DVD plans? - La maman et la putain (1973) Discussion

[–] snucker 20 years ago

haven't heard anything about a dvd plan. i know one thing for sure, this film is out of print and was probably only available on VHS. you can't buy it on amazon or anywhere else, unless you buy it used somewhere.

i never saw this film, but seeing the reputation it has, i think a re-release is certainly due. i would love it if criterion released this....even though it would cost a lot of money to buy.

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[–] TevildoVardoMeiota 19 years ago

The VHS is for sale at facets.org

"A policeman's job is only easy in a police state " - A Touch of Evil (1958) Orson Welles

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[–] cchristophe 19 years ago

anyone seen the japanese dvd's? It's also outrageously expensive

i wonder what's the quality of the transfer since there's nothing available in France, probably a video tape released long ago in the 80's...

i also wonder how the japanese managed to release a dvd, since there's plan in France to do so... Eustache, i guess for copyrights reasons, is unfairly absent from video shelves

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[–] cchristophe 19 years ago

i received my japanese dvd and can testify that it just a transfer of an old vhs on dvd, no digitally transfered

i guess there must be copyrights problems...

anyway, it's better that habving nothing!

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[–] HaloumiMan 19 years ago

I want this movie on DVD also. It's one of me faves. Is there someplace we can all write and get them to move on it?

I love haloumi cheese

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[–] cchristophe 19 years ago

i guess you could write to UNIFRANCE which has a database for all french film rights

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[–] blackpantherswatchamacallit 19 years ago

Artificial Eye in the UK sell it on video so I guess if it's realeased on DVD there one day it'll be by them.

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[–] blackpantherswatchamacallit 19 years ago

I emailed them just yesterday and they replied,

"We would like to, but it looks unlikely at the moment
Sorry to be so vague"

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[–] marcusbabel 19 years ago

Question regarding the japanese dvd: are the subtitles removable? I am French, so no need for having those strange drawings on the image...
Thanx in advance for the answer.

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[–] cchristophe 19 years ago

les sous titres ne semblent pas possible à retirer; il s'agit d'un transfert de vhs vers dvd, donc la qualité est vraiment pas terrible, mais c'est mieux que rien!

ça ne gène pas la vision du film, et puis rendons grace aux japonais de nous proposer ce film, alors que les français, pour d'obscures raisons, en sont incapables...

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[–] blackpantherswatchamacallit 18 years ago

In France there will soon be released a Eustache boxset, which includes this film. English subtitles are possible but not certain.

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[–] cchristophe 18 years ago

are you sure?
what is your source and the editor?

if that's true that's really great news

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[–] blackpantherswatchamacallit 18 years ago

I read this on another forum in late December. The poster wrote to Boris Eustache, son of Jean:

(...)I've thus far tried hard to be able to find Eustache films, i could watch most of them through pricey Japanese DVD editions by Kinokuniya.

If my little French didn't mislead me, you say in your blog that an Euctache boxset will be issued in 2006. Can you please elaborate on this?

I'm looking forward to hearing any news on this subject. (...)

Best Regards,

To which Boris replied:

Hi,

Yes, I have the project to edit all Jean Eustache's film in a DVD box in 2006.
I dont know yet if I will have enough money to propose subtitles in this edition.
If the DVD propose subtitles, I will let you know.

Thanks.
Boris Eustache.

This page here: http://jeaneustache.over-blog.com/, which is run by Boris, may also say the same.

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[–] BernardDB 9 years ago

Unfortunately no plans, as long as the current copyright holder is still alive (though he pretends not to block such a release).
But feel free to download La Maman et la putain; the copyright holder does not mind:

je ne suis pas gêné par le fait qu’il circule sur internet

(I don't mind it being available on the internet).
Source: http://www.revuezinzolin.com/2013/08/boris-eustache-suis-je-le-gardien-de-mon-pere/

From time to time, rumors that a DVD is about to be made circulate, so that the copyright holder gets some media attention. But if he were to authorize the distribution of his father's work, nobody would pay any further attention to him. 

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