Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) (Signature Edition)

[Akijama]

Letter from an Unknown Woman Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

Product Notes

Director Max Ophuls' classic tearjerker stars Joan Fontaine as Lisa Berndle, a woman in fin de siècle Vienna who has a one-night encounter with callous concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan), whom she's been infatuated with since she was a teen. Unknown to Brand, Lisa bears his son and marries another man, but a chance meeting years later leads to tragedy. With Marcel Journet, Mady Christians. 86 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

[Akijama]

New resto, as expected.

Special Features and Technical Specs:
BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION of the film
Audio commentary by Max Ophüls expert Lutz Bacher
"A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath" - interview with Oscar-winning documentarian Marcel Ophüls
"An Independent Woman: Changing sensibilities in a post-war Hollywood" - interview with Professor Dana Polan
"Ophülsesque: The Look of Letter from an Unknown Woman" - with cinematographers Ben Kasulke and Sean Price Williams
"Letter from An Unknown Woman: Passion's Triumph" - visual essay by film scholar Tag Gallagher
Essay by critic Molly Haskell
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

[The Great Owl]

I really like this movie.

Although my existing Olive Films Blu-ray is quite good, I'll probably double-dip just for the subtitles and the extras.

[javi92]

Trying to decide whether to triple-dip.

[78deluxe]

Will consider a double dip if the transfer is excellent.

(though not excited about buying the same movie again)

Hopefully they have reconsidered the "limited" release nature of the Signature line, as I don't see any qty listings in the release info.

[ArnoldLayne56]

Originally Posted by 78deluxe

Will consider a double dip if the transfer is excellent.

(though not excited about buying the same movie again)

Hopefully they have reconsidered the "limited" release nature of the Signature line, as I don't see any qty listings in the release info.

The transfer is perfect.

[hamsterburger]

I just now discovered that The 2017 Signature edition of Letter From an Unknown Woman has disappeared from amazon.com and it’s not available on cdwow either.

Seeing as it was only a limited release of 3500 units I assume that supplies are starting to dwindle and most sellers will go out of stock without getting a resupply.

Does anyone know if there have been any announcements or rumors about a UK release of this on blu? If I remember correctly this was a universal-film, so does that perhaps mean that Indicator or Arrow are likely to snap it up?

Thanks

[filmlover22]

it's still available on the Olive site -->https://olivefilms.com/product/lette...ature-blu-ray/

[noirjunkie]

It's also still available at DeepDiscount, which is the most reliable site for Olive titles: https://www.deepdiscount.com/letter-...e/887090601504.

[RockyIII]

Wow wow...just wow. Absolutely stunning! This and The Earrings of Madame De (Criterion Collection) are now my two favorite classics!

[Bluyoda]

Just blind-bought this after hearing about it in a conversation by two authors about Richard Linklater on Criterion's Before Sunrise disc.
Since I am Viennese, I had to add this signature collection to my collection, and it sounds very intriguing to me.
Will report back once I have watched it.

[Bluyoda]

Great blind-buy, and the transfer is sensational! Best looking film of the 40s I have. No contest. Highly recommended.

[Kakihara]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Great blind-buy, and the transfer is sensational! Best looking film of the 40s I have. No contest. Highly recommended.

It's a beautiful release of a beautiful movie. I blind-bought it too a couple years ago. I liked it so much that, after watching it, I started to write a story from a male's perspective that is clearly inspired by this movie. I'm still working on it to this day.