Drakes Avenue

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Kay Hoog
Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 11:01 am

#1 Post by Kay Hoog » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:29 pm

No-one seems to have started a thread for this recent UK based outfit - Drakes Avenue.
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Here are some highlights from their web site:
CAFÉ LUMIÈRE
KITCHEN STORIES - saw this in Norway and found it wonderfuly dry humour
KONTROLL - big Hungarian hit of 2003
SOPHIE SCHOLL
TURTLES CAN FLY - this film was abig disappointment for me and in no way compared to the earlier Time for Drunken Horses

The only film from this outfit that I posess is Sophie Scholl. The picture quality was crisp and clear, but unfotunately the aspect ratio is 4:3 (non-anamorphic). Still it is a powerful film and worth watching for the strength of the lead performances. Though apparently there is a fair bit of hagiography going on with the mythologising of Sophie.

Interested to hear feedback as to what others make of Drakes Avenue?

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Gropius
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#2 Post by Gropius » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:16 pm

Drakes Avenue is the DVD publishing wing of the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), the London-based distributor for many foreign films which rarely make it to the provinces, and also a venue for fairly vacuous installation art. The DVDs are generally bare-bones affairs, but with acceptable transfer quality. The list of titles is somewhat eccentric, consisting of the sort of stuff not mopped up by Artificial Eye.

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Scharphedin2
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Location: Denmark/Sweden

#3 Post by Scharphedin2 » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:34 pm

So Kay, would you say that there is a good chance that this outfit will bring Hsiao-hsien, Ming-liang, Anh Hung and the like to R2 UK within the next 2-3 years... :wink:

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Kay Hoog
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#4 Post by Kay Hoog » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:11 pm

Scharphedin2 wrote:So Kay, would you say that there is a good chance that this outfit will bring Hsiao-hsien, Ming-liang, Anh Hung and the like to R2 UK within the next 2-3 years... :wink:
well, all I can say is that they already have brought out Hsiao-Hsien's Cafe Lumiere (2004) :)

As to Anh Hung - the wonderful The Scent Of Green Papaya (1993) is already out on r2 - release by SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD here
and At The Height Of Summer (2000) is out on AE here

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Clevinger
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Re: Drakes Avenue

#5 Post by Clevinger » Tue May 18, 2010 8:53 am

The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel) coming in July, Amazon Uk

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