This is a great package. I'd not watched the feature in a while, and revisiting it this way was quite a treat. This film takes a ton of risks.
A Loaf of Bread is a nice bonus. Some heavy Bresson riffing going on there. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I think it's quite a feat to use Bresson's style so exactly, and appropriately. These FAMU kids made a lot of interesting work.
45 / BD 18 Diamonds of the Night
- Bikey
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Re: 45 Diamonds of the Night
"Gorgeous restoration, plus Nemec's first short film, another Lustig adaptation, A Loaf of Bread, interviews with Lustig's daughter Eva Lustigova, and Peter Hames, and top-notch commentary by Michael Brooke."
Andrew Male reviews DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT in the latest Sight & Sound magazine
Andrew Male reviews DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT in the latest Sight & Sound magazine
- Bikey
- Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:09 am
Re: 45 Diamonds of the Night
"The film folds in on itself over and over, a series of recursions that emphasize the compound trauma of one of history’s greatest horrors. In that way, it’s the most accurate Holocaust film I’ve ever seen.[...]
The film looks exceptional, with superb levels of fine detail and image consistency....
why wait? Second Run’s gorgeous, region-free Blu-ray beckons."
Dusty Somers at World Cinema Paradise on our Blu-ray edition of Němec’s DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
The film looks exceptional, with superb levels of fine detail and image consistency....
why wait? Second Run’s gorgeous, region-free Blu-ray beckons."
Dusty Somers at World Cinema Paradise on our Blu-ray edition of Němec’s DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT
- Bikey
- Joined: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:09 am
Re: 45 / BD 18 Diamonds of the Night
Excellent news!!
Our DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT Blu-ray Special Edition just jointly won Best Single Release at Bologna's Cinema Ritrovato Awards !
Our DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT Blu-ray Special Edition just jointly won Best Single Release at Bologna's Cinema Ritrovato Awards !
- Gregory
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:07 pm
Re: 45 / BD 18 Diamonds of the Night
Very well deserved.