Lionsgate: Luis Buñuel Collection

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#51 Post by **kinjitsu** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:26 pm

Dave Kehr in The NY Times:

[quote]Film historians tend to treat the Mexican period of the great Luis BuÃ±uel as a kind of involuntary exile, during which BuÃ±uel, Spanish-born and with impeccable European avant-garde connections (â€œUn Chien Andalou,â€

tryavna · #52 Post by **tryavna** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:58 pm

and sloppily produced (Disc 1 is labeled Disc 2, and vice versa)

Perhaps Lionsgate meant this as a Surrealist homage to Bunuel, and we're all just missing the in-joke....

tavernier · #53 Post by **tavernier** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:07 pm

I agree...I'm sure Bunuel would have loved it.

justeleblanc · #54 Post by **justeleblanc** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:17 pm

I feel sorry for Fernando Ray, he keeps wanting to have sex with The Young One but the DVD keeps turning back into Gran Casino. He told me this story. I'm a midget.

#55 Post by **kinjitsu** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:34 pm

Anyone know if the labeling issue has been sorted out?

jorencain · #56 Post by **jorencain** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:12 pm

kinjitsu wrote:Anyone know if the labeling issue has been sorted out?

I just got my set from deepdiscount today, and the labels are correct on my copy.

#57 Post by **kinjitsu** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:13 pm

Thanks very much Joren.

pro-bassoonist · #58 Post by **pro-bassoonist** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:01 am

kinjitsu wrote:Anyone know if the labeling issue has been sorted out?

I can also confirm that the issue has been corrected. Still not too impressed with the cover.

Pro-B

justeleblanc · #59 Post by **justeleblanc** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:53 pm

Does anyone know if there's a way to replace the current discs with ones that are correctly labeled? The customer service department at Lionsgate (unlike Criterions) is pretty cruddy.

justeleblanc · #60 Post by **justeleblanc** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:00 am

davidhare wrote:Lord! Why not just burn backups (every title is SL) and do your own covers fer chrissake!

Or.... has anyone been able to get Lionsgate to address this issue?

Jonathan S · #61 Post by **Jonathan S** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:26 am

Would I be correct in assuming this recent Lionsgate release of Subida al cielo has no English subtitles?

SoyCuba · #62 Post by **SoyCuba** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:38 am

Jonathan S wrote:Would I be correct in assuming this recent Lionsgate release of Subida al cielo has no English subtitles?

It looks like it doesn't.

Gigi M. · #63 Post by **Gigi M.** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:45 am

La Ilusion Viaja En Tranvia & Nazarin double feature on September 2.

justeleblanc · #64 Post by **justeleblanc** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:22 pm

Way to throw away Bunuel titles.

Something is still very fishy about this. From what I understand the films are still in litigation, and legally, Televisa is not allowed to license films they may not own.

GringoTex · #65 Post by **GringoTex** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:12 pm

Jonathan S wrote:Would I be correct in assuming this recent Lionsgate release of Subida al cielo has no English subtitles?

Bunuel's masterpiece can be had with English subtitles here.

railroaded · #66 Post by **railroaded** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:12 am

Jonathan S wrote:Would I be correct in assuming this recent Lionsgate release of Subida al cielo has no English subtitles?

Seems obvious that these are for the Spanish market in North America.

Warner has released 11 movies by Pedro Infante, Art is 100% Latin but these have English subs but also Portuguese which happens seldom.

kekid · #67 Post by **kekid** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:34 pm

Lionsgate has done incalculable disservice to the North American market by issuing these Bunuel films without English subtitles. I somehow missed this exchange on the forum and ordered the latest DVD of Nazarin. I could not believe that neither film on that DVD had English subs. Does anyone have Liongates contact information to send them protest e-mails?

Wittsdream · #68 Post by **Wittsdream** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:04 pm

kekid wrote:Lionsgate has done incalculable disservice to the North American market by issuing these Bunuel films without English subtitles. I somehow missed this exchange on the forum and ordered the latest DVD of Nazarin. I could not believe that neither film on that DVD had English subs. Does anyone have Liongates contact information to send them protest e-mails?

Why would Lionsgate not seize the opportunity to distribute this in an English-friendly package. It would be interesting to find out how their previous Luis Bunuel Collection set sold in North America.

The only plausible consolation one can garner from this news is the probable licensing agreement that Lionsgate has with Criterion. I would wager that Lionsgate has North American rights to distribute these titles in Spanish only. Best Buy, which typically stocks hundreds of titles aimed specifically for the Spanish-speaking market, is not stocking this package at their stores (though they are available to purchase from their website).

Regardless, Criterion is more than likely prepping these titles for inclusion into its Eclipse series of films, though Nazarin definitely deserves to be a stand-alone Criterion title!

I really hope this is what's behind the Lionsgate decision not to include English subtitles for this recent release. By the way, for those of you that kept their copies, how do the transfers look?

Michael Kerpan · #69 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:39 pm

railroaded wrote:Warner has released 11 movies by Pedro Infante, Art is 100% Latin but these have English subs but also Portuguese which happens seldom.

Any particular recommendations? (I note that School for Tramps apparently stars the wonderful Miroslava Stern).

rohmerin · #70 Post by **rohmerin** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:12 pm

It arrived today to my hands. Nazarin has got a good image quality. The Spanish DVD release was very poor. Sadly, La ilusión... looks an old VHS. Each film is on one side of the dvd. I hate that, but it's cheap and Nazarin is a masterpiece. Not seen ever Ilusión viaja en tranvía.

Michael Kerpan · #71 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:52 pm

Illusion is a wonderful little film -- one of Bunuel's most good-natured (but still has some very funny moments). Too bad that the new transfer is not only unsubtitled but of poor quality.

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