Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Bubba Despres
Rich, Is the Die Nibelungen restoration out on DVD? I know Kino released a version a few years back but I heard there was even a newer one which was being worked on in Germany and supposed to be ready for 2011/2012. That said, I like all Lang's late 20's-early 30's films and am amazed they

Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I thought M to be an absolute perfect movie on every level. A movie that imitated it in some ways (and is also superb) is Kurosawa's High and Low. Bruce On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Bubba Despres bu...@americandisposables.com wrote: Rich, Is the Die Nibelungen restoration out on DVD? I

Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Bruce Hershenson
P.S. I asked my consignor of the incredible Leni Riefenstahl collection ending Sunday (who lives in Germany and has collected as long as I have) if he also had a Fritz Lang collection of German stills, and he said no, because those were ALWAYS impossible to find in Germany (probably because of the

Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
I have the Kino version Louie. To my knowledge, it is the complete version. If there is a more complete version, I'd like to know how many seconds were added At 06:47 AM 5/31/2012, Bubba Despres wrote: Rich, Is the Die Nibelungen restoration out on DVD? I know Kino released a version a

Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Bubba Despres
Rich, There was a further restoration after the Kino discs came out in 2002. Here's an article from the Journal of Film Preservation from 2009, which may give more detail (it starts on page 88): http://www.fiafnet.org/content/finFIAF_79%201%201.pdf While looking over at the Criterion Forum a

Re: [MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-31 Thread Bubba Despres
Rich, On the Criterion Forum, the guy who runs the Master of Cinema company in the UK has stated there would first be a DVD release in Germany, then the UK, then I assume the US. M.O.C. announced a release for their version on DVD back in 2005 but it never materialize and it appears they are

[MOPO] Fritz Lang and the Testament of Dr Mabuse

2012-05-30 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Some of you may know something about one area of collecting in my hobby. Bruce certainly knows this, as he has sold me a number of items for this particular sub-section of my collection. Walter knows also, as does Grey what is it? Fritz Lang I have loved Lang's work ever since I first saw