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Has Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? gone out of print already? I cannot find any shop having it. Amazon lists only used copies from $62.98. upwards. I should have bought it last month! ](*,)

sir karl wrote:Has Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? gone out of print already? I cannot find any shop having it. Amazon lists only used copies from $62.98. upwards. I should have bought it last month! ](*,)

I would be surprised, if it has... Why not try and contact Milestone directly? Amy and Dennis very much run the label as a Ma & Pa business, and are some of the nicest and fastest people to deal with.

New Yorker released the DVD in 2007 but doesn't exist anymore. So both versions have been discontinued. The Milestone version by Image was released in 1999.

I'm confused at your confusion; it seems easily available for a decent price as well as in print from the Milestone site.

New Yorker released the DVD in 2007 but doesn't exist anymore. So both versions have been discontinued. The Milestone version by Image was released in 1999.

Miletone re-released it on DVD in 2007. New Yorker was just the distributor, and what's happening with other labels they distributed (Milestone, Project X) was discussed in the New Yorker thread. In short, just order from Milestone, at least for now.

Gregory wrote:

New Yorker released the DVD in 2007 but doesn't exist anymore. So both versions have been discontinued. The Milestone version by Image was released in 1999.

Miletone re-released it on DVD in 2007. New Yorker was just the distributor, and what's happening with other labels they distributed (Milestone, Project X) was discussed in the New Yorker thread. In short, just order from Milestone, at least for now.

Sorry, I was in LA this week working for AMIA and haven't been checking the Forum. Yes, of course, BODHI-DHARMA is still available from us. And thanks for the heads-up and kind words from everybody.

Dennis
Milestone F&V

It's probably not going to DVD, but here's an interesting addition to our work. We've just completed the video master of BIG STAKES (1922 with J. B. Warner and Elinor Fair) for its premiere on TCM this May 5 for the Latino Images series. It's a film that really grows on you -- especially with some of the best tinting and toning I've seen -- and Donald Sosin's new score is just wonderful. I put up the opening titles and a clip on YouTube, or you can see it on our website. Many thanks are due the LOC for providing a really fine video master with such short notice.

We also have Ramona (1910, Griffith), And Now, Miguel (1954) and The Gay Desperado in the TCM series.
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Dennis Doros
Milestone F&V

According to this page, The Exiles is going to see a DVD release in the Fall of this year, with this payload of extras:

-Four short films directed by Kent Mackenzie including Bunker Hill 1956.
-Los Angeles Plays Itself. Clips from Thom Andersen's masterpiece.
-Commentary track: Watching The Exiles with Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker
-Audio: Cast and Crew at The Exiles' Opening Night at UCLA, 2008.
-Last Day of Angels Flight. Short film by Robert Kirste.
-Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal. Short film by Greg Kimble.
-White Fawn's Devotion. (1910.) The first film directed by a Native American.
-Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker, a second Interview
-WNYC Leonard Lopate Show with Sherman Alexie and Charles Burnett.
-Downloadable PDF files (DVD-Rom):
• The Mackenzie Files: The Papers of Kent Mackenzie including his master’s thesis on the making of The Exiles
• The "lost" Jug Band Man script: Kent Mackenzie's unfinished last film.

...and still more!

To be exact, here's the list of contents for the upcoming EXILES dvd. It's taken three years to produce but it should be worth the wait. The release date should be November or early December...

Disc One
The Exiles, Feature. 72:46. B&W. 16x9.
The 2008 Theatrical Trailer. 2:16.
Bunker Hill 1956. Courtesy of USC Moving Image Archive. 17:25.
Los Angeles Plays Itself. Clips from Thom Andersen's Masterpiece. Courtesy of the filmmaker. 2:58

Audio Bonus Features
Watching The Exiles with Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker. 72:46.
Audio of The Exiles' Los Angeles Opening Night at UCLA. Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive. 51:23

Disc Two
Film Bonus Features
A Skill for Molina. Courtesy of NARA. 15:36.
Story of a Rodeo Cowboy. Courtesy of the Mackenzie Family. 25:47.
Ivan and His Father. Courtesy of Gary Goldsmith. 13:40.
Robert Kirste's Last Day of Angels Flight. Courtesy of the Academy Film Archive and the Kirste Family. 2:31.
Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal. Directed by Greg Kimble. 22:26.
White Fawn's Devotion: The First Native American Film. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 11:59.

Audio Bonus Features
Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker: Second Interview. 37:41.
The Leonard Lopate Show with Sherman Alexie and Charles Burnett. Courtesy of WNYC. 18:08,

The Exiles Stills Gallery. Courtesy of Erik Daarstad.

