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[Coen P.]

Mijn pakje (2 dvd's) was verstuurd op 26 juli, maar nog steeds niet binnen. Ik ben bang dat er toch een aantal pakjes bij de douane zijn terechtgekomen.

Ik heb trouwens geen idee wat B&N zoal op de verpakking vermeld. Zetten zij de waarde er op en zo ja, is het dan het bedrag dat je betaald hebt (met korting) of de waarde van de dvd's zoals het zou zijn zonder korting?

Met korting. Het bedrag dat jij hebt betaald!

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November releases:

A Christmas Tale

Synopsis
In Arnaud Desplechin’s beguiling A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), Catherine Deneuve brings her legendary poise to the role of Junon, matriarch of the troubled Vuillard family, who come together at Christmas after she learns she needs a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative. That simple family reunion setup, however, can’t begin to describe the unpredictable, emotionally volatile experience of this film, an inventive, magical drama that’s equal parts merriment and melancholy. Unrequited childhood loves and blinding grudges, brutal outbursts and sudden slapstick, music, movies, and poetry, A Christmas Tale ties it all together in a marvelously messy package.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Arnaud Desplechin
• L’aimée, Desplechin’s 2007 documentary about the selling of his family home
• New documentary featuring interviews with Desplechin and actors Mathieu Amalric and Catherine Deneuve
• Original theatrical trailers
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Lopate

Gomorrah


Synopsis

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema’s most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover Italian reporter Roberto Saviano’s best-selling exposé of Naples’ Mafia underworld (known as the Camorra), Garrone links five disparate tales in which men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Filmed with an exquisite detachment interrupted by bursts of violence, Gomorrah is a shattering, socially engaged true-crime story from a major new voice in Italian cinema.


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

• New high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Matteo Garrone (with uncompressed stereo soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
• Five Stories, a 60-minute documentary on the making of Gomorrah
• New video interviews with Garrone and actor Toni Servillo
• Interviews with writer Roberto Saviano and actors Gianfelice Imparato
  and Salvatore Cantalupo
• Deleted scenes
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Chuck Stephens

Downhill Racer


Synopsis

Astonishing Alpine location photography and a young Robert Redford in one of his earliest starring roles are just two of the visual splendors of Michael Ritchie’s visceral debut feature, Downhill Racer. In a beautifully understated performance, Redford is David Chappellet, a ruthlessly ambitious skier competing with an underdog American team in Europe for Olympic gold, and Gene Hackman provides tough support as the coach who tries to temper the upstart’s narcissistic drive for glory. With a subtle screenplay by acclaimed novelist James Salter, Downhill Racer is a vivid character portrait buoyed by breathtakingly fast and furious imagery that brings the viewer directly into the mind of the competitor.


Disc Features

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer
• New video interviews with screenwriter James Salter; film editor Richard Harris; production manager Walter Coblenz; and former downhill skier Joe Jay Jalbert, who served as technical adviser, a ski double, and a cameraman
• Audio excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar with director Michael Ritchie
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Todd McCarthy

The Golden Age of Television


Synopsis

The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was advancing and making art accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive “teleplays” constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to homes across the country. The following award-winning programs—curated for PBS in the early 1980s as the series The Golden Age of Television, with recollections from key cast and crew members—were conceived by such up-and-comers as Rod Serling and John Frankenheimer, and star the likes of Paul Newman, Mickey Rooney, Rod Steiger, Julie Harris, and Piper Laurie.


SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET

• The live kinescope broadcasts of Marty (1953), Patterns (1955), No Time for Sergeants (1955), A Wind from the South (1955), Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956), Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), The Comedian (1957), and Days of Wine and Roses (1958 )
• Commentaries by directors John Frankenheimer, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, and Daniel Petrie
• Interviews with key cast and crew, including Frankenheimer, Andy Griffith, Julie Harris, Kim Hunter, Richard Kiley, Piper Laurie, Nancy Marchand, Jack Palance, Cliff Robertson, Mickey Rooney, Carol Serling, Rod Steiger, and Mel Torme
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by curator Ron Simon and his extensive liner notes on each program

En op blu-ray:

[Melzz]

Mwow.....geen titels die ik wil hebben. Gomorrah is al lang vrij goedkoop op Blu Ray te koop dus daar komt al helemaal geen Criterion van....

[Coen P.]

Downhill Racer lijkt me wel wat. Gomorrah heb ik al op r2 uk. Lelijke hoes btw van Criterion...

[DanielC.]

Downhill Racer en die Golden Age of Television set lijken me wel wat.

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The Human Condition @ dvdbeaver

There is also a 12-page liner notes booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp.

