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FrauBlucher
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by FrauBlucher » Wed Feb 09, 2022 7:10 pm
They've been very quiet until now....
New restoration of Nina Menkas' The Bloody Child
With a Menkas' boxset to follow...
Along with The Bloody Child, Arbelos has added Menkes' entire filmography to its catalog with the acquisition of The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Phantom Love (2007), and Dissolution (2012). In 2019, Menkes' Queen of Diamonds was restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, co-presented by EOS World Fund, and re-released by Arbelos to critical acclaim. Arbelos and Eos World Fund will co-present the re-release of Magdalena Viraga. Arbelos is planning a touring theatrical retrospective of Menkes' films, as well as digital and blu-ray boxset releases in 2022.
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swo17
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by swo17 » Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:13 pm
Awesome!
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Soothsayer
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by Soothsayer » Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:58 am
That is amazing news, beyond what I'd hoped for even.
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swo17
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by swo17 » Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:44 pm
Magdalena Viraga
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Soothsayer
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by Soothsayer » Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:45 pm
Sorry I'm late here but I'd recommend starting with The Lost Sadness of Zohara and go in chronological order.
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WmS
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by WmS » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:48 am
Bloody Child's also screening in-person in 35mm at the Wex on 28 Feb:
https://wexarts.org/film-video/bloody-child
Of her films I've only seen
Queen of Diamonds on Arbelos' Vimeo page, and I found it mesmerizing. The box set is fantastic news. Her working methods are really fascinating as she decribes them in interviews:
There was a point, when I shifted over to 35mm, where various people (though not my sister Tinka, I should add) kept suggesting that I give up the camera, in order to concentrate more completely on directing. But I realized ... that that would be a fatal error. The reason is that I never plan shots; I like them to unfold in the moment, and also because I feel everything through the lens. This is perhaps just an idiosyncratic talent. I know how to frame my shots on the one hand, and I also know that if I would tell someone else what to do I would lose the Zen miracle of the one moment, so to speak.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2008/spot ... interview/
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swo17
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by swo17 » Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:04 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:44 pm
Magdalena Viraga
I suppose I should provide some context to my recommendation. This was my first film of hers and it slowly burrowed into my brain in such a way that I subsequently felt compelled to visit much of her filmography. As I recall they were all roughly of a piece with each other, but the images from my first encounter are the ones that remain most indelible. One may also note that these films are generally very poorly rated on IMDb, which is not entirely surprising. I might describe Menkes' craft as deceptively inept, perhaps a bit like Andy Milligan with a tripod. These films are acted and shot "wrong" in a way, but it's a way I find intimately accessible and uniquely haunting.
I also see that Menkes just had a documentary premiere at Sundance this year. I wonder if Arbelos might take that one on as well
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Soothsayer
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by Soothsayer » Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:18 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:04 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:44 pm
Magdalena Viraga
I suppose I should provide some context to my recommendation. This was my first film of hers and it slowly burrowed into my brain in such a way that I subsequently felt compelled to visit much of her filmography. As I recall they were all roughly of a piece with each other, but the images from my first encounter are the ones that remain most indelible. One may also note that these films are generally very poorly rated on IMDb, which is not entirely surprising. I might describe Menkes' craft as deceptively inept, perhaps a bit like Andy Milligan with a tripod. These films are acted and shot "wrong" in a way, but it's a way I find intimately accessible and uniquely haunting.
I also see that Menkes just had a documentary premiere at Sundance this year. I wonder if Arbelos might take that one on as well
Good description of Magdalena Viraga. I'd add that it's also one of the cooler visions of east Los Angeles that I've seen.
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Glowingwabbit
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by Glowingwabbit » Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:45 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:04 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:44 pm
Magdalena Viraga
I suppose I should provide some context to my recommendation. This was my first film of hers and it slowly burrowed into my brain in such a way that I subsequently felt compelled to visit much of her filmography. As I recall they were all roughly of a piece with each other, but the images from my first encounter are the ones that remain most indelible. One may also note that these films are generally very poorly rated on IMDb, which is not entirely surprising. I might describe Menkes' craft as deceptively inept, perhaps a bit like Andy Milligan with a tripod. These films are acted and shot "wrong" in a way, but it's a way I find intimately accessible and uniquely haunting.
