Does anyone have access to this film? - La femme publique (1984) Discussion

[–] amstelodami 19 years ago

I can't believe it!!!!!!! I have almost 15 years trying to find a way to have this movie in my collection. I believe is a piece of art and they know it. So they won't release it any were....
It is so frustrating.

Please help!!!!

I always find a bunch of links, but they always end up in a dead end or a page that doesn't load...

Does it actually exist or it was a trick of my youthful imagination?????

regards.

G

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[–] magnapurga 19 years ago

Well, same here. I've seen it twice, first in 1984 in Berlin and a year later in Trieste, Italy. I had a very bad quality VHS copy with Greek subtitles, coming from a Greek video rental, so I suppose it was published officially at least in Greece. My copy misteriously disappeared from my private collection when I was moving and I try to regain again without any success. Most of other Zulawski films were shown at our (Slovenian) national TV in the meantime but, according to the film programs editor, Femme Publique was never included in the list of titles on offer.
For anyone willing to help, please contact [email protected].

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[–] magnapurga 19 years ago

Luckily, recently an Italian DVD was published - it's possible to find the original (French language) version of the film with a little luck.

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[–] lyris1-1 17 years ago

A little bird tells me that anyone waiting for the definitive release of this interesting film may want to wait just a little longer :)

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[–] weedunks 17 years ago

It seems to be available from amazon.fr, if you can negotiate the French language site!

http://www.amazon.fr/Femme-publique-Valerie-Kaprisky/dp/B000GH2XR0

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[–] amstelodami 17 years ago

You are right... the movie is available in an Italian website and in amazon france. Is in PAL (Which is no problem dealing with, its easy to translate to NTSC. But so far, all the copies I have found are only in french Audio WITHOUT SUBTITLES. Thats my stop sign.

What is really enoying is that, according to the italian website, the ITALIAN DVD, which has subtitles and audio in Italian, was release by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, in 2005.

I guess we will keep searching.

Good luck my friends, and lets keep posting ok?

G

PS: At least I finally found a dvd copy of Mishima: Life in four chapters after almost 8 years of looking around.

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[–] DakotaKitten 16 years ago

You will all be pleased to know a superior release is soon out.

http://whiggles.landofwhimsy.com/

Taken from the above site....

Later this year, new DVD label Mondo Vision will be releasing its debut title, the first ever English-friendly release of Andrzej Zulawski's La Femme Publique ("The Public Woman"), initially released in 1984 and starring Valérie Kaprisky, Francis Huster and Lambert Wilson. The name of Zulawski may be familiar to some of the Dario Argento fans visiting the site, since Argento has identified his 1981 film Possession as one of his favourites and a key influence on Tenebre.

This upcoming DVD release is special for a couple of reasons. First of all, the film has never been released on any format in an English-speaking territory. As such, Mondo Vision's DVD will feature the first ever English subtitle translation of the film. Secondly, I've had the opportunity to see the transfer for this film at various stages of its encoding, and I can honestly state that the final encode, completed a few days ago, is one of the best I have ever seen in standard definition. To say that this blows away what most of the other independent and also major studios are routinely putting out would be a gross understatement.

M

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[–] Peruvia 16 years ago

wow - transfer looks fantastic.

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