BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2 Spine #873 DVD BOX SET FEATURES Remastered digital soundtrack for Limite, created from archival recordings New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese New interview programs featuring film historian Pierre Rissient (on Insiang), director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (on Mysterious Object at Noon), director Ermek Shinarbaev (on Revenge), filmmaker Walter Salles (on Limite), film producer Mevlüt Akkaya (on Law of the Border), and filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edmond Wong in conversation (on Taipei Story, which Hou cowrote and acted in) Three Blu-rays and six DVDs, with all content available in both formats PLUS: A booklet featuring an introduction and essays on the films by Phillip Lopate, Dennis Lim, Kent Jones, Fábio Andrade, Bilge Ebiri, and Andrew Chan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Insiang (1976) Directed by Lino Brocka Country: Philippines Duration: 94 minutes Language: English, Tagalog Spine #874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Country: Thailand Duration: 89 minutes Language: Thai Spine #875 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Revenge (1989) Directed by Ermek Shinarbaev Country: Kazakhstan Duration: 99 minutes Language: Russian Spine #876 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Limite (1931) Directed by Mário Peixoto Country: Brazil Duration: 120 minutes Spine #877 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Law of the Border (1966) Directed by Lütfi Ö. Akad Country: Turkey Duration: 76 minutes Language: Turkish Spine #878 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Taipei Story (1985) Directed by Edward Yang Country: Taiwan Duration: 110 minutes Language: Hokkien, Mandarin Spine #879 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 They Live by Night (1948) Directed by Nicholas Ray Country: United States Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #880 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring film historian Eddie Muller and actor Farley Granger New video interview with film critic Imogen Sara Smith Short piece from 2007 with film critic Molly Haskell, filmmakers Christopher Coppola and Oliver Stone, and film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini Illustrated audio interview excerpts from 1956 with producer John Houseman PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Marseille Trilogy Spine #881 DVD BOX SET FEATURES New introduction by filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier New interview with Nicolas Pagnol, grandson of writer-director Marcel Pagnol Segments from Marcel Pagnol: Morceaux choisis, a 1973 documentary series on Pagnol’s life and work Marseille, a short 1935 documentary about the Marseille harbor produced by Pagnol Archival interviews with actors Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay, and Robert Vattier Pagnol’s Poetic Realism, a new video essay by scholar Brett Bowles French television clip from 2015 about the restoration of the trilogy Theatrical rerelease trailer PLUS: PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and excerpts from Pagnol’s introductions to his plays and screenplays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Marius (1931) Directed by Alexander Korda Country: France Duration: 127 minutes Language: French Spine #882 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Fanny (1932) Directed by Marc Allégret Country: France Duration: 127 minutes Language: French Spine #883 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 César (1936) Directed by Marcel Pagnol Country: France Duration: 141 minutes Language: French Spine #884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Country: United Kingdom Duration: 91 minutes Spine #885 DVD BONUS FEATURES Downhill, another 1927 feature directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ivor Novello, in a 2K digital restoration and with a new piano score by Brand New interview with film scholar William Rothman on Hitchcock’s visual signatures New video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs about Hitchcock’s use of architecture Excerpts from audio interviews with Hitchcock by filmmakers François Truffaut (1962) and Peter Bogdanovich (1963 and 1972) Radio adaptation of The Lodger from 1940, directed by Hitchcock New interview with Brand on composing for silent film PLUS: Essays on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 L'argent (1983) Directed by Robert Bresson Country: France Duration: 84 minutes Language: French Spine #886 DVD BONUS FEATURES Press conference from the 1983 Cannes Film Festival “L’argent,” A to Z, a new video essay by film scholar James Quandt Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Adrian Martin and a newly expanded 1983 interview with director Robert Bresson by critic Michel Ciment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Lost in America (1985) Directed by Albert Brooks Country: United States Duration: 91 minutes Language: English Spine #887 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation with Brooks and filmmaker Robert Weide New interviews with actor Julie Hagerty, executive producer Herb Nanas, and filmmaker and screenwriter James L. Brooks Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Stalker (1979) Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky Country: Soviet Union Duration: 161 minutes Language: Russian Spine #888 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room Interviews from 2000 with set designer Rashit Safiullin and composer Eduard Artemyev Interview from the mid-1990s