Godard on DVD and Blu-ray

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justeleblanc
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Re: Godard on DVD

#351 Post by justeleblanc » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:35 pm

I emailed ECM a while ago, maybe in 2007, and I asked about whether or not they would release other shot films of his, and I mentioned Nouvelle Vague by name. ECM's response was that while they had 'access' to these films that they do want to release another set, they aren't working on it anytime soon.

I thought I mentioned this already, but I might have been mistaken.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#352 Post by Petty Bourgeoisie » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:25 pm

I'm really undecided whether to purchase the Italian DVD of King Lear. On one hand, this could be the only release to appear for several years. On the other hand a region 1 or 2 might be announced tomorrow.

Some late Godard is "inevitable" on Criterion????? What titles have been bandied about? I've never heard about this. (Edit: I see now that it was Vivre Sa Vie which was said to be inevitable. Not any later Godard works.)

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Re: Godard on DVD

#353 Post by dubrosa » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:24 am

Some screen caps of the Cahiers Du Cinema/Why Not Productions 2-disc Godard releases to compare:

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Re: Godard on DVD

#354 Post by dubrosa » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:28 pm

Comparison screen caps of 'Passion' DVD releases:

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Re: Godard on DVD

#355 Post by accatone » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:39 am

The Fleischer doc.: http://www.amazon.fr/Morceaux-Conversat ... 05&sr=8-14" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Godard on DVD

#356 Post by Ben Cheshire » Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:51 am

Can I just confirm that the R4 Madman Godards are REALLY good!

I've got Vivre Sa Vie, Le Chinoise and soon Masculin Feminin.

Picture quality is so good on Le Chinoise (Watching right now) it almost looks high def, when upscaled by my PS3. Very impressive.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#357 Post by Michael Kerpan » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:15 pm

Just watched the R1 La chinoise this week (and enjoyed it). This looked pretty decent -- and had a nice interview with Anna W. Anything like this on the R4?

(Also saw Le gai savoir, which I hated).

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Re: Godard on DVD

#358 Post by Ben Cheshire » Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:55 pm

Michael Kerpan wrote:Just watched the R1 La chinoise this week (and enjoyed it). This looked pretty decent -- and had a nice interview with Anna W. Anything like this on the R4?

(Also saw Le gai savoir, which I hated).
I thought I might not like Gai Savoir, so haven't checked it out. R4 has an audio commentary by James Hewison, director of Melbourne International Film Festival.

Masculin Feminin I wanted to get R4 because it comes with Charlotte et son Jules.

Vivre Sa Vie comes with a Godard short too; Story of Water, I think. But this one's going Criterion and hopefully blu soon, so this'll be irrelevent.

Woman is a Woman I've gone with the R1 because of the unique white Criterion case, and maybe some other reasons I've forgotten.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#359 Post by domino harvey » Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:08 pm

The La Chinoise commentary isn't very good, but the Madman disc is Region 0

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Re: Godard on DVD

#360 Post by Ben Cheshire » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:32 am

domino harvey wrote:The La Chinoise commentary isn't very good, but the Madman disc is Region 0
I was surprised how much I enjoyed/admired La Chinoise. Its just so fresh and fast. I definitely prefer it to those moments of Godard that are slower-paced. I didn't really love 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, which is why I thought maybe this period of his wouldn't be for me, but liking this one makes me think I might like Made in USA; particularly if its features Anna Karina! (who I ADORE after Vivre Sa Vie).

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Re: Godard on DVD

#361 Post by accatone » Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:25 am

Fleischer doc synopsis with some extraits: http://www.editionsmontparnasse.fr/titr ... luc-godard" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Godard on DVD

#362 Post by gyorgys » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:42 am

Does anybody know if there's a DVD of La Chinoise available which contains the end title card ("FIN D'UN COMMENCEMENT") at the very end of the film after the final shot?
I do know that the Koch/Lorber (R1) and Optimum (R2) are missing the card. Perhaps the Madman (R4) is not ?

