La Dolce Vita - Nouveaux Pictures - 6th October 2014

[mattyl149]

Nouveaux Pictures will be releasing La Dolce Vita on 6th October 2014:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolce-Vita-B...51734&sr=1-309

I don't own this so glad this is getting a UK release

[RDA]

Cool! Nouveaux are almost certain to use the Film Foundation restoration like Criterion will use and has been used in other countries. Will be interesting to see the special features line-up and comparison reviews in due course.

[Yami]

And here I thought Nouveaux were dead and buried. Unless it's majorly deficient in comparison to the Criterion, I'll definitely be picking this up

[Millibar]

Wow great news!

Why the crazy price?

[Saccharin]

This gonna be Nouveaux Picturesfirst BR. Would it be a must have or a dud? I will wait for the review before I am going for this masterpiece.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by Saccharin

This gonna be Nouveaux Picturesfirst BR. Would it be a must have or a dud? I will wait for the review before I am going for this masterpiece.

It's not their first, but I think it's their second - they released Suspiria back in 2010.

[mattyl149]

Originally Posted by Yami

It's not their first, but I think it's their second - they released Suspiria back in 2010.

The Suspiria Blu-ray could have been better (issues with the colour palette). Hopefully Arrow can get hold of that one day sometime in the distant future

I did think that La Dolce Vita would have been released by Argent as they did 8 1/2

I would love if Studio Canal upgraded their Fellini DVD boxset (including La Strada) to Blu-ray

[sjt]

Well, Nouveaux made a complete mess of their DVD releases of both La dolce Vita and Giulietta degli spiriti in the UK, getting the aspect ratio of the former completely wrong at 1: 1.75, and omitting the entire opening reel of the latter. They are, in a word, incompetent: and careless as well. It'll be a miracle if this release isn't loused up somehow....

[minister_x]

It wasn't Nouveaux who got the aspect ratio wrong, it was the original release from Momentum. Although arguably Nouveaux's transfer was weak. Based off the Nouveaux DVD extras, their past form and the cover shown on Amazon, I imagine the only extra of significance (other than than some trailers) will be the ~19 min interview with Anita Ekberg.

In contrast, the Criterion is set to have three new interviews as well as two archival ones, as well as 'Felliniana ephemera' (which could be just pictures or could contain a variety of different press materials etc - hopefully interesting either way!).

As to the Nouveaux Pictures / Argent Films difference, the covers have the same style with the Cinema Classics banner at the top. Are they distributed by the same parent company?

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Originally Posted by Millibar

Wow great news!

Why the crazy price?

If you have a Fopp nearby try there, I got mine for £15 a more reasonable price I thought.

[Judex]

Has anyone spotted any reviews for this yet?
Interested to see how it compares to the Criterion release.

[Eastcoaster]

I'm curious to know if this is the same transfer/restoration that's used on the Italian Blu and that's also used for Criterion's release?

Kirby

[pro-bassoonist]

Kirby,

I am waiting on our disc to arrive any day now. We will have a review on the site

Pro-B

[Spiderwalk]

I don't know which source was used for this release but it looks absolutely stunning. I picked it up in HMV the other day for £14.99, cheaper than the current price on Amazon.

[pro-bassoonist]

Here's the requested review:

The release uses as a foundation the 4K Bologna restoration, but the high-definition transfer is not identical to the one Criterion used for their release.

La Dolce Vita Blu-ray REVIEW






Pro-B

[deepbreathsanddeath]

Hey, Pro-B, I remember you asking people if they want to see a review of the Australian disc and I just wanted to re-mention that I'd like to see that. It's (currently) cheaper (at the umbrella website) option than the UK release and comes with an abundance of special features (including the interview from the UK) release that aren't on the Criterion release.

I think it would be beneficial for people unable to get the Criterion disc to know that there's a much better Region B option out there than the UK release. Provided it looks and sounds about as good as that of the UK and US disc.

[pro-bassoonist]

DB,

I will do my best to post only a mini review later this week because we already have two reviews.

Pro-B

[nitin]

I thought the Umbrella disc was from an older master?

[jhird2007]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

DB,

I will do my best to post only a mini review later this week because we already have two reviews.

Pro-B

Any comparisons with the Australian blu-ray? It's a lot cheaper and has better extras.

[Dubliner1]

Anyone know if this comes with a slipcover?