MARCH 2007

March 26

Re-releases:

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) 
Les Amants (1958) 
Lift To The Scaffold (aka L`Ascenseur Pour L`Echafaud / 1958) 

All previously released as part of "The Louis Malle Collection", personally I'd go for the better value of the box set. Optimum Releasing.

Bigas Luna Collection:
Golden Balls (1993)
Jamon Jamon (1992)
The Tit and the Moon (1994)
The Ages of Lulu (1990)

All previously released singularly Tartan Video 

Cinema Paradiso (1988) - (Deluxe Edition) - Giuseppe Tornatore. Third release for this rose tinted nostagia trip. This time a 4 disc set which includes the soundtrack, I assume it will also be packed with extras Arrow Films

Jean-Luc Goddard - The 60s Collection:
Masculin, Feminin (1966) 
Two or Three Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle / 1967) 
Vivre sa vie (1962)

All previously released individually

New releases:

Colour Of The Loyalty (Hak Bak Jin Cheung / 2005) - Siu Hung Cheung, Jing Wong Elephant Video 

The Commissar (Komissar / 1967) - Aleksandr Askoldov Artificial Eye

Exiles (Exils / 2004) - Tony Gatlif Drakes Avenue

Fighting Delinquents (Kutabare gurentai / 1960) Seijun Suzuki Yume Pictures

The Flowers And the Angry Waves (Hana to doto / 1964) - Seijun Suzuki Yume Pictures

Heaven`s Soldiers (Cheon Gun / 2005) Min Joon-ki - Elephant Video

Human Resources (Ressources humaines / 1999) - Laurent Cantet Soda Pictures 

Nin Nin (Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun / 2004) - Masayuki Suzuki - Elephant Video

The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages / 2006) - Denis Dercourt - Artificial Eye
Excellent low key revenge driven drama with an outstanding performance from Dborah Franois, so different from her previous role in L'Enfant. Slightly let down by one Hollywood style moment but fortunately this is only a minor blip.

Wim Wenders Collection:
The American Friend (1977)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
Paris, Texas (1984) 
Room 666 (1982) 
The Scarlet Letter (1973) 
Tokyo-Ga (1985)
A Trick of the Light (1995)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Wrong Move (1975) Anchor Bay

Elephant Video is a new name in distribution, well have to see how their releases fare in terms of film and dvd quality.

Although they have no new releases this week, I have to wonder what sort of problems Tartan Video are having, several products are being pushed back again and again, The Bow (Hwal) is one of the latest with a preliminary Feb 07 release date pushed back to May, its difficult to obtain any info on these delays.

Cheers Trev.