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- L.A.
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Just as long as the Pudovkin set comes I am more than happy.
- Ashirg
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- Location: Atlanta
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Their Film Noir Foundation releases of 2017 are yet to happen...
- SpiderBaby
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A new Phantom (Murnau) release was lined up for 2017 too.
- L.A.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself (Felix E. Feist, 1950) coming in September.
- L.A.
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Beaver.L.A. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:57 pmBlu-ray coming later this year.L.A. wrote:Das alte Gesetz (Ewald André Dupont, 1923) DVD just came out from Arte and with English subtitles.
- L.A.
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Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color coming December 18th.
- barryconvex
- billy..biff..scooter....tommy
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I just finished Too Late For Tears -this is one of the best noirs i've ever seen. Lizabeth Scott steals the movie (excepting when Duryea is on screen) as the most vicious black widow/ femme fatale i can remember. Looking forward to Woman On The Run, FA's other reclamation noir from 2016.
- Luke M
- Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:21 pm
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This one also includes a Trip to the Moon. I’m guessing the difference from this and the standalone release is this one has just one version and not all the different cuts?L.A. wrote:Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color coming December 18th.
- Lowry_Sam
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Looks like FA has a cyber Monday sale (20% off), though you need to spend 200$ for free shipping. Has anyone heard whether the new Melies has the same macroblocking problem as L’Inhumaine or The Man Who Cheated himself? I’ve been holding out for better UK releases, but as nothing appears on the horizon, I may jump at the chance of a sale.
- L.A.
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FA posted on their Facebook page that Der Hund von Baskerville (1929) is coming from them soon.
- perkizitore
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Is A page of Madness really a BD-R?
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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- What A Disgrace
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Mu 2019 calendar reveals the following upcoming goodies, most dual format...
The Man Who Laughs
The City Without Jews, 1924
Fragment of an Empire, 1929
Spring Night, Summer Night, 1967
Trapped!, 1949
3-D Rarities Volume 2
The Last Warning, 1928
The Little Princess, 1917
Pudovkin's Mat, 1926, with The End of St. Petersburg (1927) and Storm Over Asia (1928)
The Man Who Laughs
The City Without Jews, 1924
Fragment of an Empire, 1929
Spring Night, Summer Night, 1967
Trapped!, 1949
3-D Rarities Volume 2
The Last Warning, 1928
The Little Princess, 1917
Pudovkin's Mat, 1926, with The End of St. Petersburg (1927) and Storm Over Asia (1928)
- Luke M
- Joined: Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:21 pm
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The Man Who Laughs
1928 / Directed by Paul Leni / 110 minutes / BLACK AND WHITE / United States / Restored by NBCUniversal/Universal Pictures
UPC: 6-17311-68629-0
Flicker Alley, in partnership with Universal Pictures, are proud to present Universal Picture's new 4K restoration of the 1928 silent classic, The Man Who Laughs, accompanied by a newly recorded orchestral score by the Berklee School of Music. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the story centers on the extraordinary adventures of Conrad Veidt's Gwynplaine, whose wide and mirthless grin inspired DC Comics' legendary Batman villain, the Joker. Veidt's character has become well known to most cinephiles. Orphaned as a child, Gwynplaine is punished by the king for his father's transgressions, by having his face carved into a hideous grin. Disfigured and alone, Gwynplaine rescues a blind girl Dea, and both end up staring in a sideshow where they fall in love. Because she cannot see, Dea does not know about her lover's tormented grin.
Masterfully directed by Paul Leni, The Man Who Laughs marks Leni's penultimate work. Having grown up in Germany during the era of Expressionism, Leni embraces haunting characters, twisted sets, harsh angles, and deep shadows. Heralded as one of the best American silents emulating German Expressionism, The Man Who Laughs presents Leni at his creative directorial peak. Originally released silent, the film was enough of a hit for Universal in 1928 that the studio released it with a synched musical score using the Movietone sound-on-film process, presented here as a secondary audio track.
Part of Universal Picture's ongoing silent restoration initiative, The Man Who Laughs honors the studio's rich film history that has spanned more than a century. The primary source element for this restoration was a 35mm composite fine grain from the Universal Pictures vault, created in 1954 from the nitrate original camera negative. NBCUniversal's restoration team was able to stabilize and deflicker the film as well as repair scratches, warps, and dirt. The 4K digital restoration was completed by NBCUniversal StudioPost.