12 pagina`s is wel weinig voor zo`n enorm epos

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In an interview with the playlist (http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009...n-unveils.html) Criterion head Jon Mulvaney gave the scoop on a few titles coming up. Theres some pretty exciting titles cropping up, no less the 25 film Kurosawa box set which sounds unprecedented for the company. Its a shame they're no longer putting out the Scorsese shorts box set, but I picked up the French release a few weeks back so its no biggie for me. The emphasis on new titles is surprising, with Revanche, Che and Hunger being mentioned. Hunger would be great to see. I already have the UK release, but if they were to include McQueen's earlier art pieces then it would be a definite buy for me.

Anyway, heres the full piece -





At the end of our interview with the Criterion Collection's Jonathan Turell, he put us in touch with Jon Mulvaney, Criterion’s inside man on what the future has in store and he revealed to us exclusively, a number of Criterion titles that should be out in the near future and next year.

"The French Lieutenant’s Woman" – Another selection from MGM’s catalog, you can expect this from Criterion next year. Starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, this film of parallel narratives contains a film-within-a-film and was nominated for five Academy Awards. Fred Zinneman, John Frankenheimer, Richard Lester and Mike Nichols all tried and failed to adapt John Fowles’ tricky novel until British director Karel Reisz and celebrated writer Harold Pinter managed to wrap their brains around it.

Charlie Chaplin – Mulvaney has confirmed the circulating rumors that the Criterion Collection is in discussions to acquire the rights to the Charlie Chaplin library. There are no details on titles or release dates at this time.

"Stagecoach" – Mulvaney confirms that the John Ford title hinted at this summer in the Criterion Collection newsletter, is indeed "Stagecoach." The release of this massively influential western and beloved John Wayne film will be the first to utilize the restoration work done by UCLA.

Akira Kurosawa– Hinted in last month’s newsletter, Mulvaney confirms that a massive 25 film box set is slated to be released by the end of the year and just in time for the 100th anniversary of the the Japanese grandmaster's birth in 2010.

"Revanche" – The DVD release of Janus Films’ surprising acquisition of this Austrian Academy Award nominated film will be released in early 2010.

"Underworld" & "The Docks Of New York" – Though not currently on the schedule, Mulvaney confirms we can expect to see both of these long awaited Josef von Sternberg silents sometime in 2010.

Scorsese’s short films – long rumored to be released soon, there are unfortunately no plans to release Martin Scorsese’s early short films. We'll have to fire up the bootlegs in the interim.

IFC – "A Christmas Tale" and "Gomorrah" – both coming in November – are just two titles in a twelve-picture deal with IFC. While Mulvaney was mum on the other films in the works, we can tell you Antichrist will probably not be one of them, but let's not forget "Che" is an IFC film in case you had any doubts that the "rumors" weren't true. One of our wishes and best guesses knowing their taste? The excellent IFC film, "Summer Hours" by Oliver Assayas that seems very much up the Criterion Collection's alley. It's one our favorite films of 2009 thus far.

Warner Brothers – Despite the studio's indication in a Home Theater Forum chat earlier this year that they were discussing licensing a "limited group of titles at the behest of their respective directors", we hoped there were some Warner’s titles on the way, but Mulvaney let us know there is nothing on the schedule currently.

Focus Features - A director's cut of Ang Lee's "Ride With The Devil," is also scheduled for a release in May. This is the third title licensed from Focus Features following the recently released Last Days Of Disco by Whit Stillman and Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding which will hit shelves in October. For now, we will have to wait and see if any further titles are coming from this new relationship with Focus, but it's a promising start.

Finally, if you're heading up to the rock festival All Tomorrow's Parties in New York this year, when you're not watching David Yow showing the kids how it's done or losing your college tuition at poker to Steve Albini, be sure to stop by the Criterion curated screening room where you can see among an amazing lineup of films, including "Mystery Train" followed by a Q&A with Jim Jarmusch and Steve McQueen's acclaimed "Hunger" (another telling IFC picture, hint!). We think it's fairly safe to say these will be making their way into the collection soon as well.

But that's not all...Mulvaney did talk to us about several exciting titles that as of press time we are unable to disclose as discussions for these films are ongoing and not quite finalized. We will continue to stay in touch with the good people at Criterion and let you know as soon as we're permitted to write about it.

[Coen P.]

25 box van Kurosawa! Wow!

[Coen P.]

mhm, Stagecoach is de John Ford western...logisch, maar weinig gedurfde keuze!

[Fulgore]

in kurosawa box heb ik wel intresse. vooral als elke film een mooie editie is.


ben benieuwd

[Melzz]

Prachtig natuurlijk, zo'n Kurosawabox....echter....wie koopt dat? Zal ten eerste erg prijzig zijn en ten tweede....een beetje filmliefhebber heeft natuurlijk al films/criterions van Kurosawa. Wie weet interessant als je nog niets of zeer weinig van de man hebt....en wat geld kan missen.

