Chantal Akerman on DVD
- Don Lope de Aguirre
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Apologies if this is all ready public knowledge but it seems as if 2007 will be the year for Mme Akerman on DVD. According to Amazon.fr and alapage.com there will be a 6 DVD boxset of her 70s work which includes:
Hôtel Monterey / Je, tu, il, elle / Jeanne Dielman (also available seperately), / News from home / Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
This should be released by Carlotta films on April 18 2007.
(Additionally, 'Jeanne Dielman...' will be screened at the NFT (London) on Sat March 17th and Wed 21 March 2007.)
Hôtel Monterey / Je, tu, il, elle / Jeanne Dielman (also available seperately), / News from home / Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
This should be released by Carlotta films on April 18 2007.
(Additionally, 'Jeanne Dielman...' will be screened at the NFT (London) on Sat March 17th and Wed 21 March 2007.)
- pianocrash
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according to this website, there will be no subtitles, i'm afraid.
- Don Lope de Aguirre
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Gosh, it's been a while, but I recall Golden Eighties being a charming, if not entirely successful, minor work. I'm not sure who's going around ludicrously overrating Akerman. Abject ignorance/indifference seems the more common reaction.
I'm sure it's been said before, but you seem to spend most of your time watching movies you don't like.
I'm sure it's been said before, but you seem to spend most of your time watching movies you don't like.
- backstreetsbackalright
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Overrated? In think Akerman is still criminally underrated! Jeanne Dielman is one of the most important and visionary films ever made, a work of extraordinary intensity and at the same time subtlety. Yvone Margulies, J. Hoberman and Amy Taubin have all written very intelligently about Akerman. I recommend their stuff for a deeper understanding of her work.
- John Cope
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I haven't had the opportunity to see much of her work and, I get the impression, what I have seen is considered pretty minor. Having said that, A Couch in New York is actually very pleasant if you like that kind of thing (I certainly didn't see any attempt at deconstruction in it; I assume it was a for hire job) but, yes, Barmy's right, Golden Eighties is thoroughly insufferable.
It's always nice to hear about movement of this kind on the video scene for more obscure directors who don't get a lot of representation. But other than Dielman, of course, the only film of hers I have any real driving interest in seeing is D'Est and that does not appear to be on the horizon.
It's always nice to hear about movement of this kind on the video scene for more obscure directors who don't get a lot of representation. But other than Dielman, of course, the only film of hers I have any real driving interest in seeing is D'Est and that does not appear to be on the horizon.
- backstreetsbackalright
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If you haven't already, you should check out From The Other Side, which is cut from the same cloth as D'Est. It isn't available in any retail edition, but it is easy to find in university library systems.John Cope wrote:But other than Dielman, of course, the only film of hers I have any real driving interest in seeing is D'Est and that does not appear to be on the horizon.
- Barmy
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Her episode in "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." is sublime. Is that on DVD?
I guess I've never forgiven her for "Je tu...", which just reeked of self pity. I still haven't recovered from the sugar eating scene. The other stuff I've seen for the most part hasn't left much of an impression.
She is constantly cited in lists of woman directors, which is a bit sad. That's what I mean by ludicrously overrated.
I guess I've never forgiven her for "Je tu...", which just reeked of self pity. I still haven't recovered from the sugar eating scene. The other stuff I've seen for the most part hasn't left much of an impression.
She is constantly cited in lists of woman directors, which is a bit sad. That's what I mean by ludicrously overrated.
- backstreetsbackalright
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- franco
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I just ordered Jeanne Dielman. Nevertheless, I am quite certain that it contains no subtitle of any kind:
Sous-titres disponibles
Aucun.
Sous-titres malentendants disponibles
Aucun.
- Oedipax
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Potential big news by way of Gary from DVD Beaver: apparently there is a Belgian port of the French Akerman box set with all five films with English subtitles.
The info can be found here, and I found one site already selling it here (does anyone know if the site is reliable? do they ship to the U.S.?)
I'm really anxious to find out if this is the real deal or not. Exciting times!
The info can be found here, and I found one site already selling it here (does anyone know if the site is reliable? do they ship to the U.S.?)
I'm really anxious to find out if this is the real deal or not. Exciting times!
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