Kino
- Ashirg
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:10 am
- Location: Atlanta
Re: Kino
The Queen (1968) released June 2nd -
Special features:
• Audio commentary by artist and producer Zackary Drucker and journalist and author Diana Tourjée
• Outtake footage
• Theatrical trailers (original and re-release)
• Interview with producer Si Litvinoff, by Shade Rupe
• The Queen: After Party Outtakes, with Jack Doroshow, by Joe E. Jeffreys
• Flawless Sabrina: Icon/Muse, a short documentary by Michelle Handelman
• Irma Vep: The Last Breath, a short film by Michelle Handelman, featuring Flawless Sabrina
• Queens at Heart, a 1967 short documentary on drag culture
• Post-screening Q&A footage with Flawless Sabrina and Zackary Drucker
• Booklet essay by Joe E. Jeffreys (Blu-ray only)
Special features:
• Audio commentary by artist and producer Zackary Drucker and journalist and author Diana Tourjée
• Outtake footage
• Theatrical trailers (original and re-release)
• Interview with producer Si Litvinoff, by Shade Rupe
• The Queen: After Party Outtakes, with Jack Doroshow, by Joe E. Jeffreys
• Flawless Sabrina: Icon/Muse, a short documentary by Michelle Handelman
• Irma Vep: The Last Breath, a short film by Michelle Handelman, featuring Flawless Sabrina
• Queens at Heart, a 1967 short documentary on drag culture
• Post-screening Q&A footage with Flawless Sabrina and Zackary Drucker
• Booklet essay by Joe E. Jeffreys (Blu-ray only)
- Drucker
- Your Future our Drucker
- Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am
Re: Kino
Great Leap on Beaver. Not only does this look really fantastic, it kind of makes me laugh that Kino has defended some of their silent films where aspect ratios were clearly messed up. Look how great this looks!
- Finch
- Joined: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:09 pm
- Location: Edinburgh, UK
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Kino have bought Rasoulof's Berlin winner There Is No Evil for a fall theatrical release.
“There is No Evil’s” U.S. deal was negotiated by Kino Lorber senior VP Wendy Lidell and Film Boutique’s head of sales Julien Razafindranaly.
”I am very happy that Kino Lorber is once again distributing one of my films in the U.S.,” Rasoulof himself commented:
He went on: “With their selection of titles they demonstrate that cinema can be entertaining and thought-provoking at the same time, confronting the audience with questions of choice and morality.”
Lidell added, “About halfway through watching ‘There is No Evil,’ I knew it was destined to win Berlin’s Golden Bear. Told with great insight and compassion, this story of personal soul-searching is both uniquely Iranian and superbly universal. We believe it will resonate deeply with Americans during these extraordinary times.”
“We are really glad that ‘There is No Evil’ has been so well-received since its premiere at the Berlinale,” Razafindranaly added. “Today it is with the same level of happiness that we team up again with Richard, Wendy and the whole team at Kino Lorber in order to bring this year’s Golden Bear to American audiences very soon.”
- L.A.
- Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 am
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- willoneill
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:10 am
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Fitting as today is National Canadian Film Day, Kino has restored and will be releasing The Grey Fox.
- L.A.
- Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 am
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- hearthesilence
- Joined: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:22 am
- Location: NYC
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Nice! So we get both versions of Tartuffe in one package, a rare instance where the Kino edition tops Eureka/MoC's.
FWIW, there was an issue with the Early Murnau box set, and happily Kino has rectified things. As explained in this post from 2016:
lubitsch wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:22 pmAs for the following information, I'm merely repeating a friend's observations. He wrote to MoC but got no response, I also enquired and got no response, so it's time to make this more public. Maybe MoC will be willing to explain who exactly botched this release, the facts are as following:
The version of Tartüff in this set is a 2013 HD scan of the old version which was already released on DVD back in 2002. The version used then was the US export version which was censored. There were even comparisons between the US and European versions which documented the censorship, but it was explained that the other version was too bad to be used for a transfer.
