BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Death by Hanging (1968) Directed by Nagisa Oshima Country: Japan Duration: 118 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #798 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with critic Tony Rayns New high-definition digital transfer of director Nagisa Oshima’s 1965 experimental short documentary Diary of Yunbogi Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and a 1968 director's statement by Oshima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Kid (1921) Directed by Charles Chaplin Country: United States Duration: 53 minutes Language: English Spine #799 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Chaplin historian Charles Maland Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star, a new video essay by Chaplin historian Lisa Haven A Study in Undercranking, a new program featuring silent-film specialist Ben Model Interviews with Coogan and actor Lita Grey Chaplin Excerpted audio interviews with cinematographer Rollie Totheroh and film distributor Mo Rothman Deleted scenes and titles from the original 1921 version of The Kid “Charlie” on the Ocean, a 1921 newsreel documenting Chaplin’s first return trip to Europe Footage of Chaplin conducting his score for The Kid Nice and Friendly, a 1922 silent short featuring Chaplin and Coogan, presented with a new score by composer Timothy Brock Trailers PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Graduate (1967) Directed by Mike Nichols Country: United States Duration: 106 minutes Language: English Spine #800 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh Audio commentary from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber New interview with actor Dustin Hoffman New conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Buck Henry New interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate Students of “The Graduate,” a short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence “The Graduate” at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film Interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show Excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show Screen tests Trailer PLUS: An essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 I Knew Her Well (1965) Directed by Antonio Pietrangeli Country: Italy Duration: 115 minutes Language: Italian Spine #801 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with actor Stefania Sandrelli New interview with film scholar Luca Barattoni about the career of director Antonio Pietrangeli Archival footage of Sandrelli's audition Trailer PLUS: An essay by journalist and author Alexander Stille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Paris Belongs to Us (1961) Directed by Jacques Rivette Country: France Duration: 141 minutes Language: French Spine #802 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Richard Neupert, author of A History of the French New Wave Cinema Jacques Rivette’s 1956 short film Le coup du berger, featuring cameos by fellow French New Wave directors Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and François Truffaut PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Directed by John Frankenheimer Country: United States Duration: 126 minutes Language: English Spine #803 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1997 featuring director John Frankenheimer New interview with actor Angela Lansbury New piece featuring filmmaker Errol Morris discussing his appreciation for The Manchurian Candidate Conversation between Frankenheimer, screenwriter George Axelrod, and actor Frank Sinatra from 1987 New interview with historian Susan Carruthers about the Cold War brainwashing scare Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Brighter Summer Day (1991) Directed by Edward Yang Country: Taiwan Duration: 237 minutes Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese Spine #804 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns New interview with actor Chen Chang Our Time, Our Story, a 113-minute documentary from 2002 about the New Taiwan Cinema movement, featuring interviews with Yang and filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien, Sylvia Chang, and Tsai Ming-liang, among others Videotaped performance of director Edward Yang’s 1992 play Likely Consequence PLUS: An essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire and a 1991 director’s statement by Yang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Directed by Les Blank Country: United States Duration: 90 minutes Language: English Spine #805 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between musician Leon Russell and Harrod Blank Excerpts from a 2013 Q&A with Les Blank A Film’s Forty-Year Journey: The Making of “A Poem Is a Naked Person,” a new documentary featuring interviews with Harrod Blank, assistant editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and artist Jim Franklin Out in the Woods, a short documentary by Gosling Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Directed by Howard Hawks Country: United States Duration: 121 minutes Language: English Spine #806 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich New interview with film critic David Thomson Howard Hawks and His Aviation Movies, a new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Barcelona (1994) Directed by Whit Stillman Country: United States Duration: 101 minutes Language: English Spine #807 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Stillman and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols New video essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme about the trilogy made up of Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco The Making of “Barcelona,” a short documentary from 1994 featuring behind-the-scenes footage and on-set interviews with Stillman and cast members Deleted scenes and alternate ending, with commentary by Stillman, Eigeman, and Nichols Segment from a 1994 episode of the Today show featuring Stillman Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1991 with Stillman Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Haden Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates Directed by Robert Drew Country: United States Duration: 170 minutes Language: English Spine #808 DVD BONUS FEATURES Primary 1960 • 53 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratioAdventures on the New Frontier 1961 • 52 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratioCrisis 1963 • 53 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratioFaces of November 1964 • 12 minutes • Black & White • Monaural • 1.33:1 aspect ratio Alternate, twenty-six-minute cut of Primary, edited by filmmaker Richard Leacock Audio commentary on Primary, featuring excerpts from a 1961 conversation between Leacock, filmmakers Robert Drew and D. A. Pennebaker, and film critic Gideon Bachmann Robert Drew in His Own Words, a new documentary featuring archival interview footage New conversation between Pennebaker and Jill Drew, general manager of Drew Associates and Robert Drew’s daughter-in-law Outtakes from Crisis, along with a discussion by historian Andrew Cohen, author of Two Days in June New conversation about Crisis featuring former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone, Holder’s wife and the sister of Vivian Malone, one of the students featured in Crisis New interview with Richard Reeves, author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power Footage from a 1998 event at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, featuring Drew, Pennebaker, Leacock, and filmmaker Albert Maysles PLUS: An essay by documentary film curator and writer Thomas Powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Phoenix (2014) Directed by Christian Petzold Country: Germany Duration: 98 minutes Language: German Spine #809 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between director Christian Petzold and actor Nina Hoss New