The Blu-Ray would be awesome!
This is my NEW fav musical replacing Guys and Dolls.
I even "sang" the Subject Line, sing it as "wwewwweeellllllllllll!"
http://tinyurl.com/privacy-06Click trailer,watch&vote plz share
This is my NEW fav musical replacing Guys and Dolls.
I even "sang" the Subject Line, sing it as "wwewwweeellllllllllll!"
http://tinyurl.com/privacy-06Click trailer,watch&vote plz share
There is a blu-ray. I think it's from Japanese region. You can find it on torrents.
share(Please don't buy the unofficial blu-ray!)
The new restored version of Demy's first film 'Lola' is shown in Paris this week, so I guess The Umbrellas is next.
If there is any film that deserves the "blue ray" treatment, it is "The
Umbrellas of Cherbourg." My local "film society" showed this film a couple of
years ago, and the restoration was superb. I then went out and bought the
restored version on standard DVD.
I know! It's so beautiful, and it totally deserves a bluray release. Next year is its 50th anniversary, so maybe the criterion collection or someone will put one out.
shareThere's a big Jacques Demy exhibition at the Cinémathèque in april, so maybe...
http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/expositions-cinema/exposition-jacques-demy/
Just hoping.
Restoration took place in the 1990s:
http://www.close-upfilm.com/features/Interviews/agnesvarda.htm
Available DVDs are compared here:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare2/umbrellas.htm
A new work to digitize (for a re-release in theaters in 2013 hopefully) is underway; money has been raised here (story in French):
http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/il-faut-sauver-les-parapluies-de-cherb ourg
I trust there will be a blu-ray eventually.
The new digitalized restored version (2K) was shown tonight on Arte TV channel in HD. Following the recent exhibition dedicated to Jacques Demy at the French Cinémathèque last spring, my own opinion is that the Bluray should be made available before christmas...
Needless to say that the image is outstanding :)
Vincent
(Paris, France)
saw it tonight at the nuart theatre in los angeles in 2k restoration....truly amazing
shareBlu-ray to be released on Nov. 20, 2013
Currently one can pre-order here, for 25 €:
http://www.fnac.com/
http://www.amazon.fr/
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The Demy set is half price at Barnes & Noble for a few more days.
"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else"
Arte did the original scan/restoration in 2013, Criterion and others released their versions in 2014.
Trailers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCOi7pqKh0 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5KAmPDg8qA
Arte Vidéo: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Les-Parapluies-de-Cherbourg-Blu-ray/78533/ (review and HD screenshots)
Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Demy's "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" a.k.a. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of French distributors Cine-Tamaris Video/Arte Video. The supplemental features on the disc include trailers for the film; extracts from archival interviews with Jacques Demy and Catherine Deneuve; archival video interview actress Virginie Ledoyen; extract from Agnes Varda's documentary The Universe of Jacques Demy; and more. The release also arrives with a 72-page illustrated booklet with writings on the film and technical information about the new 2K restoration. In French and English. In French, with optional English and French SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".