BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 World on a Wire (1973) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Country: Germany Duration: 212 minutes Language: German Spine #598 DVD BONUS FEATURES Fassbinder’s “World on a Wire”: Looking Ahead to Today, a fifty-minute documentary about the making of the film by Juliane Lorenz New interview with German-film scholar Gerd Gemünden Trailer for the 2010 theatrical release PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Ed Halter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) Directed by Louis Malle Country: United States Duration: 119 minutes Language: English Spine #599 DVD BONUS FEATURES New documentary featuring interviews with André Gregory, the play’s director; actors Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn, and Brooke Smith; and producer Fred Berner Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Steven Vineberg and a 1994 on-set report by film critic Amy Taubi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Directed by Otto Preminger Country: United States Duration: 161 minutes Language: English Spine #600 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch Critic Gary Giddins explores Duke Ellington’s score in a new interview A look at the relationship between graphic designer Saul Bass and Preminger with Bass biographer Pat Kirkham Newsreel footage from the set Excerpts from a 1967 episode of Firing Line, featuring Preminger in discussion with William F. Buckley Jr. Excerpts from the work in progress Anatomy of “Anatomy” Behind-the-scenes photographs by Life magazine’s Gjon Mili Trailer, featuring on-set footage PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Nick Pinkerton and a 1959 Life magazine article on real-life lawyer Joseph N. Welch, who plays Judge Weaver in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Letter Never Sent (1959) Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov Country: Soviet Union Duration: 96 minutes Language: Russian Spine #601 DVD BONUS FEATURE PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 The War Room (1993) Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker Country: United States Duration: 96 minutes Language: English Spine #602 DVD BONUS FEATURES Return of the War Room, a 2008 documentary by Hegedus and Pennebaker in which advisers James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Paul Begala, and others reflect on the effect that the Clinton war room had on the way campaigns are run New pieces in which the filmmakers discuss the difficulties of shooting in the campaign’s fast-paced environment Panel discussion hosted by the William J. Clinton Foundation, featuring Carville, Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan, journalist Ron Brownstein, and surprise guest Bill Clinton Interview with strategist Stanley Greenberg on the evolution of polling PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by writer Louis Menand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 David Lean Directs Noël Coward Spine #603 DVD BOX SET FEATURES Audio commentary on Brief Encounter by film historian Bruce Eder New interviews with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day on all of the films Interview with cinematographer-screenwriter-producer Ronald Neame from 2010 Short documentaries from 2000 on the making of In Which We Serve and Brief Encounter David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean’s career Episode of the British television series The Southbank Show from 1992 on the life and career of Coward Audio recording of a 1969 conversation between Richard Attenborough and Coward at London’s National Film Theatre Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Ian Christie, Terrence Rafferty, Farran Smith Nehme, Geoffrey O’Brien, and Kevin Brownlow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 In Which We Serve (1942) Directed by David Lean and Noël Coward Country: United Kingdom Duration: 114 minutes Language: English Spine #604 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview about the film with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day A Profile of “In Which We Serve,” a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film Audio recording of a 1969 conversation between actor Richard Attenborough and Coward at London’s National Film Theatre Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 This Happy Breed (1944) Directed by David Lean Country: United Kingdom Duration: 111 minutes Language: English Spine #605 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview about the film with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day Interview with cinematographer-screenwriter-producer Ronald Neame from 2010 Trailers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Blithe Spirit (1945) Directed by David Lean Country: United Kingdom Duration: 96 minutes Language: English Spine #606 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview about the film with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day Episode of the British television series The Southbank Show from 1992 on the life and career of Coward Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 A Hollis Frampton Odyssey Directed by Hollis Frampton Country: United States Duration: 266 minutes Language: English Spine #607 DVD BONUS FEATURES New high-definition digital restorations of all twenty-four films, with uncompressed monaural audio on the sound films on the