Nothing is Sacred: Three Heresies by Luis Buñuel (1961-1965) (Radiance Films)

[gekats]

Nitroes and filmlover, thank you for bringing the VCI release of de la Cruz to my attention. Not sure I'll import the others from Japan.

Let's hope someone pics up Los olvidados and Las hurdes. Las hurdes is not available in HD, is it?

[Nitroes]

There's a French narated (with English subtitles) version of Las hurdes with a better than usual 480p image on YouTube;

Land Without Bread's - Luis Bunuel - Full Movie by Film&Clips - YouTube

There's also an English narated version where someone has found a nice 16mm scan:

Land Without Bread (1932) - YouTube

I can't see that getting a release itself as it's so short.


I've dug out my old Criterion Simon of the Desert DVD and it has:

A Mexican Buñuel (1995), 50-minute documentary by Emilio Maillé
Interview with actress Silvia Pinal
A new essay by critic Michael Wood and a reprinted interview with Buñuel

The booklet is very well done.

[javy]

Nice set. Now I can upgrade my Viridiana DVD. And have a better copy of The Exterminating Angel.

So I guess Radiance were giving restorations of Viridiana and Simon of the Desert and were able to do their own for The Exterminating Angel?

BTW, Orbit DVD has this set listed as region free. I don't know if that was made known.

[MifuneFan]

Radiance have updated the extras with proper details and runtimes. Unfortunately it looks like the Kat Ellinger commentary track for Simon of the Desert may have been dropped, unless they just forgot to add it. It also doesn't mention a trailer now.

Original List:

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K restorations of Viridiana and Simon of the Desert from the original negatives
  
• A new restoration of The Exterminating Angel from a 4K scan by Radiance Films
  
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
  
• Newly filmed appreciations for each film and Buñuel by filmmakers Richard Ayoade, Alex Cox, Guillermo del Toro, and Lulu Wang
  
• The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel - A BBC Arena documentary on Buñuel featuring contributions from Bunuel and collaborators including Catherine Deneuve, presented on Blu-ray for the first time (1983, 98 mins)
  
• A Mexican Buñuel - A documentary directed by Emilio Maille on Buñuel’s Mexican period (1995, 50 minutes)
  
• Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker - A feature-length documentary directed by Javier Estpada on Buñuel’s life and career, presented on Blu-ray for the first time (2021, 83 mins)
  
• An interview with Buñuel from 1964 recorded for French TV’s Cinéastes de notre temps (1964, 43 mins)
  
• The Other Trinity: Alatriste, Buñuel and Pinal - A visual essay on Buñuel in Mexico by Abraham Castillo Flores
  
• Dinner and Other Rituals - A visual essay on The Exterminating Angel and the dinner party on film by critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  
• Audio commentary on Viridiana by critic Michael Brooke
  
• Audio commentary on Simon of the Desert by critic and filmmaker Kat Ellinger
  
• Gallery of stills
  
• Trailer
  
• Optional English subtitles for each film
  
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde
  
• Limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by Glenn Kenny, Justine Smith, Lindsay Hallam and David Hering, as well as archive material
  
• Limited edition of 6000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and

New List:

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K restorations of Viridiana and Simon of the Desert from the original negatives
  
• A new restoration of The Exterminating Angel from a 4K scan by Radiance Films
  
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
  
• Newly filmed appreciations for each film and Buñuel by filmmakers Richard Ayoade, Alex Cox, Guillermo del Toro, and Lulu Wang (2024, 55 mins)
  
• The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel - A BBC Arena documentary on Buñuel featuring contributions from Buñuel and collaborators including Catherine Deneuve, presented on Blu-ray for the first time (1983, 101 mins)
  
• A Mexican Buñuel - A documentary directed by Emilio Maillé on Buñuel’s Mexican period (1995, 56 mins)
  
• Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker - A feature-length documentary directed by Javier Espada on Buñuel’s life and career, presented on Blu-ray for the first time (2021, 84 mins)
  
• An interview with Buñuel from 1964 recorded for French TV’s Cinéastes de notre temps (1964, 48 mins)
  
