Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
- Gregory
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I was pleased to see that too, and surprised—I thought it was close to certain that all three boxes would be made to the same specs but it seems the producers heeded reports of the first set being damaged in transit. I like the design aesthetically but don't find the key for director, decade, and b&w/color particularly handy, and when I have all three boxes, I'll be putting the cubes into storage and lining up the digipaks alphabetically on a shelf to conserve space.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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I'm saving my cubes for my next big move.
- TheDoug
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Yes, much improved from the first Volume I got from my shipment from Propaganda in Poland. Still happy to have both sets sitting on my shelf though. :-)zedz wrote:I'm delighted to report that the flimsy internal design of the first box has been rectified so that now it would take a hell of a blow to dent the cardboard support structures. So it's much easier to appreciate the elegant design this time around.
- perkizitore
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They shipped my order in a white sack and the first box's cardboard holders arrived quite crushed
Let's hope the empty replacement box they promised will arrive in better condition!
Let's hope the empty replacement box they promised will arrive in better condition!
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I have managed to order boxset without VAT on discounted price and paid PLN 440.04.
- vertovfan
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3rd box set now available at the Polish site:
http://store.mspresents.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
50 PLN discount with the code CHRISTMASSALE, and they're offering shipping to the United States (for now, at least).
http://store.mspresents.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
50 PLN discount with the code CHRISTMASSALE, and they're offering shipping to the United States (for now, at least).
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Just successfully ordered mine and had it shipped to the U.S.!!
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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What was the total cost in US currency with shipping?
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Just over $120
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Yes, mine was $125.23 with the coupon, which took care of most of the shipping.
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To be a bit more specific:
With the 50 PLN discount and 65 PLN shipping, it came to 514 PLN.
And the Paypal confirmation email shows that converting to $125.23 US
Although another online currency converter shows $121.92
(Sorry tim, when I started my reply I hadn't seen yours yet.)
With the 50 PLN discount and 65 PLN shipping, it came to 514 PLN.
And the Paypal confirmation email shows that converting to $125.23 US
Although another online currency converter shows $121.92
(Sorry tim, when I started my reply I hadn't seen yours yet.)
- chatterjees
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Milestone is not bringing the 3rd set to USA? Is it cheaper from there?
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Whether Milestone releases it in the US probably hinges on how possible it is for them to get some sort of low volume, short term sub-license for the three titles that Criterion has out in the US (Knife in the Water as a solo release, A Short Film About Killing in the Dekalog box, and Ashes and Diamonds in the Wajda Three War Movies box).chatterjees wrote:Milestone is not bringing the 3rd set to USA? Is it cheaper from there?
I won't pretend to know anything about how that might work, or not.
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The deal has been made thanks to very good friends at Criterion and in Poland. We will be bringing them out in early January.
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- Dot Com Dom
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Good to know, probably worth holding off for the stateside buyers due for packaging concerns alone. Also, how super cool of Criterion to okay these!
- Lowry_Sam
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It's too bad they didn't also include A Short Film About Love instead of Blind Chance, I already have the Criterion Blind Chance & the Arrow Dekalog, don't really want to splurge for the Criterion box for just one film, that's really just an extension of one the TV episodes. Also would have preferred Popioły to Popiół i Diament, as I already have the Arrow Academy blu of that too.drdoros wrote:The deal has been made thanks to very good friends at Criterion and in Poland. We will be bringing them out in early January.
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- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Well Scorsese picked this lineup years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if he loves both of the Short Films but limited himself to just one.
- feihong
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I wonder if they plan to continue this series beyond the three boxes? I was under the impression that more films had been restored, including Ashes and some others. But the three boxes together look like a completed trilogy, design-wise, which kind of suggests that these might be all the boxes they plan on releasing.
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- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Again, Scorsese handpicked these and only these 24 films for his MS Presents series. They toured the U.S. in 2014 and the UK in 2015.
- Lowry_Sam
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Somebody posted the initial clip of the Ashes/Popioly restoration, but it's been 2 years & no sign of it since, so I was hoping it would be included.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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The restoration or the film? The film is in the third set, in some form or another.
- jsteffe
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Lowry_Sam is referring to a later film by Wajda: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060847/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. I'm also really eager to see the restoration.swo17 wrote:The restoration or the film? The film is in the third set, in some form or another.
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- Lowry_Sam
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Popioly [1965] is a different film (and unavailable on disc) from Popiol i diament [1958], which is the one included in the 3rd box (and also an Arrow release).swo17 wrote:The restoration or the film? The film is in the third set, in some form or another.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Ah, sorry for the confusion.
- feihong
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I never heard how the boxsets were created, so thank you for illuminating that. All I knew before is that the Kino RP Rekonstruckcja blu ray series ground to a halt when these sets started getting released. All of those discs, except for Man of Marble, I think, are duplicated in these boxsets. But the list of movies remastered by Kino RP is something like 140 films, and includes things like lots more Wajda (Danton, Landscape After Battle, Everything for Sale, Ashes [not Ashes and Diamonds]), Zulawski films like On the Silver Globe, Films by Tadeusz Konwicki, such as The Valley of Issa, and a whole lot more. I'm hoping to be able to see more of these restorations one day.
It looks as if a lot of the other restorations have played on Canal+ in HD, and quite a few are available in HD on demand in Poland. And I see that some of the Andrej Munk films and some of the Wajdas are on blu ray in Japan––of course, those won't have English subtitles, and a few of those discs will end up costing the same as one of the Scorcese box sets. And the Kino RP Rekonstrukcja series has continued with DVDs, not blu rays, which is a shame.
It looks as if a lot of the other restorations have played on Canal+ in HD, and quite a few are available in HD on demand in Poland. And I see that some of the Andrej Munk films and some of the Wajdas are on blu ray in Japan––of course, those won't have English subtitles, and a few of those discs will end up costing the same as one of the Scorcese box sets. And the Kino RP Rekonstrukcja series has continued with DVDs, not blu rays, which is a shame.