Title: CAMILLE 2000 - German DVD
Eric Cotenas - January 8, 2008 02:38 PM (GMT)
Has anyone seen the German DVD of Radley Metzger's CAMILLE 2000? Amazon lists 16:9 as well as German and English audio (eBay.de listings cite just German 1.0 audio). Either way, a new transfer is more important.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 8, 2008 02:59 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Eric Cotenas @ Jan 8 2008, 09:38 AM) |
| Has anyone seen the German DVD of Radley Metzger's CAMILLE 2000? Amazon lists 16:9 as well as German and English audio (eBay.de listings cite just German 1.0 audio). Either way, a new transfer is more important. |
The say what now?!
Anthony Thorne - January 9, 2008 07:49 AM (GMT)
The Amazon link does mention 16x9 but who knows if it's true. I'm not expecting a new transfer but maybe this one snuck out quietly. Jeffrey, buy this one sight unseen and post some screen grabs up for us will ya?
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 9, 2008 08:00 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Anthony Thorne @ Jan 9 2008, 02:49 AM) |
| Jeffrey, buy this one sight unseen and post some screen grabs up for us will ya? |
Now's not the time for me to get adventurous - I'm only set up for other region play on an old Cyber Home that I can't stand the quality of these days...
Eric Cotenas - January 9, 2008 10:43 AM (GMT)
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| The EMS DVD does not shine straight by impressing quality, but one cannot probably to be expected a large Special edition with a niche title as this unfortunately also. Obviously for the DVD a cinema copy was scanned, because are the title and universe staff data in German language in link up to see. Even an invitation map to a party and a Armands more particularly "greeting" at Marguerite are here in German. One must accept however also some contamination of the collecting main, which hold themselves however still within bearable borders. The sharpness is not also absolutely optimally, the colors satisfying. Apart from the German synchronisation also the English originalton is present. Since there are scenes, which were never English synchronized however in the European version of the film, the clay/tone changes for German synchronisation in these places, which a little may irritate. Both clay-pure are qualitatively not perfect, it give problems in the heights and with some small interference must one also live. No reference DVD, but altogether better than I the US-DVD remembers. At bonus material there are only the Trailer - which functions rather like an music-underlaid Slideshow, for it also szenenbilder offers, which one does not know in such a way from the film - and an alternative end that to the conclusion might correspond to the US version of the film. |
So, its sourced from a German print with both English and German audio (German audio for scenes not dubbed into English). Apparently its better than the US DVDs (it also features the trailer which First Run stupidly cut from their reissue DVD - though they did include the deleted scenes). I'm not sure if the caps are from the DVD but if they are, its at least nicer looking than the R1.
Anthony Thorne - January 9, 2008 11:50 AM (GMT)
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| The EMS DVD does not shine straight by impressing quality, but one cannot probably to be expected a large Special edition with a niche title as this unfortunately also. Obviously for the DVD a cinema copy was scanned, because are the title and universe staff data in German language in link up to see. Even an invitation map to a party and a Armands more particularly "greeting" at Marguerite are here in German. One must accept however also some contamination of the collecting main, which hold themselves however still within bearable borders. The sharpness is not also absolutely optimally, the colors satisfying. Apart from the German synchronisation also the English originalton is present. Since there are scenes, which were never English synchronized however in the European version of the film, the clay/tone changes for German synchronisation in these places, which a little may irritate. Both clay-pure are qualitatively not perfect, it give problems in the heights and with some small interference must one also live. No reference DVD, but altogether better than I the US-DVD remembers. At bonus material there are only the Trailer - which functions rather like an music-underlaid Slideshow, for it also szenenbilder offers, which one does not know in such a way from the film - and an alternative end that to the conclusion might correspond to the US version of the film. |
I'd pay to read a whole magazine full of this sort of deathless prose.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - January 9, 2008 03:37 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Eric Cotenas @ Jan 9 2008, 05:43 AM) |
| I'm not sure if the caps are from the DVD but if they are, its at least nicer looking than the R1. |
They look like direct grabs to me. It's an improvement for sure, but that's mostly a reflection of how lacking the First Run disc is than anything else.
Tim Lucas - January 10, 2008 11:39 PM (GMT)
I've ordered this disc and should have it next week, so keep your eyes peeled on Video WatchBlog for a report sometime thereafter.
Danny Shipka - January 11, 2008 12:54 AM (GMT)
Looking forward to it, Tim. (fingers crossed)
Tim Lucas - January 18, 2008 06:29 AM (GMT)
The short version: the disc is anamorphic and quite attractive, not state-of-the-art or anything, but with a good strong film look -- an occasional scratch here and there. The film is offered in German and English audio, but the English option is interrupted four times with inserted German dialogue. Without checking, I can't tell if this footage was missing from the US release or not; some of the German bits are quite short. The strangest thing is that both versions, working from a German 35mm scope print, have a different ending than the one we know here. The US ending is included as an extra, seemingly ported from the US DVD, and the trailer (1.33) is also included. I'm very happy with the purchase and to be able to see this wonderful film in better quality... but the ending we got is much better, so this presentation has its minor drawbacks.
Tim Lucas - January 18, 2008 05:30 PM (GMT)
More details and enlargeable frame grabs are now up at Video WatchBlog.
http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/2008/01/...mille-2000.html
http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/2008/01/...mille-2000.html
Tim Lucas - January 20, 2008 07:29 PM (GMT)
Someone wrote to inform me that this is a 2005 release!
Eric Cotenas - January 21, 2008 12:19 AM (GMT)
Amazon.de lists the release date as December 22, 2005. It was certainly a well-kept secret.
Danny Shipka - January 22, 2008 06:48 PM (GMT)
Thanks for the mini-review Tim! It looks like I'll have to put this on the 'buy' list. (sigh) it still would be nice though to get a US company interested in releasing Metzger's films remastered. It'll happen....yes..I'm an optimist!
Michael Blanton - January 30, 2008 04:06 AM (GMT)
I was going to order this through amazon.de 8.6 Euros (after VAT is removed) but they were charging 14 Euros to ship it, so I checked at Exploited Cinema and Tony has it for $19.95 with much cheaper shipping.