Recent Film Restorations
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Bayan Ko isn't a well known movie in France, but rather a very rare one. It is however Le chat qui fume's current policy to try and do UHD for anything they can.
You mention Arrow, I suppose you talk about America as Seen by a Frenchman. The blu-ray.com's review states the booklet details : "The master was prepared in High Definition by Les Films du Jeudi and delivered to Arrow Films." Since the Cannes Classics line-up states "Presented by Les Films du jeudi. Restoration carried out at Hiventy: 4K scan – 2K restoration from the original negatives.", I suppose this is the same restoration used by Arrow.
You mention Arrow, I suppose you talk about America as Seen by a Frenchman. The blu-ray.com's review states the booklet details : "The master was prepared in High Definition by Les Films du Jeudi and delivered to Arrow Films." Since the Cannes Classics line-up states "Presented by Les Films du jeudi. Restoration carried out at Hiventy: 4K scan – 2K restoration from the original negatives.", I suppose this is the same restoration used by Arrow.
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Tenia,
I was wondering how English-friendly is the Lumiere festival? Ive fancied going for a while, but I dont think my French is up to 3 or 4 subtitled films a day.
I was wondering how English-friendly is the Lumiere festival? Ive fancied going for a while, but I dont think my French is up to 3 or 4 subtitled films a day.
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Re: Recent Film Restorations
Restoration trailer for The Upthrown Stone.
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Venice Classics 2020 lineup, showing at Il Cinema Ritrovato:
CRONACA DI UN AMORE (CHRONICLE OF A LOVE)
by Michelangelo ANTONIONI (Italy, 1950, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca di Bologna
CLAUDINE
by John BERRY (USA, 1974, colour)
restored by: Twentieth Century Studios / Disney
DEN MUSO (THE YOUNG GIRL)
by Souleymane CISSÉ (Mali, 1975, colour)
restored by: Cinémathèque française
UTÓSZEZON (LATE SEASON)
by Zoltán FÁBRI (Hungary, 1966, B/W)
restored by: Hungarian National Film Archive
SEDOTTA E ABBANDONATA (SEDUCED AND ABANDONED)
by Pietro GERMI (Italy, 1964, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca di Bologna
LA ÚLTIMA CENA (THE LAST SUPPER)
by Tomás GUTIÉRREZ ALEA (Cuba, 1976, colour)
restored by: Cineteca di Cuba
FUKUSHÛ SURU WA WARE NI ARI (VENGEANCE IS MINE)
by Shôhei IMAMURA (Japan, 1979, colour)
restored by: Shochiku
MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (THE RICKSHAW MAN)
by Hiroshi INAGAKI (Japan, 1943, B/W)
restored by: Film Foundation/Kadokawa
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
by Fritz LANG (USA, 1937, B/W)
restored by: StudioCanal
SERPICO
by Sidney LUMET (USA, 1973, colour)
restored by: StudioCanal
LE CERCLE ROUGE
by Jean-Pierre MELVILLE (France, 1970, colour)
restored by: StudioCanal
NEOKONCHENNAYA PYESA DLYA MEKHANICHESKOGO PIANINO (UNFINISHED PIECE FOR THE PLAYER PIANO)
by Nikita MIKHALKOV (Soviet Union, 1976, colour)
restored by: Mosfilm
GOODFELLAS
by Martin SCORSESE (USA, 1990, colour)
restored by: Warner Bros.
More titles will be added later, according to Alberto Barbera.
