Mona Lisa (1986)

[MifuneFan]

https://www.criterion.com/films/648-mona-lisa

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
2K digital restoration, supervised by director Neil Jordan and director of photography Roger Pratt, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary from 1997 featuring Jordan and actor Bob Hoskins
New conversation with Jordan and actor Cathy Tyson, moderated by critic Ryan Gilbey
Interviews from 2015 with screenwriter David Leland and producer Stephen Woolley
Interview with Jordan and Hoskins from the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by Gilbey

New cover by Alice X. Zhang

[gates70]

Never seen it but it has Michael Caine, so blind buy for me.

[Rizor]

Good movie! I already have the UK Arrow release though.

[dylrichard02]

Oh yes! I've been waiting!!!! What a beautiful cover too!

[MifuneFan]

Yeah, might be one of my favorite CC covers ever.

[dylrichard02]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Yeah, might be one of my favorite CC covers ever.

100% agreed. I watched this on a whim without knowing anything about it recently and it's now one of my favorites. Hopefully this means Withnail and I and The Long Good Friday are still possibly coming to Blu ray from CC!

[AdmiralNoodles]

Originally Posted by dylrichard02

100% agreed. I watched this on a whim without knowing anything about it recently and it's now one of my favorites. Hopefully this means Withnail and I and The Long Good Friday are still possibly coming to Blu ray from CC!

Originally Posted by Wtdk

Here’s hoping The Long Good Friday is next. Hoskins was a terrific actor.

I'll just keep the below and skip this.

[Agent Kay]

With there encodes it will take a hell of a lot to beat the Arrow disc.
Their best cover on BD tho.

[Fat Phil]

Yup, wicked cover. But good encoding trumps artwork.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Yup, wicked cover. But good encoding trumps artwork.

And the arrow covers were also good

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Yup, wicked cover. But good encoding trumps artwork.

Exactly. This should be top tier encoding out of all the previous releases.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Exactly. This should be top tier encoding out of all the previous releases.

lol good one

[postmodel]

That cover is beautiful, though when I zoomed in on Hoskins’ eyes they almost look demonic. I’d hang that up though. Glad to see this getting upgraded, though I too have the Arrow release.

[DukeTogo84]

Great film. Wish they released The Long Good Friday at the same time.

[meremortal]

Been meaning to check out more Bob Hoskins. Unfortunately I've kind of always mentally typecast him as Eddie Valiant and sometimes see Phil Collins when I look at him.

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Been meaning to check out more Bob Hoskins. Unfortunately I've kind of always mentally typecast him as Eddie Valiant and sometimes see Phil Collins when I look at him.

The original television serial of Dennis Potter’s Pennies from Heaven is an absolute must. I also recommend Atom Egoyan’s Felicia’s Journey. He was fantastic as Iago in a 1981 BBC production of Othello, too. I also recommend his very unique directorial outing, The Raggedy Rawney

[dressedtokill]

Beautiful cover, but I already have the Arrow boxset that includes this film.

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by beamish13

The original television serial of Dennis Potter’s Pennies from Heaven is an absolute must. I also recommend Atom Egoyan’s Felicia’s Journey. He was fantastic as Iago in a 1981 BBC production of Othello, too. I also recommend his very unique directorial outing, The Raggedy Rawney

felicias journey is super high on my wishlist. it’s a shame there’s never been a Blu-ray (as far as i know)

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Been meaning to check out more Bob Hoskins. Unfortunately I've kind of always mentally typecast him as Eddie Valiant and sometimes see Phil Collins when I look at him.

Haha, I have sometimes mixed up Hoskins with Danny DeVito (vertically challenged tough-talking bald guys) but not Phil Collins.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Unfortunately I've kind of always mentally typecast him as Eddie Valiant

He kicked ass as Eddie Valiant, so that should be a compliment.

One of the biggest cinematic travesties is that we didn't get Hoskins as Capone in The Untouchables. Nothing against De Niro, who I'm an enormous fan of and who lent both fun and credibility to the movie, but Hoskins would have made a terrifyingly definitive Capone. At least he got paid though for not having to work. On another note, I really enjoyed him as the powerful studio mogul in Hollywoodland.

I just recently watched Mona Lisa via a cruddy old DVD and while it wasn't an instant favorite or anything, there's enough that stays with you...especially the exquisite title track. Very likely snatch this up down the line.