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Re: Janus Films

#401 Post by jwd5275 » Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:12 pm

Interesting that both The Beaches of Agnès and Daguerreotypes are still in print from Cinema Guild.

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#402 Post by Ribs » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:49 pm

Janus is premiering a new restoration of TOWN BLOODY HALL at Doc NYC.

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#403 Post by acidgoat » Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:26 pm

Janus Films posted a photo of Robert Blake from Lost Highway on their Instagram account.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LG0keF7Eh ... ruwxsjbuth

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#404 Post by mfunk9786 » Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:27 pm

I hope it was worth it, Kino!

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#405 Post by Boosmahn » Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:40 pm

There's no way Janus has it. It's only been, what, four months?

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#406 Post by headacheboy » Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:07 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:
Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:27 pm
I hope it was worth it, Kino!
Janus is just quoting David Lynch at the Governors Awards where he, along with Lina Wertmuller, Wes Studi and Geena Davis, received honorary Oscars. That quote, ("You have a very nice face. Good night.") is how Lynch closed his brief thank you speech.

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#407 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:10 pm

dwk wrote:
Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:51 pm
Janus has a page up for the Kiarostami retrospective and it says
Janus Films is proud to present a touring retrospective spanning Abbas Kiarostami’s nearly five-decade career. This series includes new restorations, undertaken by the Criterion Collection and MK2, of The Koker Trilogy, Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, and rarely screened shorts and documentaries.
While there is no page for The Wind Will Carry US on Janus' site, I can't imagine Criterion footing part of the bill for a restoration of a title they can't release.
There is now a page for The Wind Will Carry Us

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#408 Post by Buttery Jeb » Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:18 pm

The Daytrippers is now officially a Janus Films release.

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#409 Post by cdnchris » Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:54 pm

Yep, the Blu-ray opens with Janus logo as well.

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#410 Post by Clarence » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:00 pm

Trailer and poster for Come and See.

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#411 Post by dwk » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:32 pm

WKW restorations tour starts June 5th and includes seven films:
As Tears Go By
Days of Being Wild
Chungkong Express
Fallen Angel's
Happy Together
The Hand
In the Mood for Love

Surprised that 2046 isn't a part of this, as it was one of the titles that was leaked on Janus' website.

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#412 Post by yoloswegmaster » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:39 pm

Find it a bit strange that they also didn't get Ashes of Time. Was hoping for that but oh well.

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#413 Post by swo17 » Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:57 pm

How well did the eventual Bergman box correlate with its Janus tour?

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#414 Post by dwk » Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:10 pm

The Bergman tour seems to have included 34 films.

If 2046 and Ashes of Time are still with Sony, I would assume they will be in the box set.

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#415 Post by Toby Dammit » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:17 am

dwk wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:10 pm
If 2046 and Ashes of Time are still with Sony, I would assume they will be in the box set.
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#416 Post by Buttery Jeb » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:48 am

The new Film Forum Repertory Calendar is out. On top of Come and See, Janus Films is also releasing a new restoration of Jean Renoir's Toni in May.

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#417 Post by Matt » Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:53 pm

Buttery Jeb wrote:
Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:48 am
Janus Films is also releasing a new restoration of Jean Renoir's Toni in May.
That's encouraging. Criterion hasn't put out any Renoir, not even an upgrade, since 2016 (though maybe Studio Canal shoulders some blame for that).

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#418 Post by Godzamera » Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:33 pm

Remember this from back in May 2019 though? https://www.slashfilm.com/wong-kar-wai-4k-restorations/

"All Wong’s films are slated to receive brand-new 4K restorations and will be re-released as part of a touring package sometime in 2020. Wong’s own studio, Jet Tone Films, is behind the restorations (Janus/Criterion will have US rights), and he’s been taking a few titles along in his appearances here in Hawaii, as well as in New York and France. (The Hawaii festival, though, was blessed with a rare 35mm print for their showing of In the Mood For Love. The projection team had to find and assemble an entire 35mm projector for the screening, as the main venue no longer had one. Staffers imagined, in fact, that it could be the very last 35mm film screening ever in Honolulu)."

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#419 Post by Ribs » Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:42 pm

As with Kiarostami, I expect some venues will book a more complete retrospective with the help of the current distributers outside of what’s technically in the tour but that doesn’t mean Janus suddenly has acquired all the rights to everything

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#420 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:51 pm

Wong Kar-wai's pages are up for As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and Happy Together

http://www.janusfilms.com/films/grid?di ... %20kar-wai

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#421 Post by Buttery Jeb » Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:44 am

A new batch of World Cinema Project titles are up on the Janus website:

Med Hondo's Soleil Ô
Humberta Solás' Lucía
Héctor Babenco's Pixote

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#422 Post by knives » Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:03 am

Solas is a great director so this is an exciting development.

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#423 Post by swo17 » Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:10 am

And Lucía is a great film!

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#424 Post by yoloswegmaster » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:17 pm

Pages for Game of Death, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, and the Big Boss are now up on the website.

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#425 Post by yoloswegmaster » Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:24 pm

'Emitai' and 'Ceddo' were both being shown on TCM and they each had the Janus logo appear at the start.

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