Documentarian Ellen Hovde, best known for co-directing the groundbreaking film “Grey Gardens” with the Maysles brothers, has died at age 97.
Hovde’s February 16 passing was confirmed last week by her children, Tessa Huxley and Mark Trevenen Huxley, who said the cause was Alzheimer’s disease, and shared July 11 with The New York Times.
“Grey Gardens” was released in 1975 and followed the reclusive relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Edie Beale and her mother Edith Beale, who lived in East Hampton, New York in a deteriorating mansion. The film was co-directed by Hovde, Albert Maysles, and David Maysles. Hovde began working with the Maysles in the 1960s as a contributing editor on “Salesman,” their documentary made with Charlotte Zwerin about traveling Bible salesmen, and also worked as an editor on their Rolling Stones documentary “Gimme Shelter.” She was a credited director with the Maysles on their artist portrait “Christo’s Valley Curtain,...
Hovde’s February 16 passing was confirmed last week by her children, Tessa Huxley and Mark Trevenen Huxley, who said the cause was Alzheimer’s disease, and shared July 11 with The New York Times.
“Grey Gardens” was released in 1975 and followed the reclusive relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Edie Beale and her mother Edith Beale, who lived in East Hampton, New York in a deteriorating mansion. The film was co-directed by Hovde, Albert Maysles, and David Maysles. Hovde began working with the Maysles in the 1960s as a contributing editor on “Salesman,” their documentary made with Charlotte Zwerin about traveling Bible salesmen, and also worked as an editor on their Rolling Stones documentary “Gimme Shelter.” She was a credited director with the Maysles on their artist portrait “Christo’s Valley Curtain,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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- 6/17/2020
- MUBI
Today, Criterion released “The Tree of Life” on DVD and Blu-Ray, a package that will include a new version of the film 49 minutes longer than the theatrical version. Director Terrence Malick opened up the edit not because he was prevented from releasing a better version of the film (New Line Cinema released his director’s cut in 2011), but because he wanted to continue that film’s creative process.
“What’s interesting talking to Terry about this [new version of ‘Tree of Life’], I think he still doesn’t want people to think this is a better version. This is another version,” Criterion technical director Lee Kline told us earlier this month. “He said, ‘No one asked Bob Dylan to play a song the same way every night. Why should I have to make one film?’”
So what’s in the new version? Here’s a summary based on having watched the two versions side-by-side.
In the new,...
“What’s interesting talking to Terry about this [new version of ‘Tree of Life’], I think he still doesn’t want people to think this is a better version. This is another version,” Criterion technical director Lee Kline told us earlier this month. “He said, ‘No one asked Bob Dylan to play a song the same way every night. Why should I have to make one film?’”
So what’s in the new version? Here’s a summary based on having watched the two versions side-by-side.
In the new,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Criterion technical director Lee Kline is used to working with filmmakers to polish alternate versions of their movies. Previously, one of his biggest projects was the Criterion release of Terrence Malick’s “The New World,” a 172-minute director’s cut that Malick always preferred to the 135-minute version New Line Cinema released in 2005.
However, what Malick had in mind for “The Tree of Life” was something unlike anything Criterion had done before. According to Kline, the extended, 188-minute version of “The Tree of Life” that will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next week isn’t just 49 minutes longer; Malick created something new.
“Unlike with ‘New World,’ [the version of ‘The Tree of Life’] that premiered in 2011 at Cannes [was] definitely the definitive version of the film he wanted to make,” said Kline. “What’s interesting talking to Terry about this [new version of ‘Tree of Life’], I think he still doesn’t want people to think this is a better version.
However, what Malick had in mind for “The Tree of Life” was something unlike anything Criterion had done before. According to Kline, the extended, 188-minute version of “The Tree of Life” that will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next week isn’t just 49 minutes longer; Malick created something new.
“Unlike with ‘New World,’ [the version of ‘The Tree of Life’] that premiered in 2011 at Cannes [was] definitely the definitive version of the film he wanted to make,” said Kline. “What’s interesting talking to Terry about this [new version of ‘Tree of Life’], I think he still doesn’t want people to think this is a better version.
- 8/31/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
A prime specimen of the classic Hollywood Golden Age studio system firing on all cylinders. A beloved romantic comedy presented in a definitive edition for the enjoyment of longtime fans that also sets it up for discovery by a new generation. The crucial hit that restored Katharine Hepburn’s faltering career and launched her into legendary status as one of the greatest movie stars of all time. A fascinating story that weaves themes of social class, gender roles, media sensationalism and relationship tensions with timeless wit and flawless delivery. There are many angles by which a viewer can approach The Philadelphia Story and come away with heartfelt appreciation of this new release by the Criterion Collection.
For those unfamiliar with the plot, as the title implies, The Philadelphia Story is set in a wealthy suburban enclave on the outskirts of that city. Tracy Lord, the oldest daughter of a high-society...