In 2015 a new restoration was shown on arte which didn't feature the piano music, but instead a full orchestral score and it was longer. Now the information credits told us that this copy was made from an uncensored print by Gosfilmofond and the US version as well as another copy were only used to fill the gaps.
The question obviously is: why do we get the old version in this set? Didn't MoC want to license the new restoration and pay for it? Or did Murnau Stiftung forget to inform them of a new restoration?
Maybe some others would like to write to MoC and ask for an explanation. It's certainly not true that "this collection features new high-definition transfers of all five films from the finest archival elements" as their facebook post from 20th april says.
- EddieLarkin
- Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:25 am
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Seems Kino have upped their game a little, because they bested another MoC silent film release recently with The Golem, by using the correct video levels.
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Re: Kino Lorber Studio Classics Acquisitions
This is an exciting one:
Coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 14th from Kino Classics!
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Directed by Leontine Sagan
A vital landmark in the history of queer cinema, Mädchen in Uniform is a remarkably brave and honest film about nascent love between women at a boarding school for girls.
Special feature:
Audio commentary by film historian Jenni Olson
Coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 14th from Kino Classics!
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Directed by Leontine Sagan
A vital landmark in the history of queer cinema, Mädchen in Uniform is a remarkably brave and honest film about nascent love between women at a boarding school for girls.
Special feature:
Audio commentary by film historian Jenni Olson
- perkizitore
- Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:29 pm
- Location: OOP is the only answer
- Ribs
- Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:14 pm
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The three Istvan Szabo titles are coming July 21. Will definitely be grabbing these assuming Second Run doesn’t announce any of them by then.
- L.A.
- Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 am
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Mädchen in Uniform (1931) reminds me of Olivia (1951) which I need to pick up at some point.
- Drucker
- Your Future our Drucker
- Joined: Wed May 18, 2011 9:37 am
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My mistake I confused this film with another. Still glad to see it coming out!
- L.A.
- Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 am
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 28th from Kino Classics!
The Shakedown (1929)
Directed by William Wyler
Starring James Murray and Barbara Kent
The Shakedown is a heartwarming boxing drama directed by Hollywood legend William Wyler (The Big Country), presented in a new 4K restoration from Universal Pictures.
Special features:
*Audio commentary by film critic Nick Pinkerton
*Booklet essay by film historian Nora Fiore (Blu-ray only)
*Score by Michael Gatt
- L.A.
- Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 7:33 am
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 28th from Kino Classics!
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Directed by Stuart Paton
Starring Allen Holubar
Stuart Paton’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) is an epic retelling of Jules Verne’s classic novel, shot on location in the Bahaman Islands. Allen Holubar stars as the domineering Captain Nemo, who rescues the passengers of an American naval vessel after ramming them with his ironclad, steampunk submarine, The Nautilus. Incorporating material from Verne’s The Mysterious Island, the film also follows the adventures of a group of Civil War soldiers whose hot-air balloon crash-lands on an exotic island, where they encounter the untamed “Child of Nature” (Jane Gail). Calling itself “The First Submarine Photoplay Ever Filmed,” the film is highlighted by stunning underwater photography (engineered by Ernest and George Williamson), including a deep sea funeral and a diver’s battle with a giant cephalopod. In honor of the film’s extraordinary technical and artistic achievement, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Special features:
*Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
*Musical score by Orlando Perez Rosso
- Adam X
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:04 am
Re: Kino
Hopefully the extras on the three discs aren't as identical as that listing suggests, Samm Deighan commentary notwithstanding.Ribs wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 11:46 amThe three Istvan Szabo titles are coming July 21. Will definitely be grabbing these assuming Second Run doesn’t announce any of them by then.
- The Narrator Returns
- Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:35 pm
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"Remembrance of Production Designer Jozsef Romvari" seems to be a short film directed by Romvari's granddaughter Sophy Romvari, an excellent filmmaker in her own right (and a top-notch Twitter follow).
- FrauBlucher
- Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:28 pm
- Location: Greenwich Village
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Can someone give me a quick critique of Confidence? It sounds very interesting to me. Is it worth a blind buy?