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February 15, 2007
[JACQUES RIVETTE]  We're always excited about online endeavors devoted to filmmakers we admire, so we're pleased to help promote the new website, jacques-rivette.com (Order of the Exile). "The goal of this site is to disseminate materials on Rivette's films so both the serious scholar and the simply curious have access to items that are out of print, rare, or unavailable."
- D.C.
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January 24, 2007
[THE MASTERS OF CINEMA SERIES]
For those that have been out of the loop for a while, or those new to the site, I'd like to draw your attention to our own series of DVDs, issued in the UK by Eureka Entertainment and entitled The Masters of Cinema Series.
Now into its third year, and with over thirty titles under our belt, we are preparing to release a director-approved deluxe 4 x DVD edition of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah replete with 184-page book in a hard box.
In recent months, we have released Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses, Vittorio De Sica's Shoeshine, a three-film Mikio NARUSE box set, and The Complete Buster Keaton Short Films 1917-1923. We have a packed release schedule lined up for 2007/2008 including the work of the Maysles Bros, Kenji Mizoguchi, Jean-Pierre Melville, Carl Th. Dreyer, Luchino Visconti, Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau, G. W. Pabst, Masahiro Shinoda, and more... Full details will become available on our new Masters of Cinema Series website as soon as we have them.
We are extremely grateful to those that purchase releases in the Masters of Cinema Series because it directly allows us to keep investing in new restorations and new releases. We would not be able to continue without your help.
- N. W.
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January 6, 2007
[MoC DVD OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006] The results of the 4th annual Masters of Cinema DVD of the Year Award are here. Sorry for the delay.
- N. W.
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December 27, 2006
[JEAN-LUC GODARD] The much-anticipated Gaumont French DVD release of Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma was repeatedly delayed and then seemingly cancelled earlier this year. No English subtitles were planned for this release. We hear persistent rumours that Godard has been continually re-editing the film and adding to it, which is why the English subtitles as seen in recent North American screenings are in shambles and the DVD release keeps getting delayed. However, the small Spanish DVD company intermedio has recently released a 4xDVD set of Histoire(s) du cinéma, based on material licensed from Gaumont. Screenshots: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4]. The release carries an original French audio track with newly created, non removable, Spanish subtitles utilizing three different colors (to help distinguish the different voices). This PAL DVD edition clocks in at 268 minutes. 2 x 50 years of French Cinema (Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, 1995, 50 mins) is also included. Incidentally, a link to a fairly complete table of references for Histoire(s) du cinéma by Celine Scemama is found here. In other Godard news, the Jean-Luc Godard Collection Vol.1 (Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, Une femme est une femme, Le petit soldat, A bout de souffle, La Chinoise, and Made In The USA) is slated for a March release in Region 2 UK, by Optimum. As well, there is a Godard collection coming in March from Nouveax Pictures: The 60's Collection (Vivre sa vie, Masculin feminin and Two Or Three Things I Know About Her, all digitally remastered from restored prints). This is likely a simple rebundling of their previous Godard releases, at a budget price point.
- T.T.
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December 8, 2006
[MoC DVD OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006]The 4th annual Masters of Cinema DVD of the Year Award (or should that be 'Criterion DVD of the Year Award'!) will be announced here on Xmas Eve. As usual, it is voted for by our readers. The voting period is from now until December 23.
We'd like our readers to vote for *one title* — their favourite DVD released in 2006 — so here are some simple guidelines that may help you decide: 1.) The DVD can be from anywhere in the world and must have been released sometime in 2006; 2.) You can vote for box sets; 3.) Choose your personal favourite release; 4.) Please don't vote for MoC DVDs, the vote will give us a warm glow but won't be counted. Thanks.
Like previous years, if you could also please give a sentence or two explaining why you've picked it, we'll publish a selection of your replies with the results.
Simply send your ONE title (and the name of the company who issued the disc) here. This is the only way to vote. If you're reading this - please vote! Thankyou! - NB. only one vote per reader please. Three lucky voters will be picked out of a hat to receive copies of the latest MoC Series releases. Good luck! and thanks for reading!
After 2004's ridiculous glut of Master and Commander votes, we're really good at spotting organised voting rings — so please just vote once because your favourite film may be banned from the results otherwise. Thanks!
If you want to see what happened in previous years, click here: 2003, 2004 or 2005. Good luck! and thanks for reading.
- N. W.
