Seven movies have been digitally restored.
Wim Wenders
The Berlinale Classics section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15-25) will present the world premieres of seven digitally restored films.
The strand will open on February 16 with the premiere of 1923 silent classic The Ancient Law, restored digitally by the Deutsche Kinemathek. Zdf/Arte have commissioned French composer Philippe Schoeller to make new music for this version.
Wim Wenders’ Wings Of Desire (1987) will screen in a 4K Dcp version. The version is restored by the Wim Wenders Foundation and is based on its original negatives; StudioCanal will be releasing it in German cinemas later this year.
My 20th Century (1989) is the feature debut of Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, who won the 2017 Golden Bear. It is a black-and-white story about the diverging lives of identical twins at the start of the Twentieth century. The film owes its 4K restoration to the Hungarian National Film Fund.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s head of...
Wim Wenders
The Berlinale Classics section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15-25) will present the world premieres of seven digitally restored films.
The strand will open on February 16 with the premiere of 1923 silent classic The Ancient Law, restored digitally by the Deutsche Kinemathek. Zdf/Arte have commissioned French composer Philippe Schoeller to make new music for this version.
Wim Wenders’ Wings Of Desire (1987) will screen in a 4K Dcp version. The version is restored by the Wim Wenders Foundation and is based on its original negatives; StudioCanal will be releasing it in German cinemas later this year.
My 20th Century (1989) is the feature debut of Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, who won the 2017 Golden Bear. It is a black-and-white story about the diverging lives of identical twins at the start of the Twentieth century. The film owes its 4K restoration to the Hungarian National Film Fund.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s head of...
- 1/16/2018
- by Jasper Hart
- ScreenDaily
Six newly-restored films from Germany, Japan, Taiwan and the Us.
The Berlinale Classics strand at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) is to include premieres of six films: two German and four international productions, five of them world premieres.
Us film The Road Back directed by James Whale in 1937, references a slice of German history. It is based on the eponymous Erich Maria Remarque novel about four German infantrymen who face a difficult road back to civilian life.
In 1939, after protests from Germany, Universal Studios re-edited the film without consulting the director. The festival is showing a reconstruction of Whale’s original 1937 theatrical release version, preserved by the Library of Congress in collaboration with NBCUniversal and Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation. David Stenn and the UCLA Film & Television Archive provided skills and film footage.
Heiner Carow’s semi-autobiographical film The Russians are Coming (Die Russen kommen, Gdr, 1968) is set in...
The Berlinale Classics strand at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 11-21) is to include premieres of six films: two German and four international productions, five of them world premieres.
Us film The Road Back directed by James Whale in 1937, references a slice of German history. It is based on the eponymous Erich Maria Remarque novel about four German infantrymen who face a difficult road back to civilian life.
In 1939, after protests from Germany, Universal Studios re-edited the film without consulting the director. The festival is showing a reconstruction of Whale’s original 1937 theatrical release version, preserved by the Library of Congress in collaboration with NBCUniversal and Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation. David Stenn and the UCLA Film & Television Archive provided skills and film footage.
Heiner Carow’s semi-autobiographical film The Russians are Coming (Die Russen kommen, Gdr, 1968) is set in...
- 1/14/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ken Ochiai’s film is the first in a series of smaller-budget films aimed at international markets.
Japanese studio Shochiku has launched a series of smaller-budget movies aimed at international markets, starting with Ken Ochiai’s Ninja The Monster.
Starring Dean Fujioka, the film sees undercover ninjas square off against alien monsters during the samurai era.
Currently in post-production, the film is being readied for delivery in autumn. Shochiku plans to test it in international markets before deciding on dates for the Japanese release.
“[Japanese] action films sell overseas, but budgets were hitting around $10m, which is difficult to recoup from international markets,” said Shochiku’s Kazu Moriguchi.
“The idea with these films is to lessen the risk by combining high concepts with low budgets. With our in-house resources they look like they cost a lot more.”
Shochiku plans to produce around three films budgeted at around $240,000 each year. Next up is Ninja Hunter (working title) about a man who...
Japanese studio Shochiku has launched a series of smaller-budget movies aimed at international markets, starting with Ken Ochiai’s Ninja The Monster.
Starring Dean Fujioka, the film sees undercover ninjas square off against alien monsters during the samurai era.
Currently in post-production, the film is being readied for delivery in autumn. Shochiku plans to test it in international markets before deciding on dates for the Japanese release.
“[Japanese] action films sell overseas, but budgets were hitting around $10m, which is difficult to recoup from international markets,” said Shochiku’s Kazu Moriguchi.
“The idea with these films is to lessen the risk by combining high concepts with low budgets. With our in-house resources they look like they cost a lot more.”
Shochiku plans to produce around three films budgeted at around $240,000 each year. Next up is Ninja Hunter (working title) about a man who...
- 5/19/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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