I also see that Menkes just had a documentary premiere at Sundance this year. I wonder if Arbelos might take that one on as well
Thanks for the writeup. I'll definitely start with this one. I bought the Andy Milligan set from Severin blindly a couple of months ago and he's been quite the revelation for me so far. So this also sounds like it aligns with the kind of cinema I'm currently vibing with.
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yoloswegmaster
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by yoloswegmaster » Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:23 pm
Arbelos have the rights to Wayne Wang's Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive, and a 4K restoration has been performed for it.
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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:35 pm
yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:23 pm
Arbelos have the rights to Wayne Wang's
Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive, and a 4K restoration has been performed for it.
I really hope they give us the original cut and the new version he’s prepared. Wang has caught a bit of the revisionism bug.
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criterionsnob
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by criterionsnob » Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:09 am
Trailer for
Dream Life posted on Arbelos YouTube. Looks to be a collaboration between Arbelos and Canadian International Pictures. Billed as "the first female-directed narrative fiction feature to come out of Quebec."
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Saturnome
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by Saturnome » Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:18 pm
Ohhh that's a good one! If you're into playful 1960s/1970s films about free spirited young women and their friendship, it's a must.
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criterionsnob
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by criterionsnob » Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:44 pm
Arbelos also just announced via their newsletter:
LE: Cinematic Sorceress - The Films of Nina Menkes, featuring The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996), Phantom Love (2007), Dissolution (2012).
Pre-order, coming January 31.
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hearthesilence
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by hearthesilence » Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:46 am
FWIW, for those who don't have a subscription to the Criterion Channel, the 4K restoration of Chameleon Street is up on Kanopy. (IIRC a Blu-ray was planned but it's been over a year since the theatrical re-issue and still no release date.)
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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:27 am
hearthesilence wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:46 am
FWIW, for those who don't have a subscription to the Criterion Channel, the 4K restoration of
Chameleon Street is up on Kanopy. (IIRC a Blu-ray was planned but it's been over a year since the theatrical re-issue and still no release date.)
Nina Menkes’ new documentary
Brainwashed, which isn’t included in Arbelos’ set, can also be found on Kanopy
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Finch
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by Finch » Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:29 pm
“Twilight” (“Szürkület”) 4k restoration to get a US release through
Arbelos
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FrauBlucher
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by FrauBlucher » Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:32 pm
A restoration trailer
Twilight... Looks beautiful!
Edit: Removed
Time of Roses.
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yoloswegmaster
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by yoloswegmaster » Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:47 pm
Whoever wrote that article is either mistaken or has some insider information that isn't known to the rest of us. You can double check the YT channel that the trailer was uploaded to.
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therewillbeblus
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by therewillbeblus » Fri May 05, 2023 11:44 am
swo17 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:04 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:44 pm
Magdalena Viraga
I suppose I should provide some context to my recommendation. This was my first film of hers and it slowly burrowed into my brain in such a way that I subsequently felt compelled to visit much of her filmography. As I recall they were all roughly of a piece with each other, but the images from my first encounter are the ones that remain most indelible. One may also note that these films are generally very poorly rated on IMDb, which is not entirely surprising. I might describe Menkes' craft as deceptively inept, perhaps a bit like Andy Milligan with a tripod. These films are acted and shot "wrong" in a way, but it's a way I find intimately accessible and uniquely haunting.
I was ready to return this set after finding the first four films varying degrees of bleh (categories: 'Interesting but I'll probably never watch it again' (
Magdalena Viraga); 'Almost interesting but walks a razors edge that falls on the side of irritation' (
Queen of Diamonds, The Bloody Child); 'I want to rip my head off my shoulders' (
The Great Sadness of Zohara). But then I got to
Phantom Love, which somehow clicked for me in a profound way - Menkes leaning a bit heavier into the artsy possibilities of her previous preoccupations, imbuing phantasmagoric surreality into the sensation of an intense subjectivity in friction with alienating/intrusive stimuli and physical space. I guess I have to keep this set now..
Can anyone speak to the commentaries - do they help one gain an understanding/appreciation of what Menkes is doing with these films? I'm particularly interested in
Magdalena Viraga and
Phantom Love
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Emak-Bakia
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by Emak-Bakia » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:24 pm
I just noticed that Belladonna of Sadness has been removed from the Arbelos site and is sold out from all retailers. I wonder if a 4K is coming from someone else?