Sirk und Resnais von Masters of Cinema im März 2009

Masters of Cinema hat die Details zu zwei DVDs bekannt gegeben, die am 30. März 2009 in Großbritannien erscheinen werden:

a-time-to-love-and-a-time-to-die-dvd-gb-masters-of-cinema#65: “Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben / A Time To Love and a Time to Die” [USA 1958, Douglas Sirk]

- Gorgeous new anamorphic transfer of the film in its original 2.35:1 CinemaScope aspect ratio
- English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired
- Of Tears and Speed: According to Jean-Luc Godard – a 12-minute, visually annotated recitation of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal essay on Sirk’s film
- 19-minute video interview with Wesley Strick, screenwriter of Scorsese’s Cape Fear and author of the novel Out There in the Dark, a roman-à-clef based upon Sirk’s life in Hollywood and his relationship with the estranged son who took a starring role in Hitler Youth propaganda
- Imitation of Life (Mirage of Life): A Portrait of Douglas Sirk – a 49-minute film portrait from 1984, directed by Daniel Schmid and photographed by Renato Berta, of Douglas Sirk and his wife Hilda in conversation, and reflecting, from their apartment in Germany, back upon their lives in Hollywood
- The original trailer for the film, from the time it retained the provisional title of simply “A Time To Love”
- 36-page booklet containing the complete text of Jean-Luc Godard’s essay on the film, writings from critic Tag Gallagher on the film and Sirk’s career in general, and an assemblage of notes that includes excerpts from Sirk’s reflections upon the film, remarks upon visual motifs inside the movie, the CinemaScope process used to photograph the picture, and more.


 
muriel-dvd-gb-masters-of-cinema-79#79: “Muriel oder Die Zeit der Wiederkehr / Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour / Muriel” [F / I 1963, Alain Resnais]

- New anamorphic transfer of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio
- English subtitles in a new and exclusive translation
- The original trailer for the film, newly subtitled
- 36-page booklet containing a new essay about the film from writer B. Kite; another new essay about the film from writer Anna Thorngate; writing by Henri Langlois; and excerpts from the famous 1963 Cahiers du cinema roundtable discussion about the film

Schreib doch was!