Blu-ray edition EARLY FILMS Manual of Arms (1966 • 17 minutes, 10 seconds • Black & White • Silent) Process Red (1966 • 3 minutes, 37 seconds • Color • Silent) Maxwell’s Demon (1968 • 3 minutes, 44 seconds • Color • Mono) Surface Tension (1968 • 9 minutes, 30 seconds • Color • Mono) Carrots & Peas (1969 • 5 minutes, 21 seconds • Color • Mono) Lemon (1969 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds • Color • Silent) Zorns Lemma (1970 • 59 minutes, 51 seconds • Color • Mono) FILMS FROM HAPAX LEGOMENA (nostalgia) (1971 • 36 minutes, 7 seconds • Black & White • Mono) Poetic Justice (1972 • 31 minutes, 28 seconds • Black & White • Silent) Critical Mass (1971 • 25 minutes, 11 seconds • Black & White • Mono) FILMS FROM MAGELLAN The Birth of Magellan The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I (1977–1980 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds • Color • Mono) Straits of Magellan Pans 0–4 and 697–700 (1969–74 • 1-minute each • Color • Silent) INGENIVM NOBIS IPSA PVELLA FECIT, Part I (1975 • 4 minutes, 48 seconds • Color • Silent) Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate 1, 0 (1976 • 5 minutes, 10 seconds • Color • Silent) Winter Solstice (1974 • 32 minutes, 36 seconds • Color • Silent) The Death of Magellan Gloria! (1979 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds • Color • Mono) Audio commentary and remarks by filmmaker Hollis Frampton on selected works Excerpted interview with Frampton from 1978 A Lecture, a performance piece by Frampton, recorded in 1968 with the voice of artist Michael Snow Gallery of works from Frampton’s xerographic series By Any Other Name PLUS: A booklet featuring an introduction by film critic Ed Halter; essays and capsules on the films by Frampton scholars Bruce Jenkins, Ken Eisenstein, and Michael Zryd; and a piece by film preservationist Bill Brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Harold and Maude (1971) Directed by Hal Ashby Country: United States Duration: 91 minutes Language: English Spine #608 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill Illustrated audio excerpts from seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins New interview with songwriter Yusuf/Cat Stevens PLUS: An essay by film critic Matt Zoller Seitz; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Ruth Gordon (Blu-ray only); and two excerpted interviews, one from 1997 with star Bud Cort and cinematographer John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis (Blu-ray only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 ¡Alambrista! (1977) Directed by Robert M. Young Country: United States Duration: 96 minutes Language: English, Spanish Spine #609 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring director Robert M. Young and coproducer Michael Hausman New interview with actor Edward James Olmos Children of the Fields (1973), a short documentary by Young, accompanied by a new interview with the director Trailer PLUS: A new essay by film historian Charles Ramírez Berg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 The Organizer (1963) Directed by Mario Monicelli Country: Italy Duration: 130 minutes Language: Italian Spine #610 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Mario Monicelli from 2006 Trailer PLUS: A new essay by film critic J. Hoberman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Being John Malkovich (1999) Directed by Spike Jonze Country: United States Duration: 113 minutes Language: English Spine #611 DVD BONUS FEATURES New selected-scene audio commentary featuring Jonze’s friend and competitor the filmmaker Michel Gondry New behind-the-scenes documentary by filmmaker Lance Bangs New conversation between actor John Malkovich and humorist John Hodgman New interview with Jonze in which he discusses his on-set photos Two films within the film: 7½ Floor Orientation and “American Arts & Culture” Presents John Horatio Malkovich: “Dance of Despair and Disillusionment” An Intimate Portrait of the Art of Puppeteering, a documentary by Bangs Trailer and TV spots PLUS: A booklet featuring a conversation between Jonze and pop-culture critic Perkus Tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Certified Copy (2010) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Country: Iran, Italy Duration: 106 minutes Language: English, French, Italian Spine #612 DVD BONUS FEATURES The rarely seen 1977 Kiarostami film The Report, which deals with similar themes New interview with director Abbas Kiarostami Let’s See “Copia conforme,” an Italian documentary on the making of Certified Copy, featuring interviews with Kiarostami and actors Juliette Binoche and William Shimell Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Godfrey Cheshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Summer Interlude (1951) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Country: Sweden Duration: 96 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #613 DVD BONUS FEATURE PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Cowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Summer with Monika (1953) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Country: Sweden Duration: 97 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #614 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman New interview with actress Harriet Andersson, conducted by film scholar Peter Cowie New interview with film scholar Eric Schaefer about Kroger Babb and his distribution of Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl! as an exploitation film Images from the Playground, a half-hour documentary by Stig Björkman featuring behind-the-scenes footage shot by Bergman, archival audio interviews with Bergman, and new interviews with actresses Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Laura Hubner, a 1958 review by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, and a publicity piece from 1953 in which Bergman interviews himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 The Gold Rush (1942) Directed by Charles Chaplin Country: United States Duration: 72 minutes Language: English Spine #615 DVD BONUS FEATURES New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded adaptation of director Charlie Chaplin’s score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Three new programs: Presenting “The Gold Rush,” which traces the film’s history and features filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and Vance; A Time of Innovation: Visual Effects in “The Gold Rush,” featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh; and Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock Chaplin Today: “The Gold Rush” (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo Four trailers PLUS: A new essay by critic Luc Sante and James Agee’s review of the 1942 rerelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Shallow Grave (1994) Directed by Danny Boyle Country: United Kingdom Duration: 93 minutes Language: English Spine #616 DVD BONUS FEATURES Two audio commentaries: one by director Danny Boyle and the other by screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald New interview piece featuring actors Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, and Ewan McGregor Digging Your Own Grave, a 1993 documentary by Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald’s video diary from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for Shallow Grave Shallow Grave trailer and Trainspotting teaser PLUS: A new essay by critic Philip Kemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) Directed by Steven Soderbergh Country: United States Duration: 89 minutes Language: English Spine #617 DVD BONUS FEATURES Making of “And Everything Is Going Fine,” featuring director Steven Soderbergh, producer Kathie Russo, and editor Susan Littenberg Sex and Death to the Age 14, Spalding Gray’s first monologue, created in 1979 and filmed in 1982 Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by writer Nell Casey, editor of The Journals of Spalding Gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Gray's Anatomy (1997) Directed by Steven Soderbergh Country: United States Duration: 79 minutes Language: English Spine #618 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Soderbergh and monologue cowriter Renée Shafransky A Personal History of the American Theater, a ninety-five-minute monologue by Spalding Gray, originally produced by the Wooster Group in 1980 and videotaped in 1982 Swimming to the Macula, sixteen minutes of footage from Gray's actual eye surgery Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Amy Taubin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Le Havre (2011) Directed by Aki Kaurismäki Country: France, Finland Duration: 93 minutes Language: French Spine #619 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with actor André Wilms Footage from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, including a press conference and a French television interview with cast and crew Finnish television interview with actress Kati Outinen from 2011 Concert footage of Little Bob, the musician featured in the film Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Sicinski and a 2011 conversation between Kaurismäki and film historian Peter von Bagh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 La promesse (1996) Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne Country: Belgium Duration: 94 minutes Language: French Spine #620 DVD BONUS FEATURES Conversation between film critic Scott Foundas and filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne New interview piece featuring actors Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet Trailer Plus: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Kent Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Rosetta (1999) Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne Country: Belgium Duration: 93 minutes Language: French Spine #621 DVD BONUS FEATURES Conversation between film critic Scott Foundas and filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne * New interview piece featuring actors Émilie Dequenne and Olivier Gourmet Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Kent Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Weekend (2011) Directed by Andrew Haigh Country: United Kingdom Duration: 97 minutes Language: English Spine #622 DVD BONUS FEATURES New program featuring interviews with Haigh, Pontikos, producer Tristan Goligher, and actors Tom Cullen and Chris New New interview with Haigh on the film’s sex scenes On-set video footage shot by New and others Two scenes from Cullen and New’s audition Video essay on the film’s set photographers, Oisín Share and Colin Quinn Cahuenga Blvd. (2003) and Five Miles Out (2009), two short films by Haigh Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Dennis Lim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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