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January, 2007
Blind Husbands (includes version comparisons, newsreel, and ROM version of Jon Barnas' OOP book)
(Von Stroheim, 1919) Edition Filmmuseum R0 Austria
Diva
(Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Douglas Sirk Collection
(Imitation Of Life, Magnificent Obsession, Written On The Wind, All I Desire, Has Anybody Seen My Gal,
All That Heaven Allows, The Tarnished Angels, 1952-'59) Universal R2 UK
The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1
(Fireworks, Puce Moment, Rabbit's Moon, Eaux d'Artifice, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, 1947-'54) Fantoma R1 USA
The Go-Between
(Joseph Losey, 1971) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Luis Bunuel Box Set
(That Obscure Object Of Desire, The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, Diary of A Chambermaid,
The Phantom Of Liberty, The Milky Way, Tristana, The Young One, Belle De Jour. 1960-'77) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Mouchette
(Bresson, 1967) Criterion R1 USA
Ozu Collection 4
(Late Autumn, An Autumn Afternoon, 1960-'62) Tartan R2 UK
The Plow That Broke the Plains/The River
(Pare Lorentz, 1935) Naxos R2 UK
Still Life
(Jia Zhangke, 2006) Warner R6 China
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February, 2007
49th Parallel
(Powell and Pressburger, 1941) Criterion R1 USA
Les Anges du peche
(Bresson, 1943) Gallimard R0 France
Bicycle Thieves
(De Sica, 1948) Criterion R1 USA
The Big Steal
(Don Siegel, 1949) Universal R2 UK
Cocorico monsieur Poulet (also Hippopotamus Hunt and Cimetiere dans la falaise)
(Jean Rouch, 1974) Editions Montparnasse R2 France
Elegy of the Land
(Sokurov, 1977) Facets R1 USA
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
(Kazuo Hara, 1987) Facets R1 USA
F for Fake
(Commentary by Gary Graver and Bill Krohn, 28-minute interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum, 40-page booklet.)
(Welles, 1973) MoC R2 UK
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
(Truffaut, 1972) Cinema Club R2 UK
The Heiress
(Wyler, 1949) Universal R1 USA
The Party and the Guests
(Jan Němec, Czechoslovakia/1966) Second Run R0 UK
Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist
(1925-1940) Criterion R1 USA
Performance
(Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970) Warner R1 USA
Requiem
(Hans-Christian Schmid, 2006) Soda Pictures R2 UK
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
(Jirí Weiss, Czechoslovakia/1960) Second Run R0 UK
Shoah (4 x DVD box set, 180-page book)
(Lanzmann, 1985) MoC R2 UK
Volver
(Almodovar, 2006) Fox R2 UK
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
(Naruse, 1960) Criterion R1 USA
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March, 2007
Animated Soviet Propaganda (4-disc set)
(Various, 1924-'80s) Kino R1 USA
The 60's Collection
(Vivre sa vie; Masculin feminin; Two Or Three Things I Know About Her, 1962-'67) Nouveax R2 UK
The Burmese Harp
(Ichikawa, 1956) Criterion R1 USA
Early Bergman (5-disc set)
(Torment; Crisis; Port of Call; Thirst; To Joy; 1946-'50) Criterion R1 USA
Fires on the Plain
(Ichikawa, 1959) Criterion R1 USA
Jesse James
(Henry King, 1939) Fox R1 USA
Marketa Lazarova
(Frantisek Vlacil, 1963) Second Run R2 UK
Muriel
(Alain Resnais, 1963) Koch Lorber R1 USA
My Way Home
(Jancso, 1965) Second Run R2 UK
Naked City
(Dassin, 1948) Criterion R1 USA
Palms
(Artour Aristakisian, 1993) Second Run R2 UK
Pan's Labyrinth
(Guillermo Del Toro, 2006) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Return of Frank James
(Fritz Lang, 1940) Fox R1 USA
The Round Up
(Miklos Jancso, 1965) Second Run R2 USA
True Story of Jesse James
(Nicholas Ray, 1957) Fox R1 USA
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April, 2007
Bedazzled
(Stanley Donen, 1967) Fox R1 USA
Brute Force
(Dassin, 1947) Criterion R1 USA
The Documentaries of Louis Malle
(Vive le tour; Humain, trop humain; Place de la republique; Phantom India; Calcutta;
God's Country; And the Pursuit of Happiness, 1962-'86) Criterion R1 USA
Japanese Anime Classic Collection (4-disc set)
(Various, 1920s-'30s) Digital Meme R0 USA
Jean Renoir Collection (3-disc set)
(Whirlpool of Fate; Nana; Charleston Parade; The Marseillaise;
The Little Match Girl; Experiment in Evil; The Elusive Corporal,
1925-'62) Lionsgate R1 USA
Les Miserables
(Richard Boleslawski, 1935) Fox R1 USA
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May, 2007
Classic Western Round-Up (two volumes)
(Canyon Passage, Tourneur; Texas Rangers, King Vidor; The Lawless Breed, Raoul Walsch;
and Boetticher's The Texans, California, The Cimarron Kid, The Man from the Alamo) Universal R1 USA
Climates
(Ceylan, 2006) Artificial Eye R2 UK
Diary of a Country Priest
(Bresson, 1950) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Un flic
(Melville, 1972) Optimum Releasing R2 UK
Scarface
(Hawks, 1932) Universal R1 USA
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