For those unfamiliar with the plot, as the title implies, The Philadelphia Story is set in a wealthy suburban enclave on the outskirts of that city. Tracy Lord, the oldest daughter of a high-society...
- 11/13/2017
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Back on November 11th, I teased that Criterion was working on a re-release of John Frankenheimer’s 1962 film, The Manchurian Candidate.
It looks like this company we all love will release The Manchurian Candidate! pic.twitter.com/rAH4QQPrU3
— Ryan Gallagher (@ryangallagher) November 11, 2015
While the film has been released on Blu-ray, both directly from MGM and recently from Arrow in the UK, the film is ripe for a new proper restoration.
A few months back I learned that Criterion wouldn’t be presenting at the Wexner Center as they have done for the past few years in October. In February 2016, the Wexner Center will be bringing back their “Cinema Revival: A Festival Of Film Restoration”, and they’ll be showing off Criterion’s new restoration of The Manchurian Candidate:
Get an early look at an upcoming Criterion Collection release.
Captain Bennett Marco’s (Frank Sinatra) nightmares about platoon hero...
It looks like this company we all love will release The Manchurian Candidate! pic.twitter.com/rAH4QQPrU3
— Ryan Gallagher (@ryangallagher) November 11, 2015
While the film has been released on Blu-ray, both directly from MGM and recently from Arrow in the UK, the film is ripe for a new proper restoration.
A few months back I learned that Criterion wouldn’t be presenting at the Wexner Center as they have done for the past few years in October. In February 2016, the Wexner Center will be bringing back their “Cinema Revival: A Festival Of Film Restoration”, and they’ll be showing off Criterion’s new restoration of The Manchurian Candidate:
Get an early look at an upcoming Criterion Collection release.
Captain Bennett Marco’s (Frank Sinatra) nightmares about platoon hero...
- 12/1/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
This month on the Newsstand, Ryan is joined by Scott Nye to discuss the November 2015 Criterion Collection line-up, as well as the latest in Criterion rumors, news, packaging, and more.
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Shownotes Topics The November 2015 Criterion Collection line-up The Dressed To Kill debacle Janus Films’ tour of Wim Wenders’ films Wacky Newsletter Drawing For Don’t Look Back
Pre-order the November Criterion Collection line-up on Amazon:
The Apu Trilogy Code Unknown Dont Look Back Ikiru In Cold Blood Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties Episode Links The November 2015 Criterion Collection Line-Up … // CriterionCast Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties – The Criterion Collection Julien Duvivier’s Wikipedia article Julien Duvivier films on Hulu (Anna Karenina, Lydia, Pepe Le Moko) Code Unknown (2000) – The Criterion Collection The latest wacky newsletter drawing from the… // CriterionCast The Apu Trilogy...
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Shownotes Topics The November 2015 Criterion Collection line-up The Dressed To Kill debacle Janus Films’ tour of Wim Wenders’ films Wacky Newsletter Drawing For Don’t Look Back
Pre-order the November Criterion Collection line-up on Amazon:
The Apu Trilogy Code Unknown Dont Look Back Ikiru In Cold Blood Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties Episode Links The November 2015 Criterion Collection Line-Up … // CriterionCast Eclipse Series 44: Julien Duvivier in the Thirties – The Criterion Collection Julien Duvivier’s Wikipedia article Julien Duvivier films on Hulu (Anna Karenina, Lydia, Pepe Le Moko) Code Unknown (2000) – The Criterion Collection The latest wacky newsletter drawing from the… // CriterionCast The Apu Trilogy...
- 8/20/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Charles Dickens could have been referring to the current state of film restoration when he wrote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." For, as was made clear – literally – at the recent Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration at Columbus, Ohio's Wexner Center for the Arts, proponents of digital restoration believe the high quality and clarity of 4K (4,000 pixels per horizontal scan line) resolution is making it the new aesthetic standard. Read More: 'A Hard Day's Night' Hits Hulu Plus. Here's Why You Need to Watch It Its rise has been recent. But it comes at a time of falling sales for DVDs, and also when many people are more interested in the convenience of watching movies anywhere – on their smart phones and in cars – than in seeing them in optimum conditions. Lee Kline, technical director for The Criterion Collection, told festival...
- 3/11/2015
- by Steven Rosen
- Indiewire
How 'Grey Gardens' Was Restored to Its Squalid Glory (and Why You Need to See It)Published on March 6, 2015 "We didn't remove any of the racoon stuff. We left the smells so you can still use your imagination as to what that home was like," Lee Kline, the Technical Director at The Criterion Collection, told Indiewire. Kline agreed that it's "ironic that you would clean things up in a film like 'Grey Gardens,'" but he said the film's grainy 16mm look remains. "What's nostalgic about the grain is that it lends itself to what that house is about, the grittiness of the house. When you have film grain, it adds an other-worldliness that because it's got a texture to it that video doesn't necessarily have. It takes you into the film." 'TV Commercials Dehumanize Us' and More Bits of Wisdom from Albert MayslesPublished on September 17, 2014 Maysles...