https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/rest ... al-bologna
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... hem-before
CRONACA DI UN AMORE (CHRONICLE OF A LOVE)
by Michelangelo ANTONIONI (Italy, 1950, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca di Bologna
CLAUDINE
by John BERRY (USA, 1974, colour)
restored by: Twentieth Century Studios / Disney
DEN MUSO (THE YOUNG GIRL)
by Souleymane CISSÉ (Mali, 1975, colour)
restored by: Cinémathèque française
UTÓSZEZON (LATE SEASON)
by Zoltán FÁBRI (Hungary, 1966, B/W)
restored by: Hungarian National Film Archive
SEDOTTA E ABBANDONATA (SEDUCED AND ABANDONED)
by Pietro GERMI (Italy, 1964, B/W)
restored by: Cineteca di Bologna
LA ÚLTIMA CENA (THE LAST SUPPER)
by Tomás GUTIÉRREZ ALEA (Cuba, 1976, colour)
restored by: Cineteca di Cuba
FUKUSHÛ SURU WA WARE NI ARI (VENGEANCE IS MINE)
by Shôhei IMAMURA (Japan, 1979, colour)
restored by: Shochiku
MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (THE RICKSHAW MAN)
by Hiroshi INAGAKI (Japan, 1943, B/W)
restored by: Film Foundation/Kadokawa
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
by Fritz LANG (USA, 1937, B/W)
restored by: StudioCanal
SERPICO
by Sidney LUMET (USA, 1973, colour)
restored by: StudioCanal
LE CERCLE ROUGE
by Jean-Pierre MELVILLE (France, 1970, colour)
restored by: StudioCanal
NEOKONCHENNAYA PYESA DLYA MEKHANICHESKOGO PIANINO (UNFINISHED PIECE FOR THE PLAYER PIANO)
by Nikita MIKHALKOV (Soviet Union, 1976, colour)
restored by: Mosfilm
GOODFELLAS
by Martin SCORSESE (USA, 1990, colour)
restored by: Warner Bros.
More titles will be added later, according to Alberto Barbera.
https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/rest ... al-bologna
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... hem-before
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Lattuada´s Guendalina and Dolci inganni have been restored (the Cinematheque Francaise showed both films in 2019), and are now up for a French theatrical re-release through Les Acacias:
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/wp-content ... ttuada.pdf
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/film/guendalina/
https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1373.html
Dolci inganni had censor trouble in Italy. More info here:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolci_inganni
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/wp-content ... ttuada.pdf
https://www.acaciasfilms.com/film/guendalina/
https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1373.html
Dolci inganni had censor trouble in Italy. More info here:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolci_inganni
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Recovered and restored at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020:
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... rati-2020/
Includes a re-edit of Gomorra, La traversée de Paris, Gaumont chronochromes, Tap Roots (1948), I Cento Cavalieri (Cottafavi, 1964), Tih Minh, The Misfits, Spider´s Stratagem,
4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio, La femme et le pantin (Baroncelli, 1928) and more.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... rati-2020/
Includes a re-edit of Gomorra, La traversée de Paris, Gaumont chronochromes, Tap Roots (1948), I Cento Cavalieri (Cottafavi, 1964), Tih Minh, The Misfits, Spider´s Stratagem,
4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio, La femme et le pantin (Baroncelli, 1928) and more.
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You didn't mention Grémillon's L'étrange Monsieur VictorStefan Andersson wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:27 pmRecovered and restored at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020:
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... rati-2020/
Includes a re-edit of Gomorra, La traversée de Paris, Gaumont chronochromes, Tap Roots (1948), I Cento Cavalieri (Cottafavi, 1964), Tih Minh, The Misfits, Spider´s Stratagem,
4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio, La femme et le pantin (Baroncelli, 1928) and more.
Comment peux-tu vivre avec toi-même ?
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NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:51 pmYou didn't mention Grémillon's L'étrange Monsieur VictorStefan Andersson wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:27 pmRecovered and restored at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020:
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... rati-2020/
Includes a re-edit of Gomorra, La traversée de Paris, Gaumont chronochromes, Tap Roots (1948), I Cento Cavalieri (Cottafavi, 1964), Tih Minh, The Misfits, Spider´s Stratagem,
4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio, La femme et le pantin (Baroncelli, 1928) and more.
Comment peux-tu vivre avec toi-même ?
Oops... an oversight on my part, no slight on M. Grémillon intended. Mes excuses profondes!
I have now scanned the full catalogue. Page 355 carries an announcement of a 2-dvd edition from Cinemateca Bologna of four Augusto Genina films: Addio giovinezza! (two versions, 1918, 1927),
La maschera e il volto (1919) and Prix de beauté (1930).
