The Werner Herzog Collection (BFI) in July

[Pyoko]

I agree the image itself is fitting and the title looks great as well (it looks more like a book than a DVD cover), however the overall impression is ruined by the BFI and BBFC logos much more than usual I think.

[ravenus]

I was thinking "What a lovely cover" too. Better this than just a Herzog mugshot or some half-assed attempt at combining images from different films.

[Skog]

I like it too

[nitin]

I hope 7 discs wont mean video is too compressed. 18 films (I know some are farily short) + extras is still a lot of content for 7 discs.

[David M]

Originally Posted by nitin

I hope 7 discs wont mean video is too compressed. 18 films (I know some are farily short) + extras is still a lot of content for 7 discs.

Don't worry, I got this

I'm using the world's best AVC encoder on the highest quality settings (the encodes are given as much time as they need to look their best, and are manually adjusted as well).

[Mr. Thomsen]

That's sounds very promising, Lyris! Will you be doing a new encode of Nosferatu (I understand the German BD release had a few problems)?

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Lyris

Don't worry, I got this

I'm using the world's best AVC encoder on the highest quality settings (the encodes are given as much time as they need to look their best, and are manually adjusted as well).

I love you.

That is all.

[DukeOfPrunes]

All of this looks and sounds great to me! Can't wait!

[Olmo]

Originally Posted by wolffuncut

i know bfi is not known for their fancy artworks but this one is really a pain in the ass like herzog is in kinski´s one

I have quite a few BFI blu rays - Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, Salo, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. They are all superbly packaged with a minimalist, classy, un-showy design.

Completely disagree with your views on the Herzog box-set cover, I think it looks great. No pleasing some people.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Lyris

Don't worry, I got this

I'm using the world's best AVC encoder on the highest quality settings (the encodes are given as much time as they need to look their best, and are manually adjusted as well).

hehe, ordered

[David M]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

That's sounds very promising, Lyris! Will you be doing a new encode of Nosferatu (I understand the German BD release had a few problems)?

It's always the way to do new encodes, so that the assets fit on the disc and maximize all the available space. I've not seen the German version so can't comment on that, though.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

Summing up eighteen often very different films is a huge challenge, and most people seem to solve similar problems either by going for something overly fussy and complicated or by picking a single image that seems to sum up the spirit of the collection as a whole.

And when I think about the Herzog stills that the BFI could have chosen, it's honestly hard to think of a better one, since the Fitzcarraldo image combines:

• one of the best-known films in the box;
• Klaus Kinski;
• the jungle location;
• a daunting technical challenge (raising the ship);

...in other words, key characteristics of several Herzog films, not just that one. And the whole notion of the single man as a spectator viewing these amazing things also ties into the spirit of Herzog's films as a whole.

Well put! I think enough of us have completely outweighed wolffuncut's original comment, so I think it's safe to agree this is release of the year? So far at least (for me anyway). I may be biased, but boy am I excited.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by rapta

Well put! I think enough of us have completely outweighed wolffuncut's original comment, so I think it's safe to agree this is release of the year? So far at least (for me anyway). I may be biased, but boy am I excited.

It's impossible to say until it's been released and reviewed but if it's technically fine then it's certainly a contender. Arrow's Borowczyk is another release that will put up a good fight for the title. I have my orders in for both!

[Ignotum]

Guys, any idea if this will be Region Free?

[EddieLarkin]

Originally Posted by Ignotum

Guys, any idea if this will be Region Free?

Shout Factory do not appear to be big fans of region freedom, so almost certainly not.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Ignotum

Guys, any idea if this will be Region Free?

Not likely to be region free since two different companies (BFI and SHout Factory) are releasing the films in different regions.

[Yami]

The films included in the Shout! Factory set have now been announced and there are a few films exclusive to each:

Included in Both:
Land of Silence and Darkness
Fata Morgana
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Heart of Glass
Stroszek
Woyzeck
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Fitzcarraldo
Cobre Verde

Only in the BFI:
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Last Words
Precautions Against Fanatics
Handicapped Future
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Huie's Sermon
God's Angry Man

Only in the Shout! Factory set:
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Where the Green Ants Dream
Lessons of Darkness
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
My Best Fiend

Pre-2000 films absent from both:

[Show spoiler]Herakles
Game in the Sand
Signs of Life
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
No One Will Play With Me
La Soufrière
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Les Gaulois
Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun
Echoes From a Somber Empire
Jag Mandir
Scream of Stone
Bells from the Deep
The Transformation of the World into Music
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Christ and Demons in New Spain

[rapta]

Originally Posted by Yami

The films included in the Shout! Factory set have now been announced and there are a few films exclusive to each:

Included in Both:
Land of Silence and Darkness
Fata Morgana
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Heart of Glass
Stroszek
Woyzeck
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Fitzcarraldo
Cobre Verde

Only in the BFI:
The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Last Words
Precautions Against Fanatics
Handicapped Future
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
Huie's Sermon
God's Angry Man

Only in the Shout! Factory set:
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Where the Green Ants Dream
Lessons of Darkness
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
My Best Fiend

Pre-2000 films absent from both:

[Show spoiler]Herakles
Game in the Sand
Signs of Life
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
No One Will Play With Me
La Soufrière
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Portrait Werner Herzog
Les Gaulois
Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun
Echoes From a Somber Empire
Jag Mandir
Scream of Stone
Bells from the Deep
The Transformation of the World into Music
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Christ and Demons in New Spain

Dammit, shame some of them are only in the Shout! Factory set. Maybe BFI will get them one day and release them as a 'bumper' pack for us UK Herzog fans. I especially want to see Even Dwarfs Started Small, Where The Green Ants Dream and My Best Fiend, but do have Little Dieter on DVD somewhere already.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by Yami

Pre-2000 films absent from both:

[Show spoiler]Herakles
Game in the Sand
Signs of Life
The Flying Doctors of East Africa
No One Will Play With Me
La Soufrière
The Dark Glow of the Mountains
Portrait Werner Herzog
Les Gaulois
Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun
Echoes From a Somber Empire
Jag Mandir
Scream of Stone
Bells from the Deep
The Transformation of the World into Music
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Christ and Demons in New Spain

Portrait Werner Herzog will be on the Shout box as an extra.

[Yami]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Portrait Werner Herzog will be on the Shout box as an extra.

Thanks, I didn't notice that!