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Thanks to the friends in Bristol, the remarkable Q&A with Pierre Étaix and Christopher Frayling is now available online:
http://www.watershed.co.uk/dshed/laughter-returns-christopher-frayling-pierre-%C3%A9taix-conversation

Uli

From what I can tell (I'll leave the final call to specialists such as Chris Segiun and Norbert Aping), this was NOT a long lost complete cut, but rather the known - if rare and not generally available - 98 minute, 16mm (or 16mm-looking...) version already described in detail by Norbert in his book....

The long-lost, comprehensive 100 minute version of Laurel and Hardy's underrated last film, ATOLL K, will premiere on arte on January 1, 2012. From arte's website: "Die von ARTE gezeigte Version ist die bisher unveröffentlichte, restaurierte englische Originalfassung, die im Jahr 2010 in den US...

From the Warner Archive newsletter: "We're pleased to present this first installment of pictures made from the first fresh masters produced in over 25 years." So I think the other MGM talkies will follow, also in fresh transfers. Kudos to Warner, if it's bad Buster, it's still Buster, and ...

Much better than the well-meant, but somehow rather ambiguous honors awarded to his friend Jerry Lewis, no?

Uli

Both Bois and Buster play supporting parts (and do share the screen). It's been quite a while since I saw it, so here's the product description of the Reelclassic DVD release: "THE LOVABLE CHEAT stars the always genial Charles Ruggles who turns in a delightful performance in the title role of t...

I'm hoping that someone will release a Pierre Etaix set in the UK - maybe Masters of Cinema or the BFI. Even better, exciting UK news from the friends in Bristol: Pierre Etaix himself will be present for an afternoon Q&A with Sir Christopher Frayling, and for the closing night screening of next...

Curt Bois (WINGS OF DESIRE, and once known as "the German Harold Lloyd") on working with Keaton in THE LOVEABLE CHEAT (1949), translated from an East Eerman TV interview (1980) excerpted in the documentary CURT BOIS - CHARAKTERKOMIKER (2001): “Whenever a funny episode was required, the dir...

For those in L.A., Leonard Maltin (who likened the Etaix renaissance to first discovering Lloyd or Keaton) presents Pierre Etaix on November 16, 2011:
http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2011/11/etaix.html

Uli

Great news from Criterion/Eclipse:
http://criterioncast.com/2011/09/03/pierre-etaix-eclipse-box-set-on-its-way/

Uli