interview with cinematographer Hans Fromm The Making of “Phoenix,” a 2014 documentary featuring interviews with Petzold, Hoss, actors Nina Kunzendorf and Ronald Zehrfeld, and production designer K. D. Gruber Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Koresky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 In a Lonely Place (1950) Directed by Nicholas Ray Country: United States Duration: 93 minutes Language: English Spine #810 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring film scholar Dana Polan I’m a Stranger Here Myself, a 1975 documentary about director Nicholas Ray, slightly condensed for this release New interview with biographer Vincent Curcio about actor Gloria Grahame Piece from 2002 featuring filmmaker Curtis Hanson Radio adaptation from 1948 of the original Dorothy B. Hughes novel, broadcast on the program Suspense Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Naked Island (1960) Directed by Kaneto Shindo Country: Japan Duration: 96 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #811 DVD BONUS FEATURES Video introduction by director Kaneto Shindo, recorded for a 2011 retrospective of his work Audio commentary recorded in 2000, featuring Shindo and composer Hikaru Hayashi New appreciation of the film by actor Benicio Del Toro New interview with film scholar Akira Mizuta Lippit Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Haden Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Player (1992) Directed by Robert Altman Country: United States Duration: 124 minutes Language: English Spine #812 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1992 featuring director Robert Altman, writer Michael Tolkin, and cinematographer Jean Lépine Interview with Altman from 1992 New interviews with Tolkin, actor Tim Robbins, associate producer David Levy, and production designer Stephen Altman Cannes Film Festival press conference from 1992 with cast and crew Robert Altman’s Players, a short documentary about the shooting of the film’s fund-raiser scene Map to the Stars, a gallery dedicated to the cameo appearances in the film Deleted scenes and outtakes The film’s opening shot, with alternate commentaries by Altman, Lépine, and Tolkin Trailers and TV spots More PLUS: An essay by author Sam Wasson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy Spine #813 DVD BOX SET FEATURES Audio commentaries on all three films New interview with Wenders, directed and conducted by filmmaker Michael Almereyda New interviews with actors Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, and Hanns Zischler Outtakes and Super 8 footage Restoring Time, a 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wenders Foundation Same Player Shoots Again (1967) and Silver City Revisited (1968), two newly restored early short films by Wenders More! PLUS: A book featuring essays on the films by Almereyda, filmmaker Allison Anders, author James Robison, and critic Nick Roddick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Alice in the Cities (1974) Directed by Wim Wenders Country: Germany Duration: 113 minutes Language: German Spine #814 DVD BONUS FEATURES German-language audio commentary featuring Wenders and actors Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer New interviews with Vogler, Rottländer, and actor Lisa Kreuzer Outtakes from the film Restoring Time, a 2015 short about the restoration work done by the Wim Wenders Foundation Same Player Shoots Again (1967) and Silver City Revisited (1968), two newly restored early short films by Wenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Wrong Move (1975) Directed by Wim Wenders Country: Germany Duration: 104 minutes Language: German Spine #815 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Wenders New interview with Wenders, directed and conducted by filmmaker Michael Almereyda New interviews with actors Rüdiger Vogler and Lisa Kreuzer Super 8 footage from the film’s production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Kings of the Road (1976) Directed by Wim Wenders Country: Germany Duration: 176 minutes Language: German Spine #816 DVD BONUS FEATURES German-language audio commentary featuring Wenders Outtakes from the film New interviews with actors Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, and Lisa Kreuzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Le amiche (1955) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Country: Italy Duration: 106 minutes Language: Italian Spine #817 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation with scholars David Forgacs and Karen Pinkus on the film’s themes New interview with scholar Eugenia Paulicelli on the importance of fashion in Antonioni’s work PLUS: An essay by film scholar Tony Pipolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 La chienne (1931) Directed by Jean Renoir Country: France Duration: 96 minutes Language: French Spine #818 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction to the film from 1961 by director Jean Renoir New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner New restoration of On purge bébé (1931), Renoir’s first sound film, also starring Michel Simon Jean Renoir le patron: “Michel Simon” a ninety-five-minute 1967 French television program featuring a conversation between Renoir and Simon, directed by Jacques Rivette PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Directed by Alexander Hall Country: United States Duration: 94 minutes Language: English Spine #819 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker/distributor Michael Schlesinger Audio interview from 1991 in which actor Elizabeth Montgomery discusses her father, actor Robert Montgomery Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Here Comes Mr. Jordan from 1942 starring Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Fantastic Planet (1973) Directed by René Laloux Country: France, Czechoslovakia Duration: 72 minutes Language: French Spine #820 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate English-language soundtrack Les temps morts (1965) and Les escargots (1966), two early short films by director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor Laloux sauvage, a 2009 documentary on Laloux Episode of the French television program Italiques from 1974 about Topor’s work Interview with Topor from 1973 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Brooke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Country: United States, United Kingdom Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #821 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Stanley Kubrick scholars Mick Broderick and Rodney Hill; archivist Richard Daniels; cinematographer and camera innovator Joe Dunton; camera operator Kelvin Pike; and David George, son of Peter George, on whose novel Red Alert the film is based Excerpts from a 1966 audio interview with Kubrick, conducted by physicist and author Jeremy Bernstein Four short documentaries, about the making of the film, the sociopolitical climate of the period, the work of actor Peter Sellers, and the artistry of Kubrick Interviews from 1963 with Sellers and actor George C. Scott Excerpt from a 1980 interview with Sellers from NBC’s Today show Trailers PLUS: An essay by scholar David Bromwich and a 1994 article by screenwriter Terry Southern on the making of the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) Directed by Olivier Assayas Country: France, Germany, Switzerland Duration: 124 minutes Language: English, French, German Spine #822 DVD BONUS FEATURES Beyond Time, a new interview with director Olivier Assayas Parallel Lives, a new program featuring actors Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart on their roles in the film Cloud Phenomena of Maloja, a silent 1924 documentary by Arnold Fanck that is seen in the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Molly Haskell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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