New French DVDs with English subtitles
- Arn777
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A couple of interesting French films freshly released and with English subs.
Les Invisibles(OF2B), directed by Thierry Jousse (ex-Editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinema) with Laurent Lucas as a musician looking for new sounds who gets hooked on a woman's voice he hears over a weird chat line and meets her in the dark. With Michael Lonsdale in a supporting role. A couple of scenes strongly influenced by Lynch. I liked it.
Adieu (Arte) directed by Arnaud des Pallieres (also with Laurent Lucas and Michael Lonsdale), I haven't seen that one yet, but it got rave reviews in France.
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Les Invisibles(OF2B), directed by Thierry Jousse (ex-Editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinema) with Laurent Lucas as a musician looking for new sounds who gets hooked on a woman's voice he hears over a weird chat line and meets her in the dark. With Michael Lonsdale in a supporting role. A couple of scenes strongly influenced by Lynch. I liked it.
Adieu (Arte) directed by Arnaud des Pallieres (also with Laurent Lucas and Michael Lonsdale), I haven't seen that one yet, but it got rave reviews in France.
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- Arn777
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Arte is on a roll. Coming out in March 2 boxes of Johan van der Keurken films.
http://www.dvd-bonus.com/resultat_news.php?ID=1156
i haven't seen any of his films, but have read good things
http://www.dvd-bonus.com/resultat_news.php?ID=1156
i haven't seen any of his films, but have read good things
- shirobamba
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I can't believe it! Christmas in February. I happened to see "The Lucid Eye", the impressive retrospective of his photographic work in 2001, that was accompanied by a well researched book/catalog:Arn777 wrote:Arte is on a roll. Coming out in March 2 boxes of Johan van der Keurken films.
http://www.dvd-bonus.com/resultat_news.php?ID=1156
i haven't seen any of his films, but have read good things
http://www.schaden.com/book/vanJohThe00604.html
A dozen of his documentary films were screened at this retro as well, and IMHO Van Der Keuken is one of the most important documentarists of his generation, best comparable perhaps to Ioris Ivens.
His point of view is always "concerned", his compositions are perfect, though breath spontaneity, and his editing, often metonymic and associative, is utterly poetic.
I didn't dare to hope for a DVD release, because the Ivens box (Ivens being the better known film-maker) is delayed for years and years now.
ARTE is really taking risks at the moment.
- Kinsayder
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Stormy Weather (Sólveig Anspach, 2003)
I have it on a Japanese DVD, but this new French edition comes with English subtitles, apparently:
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=22575
I have it on a Japanese DVD, but this new French edition comes with English subtitles, apparently:
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=22575
- tavernier
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DVD specs, from Blaq Out's own website:Kinsayder wrote:Stormy Weather (Sólveig Anspach, 2003)
French DVD release: 2006-02-02
Special features:
- Interview with Sólveig Anspach and Didda Jonsdottir (with brand-new images from the rushes) (19 mins)
- Documentary « Reykjavik, Elfes in the City » (1h02)
- Original Trailer
- Chapters
Technical specifications:
PAL - Zone 2 - DVD 9 - Feature Runtime: 88 mins - Color - 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio - Widescreen anamorphic - French and English original version in Dolby Stereo 2.0 - Optional subtitles: French/English/Icelandic
- Kinsayder
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Shakha Proshakha (The Branches of the Tree, Satyajit Ray, 1990):
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=22393
Not a French film, obviously, but a new French DVD with English subtitles. And fans of Satyajit Ray must take what we can find!
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=22393
Not a French film, obviously, but a new French DVD with English subtitles. And fans of Satyajit Ray must take what we can find!
- Kinsayder
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Yes, that Music Room DVD can be played with either French or English subtitles. Picture quality is fine, but with some print damage here and there. There's a DVD Beaver review:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/Reviews/jalsaghar.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/Reviews/jalsaghar.htm
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Disagre that "print quality is fine". This DVD looks extraordinarily over-contrasty -- and I have been told that the US video release (is it o/p?) looked considerably better. It may be the only game in town -- but the quality is way below the level of FsF's nice Bunuel releases (which came out around the same time).Kinsayder wrote:Yes, that Music Room DVD can be played with either French or English subtitles. Picture quality is fine, but with some print damage here and there.
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- Kinsayder
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Le dîner de cons - 2-DVD remastered edition. English subtitles, director's commentary. Lots of extras. Released 1 April (appropriately!).
http://www.gaumont.com/dvd/fiche_dvd.cfm?id_dvd=182
http://www.gaumont.com/dvd/fiche_dvd.cfm?id_dvd=182
- Kinsayder
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All 10 films in this René Féret box set come with English subtitles:
http://www.alapage.com/mx/?tp=F&type=4& ... upport=DVD
www.reneferet.com
http://www.alapage.com/mx/?tp=F&type=4& ... upport=DVD
www.reneferet.com
- tavernier
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I'm sure the subs are only on the film....Kinsayder wrote:Le dîner de cons - 2-DVD remastered edition. English subtitles, director's commentary. Lots of extras. Released 1 April (appropriately!).
http://www.gaumont.com/dvd/fiche_dvd.cfm?id_dvd=182
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- Kinsayder
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Correct. Disc 2 (with all the extras) is subless. No subtitles for the commentary, either.tavernier wrote:I'm sure the subs are only on the film....Kinsayder wrote:Le dîner de cons - 2-DVD remastered edition. English subtitles, director's commentary. Lots of extras. Released 1 April (appropriately!).
- Kinsayder
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Entre ses mains
A rather good thriller in the "Is my new boyfriend a serial killer?" vein.
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=23650
A rather good thriller in the "Is my new boyfriend a serial killer?" vein.
http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/dvd.php?id=23650
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- Kinsayder
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"Mystère Alexina" is an extraordinarily good film, dealing with a delicate subject: a true story of a 19th century "hermaphrodite" (who was in fact just a boy mistakenly raised as a girl). It stands comparison with Truffaut ("L'enfant sauvage") and Bresson.Dylan wrote:What are René Féret's films like? I don't believe any of them have been released outside of France.
I also like "Promenades d'été", which is much lighter in tone and more frivolous, but utterly charming (a tale of first love set amongst a troupe of actors on tour in rural France). Beautifully acted by a cast of Féret regulars: Valérie Stroh, Samuel Le Bihan, Cécile Bois...
Amongst his other films, "Histoire de Paul", "La communion solennelle", "Baptême", "La place d'un autre" and "L'enfant du pays" constitute an autobiographical cycle.
You can view trailers for all the films on the www.reneferet.com site.
At 5.40 Euros per film, the box set is a bargain.
- Kinsayder
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Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau)
English subtitles are available, according to the Arte website:
http://www.arte-boutique.fr/fr/home/cat ... 67034.html
English subtitles are available, according to the Arte website:
http://www.arte-boutique.fr/fr/home/cat ... 67034.html