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Now through April 11th, Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 French noir LE SAMOURAÏ plays at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration, created from the original 35mm negative by Pathé and The Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata. GME distributes Melville’s earlier gangster film, BOB LE FLAMBEUR, on DSL, DVD, and Blu-Ray to the North American university market.
Read MoreA brand new 4K restoration of Jean-Luc Godard’s ALPHAVILLE (1965), made from the original 35mm negative by Studiocanal at Hiventy with the support of the CNC, opened at the IFC Center on December 15th and will play there through December 28th. GME distributes ALPHAVILLE to the North American university market as a Blu-Ray, DVD, and DSL file.
Read MoreHappy Holidays from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! Now that it’s already December, we’re looking back at events, screenings, and celebrations from last month, in New York City and beyond, related to colleagues of GME, as well as films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. November’s events offered a unique selection of work by GME artists and associates, from Alexandra Dean and Nancy Buirski, to a number of fascinating titles featured in MoMA’s ongoing Adrienne Mancia tribute.
Read MoreAs November — or should we say Noirvember — comes to a close, we reflect on our collection of noir titles on DVD, DSL, and/or Blu-Ray. From bona fide classics to long unheralded diamonds-in-the-rough, these pulpy, moody gems are currently available for North American institutional acquisition from GME.
Read MoreIn typical Godardian fashion, ALPHAVILLE is a science fiction film, shot entirely on location, which uses no special frills to create a futuristic, truly alien ambience. Classical Parisian architecture mingles with Modernist high-rise buildings, and characters refer both to an imaginary future and to real current events. ALPHAVILLE is as slick, stylish, and improvisational as its New Wave siblings, but it is more concerned with big concepts like history, authoritarianism, and individual freedom than it is with interpersonal relationships.
Read MoreAt the end of 2020 GME was proud to announce a new, exclusive partnership with the renown theatrical and home video distributor Kino Lorber in order to make available to the North American university market a premiere selection of moving image titles from across the span of film history. When GME Streamline was soon after developed, we were able to expand our announcement to include the availability of downloadable HD DSL files of canonical works across the span of motion picture history.
Read MoreAs spring settles in, GME would like to remind you of its exclusive partnership with the renowned theatrical and home video distributor Kino Lorber, in order for a premiere selection of moving image classics to be made available as Digital Site Licenses for the North American university market.
Read MoreWe continue our GME Streamline releases with key films from the Kino Lorber collection, in this instance heralding seminal filmmakers and their movies from the French New Wave era: Jean-Pierre Melville’s BOB LE FLAMBEUR (1956), Jean-Luc Godard’s ALPHAVILLE (1965), and Alain Resnais’s LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961).
Read MoreHarrington's debut feature, NIGHT TIDE (1961), stars a youthful Dennis Hopper in his first leading role, as a sailor who falls in love. Set in a seaside amusement park in Venice, California, Harrington blends a romantic mystery story with elements of film noir and the horror genre. The characters, locations, motifs, and themes present in Harrington's PICNIC (1948) – an amorous couple, parental authority, the seaside locale, the presence of sea monsters, and death – are transformed by Harrington in NIGHT TIDE from an experimental vision into a suspenseful narrative. The location photography by Vilis Lapenieks, the studio cinematography by Floyd Crosby (HIGH NOON, 1952), and the jazzy, melodic score by David Raksin (LAURA, 1944), all enrich the brooding atmosphere of the film.
Read MoreIn a continuation of our exclusive relationship with Kino Lorber, we now offer as Digital Site Licenses two films directed by Ida Lupino: NEVER FEAR (1949) and THE HITCH-HIKER (1953). Ida Lupino’s film and television career extended from the early 1930s through to the late 1970s. She proved to be a versatile figure in the movie industry, beginning as an actor in England as a teenager, and then later transitioning in the US to as an actor, screenwriter, producer and director.
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