Joseph Losey on DVD

Discuss internationally-released DVDs and Blu-rays or other international DVD and Blu-ray-related topics.
Message
Author
User avatar
Scharphedin2
Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 7:37 am
Location: Denmark/Sweden

#26 Post by Scharphedin2 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:14 am

Gordon McMurphy wrote:I was able to rent the Figures in a Landscape DVD here:
www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=33703
I have been looking out for this one... do you know of any place that has it for sale?

User avatar
Miguel
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:15 pm

#27 Post by Miguel » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:21 am

Scharphedin2 wrote:
Gordon McMurphy wrote:I was able to rent the Figures in a Landscape DVD here:
www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=33703
I have been looking out for this one... do you know of any place that has it for sale?
http://oas2000.proxis.be/gate/jabba.cor ... i=82926907

User avatar
vertovfan
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:46 pm

#28 Post by vertovfan » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:18 am

I just purchased a UK promo DVD of The Go-Between that seems to have been given away with the Sunday Telegraph. It's a bare-bones disc, but with nice picture quality - it's 4:3 and I don't know if that's the intended AR, but the compositions looked fine to me. There are several copies floating around on eBay.

User avatar
Lino
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:18 am
Location: Sitting End
Contact:

#29 Post by Lino » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:44 am

I have a TV taped version of Go-Between and it's in the 1.85 AR.

User avatar
Gordon
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am

#30 Post by Gordon » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:09 pm

Miguel, is the Dutch DVD anamorphic?

User avatar
Miguel
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:15 pm

#31 Post by Miguel » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:29 pm

Gordon McMurphy wrote:Miguel, is the Dutch DVD anamorphic?
Unfortunately, no. I checked after I read your post and, contrary to what is stated on the back cover, the disc is indeed non-anamorphic.

jdcopp
Joined: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:34 pm
Location: Boston Ma
Contact:

#32 Post by jdcopp » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:47 pm

Joseph Losey's short film "A Gun in his Hand" from MGMs "Crime Does Not Pay" series which was nominated for an Academy Award for best short film in 1946 is available as a supplement in the Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 3 from Warner Home Video.

My blog

User avatar
Gordon
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am

#33 Post by Gordon » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:14 pm

The Assassination Of Trotsky was released in the USA this month: Amazon listing

No reviews are available, though. Lance (Koch) seem to be a new company.

User avatar
MichaelB
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:20 pm
Location: Worthing
Contact:

#34 Post by MichaelB » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:44 am

vertovfan wrote:I just purchased a UK promo DVD of The Go-Between that seems to have been given away with the Sunday Telegraph. It's a bare-bones disc, but with nice picture quality - it's 4:3 and I don't know if that's the intended AR, but the compositions looked fine to me.
Given the date, it's almost certainly not the intended AR, but I had cause to examine a 35mm print not that long ago and can confirm that it's open-matte 4:3.

I assume projectionists were supposed to crop it - presumably to 1.66:1 in British cinemas.

User avatar
tryavna
Joined: Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:38 pm
Location: North Carolina

#35 Post by tryavna » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:33 pm

Optimum have updated their website and announce that Losey's The Go-Between will be released in late January (on R2). No word on supplements, if any.

User avatar
Lino
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:18 am
Location: Sitting End
Contact:

#36 Post by Lino » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:18 pm

About fokin' time too! Maybe I will finally be able to bin my VHS. Let's wait for results.

User avatar
Gordon
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am

#37 Post by Gordon » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:50 pm

tryavna wrote:No word on supplements, if any.
Hideo Nakata's 83-minute documentary, Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names would be perfect, but I doubt we'll ever see it.

User avatar
Gordon
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am

#38 Post by Gordon » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:24 pm

I'll have The Go-Between in a few days and will report.

User avatar
Lino
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:18 am
Location: Sitting End
Contact:

#39 Post by Lino » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:14 pm

Please do but I have to say I don't have high expectations for that one. I hope I'm wrong.

Meanwhile, can anyone point me to the best version of The Boy With The Green Hair available? I love this film to bits but the DVDs seem to be very lackluster. What's the story?

User avatar
Gordon
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am

#40 Post by Gordon » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:58 am

The transfer is 1.33:1, though the packaging states 1.85. Detailed and colorful transfer, too.

Hashi
Joined: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:39 am

#41 Post by Hashi » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:37 pm

Lino wrote:Meanwhile, can anyone point me to the best version of The Boy With The Green Hair available? I love this film to bits but the DVDs seem to be very lackluster. What's the story?
Anyone seen the French Editions Montparnasse disc? I wonder how's that disc...

solent

#42 Post by solent » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:29 pm

Amazon now have THE GO-BETWEEN at 50% off [7.97]. Unfortunately it has been reported already as being 1.33:1. If anything it should be 1.66:1 - like ACCIDENT - but I can't find oar details.

The Julie Christie box is due out in March and DVD Times state that THE GO-BETWEEN is included with a 1.85:1 transfer. The only problem is that the same company is putting this out [Optimum] and they already have 1.85:1 listed on the current version. I'd be surprised if the box set version is any different. Who are these guys? Don't they know its the 20th century?

User avatar
Person
Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 3:00 pm

#43 Post by Person » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:38 pm

Is the Australian release of Figures in a Landscape anamorphic?

User avatar
Lino
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:18 am
Location: Sitting End
Contact:

#44 Post by Lino » Sat Aug 11, 2007 5:43 pm

DVDBeaver reviews The Go-Between.

DrBanan
Joined: Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:43 am
Location: Stockholm Sweden

#45 Post by DrBanan » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:34 am

Optimum apparently released the seven-disc "Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection" on July 23, which includes three by Losey: Accident, The Servant, and The Sleeping Tiger.

Reviews anyone/anywhere?

kekid
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:55 pm

#46 Post by kekid » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:38 pm

DrBanan wrote:Optimum apparently released the seven-disc "Dirk Bogarde - The Screen Icons Collection" on July 23, which includes three by Losey: Accident, The Servant, and The Sleeping Tiger.

Reviews anyone/anywhere?
Do these have English subtitles? The R1 versions of the Losey/Bogarde films do not.

User avatar
MichaelB
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:20 pm
Location: Worthing
Contact:

#47 Post by MichaelB » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:27 pm

I now have checkdiscs of Second Sight's Don Giovanni, and it looks like a blinding transfer - anamorphic, framed correctly at 1.66:1 and seemingly blemish-free.

The biggest (and most pleasant) surprise is that the soundtracks have been pitch-corrected, so despite the PAL speedup the opera remains in D minor - more details here

User avatar
Person
Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 3:00 pm

#48 Post by Person » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:16 pm

Yes, I noticed this release a few days ago, Michael. I have yet to see this film, so I'll check it out. Nice to know that the pitch was corrected. Roll on Blu-Ray becoming the norm so that we can finally put an end of irritating pitch anomalies on home video.

Hashi
Joined: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:39 am

#49 Post by Hashi » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:08 am

Received the just released R2 UK DVD of A Doll's House. A serviceable transfer, anamorphic and progressive. No subs of any kind. I'll be posting a couple of screencaps soon.

User avatar
Lino
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:18 am
Location: Sitting End
Contact:

#50 Post by Lino » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:34 am

One more reason why I keep loving Cinebeats so much: one of the very best reviews I've ever read about Boom!.

Post Reply