It may be of interest for the context of the film, especially when one considers that subsequent films, as Weekend (also 1967) and Le Gai Savoir (1969), are also ending on intertitle cards.

EDIT: The Madman doesn't have it either.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#363 Post by otis » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:01 pm

That's curious. The versions of Le Gai Savoir I've seen (the American and Australian DVDs) finish on a black screen with Godard's voiceover on the soundtrack. What's your source for the end title card - and what does it say?

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Re: Godard on DVD

#364 Post by gyorgys » Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:04 pm

From the link I posted above (Beaver) :
For confirmation of this intertitle and where it occurs in the film, you may wish to consult James Roy MacBean, "Film and Revolution," Indiana University Press, 1975, p. 27, also James Monaco, "The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette," Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 196. Both authors explicitly cite this intertitle as the closure to the film. Obviously, the film has different meanings without it, not to mention altering the context for the two features directed by Godard immediately following, "Weekend" and "Le Gai Savoir," which also close on intertitles [Italics mine]. (...) this absence is puzzling. You can hear the closing music over a blank, black screen, during the time that the intertitle should appear. The absence thus seems more like a removal--if the final seconds of the source print were simply lost, how could you still have the soundtrack?

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Re: Godard on DVD

#365 Post by Mr. Ned » Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:25 pm

accatone wrote:The Fleischer doc.: http://www.amazon.fr/Morceaux-Conversat ... 05&sr=8-14" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone know if this set comes with English subtitles? There's no mention of it on the site, so I'll expect a negative answer but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#366 Post by accatone » Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:12 am

No engl. subs!

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Re: Godard on DVD

#367 Post by otis » Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:43 am

gyorgys wrote:From the link I posted above (Beaver) :
Peter Henne wrote:..."Le Gai Savoir," which also close[s] on [an] intertitle...
Does anyone else have any info on this, or are we just going on Peter Henne's memory?

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Re: Godard on DVD

#368 Post by TheGodfather » Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:45 pm

Just saw (via the dvdbeaver site) that Amazon.fr has the dvd release of Film Socialisme up for pre-order.
Does anyone know if it`s going to have English subtitles? Hope so, waiting for quite a while a now to see this.

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Re: Godard on DVD

#369 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:07 pm

TheGodfather wrote:Just saw (via the dvdbeaver site) that Amazon.fr has the dvd release of Film Socialisme up for pre-order.
Does anyone know if it`s going to have English subtitles? Hope so, waiting for quite a while a now to see this.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7216&hilit=socialisme&start=150" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Godard on DVD

#370 Post by TheGodfather » Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:56 pm

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:
TheGodfather wrote:Just saw (via the dvdbeaver site) that Amazon.fr has the dvd release of Film Socialisme up for pre-order.
Does anyone know if it`s going to have English subtitles? Hope so, waiting for quite a while a now to see this.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7216&hilit=socialisme&start=150" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks. didn`t notice that thread

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Re: Godard on DVD

#371 Post by Stefan Andersson » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:31 am

Big Godard box set coming up in France. Apparently w/ Eng subs. Bonuses: stuff from episode films and much more.
No info re: subs on extras.
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f49948-jean-lu ... 0-dvd.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Godard on DVD

#372 Post by martin » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:20 am

Great news - particularly this: For Ever Mozart (1996, 82’) (en format respecté 1.37 4/3)!

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Re: Godard on DVD

#373 Post by Ovader » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:33 am


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Re: Godard on DVD

#374 Post by Murdoch » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:00 am

If that had included King Lear in OAR it would be the release of the year for me. Still great news though, someone found what he wants for Christmas \:D/

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Re: Godard on DVD

#375 Post by Perkins Cobb » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:16 am

Stefan Andersson wrote:Big Godard box set coming up in France. Apparently w/ Eng subs. Bonuses: stuff from episode films and much more.
No info re: subs on extras.
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f49948-jean-lu ... 0-dvd.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The pop-up I got for The Last Exorcism when I clicked this link was a nice touch, albeit really more Rivettian (Rivettean?) than Godardian. B-.

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