Bonus Materials Include:
Paul Leni and The Man Who Laughs:A visual essay by film historian and author, John Soister, on Leni's work at Universal during this period.
Celebrating Universal's Masterpiece: A new booklet essay written by renowned film historian and author, Kevin Brownlow.
Notes On the New Score: A short essay by composer Sonia Coronado of the Berklee School of Music on their new score for The Man Who Laughs.
Secondary Audio Track: In addition to the new Berklee School of Music score, the film's original 1928 Movietone is score presented here as a secondary audio track.
Rare Image Gallery: A slide show presentation of vintage marketing materials, trade ads, memorabilia and more from The Man Who Laughs, courtesy of the Reel Heroes of Film.
- Timec
- Spencer Tracy had it coming
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Looks like they'll be releasing a new restoration of Paul Leni's The Last Warning on the same day.
- What A Disgrace
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A collection of Charley Bowers is coming to Blu ray, with the following films. And not a MOD release.
A.W.O.L. (1918)
The Extra-Quick Lunch (1919)
Egged On (1926)
Fatal Footsteps (1926)
He Done His Best (1926)
Now You Tell One (1926)
A Wild Roomer (1927)
Many A Slip (1927)
Nothing Doing (1927)
Say Ah-h! (1928)
There It Is (1928)
Whoozit (1928)
It's A Bird (1930)
Believe It Or Don't (1935)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
A Sleepless Night (1940)
Wild Oysters (1941)
A.W.O.L. (1918)
The Extra-Quick Lunch (1919)
Egged On (1926)
Fatal Footsteps (1926)
He Done His Best (1926)
Now You Tell One (1926)
A Wild Roomer (1927)
Many A Slip (1927)
Nothing Doing (1927)
Say Ah-h! (1928)
There It Is (1928)
Whoozit (1928)
It's A Bird (1930)
Believe It Or Don't (1935)
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
A Sleepless Night (1940)
Wild Oysters (1941)
- ianthemovie
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I saw this thread bump and was really, really, really hoping it would be about a Blu-ray of the new cut of La Roue.
- What A Disgrace
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You can't please everyone, I guess.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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As a big fan of eggs, I was really, really satisfied by this thread bump
- captveg
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Fragment of an Empire (1929) also announced on their website for a 7/30/19 release.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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Funny to see Raymond Borde credited as a film preservationist in the Bowers writeup and not as a critic, a role which I suspect he is far better known for (esp his book on Noir), particularly since he was by a country kilometer the most openly hostile French critic of the 60s against Jean-Luc Godard and is primarily anthologized today because of that. Looking around I see he’s the one credited with literally rediscovering Bowers’ films at the Cinémathèque, but it still seems a bit weird to me
- What A Disgrace
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Man, these guys are almost as good as Second Run this year.
- bearcuborg
- Joined: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:30 am
- Location: Philadelphia via Chicago
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There’s a very good doc with Borde on the Image disc. He did a tremendous amount of work along with others in the US, Canada and around Europe. It’s a short doc if memory serves, just a dozen minutes or so, but there’s some really nice comments on Bowers work by Andre Breton and Joseph Losey.
I’ve been in love with his work ever since I saw the great Serge Bromeberg play piano to a few clips many years ago in New York. Unfortunately one of the clips I really liked was not on the Image disc-but I’m sure it will be included in the Blu-ray. This is a slam dunk purchase for me, it’s a lot of surreal stuff that holds up incredibly well.
I’ve been in love with his work ever since I saw the great Serge Bromeberg play piano to a few clips many years ago in New York. Unfortunately one of the clips I really liked was not on the Image disc-but I’m sure it will be included in the Blu-ray. This is a slam dunk purchase for me, it’s a lot of surreal stuff that holds up incredibly well.
- andyli
- Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:46 pm
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Flicker Alley announced on Twitter that they are releasing L'Herbier's L'argent on blu-ray.
- dustybooks
- Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:52 am
- Location: Wilmington, NC
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Got The Man Who Laughs in the mail yesterday, FA did a great job with it (though the book -- with a Kevin Brownlow essay -- has an odd number of typographical issues). I really hope we get more silent titles like this that aren't relegated to the MOD site; this is a fine film and an important studio release but it still hurts that A Page of Madness didn't get similar treatment.
Also, for what it's worth, the reverse cover art is exponentially better (see here)
Also, for what it's worth, the reverse cover art is exponentially better (see here)