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dx23 · #51 Post by **dx23** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:54 pm

Acording to Amazon.com, Big Deal On Madonna Street - 20 Years Later is coming next week. Is this any good? I didn't even know that this film was made. Here is the link for the release:

kieslowski_67 · #52 Post by **kieslowski_67** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:32 am

tryavna wrote:But what does Hinsley and his colleagues expect when they've just unleashed what I'm told is a very disappointing release of the Lina Wertmuller Collection? I know that only two of those films are anamorphic, which is enough of a disappointment in 2005, but has anybody actually picked this one up? I can't find a single review online (apart from Amazon). I'm not even sure if the non-anamorphic releases are in the correct AR.

I did pick it up a month ago. The good news is that they provided anamorphic transfer for 'swept away', but 'seven beauties' was released in a 4:3 letterbox version. The transfer (image quality) is indeed a vastly improvement over the horrible Fox Lorber release though.

richast2 · #53 Post by **richast2** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:57 pm

upon watching the documentary included with Teorema, I just had to say this:

what a steaming pile of hooey.

richast2 · #54 Post by **richast2** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:15 am

I will say this for that doc, though. The 30-second clip from Medea was in pristine condition. Much better than the Vanguard DVD.

#55 Post by **zedz** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:24 am

richast2 wrote:I will say this for that doc, though. The 30-second clip from Medea was in pristine condition. Much better than the Vanguard DVD.

See the Raro Video edition of Medea for the full, eye-popping transfer.

Alain3000 · #56 Post by **Alain3000** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:04 pm

Alain Robbe-Grillet's La Belle Captive

dadaistnun · #57 Post by **dadaistnun** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:31 pm

Beaver on La Belle Captive.

kekid · #58 Post by **kekid** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:35 pm

Claude Chabrol's "Violette Noziere" will be issued by Koch Lorber on the 8th of May.

devlinnn · #59 Post by **devlinnn** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:02 am

kekid wrote:Claude Chabrol's "Violette Noziere" will be issued by Koch Lorber on the 8th of May.

It looks to be full-screen 1:33:1 on the DVD. Was this the correct ratio? IMDB is no help here.

dadaistnun · #60 Post by **dadaistnun** » Mon May 21, 2007 9:28 am

From DVD Savant's review:

Koch Lorber's DVD of Violette Nozière is a throwback to the days of the old Fox Lorber label and its weak transfers of European films both famous and obscure. Koch Lorber now releases plenty of high-quality DVDs but occasional eyesores like this one keep turning up. It appears to be an older flat transfer that crops away horizontal information. Colors are off and the contrast fluctuates wildly. Image definition suffers from only so-so encoding, as the opening titles break up in ways I haven't seen since the first days of the format. In short, this is a very disappointing disc.

Subbuteo · #61 Post by **Subbuteo** » Mon May 21, 2007 2:32 pm

dadaistnun wrote:From DVD Savant's review:

Koch Lorber's DVD of Violette Nozière is a throwback to the days of the old Fox Lorber label and its weak transfers of European films both famous and obscure. Koch Lorber now releases plenty of high-quality DVDs but occasional eyesores like this one keep turning up. It appears to be an older flat transfer that crops away horizontal information. Colors are off and the contrast fluctuates wildly. Image definition suffers from only so-so encoding, as the opening titles break up in ways I haven't seen since the first days of the format. In short, this is a very disappointing disc.

Bastards (Koch) - so wanting this to be a good transfer. Have to wait longer for my Huppert fix now

justeleblanc · #62 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:14 pm

This is really bizarre. Considering a better print I believe exists in R2, why would Koch Lorber wear the LORBER label again?

zone_resident · #63 Post by **zone_resident** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:46 am

DVDBeaver informs us that Amazon.com has listed three Taviani bros. films with a release date of April 1st, 2008, from Koch Lorber: Kaos, Fiorile and Night of the Shooting Stars.

justeleblanc · #64 Post by **justeleblanc** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:35 pm

La Chinoise, 5/13

BrightEyes23 · #65 Post by **BrightEyes23** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:28 pm

justeleblanc wrote:La Chinoise, 5/13

i thought maybe criterion would do this one. oh well, i enjoy my R2 disc. i dont know if Koch will be able to outdo it.

tavernier · #66 Post by **tavernier** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:59 pm

BrightEyes23 wrote:
justeleblanc wrote:La Chinoise, 5/13
i thought maybe criterion would do this one. oh well, i enjoy my R2 disc. i dont know if Koch will be able to outdo it.

Doubtful.

justeleblanc · #67 Post by **justeleblanc** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:38 pm

What annoys me is that Criterion told me in an email that they owned the rights to La Chinoise. I have no problem with Koch releasing it, assuming it comes from the same source as Koch's gorgeous print that played at the film forum last October, but why would Criterion say they owned it when they didn't. This almost goes back to that comment from Criterion that they still plan on releasing Battleship Potemkin.

justeleblanc · #68 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:31 am

They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!

The Fanciful Norwegian · #69 Post by **The Fanciful Norwegian** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:43 am

AFAIK Le Gai Savoir has never received an official home video release anywhere, so that's big news. The odds of getting the Dziga Vertov Group stuff on DVD just got a lot better.

#70 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:47 am

justeleblanc wrote:They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!

I thought Godard bought the American rights to this so he could sit on it. AMAZING news, one of my favorite Godard films and one of my dream releases!

Petty Bourgeoisie · #71 Post by **Petty Bourgeoisie** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:20 am

justeleblanc wrote:They will be releasing Le Gai Savoir as well!

Wonderful. Any idea about a release date? And seeing how I never bought the region 2 Le Chinoise Koch Lorber will get a good chunk of my money this when these come out.

What a year so far for Godard and Resnais fans with 4 Resnais' coming out on Kino, the Lionsgate Godard set, and now these two releases.

What A Disgrace · #72 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:14 pm

No specs yet, but Koch Lorber is releasing Julien Duvivier's Don Camillo.

zone_resident · #73 Post by **zone_resident** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:25 am

DVD Talk reviews of the recently-released Taviani Bros. films:
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Kaos
Fiorile

What A Disgrace · #74 Post by **What A Disgrace** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:39 am

...and it actually seems that the Don Camillo release is a double bill with The Return of Don Camillo.

justeleblanc · #75 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:26 pm

What A Disgrace wrote:...and it actually seems that the Don Camillo release is a double bill with The Return of Don Camillo.

Does anyone know if these are Studio Canal ports?