[Videolib] Providence by Alain Resnais
Does anybody know of upcoming plans to release Alain Resnais' 1977 film * Providence* on DVD? I've not been able to find a legitimate copy of a good transfer, except for pricey used VHS copies in questionable condition. Thanks, Brian Boling Media Services and Digital Production Librarian Temple University Libraries brian.bol...@temple.edu 215-204-4911 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Providence by Alain Resnais
Brian, I don't know anything about this title specifically and given that it is major work by a major director there is some hope it could come out on DVD in the future but in general there are going to be tens of thousands of titles released on VHS that are not out on DVD and many out on DVD that were never out on VHS. Foreign films as I have mentioned probably have by far the lowest percentage since most only had 7 to 10 year contracts in the first place. It is probably going to get worse as some films are skipping DVD completely to go say HULU or Netflix. I wish you luck and this film is more likely to make it than many others. On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Brian W Boling brian.bol...@temple.eduwrote: Does anybody know of upcoming plans to release Alain Resnais' 1977 film * Providence* on DVD? I've not been able to find a legitimate copy of a good transfer, except for pricey used VHS copies in questionable condition. Thanks, Brian Boling Media Services and Digital Production Librarian Temple University Libraries brian.bol...@temple.edu 215-204-4911 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] 1776
A little off topicŠ but I can't help but comment. While Vincent Canby and Roger Ebert didn't care for the film version of 1776, I have always loved the musical. It is, after all, a musical, not a documentary. And it won several major Tony and Drama Desk awards. I've always found the music quite engaging, from the epistolary duet between Adams and his wife, to the implication of the northern colonies in the slave trade (Molasses to Rum), an amazing anti-war song Momma Look Sharp (it was the late 1960s) and the anthem of the conservatives Cool Considerate MenŠ It was unfortunate that Cool Considerate Men was cut from the film but I understand it has been restored in later releases. -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
