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dwk wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:06 am Dino Risi set with an ill sore possum from a new 4K transfer?

Immediately my thoughts too, especially since "DR BOX" was a clue on the cheat sheet. I wonder what the other films will be...lots of possibilities (e.g. Love in the City, Love and Larceny, A Difficult Life, The Monsters, Scent of a Woman). I assume it'll be another 3-film set, and presumably the one with the dark green OBI-strip that was recently teased (maybe spine numbers 19-21, IIRC?).

As regards above...

New 4K restoration conducted by Luce Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna, Surf Film and Janus Films (2016), if you will

Also, I picked up the OOP Italian Blu Ray of I SOLITI IGNOTI/BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET... Terribly let down by radical cropping on all sides of Gianni Di Venanzo's perfectly framed cinematography...

dwk wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:06 am Dino Risi set with an ill sore possum from a new 4K transfer?

I won't believe it 'til I see a crude drawing of Riz Ahmed riding a dinosaur

swo17 wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:38 pm

dwk wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:06 am Dino Risi set with an ill sore possum from a new 4K transfer?

I won't believe it 'til I see a crude drawing of Riz Ahmed riding a dinosaur

Frustratingly, he is also wearing a cowboy hat and the clock's hands are at 12:00.

Radiance tweeted that they have one of the films on the new S&S Top 100

swo17 wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:15 pm Radiance tweeted that they have one of the films on the new S&S Top 100

Guessing Tropical Malady

There are a few possibilities. Histoire(s) du cinema, The Spirit of the Beehive and Close-Up are all OOP in the UK

Id say odds are Criterion has the UK rights to Close-Up

beamish14 wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:23 pm

swo17 wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:15 pm Radiance tweeted that they have one of the films on the new S&S Top 100

Guessing Tropical Malady

I'm happy whomever releases it here as Apichatpong is one of my absolute favourite directors and I'm very happy to see him represented here (this and Uncle Boonmee are my favourites of his).

That said, I had assumed Second Run would be upgrading this (though perhaps they dropped their guard and Radiance got it, after all they are generally concentrating on European films these days, particularly Czech/Slovak, Hungarian and Polish cinema). I know it was being restored, as were Blissfully Yours and Syndromes and a Century, but no updates other than vague mentions in press releases AFAIK. Very cool if Radiance are doing it, I'd be pleasantly surprised if they do!

Calvin wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:11 pm There are a few possibilities. Histoire(s) du cinema, The Spirit of the Beehive and Close-Up are all OOP in the UK

Also great suggestions, been very patient with the Kiarostami and the Erice is a film I've failed to see (wrongly assumed someone like Criterion or BFI would release it).

Anyone know the UK rights for the Akerman and/or Deren films? Just wondered if those could be possibilities too.

Other possibilities: Wanda, Killer of Sheep, Touki Bouki, Blue Velvet (?!). Have a feeling the Godard is quite likely though, Fran is known to be a big fan and that's a big gap so far unfilled.

Isn't the Deren film included in the BFI's Early Women Filmmakers set?

swo17 wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:37 pm Isn't the Deren film included in the BFI's Early Women Filmmakers set?

No, the BFI set only has some of the same films as the Flicker Alley set but not the Deren.

EDIT: Wait, I wonder if Fran was referring to the general list or the Director's list? Only saying because Buñuel's Viridiana is in the Director's list, and Buñuel is another favourite of Fran's...also 'BUN' was one of his clues on the forthcoming Radiance list (which I had assumed was Buñuel). Arrow actually released it on DVD back in the day...

Calvin wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:11 pm There are a few possibilities. Histoire(s) du cinema, The Spirit of the Beehive and Close-Up are all OOP in the UK

Wouldn't it be hard to release this considering how much it would cost just to clear the rights for all of the clips that are used in it?

yoloswegmaster wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:49 pm

Calvin wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:11 pm There are a few possibilities. Histoire(s) du cinema, The Spirit of the Beehive and Close-Up are all OOP in the UK

Wouldn't it be hard to release this considering you would have to clear the rights for all of the clips that are used in it?

I think that was sorted out by Gaumont a while ago - there's already been a (now OOP) UK DVD release from Artificial Eye and a US release from Olive Films. The difficulty is in presentation - I'm guessing it's limited to standard definition and the subtitling has proven difficult over the years. The (long OOP) Australian Madman release overseen by Adrian Martin is the best edition so far - it offered two sets of subtitles, one for the narration and one to identify the visual elements on screen.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:49 pm

Calvin wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:11 pm There are a few possibilities. Histoire(s) du cinema, The Spirit of the Beehive and Close-Up are all OOP in the UK

Wouldn't it be hard to release this considering how much it would cost just to clear the rights for all of the clips that are used in it?

Probably. But someone was able to overcome the difficulty of releasing Thom Andersen's Los Angeles Plays Itself, so who knows?

Interesting that it was cleared for a DVD release but I would still wager that the lack of an HD release is due to rights. I just can't find any logical reason why no company out there wouldn't be interested in releasing it besides rights issues. The same goes to the lack of HD releases for the Scorsese docs on the history of American and Italian cinema, as well as the wonderful Kevin Brownlow documentary on the silent era.

I think the Olive Films DVD is still in print in the US and I doubt they've given it a second thought since they released it. Ultimately, I think it's just not a very commercially attractive title for the amount of work and resource that would have to go into a decent release, but I'm hopeful that something will happen eventually.

FWIW, the DVD is probably not as bad as you'd think. I actually don't remember anymore but didn't Godard edit the whole thing on video cassette decks? Per his editor, he never wanted to upgrade the clips he used in his films, even when his editor offered to do so - he liked keeping the built-in limitations of video picture quality intact.

rapta wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:33 pm Anyone know the UK rights for the Akerman and/or Deren films? Just wondered if those could be possibilities too.

As per Fran on the discord group, Radiance don't have any Akerman at the moment. The BFI don't either.

Calvin wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:49 pm

rapta wrote: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:33 pm Anyone know the UK rights for the Akerman and/or Deren films? Just wondered if those could be possibilities too.

As per Fran on the discord group, Radiance don't have any Akerman at the moment. The BFI don't either.

In that case I'm leaning towards Tropical Malady, Killer of Sheep or Touki Bouki...each of which I'm very happy with if that's the case; been hoping for upgrades from Second Run and BFI, but still waiting...and nobody has picked up the Mambéty in the UK which is madness (I wrongly assumed Criterion would just port over theirs). Obviously still pretty happy if it turns out to be Buñuel or Lynch though.

From the latest Sight & Sound issue:

Hey look, they’re releasing a GREAT French film! (Un témoin dans la ville)

Any idea what’s in the Commedia all’italiana box? The man in the picture looks like Vittorio Gassman, but that hardly narrows it down much.

It’s the artwork for Il mattatore

+ Il sorpasso and Il vedovo

domino harvey wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:19 am It’s the artwork for Il mattatore

Thanks! And thanks to swo17, too!