yeah, i'm pretty sure those are the same (as facets distributes a number of polart titles)
there's a whole, whole lot of stuff on that list that would be great on a criterion dvd, but by the looks of it they've gotten to more than i realized (discounting those titles that are already out through warner, etc.)
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link
I would love to see "David Holtzman's Diary" given proper treatment, as well as some of the John Waters' films.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 3 March 2005 11:39 (nineteen years ago) link
A Chris Marker set (as mentioned above) would be fantastic, and I wish Criterion would take over the Kenneth Anger project that Fantoma failed to get off the ground. And it's still at least a year away, but I can't wait for Brakhage vol. 2.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 3 March 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Is this an actuality?
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 4 March 2005 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link
dunno about chimes, but on the a_film_by list a couple of weeks ago, j. rosenbaum mentioned he was recording a commentary track for a criterion version of mr. arkadin/confidential report, so that one's in the pipeline...
i would also love to hear more about a potential brakhage 2 - know anything else, jay? if it does come to pass, i really, really hope to see anticipation of the night on there (my fave brakhage).
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 4 March 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
The following, which was originally posted on Frameworks a couple months back, is some interesting news for Brakhage fans--
Howdy folks,
A number of you already know that I do filmpreservation work at the Academy Film Archive in L.A.I have an announcement.
Especially in light of all the Brakhage-relateddiscussion on the list lately, it seemed incrediblysilly and artificial for me to wait any longer tobring this up. I’ve been waiting for what wasintended to be an official press release, but in theprocess of the publicity department and the Archivecreating one that would be comprehensive enough toanswer the many possible questions, it has gottendangerously close now to the “blackout period” duringwhich the Academy prefers to limit press releases toissues relating to the Oscars ceremony in February. Ienjoy and respect this important community (withFrameworks as its inclusive, de factogathering-place), and don’t see the point inwithholding this information any longer, especially ifit means waiting until March.
I’d like to informally announce that a few months ago,56 boxes containing Stan Brakhage’s original filmmaterials were transported from a commercial storagefacility in Kansas to the Academy Film Archive in LosAngeles. The intention is to conserve andpreserve/restore all of Stan’s films.
This collection was deposited at Academy by MarilynBrakhage. The collection basically comprises theedited originals for nearly all of Stan’s work.
It would be ridiculous for me to try to describe thehonor with which we’ll be overseeing this collectionand the inventory, inspection, care and preservationof these films. I have already begun this work (abouta month ago), and have closely inspected andcatalogued the originals for about 25 films, includingThe Wonder Ring, Black Vision, “He was born, hesuffered, he died.”, Thigh Line Lyre Triangular,Anticipation of the Night, The Weir-Falcon Saga, AgnusDei Kinder Synapse, Fox Fire Child Watch, Window WaterBaby Moving... There is an enormous amount ofmaterial to go through. Additionally, someinteresting discoveries have already been made, andwith Marilyn’s blessings, I eagerly look forward tosharing this information with everyone, and hope thatdisseminating it periodically through Frameworks won’tbe an annoyance to folks on the list.
The reasons I am announcing this informally to thislist... As I said, I enjoy and respect the communityrepresented here, and I know many of you are intenselypassionate about and interested in Stan’s work. Manyof you were students, admirers, friends, loved ones ofStan, and care dearly about him, his films, and hislegacy.
Another reason is that I look forward to the potentialassistance from folks in this community who I am surewill prove a caring and valuable resource in thisendeavor. Having already begun work, it’s importantfor me to know that there’s a channel of communicationopen. For instance, I hope we can count on folks outthere who may oversee personal or public collectionsincluding prints of Stan’s work to potentially be ableto provide loan access to original reversal prints ofStan’s work of the 1980s and earlier, where available. These reversal prints will prove invaluable to thefaithful preservation of these films... Anecdotalinformation and stories about the making or showing ofthese films will also be requested and appreciated,and will prove a valuable contribution to thisproject.
I can’t think of anything further to specificallymention right now, other than to welcome anybody’sthoughts, questions, suggestions, ideas, concerns,etc. about what I’ve written here. You can reach meat either fiddybop@yahoo.com (personal) ormtoscano@oscars.org (work).
Mark Toscano
p.s. the restoration/preservation route taken withStan’s films will be a photochemical one, not adigital one, in case some of you were wondering.
p.p.s.1. Window Water Baby Moving was shot on Ansco reversalfilm2. Black Vision is a radical revision of a film Stanmade for KRMA-TV around 1962 called ‘Sartre’s Nausea’,the originals for which exist intact.3. A large number of the cuts in The Act of SeeingWith One’s Own Eyes are actually in-camera edits.4. The *original* 35mm source rolls for Garden ofEarthly Delights still exist, and they smell amazing.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
As for Chimes : my boot is an Ebay purchase from a Japanese laserdisc. Gorgeous print but marred by vertical Japanese subtitles on the righthand side of the picture. Who owns the rights to Chimes ?
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 7 March 2005 04:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 7 March 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
i haven't seen it yet, but i'm going to go ahead and agree here.
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Monday, 7 March 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Monday, 7 March 2005 23:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 7 March 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
I really don't understand the Wes Anderson backlash. If you don't try to get too much out of his films, they're cute & fun and the cinematography is always fantastic. And how can you not like the roles he writes for Bill Murray?
That said, I'm pretty sure I'll be slightly annoyed by TLA because it seems to be just pushing the profitable Wes formula of hip 70's soundtrack & kitschy sets.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link
... but ultimately it's not that big a deal, and i wish that criterion had a few more rivals at their particular level of their niche so that people (i include myself) wouldn't pore over their choices all the time.
and that said, i think warner's been kicking everybody's ass the last few months with their box sets.
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
I assume that Criterion would like to put out more new films, but can't get companies to license them out. Better to make your own $10 on a barebones release than split that with Criterion, I suppose.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 03:03 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.wellesnet.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=422d15fb2793ffff;act=ST;f=1;t=84;st=40
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm eagerly awaiting the Peckinpah box, and I've got my fingers crossed for a Bonnie & Clyde 2-disc.
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy Ulysses Q. Fitzgerald (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 00:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― andrew s (andrew s), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Thursday, 7 April 2005 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link
**grumble**
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Sunday, 10 April 2005 03:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 7 July 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 July 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 7 July 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 8 July 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 July 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
An Angel at My Table really could not be further from this. really!
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 9 July 2005 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link
where the fuck are the eisenstein silents?!?
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Saturday, 9 July 2005 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Monday, 11 July 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Saturday, 6 August 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 6 August 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Saturday, 6 August 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew s (andrew s), Sunday, 7 August 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 8 August 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Thursday, 8 September 2005 15:10 (eighteen years ago) link