with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Breaking Point (1950) Directed by Michael Curtiz Country: United States Duration: 97 minutes Language: English Spine #889 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with critic Alan K. Rode (Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film) New piece featuring actor and acting instructor Julie Garfield on her father, actor John Garfield New video essay by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou analyzing Curtiz’s methods Excerpts from a 1962 episode of Today showing contents of the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, Florida, including items related to To Have and Have Not, the novel on which The Breaking Point is based Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Meantime (1984) Directed by Mike Leigh Country: United Kingdom Duration: 107 minutes Language: English Spine #890 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Leigh and musician Jarvis Cocker New conversation between actor Marion Bailey and critic Amy Raphael Interview from 2007 with actor Tim Roth PLUS: An essay by film scholar Sean O’Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 La poison (1951) Directed by Sacha Guitry Country: France Duration: 85 minutes Language: French Spine #891 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with filmmaker Olivier Assayas on writer-director Sacha Guitry’s influence on French cinema Sixty-minute episode of Cinéastes de notre temps from 1965 featuring interviews with some of Guitry’s collaborators On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch, a sixty-minute documentary from 2010 on the collaboration of Guitry and actor Michel Simon PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and a tribute to Guitry by filmmaker François Truffaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Festival (1967) Directed by Murray Lerner Country: United States Duration: 98 minutes Language: English Spine #892 DVD BONUS FEATURES New reconstruction and remastering of the soundtrack from the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner Making “Festival,” a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Lerner, music festival producer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, John Cohen, Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, and others Selection of unreleased performances by Clarence Ashley, Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Cotten, John Lee Hooker, Odetta, and Tom Paxton Optional captions identifying artists and song titles PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist biographies by folk music expert Mary Katherine Aldin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Certain Women (2016) Directed by Kelly Reichardt Country: United States Duration: 107 minutes Language: English Spine #893 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Reichardt and executive producer Todd Haynes New interview with Maile Meloy, author of the stories on which the film is based Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Piano Teacher (2001) Directed by Michael Haneke Country: France Duration: 130 minutes Language: French Spine #894 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Haneke New interview with actor Isabelle Huppert Selected-scene commentary from 2001 featuring Huppert Behind-the-scenes footage featuring Haneke and Huppert Trailer PLUS: An essay by scholar Moira Weigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) Directed by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm Country: United States, Denmark Duration: 88 minutes Language: English Spine #895 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with codirector Jon Nguyen Trailer PLUS: A new essay by critic Dennis Lim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Lure (2015) Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska Country: Poland Duration: 92 minutes Language: Polish Spine #896 DVD BONUS FEATURES New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, actors Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszańska, screenwriter Robert Bolesto, Kijowski, composers Barbara and Zuzanna Wrońskie, sound designer Marcin Lenarczyk, and choreographer Kaya Kołodziejczyk Deleted scenes Aria Diva (2007) and Viva Maria! (2010), two short films by Smoczyńska Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist, playwright, and storyteller Angela Lovell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Barry Lyndon (1975) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Country: United States, United Kingdom Duration: 185 minutes Language: English Spine #897 DVD BONUS FEATURES New documentary featuring cast and crew interviews as well as audio excerpts from a 1976 interview with director Stanley Kubrick New program about the film’s groundbreaking visuals, featuring focus puller Douglas Milsome and gaffer Lou Bogue as well as excerpts from a 1980 interview with cinematographer John Alcott New program featuring historian Christopher Frayling on Academy Award–winning production designer Ken Adam New interview with editor Tony Lawson French television interview from 1976 with Ulla-Britt Söderlund, who codesigned the film’s Oscar-winning costumes New interview with critic Michel Ciment New interview with actor Leon Vitali about the 5.1 surround soundtrack, which he cosupervised New piece analyzing the fine-art-inspired aesthetics of the film with curator Adam Eaker Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and two pieces about the look of the film from the March 1976 issue of American Cinematographer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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