• The Other Trinity: Alatriste, Buñuel and Pinal - A visual essay on Buñuel in Mexico by Abraham Castillo Flores (2024, 34 mins)
  
• Dinner and Other Rituals - A visual essay on The Exterminating Angel and the dinner party on film by critic and writer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2024, 17 mins)
  
• Audio commentary on Viridiana by critic Michael Brooke (2024)
  
• Galleries including production and behind-the-scenes images
  
• Optional English subtitles for each film
  
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde
  
• Limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by Glenn Kenny, Justine Smith, Lindsay Hallam and David Hering, as well as archive material
  
• Limited edition of 6000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

[Quuhod]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Unfortunately it looks like the Kat Ellinger commentary track for Simon of the Desert may have been dropped, unless they just forgot to add it.

As soon as I see anything with her name on it my heart sinks, so this is good news for me.

[JoePo]

Originally Posted by Quuhod

As soon as I see anything with her name on it my heart sinks, so this is good news for me.

Quick tip for improving your future: In practical terms, not watching an extra that is on a disc has the same effect as it not being on the disc.

[filmlover22]

Originally Posted by JoePo

Quick tip for improving your future: In practical terms, not watching an extra that is on a disc has the same effect as it not being on the disc.

Technically, true. But that also typically eliminates another commentator which would be better for some people. (BTW- I love her short video essays and her writings which I find are well thought out. I just can't stand her commentaries which seems like she just rambles on and on without anything prepared beforehand)

[JoePo]

A balanced view about a feminist on this forum! Be gone with you!

[Quuhod]

Originally Posted by JoePo

Quick tip for improving your future: In practical terms, not watching an extra that is on a disc has the same effect as it not being on the disc.

Thanks for the tip! I'll try to explain:
I stopped listening to her after she said Flesh for Frankenstein was "homoerotic". First of all it isn't, sure it might arguably verge on camp in some scenes, but there is zero sexual tension between Joe and his friend. How can a woman know what's homoerotic anyway? So yeah, there's that. Oh and her voice which is like fingernails on a blackboard. Callum Waddell had the same effect on me, he ruined many of the early Arrow releases with his oafishness.

[Kyle15]

Had no idea this set was coming till yesterday! Gotta get it. Expensive as hell month.

Originally Posted by Quuhod

How can a woman know what's homoerotic anyway? So yeah, there's that.

You raise a great point! I'm gay and can't tell when anything is heterosexually erotic. Showgirls makes no sense to me when I watch it because I can't identify straight eroticism.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

You raise a great point! I'm gay and can't tell when anything is heterosexually erotic. Showgirls makes no sense to me when I watch it because I can't identify straight eroticism.

Glad someone else said it. Showgirls is so confusing. As a man, I couldn't tell that Nomi and Cristal wanted to **** each other.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Glad someone else said it. Showgirls is so confusing. As a man, I couldn't tell that Nomi and Cristal wanted to **** each other.

Promise not to derail the thread any further but...Nomi and Cristal wanted to do it together??? See, that makes no sense! I just can't see it. Lesbian stuff makes no sense to me either as well as straight stuff. My gay brain can't wrap itself around any of it.

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Quuhod

As soon as I see anything with her name on it my heart sinks, so this is good news for me.

Like her or not she's still better than that idiot Troy Howarth who seems to be everywhere.

[Kyle15]

Gonna be real, I have no idea who these people are and looking any of them up makes me want to crawl under the bed.

[Albie989]

If this is region free, yes please!

[javy]

Originally Posted by Albie989

If this is region free, yes please!

It is.

[MifuneFan]

Yeah, Radiance's site confirms it's region free. I'll make note of that in the first post too.

[CelestialAgent]

RIP Silvia Pinal

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...se-1236073521/

[Anthony Thorne]

I missed all the commentator shit stirring in this thread.

We need a new thread somewhere, someday, hopefully titled 'Commentators you love to hate... or hate to love!!'. The possibilities could be endless as everyone shitcans each other's personal favourites.

[justwannaboogie]

Not going to disparage Ellinger personally, but I do find myself agreeing with what Adrian Martin said here: https://www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.c...ays/audio.html