Irma Vep (UK edition)

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pro-bassoonist · #1 Post by **pro-bassoonist** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:43 am

Irma Vep: This should be a great opportunity for those who wish to replace the dreadful Lorber R1 disc with a solid release (and could not benefit from the excellent French Assayas collection). UK street date is: March 31.

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pro-bassoonist · #2 Post by **pro-bassoonist** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:45 pm

I have to assume that it is guaranteed not to carry the Lorber transfer. I can NOT see how a company could approve such a disaster at this point...unless they are called Facets.

Fortunately, the UK distrib isn't Facets.

Pro-B

denti alligator · #3 Post by **denti alligator** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:54 pm

This is fantastic news!

colinr0380 · #4 Post by **colinr0380** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:46 pm

On checking the Play.com cover and the BBFC page, Second Sight will be releasing the DVD.

Tommaso · #5 Post by **Tommaso** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:21 am

Very good news indeed. I'm pretty sure this will be the same transfer as on the French disc, as indeed no-one (and surely not Second Sight) would dare to release that Koch Lorber catastrophe to audiences nowadays. Not even Koch Lorber would. I hope this has some good extras...

colinr0380 · #6 Post by **colinr0380** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:58 pm

I just noticed from that play.com page that Assayas's latest film Boarding Gate is getting a UK release earlier in March (the 10th compared to Vep's 31st) - it doesn't say whether that is also a Second Sight release though (strangely there doesn't seem to be any BBFC info available on it).

Edit: Details now up on Second Sight's site:

Special features
• Man Yuk – Portrait of Maggie Cheung
• Interview with Olivier Assayas / Charles Tesson
• Interview with Maggie Cheung / Nathalie Richard
• Maggie Cheung Rushes
• Trailer

fiddlesticks · #7 Post by **fiddlesticks** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:24 pm

£11.98 (preorder) at Amazon

codam · #8 Post by **codam** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:21 pm

DVD Times review

ptmd · #9 Post by **ptmd** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:21 pm

I'm happy that this came out but I would definitely wait before purchasing it. Zeitgeist is restoring the film now for a theatrical re-release and I know for a fact that they already had Assayas come in to supervise their new DVD transfer. It's coming sometime later this year and it should be the definitive release.

martin · #10 Post by **martin** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:44 am

DVD Times also reviewed the Frenc disc 2 years ago

The reviewer was rather satisfied with the video and audio quality on that occasion. But reviews made 2 years apart are probably not directly comparable...