While the music and effects (birds and whatnot) sound "normally", on the dialogues the volume appears to rise from 0 at the beginning of each line and fade out at the end. It gives them a strange "copy and paste" feeling, not to mention making them sound kinda muffled and hard to understand.
- Le navire Night is a beautiful 2K, but it's only out on DVD (and on VOD platforms).
- Le camion is another beautiful 2K, out on a Gaumont blu-ray (French HoH subs).
- India Song is another 2K, but the Tamasa blu (no subs whatsoever) has a couple of issues.
The image restoration was done by Technicolor. It's a bit different color-wise than the Benoît Jacob DVD, but nothing too serious (curiously, the blu states "supervised by Bruno Nuytten", and the DVD thanks Nuytten for his personal involvement with the release), except for a shot in the middle of the night-time section of the film. What was before a slight lighting change, now it seems to turn into daytime, despite the shots before and after being at night.
Having seen the film several times on 35mm (the last time was at the FIDMarseille 2014, an English-subbed print), that shot never jumped at me the way it does on the blu.
The main problem however is a fade to black near the end that I don't recall ever seeing before (and it's not on the Benoît Jacob DVD). Maybe Technicolor found it weird that the film cuts straight to black (the next shot starts with a completely black screen, before the camera pans up). I don't have access right now to Marie-Claire Ropars-Wuilleumier shot-by-shot analysis of the film, but I don't think there's a mention of a fade, since all the cuts in the film are straight cuts.
The other issue of the blu is the sound, done by Diapason (I think). While the music and effects (birds and whatnot) sound "normally", on the dialogues the volume appears to rise from 0 at the beginning of each line and fade out at the end. It gives them a strange "copy and paste" feeling, not to mention making them sound kinda muffled and hard to understand.
- tenia
- Ask Me About My Bassoon
- Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:13 am
Re: Marguerite Duras
Thanks for the feedback.
About the soundtrack, I read that the abnormally low volume on the BD is absent from the DVD, making it look like it's an authoring issue specific to the BD. You might want to check that.
About the soundtrack, I read that the abnormally low volume on the BD is absent from the DVD, making it look like it's an authoring issue specific to the BD. You might want to check that.
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Re: Marguerite Duras
Oh, wow. I would never think of that. I'll take a look then.
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Re: Marguerite Duras
Now that India Song may end up being released by Criterion (it's a Janus title https://www.americancinematheque.com/no ... g-3-22-22/), let's hope that is a different restoration than the 2K by Technicolor, or at least they look into the issues I mentioned previously (for a comparison, you can check https://twitter.com/DasFP1/status/1508133433427603471)
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Re: Marguerite Duras
Upcoming in Gaumont´s MOD line:
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert, Marguerite Duras
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert, Marguerite Duras