Originally posted by: That Clever Shark
Yeah, what happened with Anchor Bay? From the sounds of things, they just decided to stop dealing with all Wenders titles. This is massively disappointing as I was looking forward to seeing "The State of Things", "Kings of the Road" and "Far Away So Close" again. They are, of course, only currently available in Germany (in german language).
Anyhow, in terms of UTEOTW, I can only speak firsthand for the German release which is 3 discs long and features optional german subtitles. The longest foreign language scene is the one in which Claire first encounters the bank robbers. The scene is longer on the DVD than it is in the american version but the general idea is still the same. Otherwise there are only a few places throughout where a foreign language is spoken (usually french). In most scenes where language might be an issue, there is the omnipresent voiceover from Eugene, explaining what's going on.
There are only two special features on the German DVD, an interview with Wim Wenders (in German, no subtitles) and about twenty-five minutes of extra footage that got left on the cutting room floor.
The video transfer is fantastic though. Crisp images and nicely saturated colours.
I believe the italian version has more extras (some of which may be in English) but is more or less the same film (and, like the german version is PAL). Anyone out there buy the italian version?
Yeah, what happened with Anchor Bay? From the sounds of things, they just decided to stop dealing with all Wenders titles. This is massively disappointing as I was looking forward to seeing "The State of Things", "Kings of the Road" and "Far Away So Close" again. They are, of course, only currently available in Germany (in german language).
Anyhow, in terms of UTEOTW, I can only speak firsthand for the German release which is 3 discs long and features optional german subtitles. The longest foreign language scene is the one in which Claire first encounters the bank robbers. The scene is longer on the DVD than it is in the american version but the general idea is still the same. Otherwise there are only a few places throughout where a foreign language is spoken (usually french). In most scenes where language might be an issue, there is the omnipresent voiceover from Eugene, explaining what's going on.
There are only two special features on the German DVD, an interview with Wim Wenders (in German, no subtitles) and about twenty-five minutes of extra footage that got left on the cutting room floor.
The video transfer is fantastic though. Crisp images and nicely saturated colours.
I believe the italian version has more extras (some of which may be in English) but is more or less the same film (and, like the german version is PAL). Anyone out there buy the italian version?
I have both dvd editions. The italian dvd has a slightly better copy of the film, and yes has more extras.
The collection I will be releasing will have the extras from both as well as other things. I would like to include the docu from the laserdisc but I don't have that as yet, so I may simply release with what I have so far. My copy of the film will be NTSC and have english subtitles.
I also have good word that Criterion is working now to secure the release of SOME Wim Wenders films as "director approved editions", UTEOTW is one of them. Others I've been told about are The American Friend, Wings of Desire, and Lisbon Story. Treat this strictly as a rumor.