DVD-Rom Downloadable material on Disc Two.
The Mackenzie Files.
Courtesy of Diane Mackenzie, Kiki Ohlenkamp.

Production History on Bunker Hill-1956.
The 1956 Funding Proposal for The Exiles.
Six Scripts for Thunderbird and The Exiles.
The Final Script for The Exiles.
Original Publicity Material for The Exiles from 1963.
The Making of The Exiles: Mackenzie's Master's Thesis.
The "lost" Jug Band Man script: Kent Mackenzie's Unfinished Film. Courtesy of Teresa Kennett.
Kent Mackenzie's Last Resume.
Milestone's 2009 Press Kit for The Exiles.

I am so getting this...

Yep, I'm sold, too. This looks like an awesome release.

By the way Dennis, can you give us any word on your progress with Araya?

That's a brilliant package, Dennis! Keep us posted on any further release info.

Great news.
Dennis, is there any chance of our ever getting a complete version of Los Angeles Plays Itself?
I've been wanting to see this for years.

Thom Andersen received a "Fair use" opinion from a lawyer, so he is finally able to try to find a DVD distributor for it. (For those who don't know, Los Angeles Plays Itself is an 3 hour essay film that is almost entirely clips from various Hollywood films.)
The issue (last I spoke with him about it) is finding a DVD distributor willing to distribute it, based on getting E&O insurance (edited: as Dennis says below). Despite there being a Fair Use letter, that doesn't mean that a studio can't sue over use of clips. It just means they are less likely to win the suit.

I imagine that this segment is being included because the clips in it were obviously cleared for DVD distribution, as shown by the existence of the DVD. No risk of any suit.

What A Disgrace wrote:Yep, I'm sold, too. This looks like an awesome release.

By the way Dennis, can you give us any word on your progress with Araya?

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As for the use of Los Angeles Plays Itself, we've been always friendly with Thom and when we asked to use The Exiles footage as a bonus feature, he gladly helped out. In terms of its own DVD use, I think the problem is paying for the E&O/Fair Use insurance.

Fantastic package on The Exiles. After seeing Los Angeles Plays Itself, this is the film I was most desperate to see (were there really only 3 minutes relating to it in the film?), and it looks like it's been worth the wait.

So excited about The Exiles DVD, Dennis, and I hope Araya has a Los Angeles playdate as well.

Doug Cummings wrote:So excited about The Exiles DVD, Dennis, and I hope Araya has a Los Angeles playdate as well.

Araya will be playing at the Nuart this November or December. The current issue of Filmmaker Magazine has the first official review:

“Araya is from another time and place altogether: Milestone Films debuted their stunning restoration of French director Margot Benacerraf’s documentary, a little-seen film that shared the Canned FIPRESCI Award with Alain Resnais’s Hiroshima mon amour in 1959. Shot in high-contrast B&W, this mesmerizing film about a seaside salt-mining community under the glaring sun of Northern Venezuela is told with a poetic, didactic voiceover and a keen sense of social and economic injustice.” — Livia Bloom, Filmmaker Magazine, Spring 2009 issue

Oh cool, I know Liv. She's a good voice for this film. Can't wait to see it at the Nuart.

Coming out on DVD this year from Milestone...

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Dennis
Milestone Film & Video

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Here's the announcement of our new deal. Once again, like with New Yorker Films, Milestone will produce, author/compress and replicate our own titles and they will be available on our own website. Any faults will lie with us. We think that Oscilloscope, however, will be a great partner in getting our DVDs out to the places people like DVD Deep Discount and other outlets that haven't had our films before.

Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video

'The Exiles' is up for pre-order.

My apologies if it was already mentioned in another post/thread.

Dennis,

Any hope for Charles Burnett's 'To Sleep With Anger'?

onedimension wrote:Dennis,

Any hope for Charles Burnett's 'To Sleep With Anger'?

Not yet, though we helped establish who owns the rights and they did find the original 35mm material for it.

For those in NYC, we are hoping that you can make it to the IFC Center starting this Wednesday, Oct 7 to see Margot Benacerraf's 1959 Venezuelan masterpiece, ARAYA. In these times, the opening box office is all important and our lovely film will need all our friend's support, so please feel free to tell your friends as well!

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To hear Leonard Lopate's interview with Ms. Benacerraf on WNYC click on http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episod ... nts/141770" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And to read today's rave review in IndieWire: http://www.indiewire.com/article/2009/1 ... afs_araya/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The director will be making appearances this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings at the 6:20 pm and 8:20 pm screenings at the IFC Center to introduce the film and answer questions. We hope you can make it there!

-Dennis