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dda1996a
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Re: Claire Denis

#26 Post by dda1996a » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:15 pm

The recent DVD release of Mathilde has a short documentary Denis made about Africa, but her short film with Descas is still MIA everywhere, and so is her early documentary on an African band whose name I forgot.

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Re: Claire Denis

#27 Post by kubelkind » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:42 pm

Les Têtes Brulées from Cameroon (great!) - the film is called Man No Run and I'd love to see it.
I haven't picked up that Mathilde disc yet - mystifying as to why it is DVD only when that film would really shine in HD. Seems like a pretty pointless release really.

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Re: Claire Denis

#28 Post by dda1996a » Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:28 pm

I'm guessing the super 8 and 16mm didn't lend itself to a Blu-ray?

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Re: Claire Denis

#29 Post by CJG » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:55 pm

Trouble Every Day was available on DVD from Netflix long before 2014. I rented it in early 2008. I didn't realize anyone had trouble tracking down copies of it.

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Re: Claire Denis

#30 Post by kubelkind » Tue Jan 29, 2019 7:58 am

dda1996a wrote:
Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:28 pm
I'm guessing the super 8 and 16mm didn't lend itself to a Blu-ray?
Maybe that's the thinking but the Jeff Keen BFI set shows just how great the grain and texture of 8mm looks on blu ray. There's got to be a reason why Denis used 8mm, therefore it ought to look like 8mm.

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Re: Claire Denis

#31 Post by knives » Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:02 am

The 8mm Keen films are on DVD.

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Re: Claire Denis

#32 Post by kubelkind » Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:43 am

Sorry, should have said Super 8 (the Artwar films). Yes, indeed the early standard 8mm films are DVD only (maybe the original elements no longer exist?)

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Re: Claire Denis

#33 Post by swo17 » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:23 am

No, I think the idea was that DVD adequately replicated the look of 8mm film

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Re: Claire Denis

#34 Post by zedz » Tue Jan 29, 2019 2:51 pm

swo17 wrote:
Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:23 am
No, I think the idea was that DVD adequately replicated the look of 8mm film
I think MichaelB went into some technical detail about this when it was released, and the resolution of DVD was pretty much the same as the resolution of 8mm.

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Re: Claire Denis

#35 Post by swo17 » Tue Jan 29, 2019 2:59 pm

If I recall, I think there's even a disclaimer about this on the disc?

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Re: Claire Denis

#36 Post by Adam X » Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:22 am

dda1996a wrote:
Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:15 pm
The recent DVD release of Mathilde
Thankyou! I had no idea this had been released.

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Re: Claire Denis

#37 Post by kubelkind » Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:16 pm

Claire Denis Masterclass at IFFR with substantial High Life (or is it High Rise?!) clip...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaIBG7wYH1Q

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Re: Claire Denis

#38 Post by Fiery Angel » Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:25 pm


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Re: Claire Denis

#39 Post by goblinfootballs » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:04 pm

Super jealous. NW Film Center in Portland had Beau Travail on their February schedule but cancelled it for "rights issues."

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Re: Claire Denis

#40 Post by whaleallright » Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:04 pm

No word from BAM as to whether those are 35mm, DCP, or a mix. Her films often are so dark (literally) that I'd be afraid a "digital print" would hardly do them justice....

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Re: Claire Denis

#41 Post by yoloswegmaster » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:06 pm

Janus retweeted the post about the retrospective but last I checked, they don't have the theatrical rights to any of her films. Does this mean that they have rights to some of her films?

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Re: Claire Denis

#42 Post by senseabove » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:15 pm

There weren't any rights surprises at SFMOMA's retrospective last year, as far as I recall: https://www.sfmoma.org/event/series/mod ... ire-denis/

But they recently tweeted a poll about best "food movie" that included 4 movies, three of which they've released plus Trouble Every Day, which some folks were taking as a hint that it's forthcoming.

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Re: Claire Denis

#43 Post by Fiery Angel » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:41 pm

I emailed BAM and got this reply:
"It looks like these should all be prints except for High Life, Bastards, and Let the Sunshine In."

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Re: Claire Denis

#44 Post by beamish14 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:03 am

Struggling to decide on which Denis double bill to see at the American Cinematheque: Chocolate/White Material or Nenette/35 Shots of Rum? I've only seen Beau Travail (at the late, sometimes great Cinefamily several years ago)

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Re: Claire Denis

#45 Post by swo17 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:12 am

The latter

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Re: Claire Denis

#46 Post by beamish14 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:18 am

Much obliged! I trust your opinion, and I think I'll be in for a treat. Denis is speaking before the Chocolat screening, and while that's a nice addition, the presence of
a filmmaker isn't enough to tip me in favor of one evening.

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Re: Claire Denis

#47 Post by dda1996a » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:15 am

I'm not the biggest fan of either White Material or Nenette, but Shots is better than Chocolat. But I'd go to the first one if Denis will be present!

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Re: Claire Denis

#48 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:52 am

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Re: Claire Denis

#49 Post by NABOB OF NOWHERE » Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:53 am

35 Rhums is top notch Denis and if you have any positive feelings towards Ozu it's definitely the one to head for. Also Nenette has some of Tindersticks finest moments
And unless you need to kiss the hem of her robe the Denis Q&A will probably end up on Youtube

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Re: Claire Denis

#50 Post by John Cope » Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:32 am

35 Shots is the only one of those I don't like so that alone would tip me toward the former pairing.

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