- 3/6/2015
- by Shipra Gupta
- Indiewire
The Criterion Collection Documentary, 2014 March-May Releases. The restoration process documentary for The Criterion Collection as well as the 2014 March-May release list have been made available. Gizmodo’s documentary focuses on Alfred Hitchcock‘s Foreign Correspondent with technical director Lee Kline. Regarding the release list, some of these films are appearing within The Criterion [...]
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- 2/19/2014
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
You stalk its Blu-ray release calendar, you organize your collection by the spine number, and your dream job is working for the art department. We’re talking about the Criterion Collection, of course. If you’ve ever wondered how the company’s stellar remasters are produced, this is a video you won’t want to miss. Using Hitchcock’s 1940 film Foreign Correspondent to lead us through the process, Gizmodo went behind the scenes while editors, retouchers and designers worked their wizardry on the maestro’s espionage thriller. Technical director Lee Kline explains that obtaining a negative or a print is the first step — and thankfully, Foreign Correspondent’s negative was in surprisingly good condition. Scanning the negative...
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- 2/17/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
Plenty of cinephiles love what the folks at The Criterion Collection do with films that deserve meticulously crafted special edition releases on Blu-Ray and DVD. But they may not know the hard work that goes into restoring films from decades past with negatives that may not be in the best condition for a high-definition transfer. Well, a nerdy little documentary short from Gizmodo (via The Playlist) takes the time to discuss the painstaking technical process with technical director Lee Kline. It's definitely very technical, which makes it perfect for any fans of real film, and it's an eye-opening look behind the scenes. Here's Gizmodo's short film on The Criterion Collection restoration of Foreign Correspondent: The doc uses the Criterion Collection's work on Alfred Hitchcock's classic Foreign Correspondent as the example to explain their techniques of perfecting their spectacular restoration. The work that must be done to restore these...
- 2/14/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
1. Comcast-Time Warner Deal: We wrote about the proposed Comcast purchase of Time Warner Cable yesterday, but today we contemplated what the deal would mean for content creators and for film fans and other consumers. Read our take here. 2. Criterion Collection: The Criterion Collection is dedicated to restoring countless classic films to provide them with a look that matches the level of their captivating stories. Gizmodo features a video which allows us to see how the Criterion Collection's technical director Lee Kline and his team of editors and restorers perform the remastering on a number of films. Read more about it here. 3. Netflix: Season two of Netflix's "House of Cards" arrived in full last night at 3:01am Et and our TV editor Alison Willmore has been busy binge viewing. Read her spoiler-filled preview of the season ahead here (you've been warned about spoilers twice now). 4. BitTorrent Live: After roughly a year of beta testing,...
- 2/14/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
With so many movies nowadays bombarding both theaters and VOD platforms, it isn't hard for classics from the golden age of cinema to get lost in the shuffle. One particular obstacle these films of yesteryear have to their disadvantage is their dated look that unfortunately fails to compare to the high-definition quality of contemporary cinema. Luckily, however, the Criterion Collection is dedicated to restoring countless classic films to provide them with a look that matches the level of their captivating stories, and now gives us a sneak peak into their process. Read More: Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' Gets an All-New Trailer Courtesy of The Criterion Collection Gizmodo has provided a video in which we can see how the Criterion Collection's technical director Lee Kline and his team of editors and restorers perform the remastering on a number of films. From color grading to sound mastering, what...
- 2/14/2014
- by Ziyad Saadi
- Indiewire
Gizmodo (via The Playlist) has released a six-minute feature examining the Criterion Collection film restoration process using next week's release of Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent as the guinea pig. amz asin="B00GPPXNEE" size="small"The short looks at everything from audio and video restoration, color correction and packaging. The video features interviews with Criterion technical director Lee Kline and several others whose names aren't explicitly referenced in the short as they either use their first name or names such as Ryan Hollings, which may actually be "Hollins" and I'm not going to be the one to decide that. Either way, I appreciate the hard work they all put in and I'll be reviewing Foreign Correspondent very soon. Give the video a watch below.
- 2/14/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Each month, The Criterion Collection drops their latest slate of releases, which leaves us weeping for the beating our bank account will be taking. And while the DVD world in general has seen both sales and prices fall as customers turn toward digital, the boutique label still thrives selling physical discs, at a premium price. But it's not just content that drives the cost of The Criterion Collection releases, but the often meticulous work that goes into restoring a film from a battered print into a high def Blu-ray platter. And that process has been explored by the folks over at Gizmodo who have a released a rather fascinating short film on the subject. Technical director Lee Kline, along with the rest of the Criterion team, take viewers through the steps of restoring Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent," from the various problems that can arise and how they get fixed...
- 2/14/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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