[News Dvd] Criterion, les sorties de février 2007
Criterion vient d'annoncer ses sorties de février 2007. Au programme, du Naruse, du cinéma afro-américain, italien et du Powell/ Presburger déjà disponible chez nous aux éditions de l'Institut Lumière.
Spécifications et visuels ci-dessous.

49th Parallel
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
The Volunteer, a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short starring Ralph Richardson
A Pretty British Affair, a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which considers their WWII-era collaborators and features rare footage of the filmmakers together
Excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Charles Barr and an excerpt from Powell's 1941 premiere speech
The Proud Valley / Native Land
New, digital transfers of The Proud Valley and Native Land created from the best surviving elements
"The Story of Native Land," a new video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Frontier Films cofounder and Native Land codirector Leo Hurwitz
1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Body and Soul / Borderline
New, digital transfers of Body and Soul and Borderline created from the best surviving elements
Audio commentary for Body and Soul by Oscar Micheaux historian Pearl Bowser
Musical scores by jazz recording artists and composers Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Sanders of the River / Jericho
New, digital transfers created from the best surviving elements
True Pioneer: The British Films of Paul Robeson, a new video program featuring interviews with Paul Robeson Jr. and film historians Stephen Bourne and Ian Christie, and including film clips from Song of Freedom (1936), King Solomon's Mines (1937), and Big Fella (1938)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The Emperor Jones / Paul Robeson : Portrait of an Artist
New digital transfer of The Emperor Jones, created from the best surviving elements
Audio commentary for The Emperor Jones by historian Jeffrey C. Stewart
His Artistry and Legacy, a new video program including interviews with filmmaker William Greaves and actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones
Robeson on Robeson, a new interview with Paul Robeson Jr. about his father's career and art
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Le Voleur de Bicyclette
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Working with De Sica, a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola (Bruno), and film scholar Callisto Cosulich
Life as It Is, a new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema, with scholar Mark Shiel
Documentary on screenwriter and longtime Vittorio De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini, directed by Carlo Lizzani
Optional English dubbed soundtrack
New and improved English subtitle translation

La Couleur qui Tue
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
New interview with British film historian Geoff Brown
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by writer Geoffrey O'Brien and a director's statement

Une Femme Monte l'Escalier
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
New video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholars Audie Bock, Catherine Russell, and Phillip Lopate
Spécifications et visuels ci-dessous.

49th Parallel
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
The Volunteer, a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short starring Ralph Richardson
A Pretty British Affair, a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which considers their WWII-era collaborators and features rare footage of the filmmakers together
Excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography
Original theatrical trailer
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Charles Barr and an excerpt from Powell's 1941 premiere speech
The Proud Valley / Native Land
New, digital transfers of The Proud Valley and Native Land created from the best surviving elements
"The Story of Native Land," a new video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Frontier Films cofounder and Native Land codirector Leo Hurwitz
1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Body and Soul / Borderline
New, digital transfers of Body and Soul and Borderline created from the best surviving elements
Audio commentary for Body and Soul by Oscar Micheaux historian Pearl Bowser
Musical scores by jazz recording artists and composers Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Sanders of the River / Jericho
New, digital transfers created from the best surviving elements
True Pioneer: The British Films of Paul Robeson, a new video program featuring interviews with Paul Robeson Jr. and film historians Stephen Bourne and Ian Christie, and including film clips from Song of Freedom (1936), King Solomon's Mines (1937), and Big Fella (1938)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The Emperor Jones / Paul Robeson : Portrait of an Artist
New digital transfer of The Emperor Jones, created from the best surviving elements
Audio commentary for The Emperor Jones by historian Jeffrey C. Stewart
His Artistry and Legacy, a new video program including interviews with filmmaker William Greaves and actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones
Robeson on Robeson, a new interview with Paul Robeson Jr. about his father's career and art
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Le Voleur de Bicyclette
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Working with De Sica, a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola (Bruno), and film scholar Callisto Cosulich
Life as It Is, a new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema, with scholar Mark Shiel
Documentary on screenwriter and longtime Vittorio De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini, directed by Carlo Lizzani
Optional English dubbed soundtrack
New and improved English subtitle translation

La Couleur qui Tue
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder
New interview with British film historian Geoff Brown
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: A new essay by writer Geoffrey O'Brien and a director's statement

Une Femme Monte l'Escalier
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Audio commentary by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie
New video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by film scholars Audie Bock, Catherine Russell, and Phillip Lopate
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