New Australian DVD and BD Releases

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Magna will be releasing the 1972 TV film of War and Peace on August 16.
Does anybody know the runtime of this film? IMDb doesn't have it listed. Is it shorter/longer than Bondarchuk's version?

It's the BBC TV series from 1972, which is on IMDb. It runs 892 minutes.

[Solaris]

Sorry, what I meant was IMDb doesn't have a time listed.
892 makes it over double the runtime of the Bondarchuk version!

[ChrisW]

Hi David. Actually neither of those titles have been released by Umbrella. Ma Mere was released under "Madman Films", while Time of the Wolf was released under Madman's "Directors Suite" label.

[ChrisW]

I got someone to look into the "Ma Mere" problem you mention, but we were unable to replicate the fault - the audio was in synch. Was it the whole movie or just one part? Perhaps it's a player problem with that disc.

[ChrisW]

No, it looks like there is a problem. I've just been informed that the audio is 4-6 PAL frames out of synch (approx 1/4 of a second). Thanks for noticing the fault.

[Solaris]

August 09 - The Passenger - Sony

August 16 - The Exterminating Angel!!! - AV Channel
- Grizzly Man - AV Channel
- Paris, Texas (reissue) - AV Channel

Exterminating Angel includes:
Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin, film scholar and editor of Rouge Magazine
An essay by Dr Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz, author of Buñuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema and Associate Director of the Film Studies Program, University of Boulder, Co, USA

Also, http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/787956, anyone know which version this is? I suspect it is the 1997 remake.[/b]

[ChrisW]

Also, http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/787956, anyone know which version this is? I suspect it is the 1997 remake.

Yup, it's the 1997 remake.

[Gordon]

Exterminating Angel includes:
Audio Commentary by Adrian Martin, film scholar and editor of Rouge Magazine
An essay by Dr Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz, author of Buñuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema and Associate Director of the Film Studies Program, University of Boulder, Co, USA

Nice! In wonder if the upcoming UK edition from Arrow Films will be the same?

[Solaris]

Also, http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/787956, anyone know which version this is? I suspect it is the 1997 remake.

Yup, it's the 1997 remake.

Fox released this twice in R4. I think the extras were the same, but the transfer was superior on the second release. What extras can we expect from this release?

[devlinnn]

Just a heads up for the local guys and girls. With the MGM catalogue reverting back yet again to Fox, it might be the time to pick up various titles you have been putting on the back burner (according to sources titles are already going oop). While Sony have been slow on new releases, they have been cheap with the MGM titles ($10-$20). No idea what Fox may do, but when they previously had the MGM stuff, prices were $25-$35, and to this day 90% of their back catalogue has a RRP of $23 (not counting the occasional promotion).

[King of Kong]

So what's the scoop on the R4 Haneke's Code Unknown DVD? I saw it the other night and quite enjoyed it.

[marty]

R4 Code Unknown is distributed by Accent and I believe they used the same source master from MK2 that the UK distributor must have used.

[devlinnn]

Three viewings of The Merry Widow last Sunday to recover from all the Eddy duets has cast the dreamy spell (and I've come around to believing it is superior to Love Me Tonight in so many ways.)

MC - 'You're the freshest Fifi I've ever met.'
JM - 'But a nice Fifi.'
MC - 'How nice?'
JM - 'Mmmmm not too nice.'
MC - 'Your right eye says yes. Your left eye says no. Fifi - your cock-eyed!'

[King of Kong]

Can't seem to track down Code Unknown in stores. Has Veronique been released yet? I can't seem to find that either - I guess I'll have to wait a month or two for an "official" NZ release or order online.

Code Unknown is a film that begs to be seen again. I found the style reminscent of Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise - "long take = single scene then fade to black". The story was all over the place though - need a few more viewings to make sense of it, I guess, so a DVD would be nice.

[Solaris]

Anyone know the quality of this disc? http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228117

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Anyone know the quality of this disc? http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228117

Based on what I've seen of RBC's DVDs it's probably a port of the Alpha R1 disc. Probably crap.

[devlinnn]

What the hell is going on with Warner down here? Do they have any clue? The upcoming John Wayne box in August will include the following titles - The Sea Chase, Blood Alley, The Train Robbers, McQ, Chisum and The Three Godfathers. Gob-smacking idiocy in comparison to what is being released elsewhere by Warner.

[daniel p]

Stuck to the furniture. (like a new gay bar I recently visited.)

ewwww.....

of topic, has anyone seen The Bicycle Thief yet? R4 release I mean of course...

[Solaris]

Extras for upcoming Umbrella releases -
Fellini's Magic includes "Mysterious Journey of Fellini" and "Cinema Forever: Short Documentary"
Intervista includes a 52 min documentary
Kieslowski Collection includes The Scar, Camera Bluff, Blind Chance, No End and I'm So So with Interviews and Documentaries directed by Kieslowski.
Werner Herzog - Documentaries And Shorts: 1962-1999 includes:
The Flying Doctors Of East Africa
La Soufriere
How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck
Woodabe, Herdsmen Of The Sun
Herakles
Fata Morgana
God´s Angry Man
I Am My Films- Ballad Of The
Little Soldier
Lessons Of Darkness
Portrait Of Werner Herzog

[wbumble]

whoops - I had queried Solaris' Herzog listing (seemed very short), but then saw the ezydvd.com.au listing, 6 discs, 900 mins - looks like a port of the original box, so they've just neglected to list everything.. we should be right m8! Who distributes 'Shock' label?

from ezydvd.com.au

Code: Select all

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/788151

One of the most eccentric fi gures in the New German Cinema, Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man) has been characterized as the “romantic visionaryâ€

[Solaris]

Yes, ezydvd was my source as Shock's website lists absolutely nothing. 900 mins is 15 hours, that's a lot of Herzog.

[Geoff]

Yes, ezydvd was my source as Shock's website lists absolutely nothing. 900 mins is 15 hours, that's a lot of Herzog.

DevotedDVD has the Herzog boxset for only $125 delivered (within Australia).

[devlinnn]

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but below-par Paul Cox is still Paul Cox. Human Touch is out next month through Dendy via Magna Pacific. The mini-masterpieces still remain under dusty locks and rusty keys.

[daniel p]

Anyone checked out the recent Kurosawa releases from AV Channel yet?
High and Low and Drunken Angel.
Wondering how the pq is.

[Solaris]

Some more upcoming releases -

September 06 -
The Elephant Man Special Edition
Viridiana Director's Suite
Wings of Desire Director's Suite

October 10 -
La Commare Secca Director's Suite
Red Desert Director's Suite