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Fucking hell, if the EU constitution has a clause about putting English subtitle options on all DVDs, then maybe it'll get my vote. There's this incredible 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' two set, with old Resnais/Marker docs, out in France, and no freaking subtitles. Ditto Studio Canal's Renoir DVDs.

WTF. Was D-Day a big waste of time or what?

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, you can also tell that to the Germans, buddy... I'm still debating to buy 'Germany in Autumn' just to look at the pictures

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It is good, that film, but... bastards really.

― ENRiQUe (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Any news on a 'Last Year in Marienbad' DVD?

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't think so. amazon.fr is the place. But weird lack of Marker in general. I had noticed in France that Godard DVDs lacked sous-titres, but this is sending me over the edge. Maybe I'll have to learn French now. So-called entente-cordiale. Dubbed versions of 'Fifth Element' klaat.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Hah - Yes, it might be time for you to learn the language.. I just bought the new Godard box-set (6 films) for 30 EUR!!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

woah-hoah! what's on it???

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

learn french dude

(x-post)

fnac.com sometimes has more stuff than amazon.fr

note that there are 1,000s of dvds available in france but not online, i don't know the circumstances but visit fnac or g.j. and you'll see. that godard is a case in point: it really must be a bootleg (i don't recall any info on the box regarding a publisher) but it's nicely packaged and available in the major outlets. i found dvds of "farrebique" and some others (a few even have english subtitles) at fnac bastille...

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i should have bought the similar chabrol box too, if only for "que le bête meure"

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The classics mostly:
Le Mepris
Pierrot le Fou
A Bout de Souffle
Une Femme est une Femme
Made in USA
Les Carabiniers

I have not seen these last two. The packaging is pretty nice too. I think it's in the same series as the Polanski three-fer that came out last year.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:01 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the one: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C8XA5/qid=1084870938/sr=1-17/ref=sr_1_3_17/171-3846332-8408250

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

'Made in USA' is very beautiful and totally (I think) incomprehensible, so that would be okay without dialogue. Anna K on screen for 90min is really all you need.

Those late 60s Chabrols deserve mo' love. I'm going to Paris in a month, and will have to do some hunting.

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i think que le bete meure is 1971 or something

go g.j. on st. michel, and to the fnac farther east.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, the box set sells for 30 EUR on fnac.com (and at the FNAC itself obv.)

Well, since I'm French, the s/t, or lack thereof, aren't really a problem..

Do pick up the new 'deluxe' DVD of 'Wanda', that just came out in France.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.asp?Mn=8&SID=04c52c97-3264-30aa-ee3f-0591f7e1c2af&TTL=190520041117&Origin=FnacAff&PRID=1503052&Ra=-3&To=0&Nu=2&UID=0a23b989e-cfa5-fc3a-1fc7-5058d51ef7b3&Fr=0

MOTHERFUCKER!

'Loin de Vietnam'... avec Japanese sub-titles!!!!

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i saw "wanda" when it was playing at the rue st andre des arts. it was amazing, but i balked re. the dvd b/c i can't imagine wanting to actually watch it again, it was so bleak.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005ABVH/qid=1084876389/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_2/171-3237189-2181836

Get in!

― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

that's an american dvd, man.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

the mk2 resnais box has english subs and it is quite excellent, i got it from amazon.fr

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

What's in it?

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

a dvd!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

it's most (all?) of resnais's 1980s stuff

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

not too cheap though

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

the box includes:
mon oncle d'amerique
la vie est un roman
l'amour a mort
melo
i want to go home

and some extras

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 06:43 (twenty-two years ago)

w/ silents (ie 'fall of the house of ursher') i guess it isn't so important to have englang.

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 07:32 (twenty-two years ago)

um as noted it's an american dvd with english titles

if you miss the intertitles in a lot of silent films you'll be pretty lost

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Many many posts later... 'Wanda' comes in a very nice package though, but it's true that I had to turn it off after 30 minutes. It just wasn't right for a sunny Saturday afternoon.. It reminds me of early Wenders.

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hah, so I have learned a little french and then what ends up being the movie I want to see with no available subtitles? El Topo. Fuck.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:45 (twenty-two years ago)

if you miss the intertitles in a lot of silent films you'll be pretty lost

all hail carl mayer and his kammerspielfilmen! death to intertitles! all hail the new flesh!

― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 08:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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