Stagecoach....lijkt me best een interessante titel, vooral als het een mooie gerestaureerde versie betreft met interessante extra's en een dik boekwerkje. Dan ga ik er wellicht wel voor.

[Melzz]

The Human Condition @ dvdbeaver


12 pagina`s is wel weinig voor zo`n enorm epos

Op zich jammer dat dvdbeaver de Nederlandse versie niet heeft meegenomen in de vergelijking. Ik houd het bij die versie, die ik prima vind. En je moet maar weer eens tijd vinden voor een 9,5 uur durend epos.... Maar ik ga het geheel zeker nog eens herkijken, vond het een mooie filmervaring.

[TheGodfather]

Cover voor A Christmas Tale:

[Aerodynamisch]

Zelfde hier, 25 film box set van Kurosawa, zal waarschijnlijk wel een goed verzorgde box zijn, maar ik ben al in het bezit van alle Kurosawa Criterions/Eclipse (20 films).

Hopelijk geven ze de 5 overige films los uit in een Eclipse?, maar ja nog erg ver weg natuurlijk.

[Erwin vd H]

Zelfde hier, 25 film box set van Kurosawa, zal waarschijnlijk wel een goed verzorgde box zijn, maar ik ben al in het bezit van alle Kurosawa Criterions/Eclipse (20 films).

Hopelijk geven ze de 5 overige films los uit in een Eclipse?, maar ja nog erg ver weg natuurlijk.

En hier ook alle films al aanwezig. Als het nou een Bluray box zou worden, dan was het gelijk een goede reden om een regiovrije speler te kopen.

[bureaulamp]

mhm, Stagecoach is de John Ford western...logisch, maar weinig gedurfde keuze!

Maar geen overbodige luxe, want de huidige Warner-dvd is afgrijselijk van kwaliteit.

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[Marcel v/d H.]

Ik heb zelf nog (bijna) niks van Kurosawa, dus misschien wel een mooie aanschaf. Maar goed, ook dan is het wel een dure aankoop...

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Van de Criterion twitter:

It's official: 2010 is going to be a great year for important contemporary films from Criterion! http://bit.ly/AqXu1

....Criterion will also release special editions of films from IFC Films’ library including Alfonso Cuaron’s Y Tu Mama Tambien, and Christopher Nolan’s Following.

Cool!!! een Criterion van Following!

[Peter van santbrink]

The Last Wave $14.49 bij Amazon.com

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Criterion Signs Deal with IFC, Plans Che for December


IFC Films has struck an agreement with the Criterion Collection for the release of select titles from IFC's library. The first Blu-ray in the deal was 'Gomorrah', which is slated for a November 24 release, but IFC confirmed Tuesday a larger partnership between the two companies, encompassing twelve titles on Blu-ray and/or DVD. The next title in the deal is Steven Soderbergh's two-part biopic 'Che' in December.

The new-release titles slated for a 2010 release include: 'Everlasting Moments' (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Jan Troell, Sweden, 2008), 'Summer Hours' (L'heure d'été, Olivier Assayas, France, 2008), 'The Secret of the Grain' (La graine et le mulet, Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2007), 'Hunger' (Steve McQueen, UK, 2007), and 'Still Walking' (Aruitemo aruitemo, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan, 2008). Note that some of them may be released in standard definition only, as it just happened with Arnaud Desplechin's 'A Christmas Tale'. We shall have to wait for the individual announcements to know for sure.

Upcoming library titles include Alfonso Cuarón's 'Y tu mamá también' and Christopher Nolan's debut feature film 'Following'.


bron: blu-ray.com

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Criterion Signs Deal with IFC, Plans Che for December


IFC Films has struck an agreement with the Criterion Collection for the release of select titles from IFC's library. The first Blu-ray in the deal was 'Gomorrah', which is slated for a November 24 release, but IFC confirmed Tuesday a larger partnership between the two companies, encompassing twelve titles on Blu-ray and/or DVD. The next title in the deal is Steven Soderbergh's two-part biopic 'Che' in December.

The new-release titles slated for a 2010 release include: 'Everlasting Moments' (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Jan Troell, Sweden, 2008), 'Summer Hours' (L'heure d'été, Olivier Assayas, France, 2008), 'The Secret of the Grain' (La graine et le mulet, Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2007), 'Hunger' (Steve McQueen, UK, 2007), and 'Still Walking' (Aruitemo aruitemo, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan, 2008). Note that some of them may be released in standard definition only, as it just happened with Arnaud Desplechin's 'A Christmas Tale'. We shall have to wait for the individual announcements to know for sure.

Upcoming library titles include Alfonso Cuarón's 'Y tu mamá también' and Christopher Nolan's debut feature film 'Following'.


bron: blu-ray.com

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[Coen P.]

Sta nog niet direct te springen...

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