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Re: Russian Mysterious Island Movie

From: Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <garmtdevries~at~gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:08:59 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il> 



But... we already discussed this movie two years ago, and thanks to a


collaboration between Emil Dumitrescu and Patrick Sheffield a .mov


version was made available to forum members!



See http://jv.gilead.org.il/forum/2009/04/0077.html and the related thread.



Cheers,


Garmt.



On 30 August 2011 16:00, Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd


<garmtdevries~at~gmail.com> wrote:


> Do a search for "таинственный остров 1941", which yields a bunch of


> results, including online versions of the film:


>


> http://io.ua/ve8440b880a972a18e218b4cfef18fc4c


> http://teramult.org.ua/mult/1941_su_film_tainstvennyj.ostrov


>


> and a torrent for a DVD rip:


> http://nnm-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=320969


>


> It's amazing how faithful and watchable some of these really old films


> are. The 1936 Deti kapitana Granta is another great example. It's a


> shame that these are so difficult to get hold of over here in Western


> Europe. I had some success browsing posylka.de in the past, but when I


> revisited that site just now, I didn't see any Verne films.


>


> Cheers,


> Garmt.


>


> On 30 August 2011 14:51, Marie-Helene Huet (mhhuet~at~Princeton.EDU)


> <mhhuet~at~princeton.edu> wrote:


>> Is there a video one can buy? I would love to see it.


>>


>> MH Huet


>>


>> ----- Original Message -----


>> From: Steve <steveseg~at~aol.com>


>> Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:43 am


>> Subject: Re: Russian Mysterious Island Movie


>> To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il


>>


>>>


>>>


>>> have you seen the Russian version of " The Mysterious Island " ?


>>> It seems to be by far the most faithful to the book


>>>


>>>


>>> I have seen it and I concur. I believe it was filmed while WW II


>>> raged. Amazing!


>>>


>>> Steve S.


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>> -----Original Message-----


>>> From: crmoser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca>


>>> To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>


>>> Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 8:33 am


>>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows


>>>


>>>


>>> Drake - have you seen the Russian version of " The Mysterious


>>> Island " ?  It seems to be by far the most faithful to the book


>>>


>>> Chris


>>>


>>> ----- Original Message -----


>>> From: Drake Lolley


>>> To: Jules Verne Forum


>>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:58 PM


>>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows


>>>


>>>


>>> Alex,


>>>


>>> Thanks for the correction! I should have looked closer at the


>>> dates... I have already listed to the 1938 recording, and I


>>> enjoyed the parts that they lift in, and lamented the parts that


>>> they left out. Obviously, it was impossible to fit the entire book


>>> into one radio program, and so many portions were very briefly


>>> summarized "journal entry" style. It sounds like the 1946


>>> recording might be more interesting from a comedic point of view;


>>> I'm glad that I listened to the earlier version!


>>> By the way, I have found a radio adaption of "The Mysterious


>>> Island", which is my favorite Jules Verne book. I have just


>>> started listening to it, so let's hope that the plot is not badly


>>> mangled. Unfortunately, I have had some very bad experiences with


>>> Mysterious Island adaptions in the past, particularly in movies.


>>> Thanks again!


>>>


>>> Drake


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:17:47 -0700 (PDT), Alex Kirstukas wrote:


>>>


>>> Hi Drake,


>>>


>>>


>>> Just a quick note -- Welles's 1938 recording isn't the same as his


>>> 1946 one. The former is a straightforward adaptation of 80D (the


>>> Stephen W. White translation); the latter is a condensed version


>>> of, and long commercial for, Welles's Broadway musical Around the


>>> World (songs by Cole Porter, adaptation again from the White


>>> translation). Both are interesting, but rather strange; the 1938


>>> Aouda sounds like Natasha Fatale from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show,


>>> and the 1946 Cole Porter songs are extremely silly. ("Phileas" is


>>> made to rhyme with "Piccadilly-ous," and the big romantic number


>>> is built around the line "Should I tell you that I love you, or


>>> wait till you tell me?"!)


>>>


>>>


>>> Alex


>>>


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>>>


>>> From: Drake Lolley


>>> To: Jules Verne Forum


>>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:19 PM


>>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows


>>>


>>>


>>> Mr. Keeline,


>>>


>>> Thank you for your reply! The only "vintage" recording of a Jules


>>> Verne radio drama that I could find on Archive.org was here:


>>> http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre


>>>


>>>


>>> This was, of course, the same recording that was kindly brought to


>>> light earlier by Mr. Kytasaari.


>>> I have done some more research into the matter since my last post,


>>> and I have unearthed a few more available vintage recordings. I


>>> don't know if this is a topic that interests anyone else here on


>>> the forum, but I will try to post my findings. It would be great


>>> to see all of these recordings in one place! This may be one of my


>>> future projects.


>>> I have looked into librivox and other similar services in the


>>> past, but unfortunately I have not had much luck with them. Being


>>> a speed reader, I found that the slow reading pace of many of the


>>> recordings was very trying to the nerves! This, of course, was my


>>> fault and not theirs, and I greatly admire the spirit of these


>>> projects... I have just found that reading the actual book is


>>> easier for me. I greatly appreciate that you took the time to look


>>> up these sources, though. Thank you!


>>>


>>> Drake


>>>


>>>


>>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:26:39 -0700 (PDT), James Keeline wrote:


>>>


>>> Not quite in the classic radio drama class but more like "books on


>>> tape" are the readings offered free on http://www.LibriVox.org


>>> which are performed by amateurs.  Some are better than others, of


>>> course.  The Verne titles may be found on this search:


>>>


>>>


>>> https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?author=Jules+Verne


>>>


>>>


>>> Archive.org has many radio dramas but I don't notice any of the


>>> vintage ones on this Jules Verne search.  There may be other items


>>> of interest though:


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>> http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22Jules%20Verne%22%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio


>>>


>>>


>>> At the very least you could fill up your iPod or other MP3 player


>>> with these readings available in several languages.


>>>


>>>


>>> James D. Keeline


>>> _____


>>>


>>>


>>> http://www.Keeline.com


>>> http://Stratemeyer.org


>>>


>>>


>>> From: Brian Taves


>>> To: Jules Verne Forum


>>> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:58 AM


>>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>>


>>> Years ago I traced the English-language radio-audio adaptations of


>>> JV.  My definition included from an dramatized version, to a


>>> condensation read by a single reader, but excluded straightforward


>>> readings of by a single individual of an entire novel, ie book-on-


>>> tape or audio book.


>>>


>>> The total was around fifty, from the early days of radio in the


>>> 1930s, thru the present.  I know that there are at least that many


>>> and more broadcast in such countries as France, Germany, and the


>>> former Czechoslovakia.


>>>


>>> Brian


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