Eureka's Twitter announcement has already specified the other two as Der letzte Mann and Tartuffe... not exactly "early" works!Tommaso wrote:The question is what exactly they mean by 'early' Murnau. "Nosferatu" is already out on a separate blu, so probably it means "Vogelöd", "Phantom" and "Großherzog". Which still leaves space for two more films, which would naturally mean "Gang in die Nacht" and "Der brennende Acker". Only that I don't think there are new restos of these two. Let's not forget that there's also a 14 min. fragment of "Marizza".TMDaines wrote:I was hoping that the early Murnau set would include the early, non-lost works that are yet to be released, but I'll still gladly sell my DVDs and upgrade.
Likewise.rapta wrote:Great stuff though - luckily I only have Phantom / Die Finanzen des Großherzogs on DVD already so the overlap isn't too bad for me!
I mean, we're talking about five out of six of his earliest available films, but point taken--"Early" is likely to conjure false hopes for all those lost or undistributed films that came before. I guess the title from the Facebook announcement is more likely.rapta wrote:Is this now being called "F.W. Murnau: Five Films" instead of "Early Murnau: Five Films"? That seems to be the case according to today's announcement, so presumably the Amazon listing is wrong - some have pointed out that a couple of these can't really be called 'early Murnau'.
I would say extremely likely based on the film's high profile.Telstar wrote:So what are the odds of Der letzte Mann getting a stand-alone release at some point?
I would have accepted 'Early Murnau', as it indicates they're from his career in Germany prior to his later work in America, but yeah you can see they changed their mind. The Amazon listing states 'Early Murnau: Five Films' and also that it's a 2-disc release, but the official announcement on Facebook and Twitter (and a press release sent to DVDBeaver) calls it 'F.W. Murnau: Five Films' and that it's a 3-disc release.swo17 wrote:I mean, we're talking about five out of six of his earliest available films, but point taken--"Early" is likely to conjure false hopes for all those lost or undistributed films that came before. I guess the title from the Facebook announcement is more likely.rapta wrote:Is this now being called "F.W. Murnau: Five Films" instead of "Early Murnau: Five Films"? That seems to be the case according to today's announcement, so presumably the Amazon listing is wrong - some have pointed out that a couple of these can't really be called 'early Murnau'.
I get the impression they were set to release Der Letzte Mann but then caught wind of being able to upgrade the others, and have decided to go all-in for a box set rather than separate releases which would further split potential sales of titles most already have on DVD. I think the box set is a safe bet, and if they do release Der Letzte Mann at a later date it will only be because the box set has sold so well (maybe even waiting for it to go OOP first).Der Spieler wrote:I would say extremely likely based on the film's high profile.Telstar wrote:So what are the odds of Der letzte Mann getting a stand-alone release at some point?
Two of his earlier films are also available, just unreleased and restored: Der Gang in die Nacht and Der brennende Acker. You can find them in reasonable quality online with fansubs.swo17 wrote:I mean, we're talking about five out of six of his earliest available films, but point taken--"Early" is likely to conjure false hopes for all those lost or undistributed films that came before. I guess the title from the Facebook announcement is more likely.rapta wrote:Is this now being called "F.W. Murnau: Five Films" instead of "Early Murnau: Five Films"? That seems to be the case according to today's announcement, so presumably the Amazon listing is wrong - some have pointed out that a couple of these can't really be called 'early Murnau'.
