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Author:  PVB [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:04 am ]
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Arrived today and I've watched a fair bit of it. :)

http://giger-dvd.com/en/

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H.R. GIGER REVEALED
[extended version 2010]

THE OFFICIAL DVD - OUT NOW!

You are about to watch two hours of unique private footage of Swiss surrealist and the world he created, digitally remastered moving collages of pictures from all important periods of his work and much more.

The H.R. Giger DVD makes use of all the features this medium offers:

* Perfect picture, DTS surround sound and bonus material
* Luxurious doublewall slip-case cover with digipack
* Rated for the widest audience

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HR GIGER REVEALED - DOCUMENTARY / TRIBUTE FILM BY DAVID N. JAHN
52 min.

ART IN MOTION - H.R. GIGER´S WORK 3D ANIMATED
30 min.

HOME MADE - DOCUMENTARY SHOT BY DAVID N. JAHN
15 min.

BONUS - VARIOUS SHORT FILMS AND EXTRAS
1967 HIGH AND HEIMKILLER
11 min.
1977 GIGER´S SECOND CELEBRATION OF THE FOUR
5 min.
1992 SEX, DRUGS AND GIGER
5 min.
2000 WALKING WITH GIGER
3 min.
2003 HR GIGER DVD / documentary pilot
5 min.
2004 HRG PARIS EXHIBITION
8 min.
2005 HR GIGER DVD / Official Trailer
4 min.
2005 Stanislav Grof, full interview
6 min.

Bits of the trailers on that site, like the DVD, are definitely NSFW! :shock:

A lot of the visuals upscale very nicely on my LCD TV. 8)
Author:  Harry Harris [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:45 am ]
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Thanks for the heads-up Steve, I just ordered a copy.

I'm interested to see what the remastered footage looks like. I already have a DVD containing 'High und Heimkiller', 'Passagen', 'Tagtraum', 'Giger's Necronomicon', 'The Second Celebration of the Four' and 'Giger's Alien' - all transferred from VHS. Those were the days!

Harry
Author:  PVB [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:52 am ]
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Most of the DVD looks great, but the bits obviously done on film/video tape obviously don't look as good.

I'll try to take a couple of screenshots.
Author:  PVB [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:19 am ]
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Took a few screenies from Heimkiller (1967), Celebration (1977) and the 2005 interviews/documentary Revealed.

I took them from my PC DVD player options, rather than a camera pic from in front of the TV, so they look as good as they can.

Links only as a couple are NSFW. :wink:

http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... iller1.jpg
http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... iller2.jpg

http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... ation1.jpg
http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... ation2.jpg
http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... ation3.jpg
http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... ation4.jpg

http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... eveal1.jpg
http://www.medwaypvb.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... eveal2.jpg
Author:  Cooter Davis [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:23 pm ]
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Hey neat find. I'd love to have a copy of that, but can't bring myself to spend 45 dollars shipped on it.
Author:  Xeno_Stomper [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:33 pm ]
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I ordered mine last week, but me thinks this will take a while to get here... :x Can't wait!
Author:  PVB [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:14 pm ]
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Xeno_Stomper wrote:
I ordered mine last week, but me thinks this will take a while to get here... :x Can't wait!

Mine took 11 days, so I'd allow up to a month for it to arrive in Canada. :)
Author:  Xeno_Stomper [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:20 pm ]
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PVB wrote:
Xeno_Stomper wrote:
I ordered mine last week, but me thinks this will take a while to get here... :x Can't wait!

Mine took 11 days, so I'd allow up to a month for it to arrive in Canada. :)


Ya, that's what I figured. That's okay, I know I will enjoy it when it arrives. We all waited for something like this to come along for quite a while.
I also wouldn't mind a dining room set from Mr. Giger! Freak out the smother-in-law! :wink:
Author:  Jesse DeGraff [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:35 pm ]
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I sent an e-mail to them (before I saw Chad had ordered) asking about shipping to the US, and I got this response:

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Hello Jesse,
Yes, we ship to United States, but unfortunately we currently offer only PAL version of DVD, so we don’t propagate it in States as lot of people there own only NTSC players.
NTSC edition will be available in one month.


So unless you've got a PAL-NTSC converter or your computer DVD drive & software will play it (or you have a PAL DVD player from Europe hanging around), you might be SOL buddy :(
Jesse
Author:  Xeno_Stomper [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:14 pm ]
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:D We have an old region free dvd player... Nothing fancy, but it does the trick. We bought it probably 4 or 5 years ago, because we have several region 2 and 3 DVD's, but mostly it was for our "Black Books" box set.

Here is a loverly quote from Bernard: "...Look at his face. I bet his cornflakes try to crawl out of the bowl".

Thanks Jesse for the heads up! :delta:
Author:  Jesse DeGraff [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:04 pm ]
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Well, it's not the region that's the thing, it's the actual video standard that's used by the broadcasting system, the TV, the DVD player, etc. You can read about it on Wikipedia if you want the full nuts and bolts and a full map of what countries use which: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video#Vide ... _standards

The short list is, that North America and parts of South America use NTSC, PAL is used by Europe and Asia, and SECAM by France, the former Soviet Union, and central Africa. The region codes are just a form of DRM and not related to the mechanics involved with displaying an image :(
Author:  punkmarine [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 7:43 pm ]
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Sorry to but in, but if this is a Region 2 DVD then, like all his other Region 2 DVD's, he will be able to play it.
This means his DVD player and television are already capable of playing PAL or NTSC, as are most, if not all, these days.
Author:  Jesse DeGraff [ Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:15 pm ]
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Hey, no problem! Information is always welcome :D I was worried because in my video production job if we got source material on PAL tapes, we had to have it converted by a tape duplication house, and for a single MiniDV or DVCAM tape is was something like $20 or $30 if I'm remembering correctly (this was a year and a half ago). I don't have anything on PAL to test a DVD player or TV with.
Author:  punkmarine [ Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:02 am ]
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If you have any, UK Region 2 DVD's are PAL encoded, so firstly you will need a multi-region DVD player and then see if your TV accepts PAL signals.
In your TV menu you may have to set your TV display settings to accept PAL or have it on an Auto detect setting.
Author:  PVB [ Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:01 pm ]
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Heads up!

Just read this on the official Facebook page:

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we are happy to announce that HR GIGER REVEALED is now available in NTSC for regions U.S.A. and Japan! Merry Christmas to all our fans!

The web site order page doesn't mention the new version yet though, so you might wanna wait a week or two:

http://www.hrgigerdvd.com/
Author:  FIDO [ Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:04 pm ]
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Xeno_Stomper wrote:
:D We have an old region free dvd player... Nothing fancy, but it does the trick. We bought it probably 4 or 5 years ago, because we have several region 2 and 3 DVD's, but mostly it was for our "Black Books" box set.

Here is a loverly quote from Bernard: "...Look at his face. I bet his cornflakes try to crawl out of the bowl".

Thanks Jesse for the heads up! :delta:

black books rocks! so as giger does
saw also the ad for giger revealed but $$ is tight at the moment :|
Author:  Darwinsgirl [ Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:07 pm ]
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*****

Thanks for the update...as I wasn't aware it existed. I've only been thru a few of the older topics since joining this site. "I'm on it" though :wink:

From some of the pics posted I may have to watch this with the lights on! :shock:

cheers

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