I am sure it was not Warner that declined to renew. They are ten times more aggressive and committed to films on DVD then all other studios combined, in fact they license hundreds if not thousands of films from other studios and of course pioneered the concept of putting out cheap DVD-R editions of great old fims that would not otherwise be available
Sadly many foreign rights ( OK I am going to say it, especially French ones) often have inflated ideas of the value of their films particularly DVD rights. To be fair there is also the very high cost of mastering new materials for DVD/blu ray.While Criterion in particular does an amazing job of getting and putting out really high quality foreign films there is only so much they can do. There is kind of perfect storm at the moment of drastically declining DVD/blu ray sales, vastly increased piracy, the high cost of high quality materials, complicated rights issues that are combining to make it harder and harder to put out tens fo thousands of important films. On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Mandel, Debra <d.man...@neu.edu> wrote: > Thanks, Jessica, for following up. Perhaps its contract will be renewed > down the road. > > Debra > > From: Jessica Rosner <maddux2...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> > Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 12:55 PM > To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Man and a Woman undubbed > > Alas I was right WB rights expired but they have the rights to the > sequel according to my friend (he was kind of kidding when he said that). > There are some foreign titles including a lot of the core Janus titles or > ones actually produced by a studio ( this mostly 60s and 70s titles) that > US distributors have rights in perpetuity but the vast majority are on > contracts for a limited number of years. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Mandel, Debra <d.man...@neu.edu> wrote: > >> Thanks, Jessica!! I really appreciate that. >> >> Best, >> Debra >> >> via iPhone >> >> >> On Apr 15, 2015, at 12:31 PM, "Jessica Rosner" <maddux2...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> the only venders that sell it that I see are bootleggers or selling >> the long out of print copy and a high price. It would be worth checking the >> UK or or better yet Canada to see if there is English titled copy (If it is >> UK you will need to use PAL format) >> >> I will ask my contact at WB who had it out a decade ago but I strongly >> suspect their rights expired which is very common with foreign films. >> >> Jessica >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Mandel, Debra <d.man...@neu.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi- >>> >>> I am looking to purchase the French film, “A Man and a Woman” in DVD, >>> with English subtitles, not dubbed, preferably in NTSC format. >>> >>> Can anyone recommend a vendor who might sell this? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Debra >>> >>> Debra H. Mandel >>> Acting Associate Dean, User Services >>> Northeastern University Libraries >>> 320 SL >>> 360 Huntington Ave. >>> Boston, MA 02115 >>> 617.373.4902 >>> >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> 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. > >
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.