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Also on that list: California Split. Might we finally see Indicator's release announced later this year?
- tenia
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Whoops, missed that.perkypat wrote:Tenia,
I was wondering how English-friendly is the Lumiere festival? Ive fancied going for a while, but I dont think my French is up to 3 or 4 subtitled films a day.
It isnt very English friendly. However, the program, once published, states quite accurately the few movies subtitled in English, and there can be several English speaking movies, though you'll have to deal with French subs.
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Kiarostami On the Road Again @ Cinema Ritrovato comprises three short films from his Kanoon days, newly 'Restored in 2020 by MK2 at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory'... Likely would form a standalone Blu Ray release for Criterion and/or MK2, I would guess - what a wonderful package that would be...
The three short films presented in this edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato all feature cars and traffic, although they were shot while Kiarostami worked for the Kanoon, the Institute for the intellectual developement of children and young adults, where he was supposed to make educational films. They were made during the years of the Iranian Revolution, when almost no film could be shot. In 1978, the young director escaped from the tensions of the city with only one cameraman, one soundman, a non-actor and a tyre (long before Quentin Dupieux). Together, they shoot Rah-e hall-e yek, an extraordinary silent odyssey, only through the grace of the frames, the light, the editing and the score. In 1981, Be tartib ya bedun-e tartib, based on the either/or principle, a trope frequently explored in his cinema, first appears to be a simple demonstration of the virtue of order, in a school as in the city traffic. But soon, the viewer realises there is a film in the film and taking control over the traffic is just as difficult as trying to master reality in order to make a film. Two years later, in 1983, after witnessing the scene in the streets of Tehran, Kiarostami decides to use some outdated 16 mm negatives to film the procession of countless motorists passing in front of one single man: an officer assigned to block the road, sacrificed to their constant pressure. Hamshahri, among his least well-known films, is a fascinating document of power struggle in post-revolutionary Iran. In these early unique road movies, Abbas Kiarostami proved his ability to make cinema with almost no means, to transform the apparent purpose of the project by adjusting to reality and constantly celebrating movement as the quintessence of life and cinema.
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Lobster Film, with an assist from Argentinian historian Richard Peña, has identified the original version of Keaton´s The Blacksmith. The version that has until now been regarded as an original version, was in fact a preview version, rejected after a disastrous screening, then partially re-shot and shortened. Details: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... lacksmith/
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Not that it isn't valuable to have this information available again in this new context, but the situation regarding the two extant versions was resolved five years ago. The key was John Bengtson, master location scout, determining that the unique footage found in the recently discovered version was shot several months after the initial footage was shot due to changes in the background landscape. This strongly suggested the recently discovered version was meant to supplant the version Keaton fans were familiar with.Stefan Andersson wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:53 pmLobster Film, with an assist from Argentinian historian Richard Peña, has identified the original version of Keaton´s The Blacksmith. The version that has until now been regarded as an original version, was in fact a preview version, rejected after a disastrous screening, then partially re-shot and shortened. Details: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... lacksmith/
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Many thanks for your additional info, Roger! Good to know more about John Bengtson´s research contribution.Roger Ryan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:24 pmNot that it isn't valuable to have this information available again in this new context, but the situation regarding the two extant versions was resolved five years ago. The key was John Bengtson, master location scout, determining that the unique footage found in the recently discovered version was shot several months after the initial footage was shot due to changes in the background landscape. This strongly suggested the recently discovered version was meant to supplant the version Keaton fans were familiar with.Stefan Andersson wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:53 pmLobster Film, with an assist from Argentinian historian Richard Peña, has identified the original version of Keaton´s The Blacksmith. The version that has until now been regarded as an original version, was in fact a preview version, rejected after a disastrous screening, then partially re-shot and shortened. Details: https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... lacksmith/
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Thanks for the information, not surprising.tenia wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:38 pmWhoops, missed that.perkypat wrote:Tenia,
I was wondering how English-friendly is the Lumiere festival? Ive fancied going for a while, but I dont think my French is up to 3 or 4 subtitled films a day.
