Satantango (Artificial Eye & Facets)
- MichaelB
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- Zazou dans le Metro
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4 DVD set. Fully Restored, Director-Approved Edition. Letterboxed. Includes Macbeth (1982, 64 mins.), Tarr's rarely seen interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy famously captured in two shots; Journey on the Plain (1995, 34 mins.), in which actor-composer Mihaly Vig revisits the Satantango locations; Prologue (2004, 5 mins.), the director's stunning contribution to the omnibus Visions of Europe; About the Restoration (5 mins.); and a Facets Cine-Notes booklet with essays by prominent film critics.
From Facets site
From Facets site
- foggy eyes
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- miless
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I'm betting that the quality of Sátántangó's transfer will be quite good (given the delay and their involvement with Tarr).
I'm really excited about all those extras. that Prologue may well be the best short film I've ever seen (with amazing cinematography from Robby Müller... perhaps now we'll know if it was actually shot on HD), and I've been wanting to check out Macbeth and Journey on the Plain (is it a doc?). I'm wondering what the quality of Macbeth will be.
oh, and I hope they change that terrible cover that's up on Amazon and whatnot.
edit: I noticed that they list all widescreen releases as "letterboxed", regardless of whether they're anamorphic or not... I sure hope this is Anamorphic (with the proper 1.66:1 ratio, as well)
I'm really excited about all those extras. that Prologue may well be the best short film I've ever seen (with amazing cinematography from Robby Müller... perhaps now we'll know if it was actually shot on HD), and I've been wanting to check out Macbeth and Journey on the Plain (is it a doc?). I'm wondering what the quality of Macbeth will be.
oh, and I hope they change that terrible cover that's up on Amazon and whatnot.
edit: I noticed that they list all widescreen releases as "letterboxed", regardless of whether they're anamorphic or not... I sure hope this is Anamorphic (with the proper 1.66:1 ratio, as well)
- pro-bassoonist
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- miless
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the release date is no longer listed on Facets' site... hopefully just an error and not another set-back.
update: it seems it was just an error on their site. The date is back up again. The new artwork is up on amazon (despite no release date)
it has the added banner on top
and I have never realized it until now, but that little girl looks a hell of a lot like Tilda Swinton.
update: it seems it was just an error on their site. The date is back up again. The new artwork is up on amazon (despite no release date)
it has the added banner on top
and I have never realized it until now, but that little girl looks a hell of a lot like Tilda Swinton.
- cgray
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I've been waiting for this thread to be bumped since May 7, as I'm (unreasonably) hopeful that this release is going to be great. Waiting with trepidation for the eventual announcement that the project was delayed or cancelled, I wrote Facets this morning. I thought other forum members would be interested in the release date confirmation.
MY EMAIL:
"Is Bela Tarr’s Satantango (DVD-DV86935) still on track for a 7/22/08 release? I’m very excited for it , but dismayed that it is not yet available for preorder at any of the major online DVD vendors.
Thanks for any information."
EMAIL RESPONSE FROM FACETS:
"Chris,
The release date is indeed still this coming July 22. You can pre-order your dvd with us right now, if you wish, either online or via fax (773-929-5437) or phone (800-331-6197)."
MY EMAIL:
"Is Bela Tarr’s Satantango (DVD-DV86935) still on track for a 7/22/08 release? I’m very excited for it , but dismayed that it is not yet available for preorder at any of the major online DVD vendors.
Thanks for any information."
EMAIL RESPONSE FROM FACETS:
"Chris,
The release date is indeed still this coming July 22. You can pre-order your dvd with us right now, if you wish, either online or via fax (773-929-5437) or phone (800-331-6197)."
- markhax
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- HerrSchreck
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I held the Facets Satantango in my hands today-- $63 at Kims St Marks place. But I grabbed Fox' The Big Trail and Kino's Hands of Orlac instead as those were long overdue for me... and also because I still am yet to see caps of the transfer vs the AEye.
But the (tentatively) good news is-- it's out.
But the (tentatively) good news is-- it's out.
- Michael
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:09 pm
Glad you brought up Hands of Orlac. I meant to ask around if it's worth checking out, if it's as good as Dr. Cabinet. Have you seen The Man Who Laughs? I've been thinking about picking it up also.HerrSchreck wrote:I held the Facets Satantango in my hands today-- $63 at Kims St Marks place. But I grabbed Fox' The Big Trail and Kino's Hands of Orlac instead as those were long overdue for me... and also because I still am yet to see caps of the transfer vs the AEye.
- HerrSchreck
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- jbeall
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I'm crossing my fingers that Facets does this one right. Still, count me among those waiting for screencaps/comparison, if for no other reason than to see if the subtitles are:
1) removable
2) an appealing font
3) timed correctly, and
4) typo-free
because after image quality, this is another area in which Facets has been deplorable. I love East-Central European cinema, and nobody in R1 has committed to the region like Facets has, so I want to support them by buying their releases, but they've gotta step their work up consistently. Hopefully Satantango will sell enough copies and generate enough goodwill that Facets will get in the habit of doing quality work.
1) removable
2) an appealing font
3) timed correctly, and
4) typo-free
because after image quality, this is another area in which Facets has been deplorable. I love East-Central European cinema, and nobody in R1 has committed to the region like Facets has, so I want to support them by buying their releases, but they've gotta step their work up consistently. Hopefully Satantango will sell enough copies and generate enough goodwill that Facets will get in the habit of doing quality work.
- jbeall
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- Hopscotch
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Don't get your hopes up on that last one. I've never seen a facets disc that didn't have some sizable number of really stupid spelling errors in the subtitles. They're very consistent about that.jbeall wrote:I'm crossing my fingers that Facets does this one right. Still, count me among those waiting for screencaps/comparison, if for no other reason than to see if the subtitles are:
1) removable
2) an appealing font
3) timed correctly, and
4) typo-free
- MichaelB
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Well, Second Run's The Round-Up is "director-approved", but no-one would pretend that it's state of the art. In this case it translates as "Miklós Jancsó recognises that the label has genuinely tried to wring the best possible picture out of poor source materials over which it had no control".Michael wrote:Can "director-approved" be a guarantee enough for a fully satisfying release?
- Gary Tooze
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- sidehacker
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