Il Cinema Ritrovato

[Michael Kerpan]

Dave Kehr (in addition to Rosenbaum) -- but he is less visible (audible) now that he is engaged in programming...

[JAP]

2018 DVD Awards finalists

[L.A.]

RINO LUPO: MULHERES DA BEIRA / OS LOBOS (Portugal, 1922-1923) by Rino Lupo – Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema

This one interests me and at least the Portuguese Fnac offer it. I’m going to do a little more research and find out whether it has English subs and if there are other alternatives where to order the DVD.

[Paupau]

It's a Fnac exclusive. I can check the back cover in store during the week to verify the actual subs.

Enviado do meu SM-A510F através do Tapatalk

[whaleallright]

anyone know if that Sucksdorff set has English subs? or all of his short films?

[tenia]

2018 DVD Awards finalists

Some choices are a bit surprising. For instance, why select Potemkine's Eraserhead which is a lighter version of the Criterion release with no specific editorial input ? Why selecting Second Sight's Color of Pomegranates on DVD and not BD ? Studio Canal picks are also all DVD-only, while BD equivalents exists (and, in the case of The Graduate, would be the logical choice).

In any case though, that's a LOT of finalists, which I guess showcase how many tremendous releases are happening currently.

[RobertB]

I don't own the Sucksdorff box. But Studio S say nothing about any subtitles on the website, and nothing on the front or back of the box indicates that it has any subtitles. 4 feature films, 16 shorts + a 4*30 minutes TV-series.

[L.A.]

BRANKO GAPO BOX SET (Republic of Macedonia, 1965-1992) – Kinoteka na Makedonija (Dvd)

I think I’m going to bother Kinoteka na Makedonija about this.

[djvaso]

BRANKO GAPO BOX SET (Republic of Macedonia, 1965-1992) – Kinoteka na Makedonija (Dvd)

I think I’m going to bother Kinoteka na Makedonija about this.

The boxset contais 6 discs, they have English subtitles, the price is 25 EUR + delivery, can be ordered directly from them and paid by bank transfer only.

[L.A.]

BRANKO GAPO BOX SET (Republic of Macedonia, 1965-1992) – Kinoteka na Makedonija (Dvd)

I think I’m going to bother Kinoteka na Makedonija about this.

The boxset contais 6 discs, they have English subtitles, the price is 25 EUR + delivery, can be ordered directly from them and paid by bank transfer only.

Yes, they replied back and the films, the extras and the booklet are English-friendly. 25,00€ for the set and 10,00€ shipping costs to Finland. Doing a bank transfer to Macedonia is difficult. But won’t be giving up.

[vertovfan]

Have you tried transferwise.com? I’ve had good luck with them so far, wiring from the USA to several European countries. I’ve just emailed Kinoteka na Makedonija myself - I’d love to check out that set.

[L.A.]

Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards 2018 Winners.

[tenia]

It's a bit unfair for Criterion to win through the Olympic Films boxset. I'm unsure it's an impressive effort, but outside the outstandish amount of movies restored, the boxset specifically lacks the acclaimed "insertion in their respective historical contexts". I'm quite certain it wouldn't be hard to find a more thorough Criterion release that feels like it received a more lavish editorial treatment.

Generally speaking though, it's not the first time I find the shortlist and some winners surprising. Take the Potemkine set for instance. Sure, it's a nice set, with all the newest restorations in it and a bunch of extras. But it's 150€ because movies aside, it contains 2 books that add a lot on the price tag and only a little in content. Moreover, the extras are nice, but Criterion has already blown most out of the water. "the most comprehensive presentation of the master’s work" ? I like the set, but I doubt it. It's also very likely the longer Andrei Rublev cut will be rendered technically obsolete by the upcoming Criterion since it's presented in SD in the set but is announced (though the Criterion page doesn't specify it anymore) to be newly scanned in 2K for the Criterion release.

Carlotta and Pathé's selection also are weird. Carlotta isn't doing new stuff with their Lino Brocka set, which basically is a French port of the UK set. Their UCE collection provides way more specific editorial work from the label and would make for much better staples of what they can achieve. La fête à Henriette also feel like a random choice from Pathé, who are doing great stuff for some years but why select one of their lighter releases ?

Same goes for the format selections oddities. Why the Melville set was selected in DVD ? The BD set isn't 100% BD, but it exists, with Leon Morin freshly restored in 4K. Why single out the DVD version instead ?

[MichaelB]

Bear in mind that, much like the Best Foreign Film Oscar, the shortlist isn’t selected from every video release over the previous year - labels have to proactively put their titles forward for consideration, provide review copies for each juror, etc.

One of the jurors expressed surprise that no Indicator titles had been shortlisted, but that’s because they were never submitted for consideration in the first place - I suspect the team was just too busy with the present run of box sets.

[tenia]

It is indeed something I tend to forget about these more "technical" awards.

[Saimo]

2019 DVD Awards finalists

[Glowingwabbit]

VIDA EN SOMBRAS (Spagna, 1948-1953) di Llorenç Llobet Gràcia – Filmoteca de Catalunya/Intermedio (dvd)

Glad to see this getting some love. I ordered it on a whim and it turned out to be a really nice discovery. It does have English subs and the booklet is trilingual. The basic plot of the main feature, Vida en Sombras, follows a guy who is born in a stall during one of the first cinema showings in Barcelona and later after seeing Hitchcock's Rebecca decides to devote his life to the cinema. It's not groundbreaking, but it has a lot of neat visual flourishes and the theme of "life is cinema" is really interesting here.

I ordered my copy from Amazon.es and their shipping was horrendous (the dvd basically came in a plastic bag, and looks pretty beat up, but the discs are at least fine). It was my first time ordering from them and probably the last. So I recommend getting it elsewhere if you can.

[L.A.]

EL AUTOMÓVIL GRIS (Messico, 1919) di Enrique Rosas – Cineteca Nacional México (blu-ray)

Contacted Cineteca about this. Fingers crossed they’ll reply.

[Stefan Andersson]

News about Ritrovato 2019:
https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/
Scroll down for a two-part list of 100 titles screening in 2019.

[bearcuborg]

I’m excited to leave next week, but I usually just go with the flow.

[Forrest Taft]

Thanks for the thread bump! I see that the festival is in the last week of june - in other words the week of my vacation where I haven't made any plans. Might as well book a flight to Bologna, and see if this festival is as exciting as it's reputation suggests.

[Marwood]

Thanks for the thread bump! I see that the festival is in the last week of june - in other words the week of my vacation where I haven't made any plans. Might as well book a flight to Bologna, and see if this festival is as exciting as it's reputation suggests.

Go for it! It is a great festival. Have you had a look at the program?

[Forrest Taft]

Thanks for the thread bump! I see that the festival is in the last week of june - in other words the week of my vacation where I haven't made any plans. Might as well book a flight to Bologna, and see if this festival is as exciting as it's reputation suggests.

Go for it! It is a great festival. Have you had a look at the program?

Tickets booked! I haven't found an overview of the entire program, but Stefan Andersson's link a few posts up was useful, as well as the mini-articles on the festival website. Those Felix E. Feist noirs look very exciting. But I guess The Camereman alone makes the entire trip worthwhile

[JAP]

A bit late but here are the 2019 DVD Awards winners.

[Saimo]

A bit late but here are the 2019 DVD Awards winners.

I am the guy on the right of the photo
Our BD of Non contate su di noi (Don't Count on Us) won the Peter von Bagh Award.