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Kurosawa's 'Ran' Will Still Find Its Way to Blu-ray

24 November 2009 3:38 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Those upset (myself included) that Criterion had to withdraw their planned Blu-ray edition of Ran due to a rights issue can cheer up as the holder of those rights was making the same plans. Lionsgate Home Entertainment in cooperation with StudioCanal are set to release Ran as well as 1955's The Ladykillers starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers and Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (Le Mepris) on Blu-ray on February 16, 2010.

Unfortunately there isn't any box art available yet, but below are the list of features for each:

Ran 1080P High Definition Widescreen format with Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German and Italian DTS Master Audio "A.K." - the acclaimed feature-length documentary on the making of the film "Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate" - documentary on the director Portrait of Akira Kurosawa by Japanese cinema expert and interpreter Catherine Cado "The Samurai" - documentary on Samurai art "Art of the Samurai »

- Brad Brevet

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How Do You Say 'Blood Simple' in Chinese?

29 July 2009 6:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Yes, I have a knee-jerk negative reaction to remakes in general. Yes, I love Blood Simple, the Coen Brothers' debut feature, so much so that I wrote a long article about the film. Yes, I initially thought the prospect of a Chinese version set in a noodle shop was ridiculous.

On the other hand, we're talking Zhang Yimou, people! He's a world-class filmmaker who has demonstrated his artistry over many years, ranging from the delicate poetry of Raise the Red Lantern to the homespun humanity of Not One Less to the martial arts dramatics of House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower. Do I want to see that guy remake Blood Simple in Chinese? Heck yes!

The new version will indeed be set in a Chinese noodle shop, but rather than Texas, the background will be "a sand dune-specked desert." The premise remains the same -- a »

- Peter Martin

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Zhang Yimou Really is Directing a Remake of The Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple

25 June 2009 6:25 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The Coen Brothers are no strangers to remakes, having remade Alexander Mackendrick's The Ladykillers back in 2004, and currently planning a remake of the John Wayne western True Grit in the near future, but what if someone else was to remake one of their films? Does that make any sense to you? Well, it seems that acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) is doing exactly that with his new movie San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi aka The Stunning Case of the Three Gun Shots, which is being billed as a remake of the very first Coen Brothers feature length film, Blood Simple. There were some initial rumours about this project last month I believe, but it all seemed a bit sketchy. Now, The Hollywood Reporter [1] has confirmed that production on the film started earlier this month and that it is indeed a remake, although how »

- Sean

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Retro Cafe: 'The Man in the White Suit'

31 May 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

West London’s Ealing Studios, the oldest studio in the UK, was a prolific producer of top-quality British filmmaking from around 1930 until the BBC purchased it in 1955. They had traded as an alternative on this side of the pond to the big studios in the Us, churning out a consistent and relatively successful line of pictures before the golden period began at the close of the 1940s. After producing the well-received Nicholas Nickelby and Scott of the Antarctic (the latter with the great John Mills), the studio shifted focus to razor-sharp caper comedies, often less laugh-out-loud funny that just pitch perfect in filmmaking and writing.

This trend kicked off with Passport to Pimlico and Whisky Galore before hitting an early peak with Kind Hearts and Coronets, primarily famed for Alec Guiness playing eight different characters with equal aplomb. The studio would then produce a huge number of films in the »

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The Coen Brothers to Tackle True Grit Remake

23 March 2009 7:46 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

It seems that in this day and age, even original filmmakers like the Coen Brothers are not immune to the remake bug. It has been confirmed that their next project (after A Serious Man, which is currently in post-production) will be a remake of Henry Hathaway's 1969 western True Grit. The original starred John Wayne as a hard-drinking, eye-patch wearing U.S. marshal who is hired to accompany a Texas Ranger into Indian territory to help a young girl track down her father's killer. Truth be told, this isn't the first time the Coens have tried their hand at a remake; The Ladykillers was also a remake of a 1955 film by Alexander Mackendrick starring Alec Guiness and Peter Sellers. This will be their first period western however, even though some of their previous flicks had western elements. James Mangold's remake of 3:10 to Yuma seems to have revitalized the western genre somewhat, »

- Sean

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2009 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001

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