It isnt very English friendly. However, the program, once published, states quite accurately the few movies subtitled in English, and there can be several English speaking movies, though you'll have to deal with French subs.
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The Phillipines' top broadcaster ABS-CBN has been forced to shut down in a move certainly related to its clashes with President Duterte and, as a result, the film restoration unit is no more which "means that the almost decade-long effort to salvage Filipino films will end and no one yet knows what will happen to the archive of some 3,000 films housed in the network’s buildings."
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I still recommend to have a look at the final program once published. If you can deal with French subs, there might be several English-speaking movies. I remember, for instance, seeing Moonrise there. There can also be several silent movies, which might have English intertitles (or French intertitles with English subs). It's quite variable, and obviously is rather French oriented, but because of how many movies can be shown there, there might be enough to fill a few days worth of watching.perkypat wrote:Thanks for the information, not surprising.tenia wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:38 pmWhoops, missed that.perkypat wrote:Tenia,
I was wondering how English-friendly is the Lumiere festival? Ive fancied going for a while, but I dont think my French is up to 3 or 4 subtitled films a day.
It isnt very English friendly. However, the program, once published, states quite accurately the few movies subtitled in English, and there can be several English speaking movies, though you'll have to deal with French subs.
This being written, it often sells out quickly tons of showing, and this year's pandemic might result in an extra limitation in ticket sales to ensure physical distancing between viewers, so who knows how this will sell this year.
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The 2020 Locarno Film Festival launches a Heritage Online project, a VOD platform for restored classics. This year´s lineup includes Traveller (1982, written by Neil Jordan), The Place Without Limits(1977) and five other Ripstein titles, Miss Hanafi (Egypt, 1954), In the White City (Tanner), Bostonians (Ivory), College and Go West (Cineteca restos) and Nanni Moretti´s Bianca (1984):
https://variety.com/2020/film/global/lo ... 234729578/
https://www.locarnofestival.ch/HeritageOnline
https://variety.com/2020/film/global/lo ... 234729578/
https://www.locarnofestival.ch/HeritageOnline
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The Playlist has an article about Paulo Rocha’s restored debut The Green Years (1963).
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Paulo Rocha´s restored Change of Life (1966) and The Green Years (1963) at the Lincoln Center Virtual Cinema:
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/change-of-life/
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-green-years/
Grasshopper Film logo on both trailers.
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/change-of-life/
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-green-years/
Grasshopper Film logo on both trailers.
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Restorations at this year´s NYFF:
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/daily ... -festival/
Includes Tarr´s Damnation, Flowers of Shanghai, William Klein´s Muhammad Ali docu (1974), a docu on James Baldwin (1971), Simone Barbes ou la Vertu (1980), Smooth Talk and Xiao Wu.
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/daily ... -festival/
Includes Tarr´s Damnation, Flowers of Shanghai, William Klein´s Muhammad Ali docu (1974), a docu on James Baldwin (1971), Simone Barbes ou la Vertu (1980), Smooth Talk and Xiao Wu.
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Martin Scorsese speaks about The Film Foundation´s 30th anniversary in a video (scroll down):
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... d-new-york
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... d-new-york
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Not a recent restoration but a forthcoming project by an unnamed major studio for a very very rare Cornell Woolrich film is being restored which Eddie Muller is not allowed to name during a recent ASK EDDIE video segment.
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I wonder if it's Children of the Ritz, based on Woolrich's second jazz age novel. In the clip, Muller says it was "a missing film for years, and years, and years." According to Wikipedia, the 1929 Vitaphone film is considered lost.Ovader wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:53 pmNot a recent restoration but a forthcoming project by an unnamed major studio for a very very rare Cornell Woolrich film is being restored which Eddie Muller is not allowed to name during a recent ASK EDDIE video segment.
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I would bet money it’s not an actual lost film and Muller just means it was never released on DVD &c. I’ve heard him describe films already circulating from TV rips as “lost” before