Army of Shadows (1969)

[Scottie]

Second Pressing (2020)



First Pressing (2011)

[bsend]

Definitely grabbing this repress

[SeanJoyce]

Guess I sold off my second copy in time.

[sfmarine]

I paid $40 for a used copy a while back......

[GasmaskAvenger]

Yes I can get it affordable prices now.

[bonehica]

I'm just curious, is this a first? A Criterion blu going OOP and then re-acquired later down the road? This has happened with plenty of their DVDs, but I can't recall it happening to a blu.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by bonehica

I'm just curious, is this a first? A Criterion blu going OOP and then re-acquired later down the road? This has happened with plenty of their DVDs, but I can't recall it happening to a blu.

I believe this is a first. It'll happen again with Chunking Express later this year too I think they may have The Third Man again as well.

[movieben1138]

I think you might be able to count Tati's PLAYTIME as one that went OOP and then was reissued in the box set.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by movieben1138

I think you might be able to count Tati's PLAYTIME as one that went OOP and then was reissued in the box set.

Oh right, that one does technically count.

[Egbert Souse]

While I grabbed this when it was announced as going OOP (also picked up the Tati Trafic DVD), great to hear this is back in print. Melville is one of my favorite French filmmakers and this is probably his greatest film. I highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen it to make this a blind buy or at least check it out on the Criterion Channel.

This probably means that Le Cercle Rouge and Pierrot le Fou won't be far behind since Kino Lorber already released Last Year at Marienbad, Lionsgate probably won't give up The Third Man, Ran, or Contempt; and we know Chunking Express is coming.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Oh right, that one does technically count.

Though, they're completely different masters (2005 HD from 35mm dupe negative vs 2013 4K from 65mm camera negative). This would indeed be the first time an OOP Blu is brought back as-is.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Chunking will likely be a new edition, not a reissue.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

Chunking will likely be a new edition, not a reissue.

We're just discussing titles that are re-acquired, not whether they're just reissues of the previous edition or not.

[mmarczi]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

While I grabbed this when it was announced as going OOP

Out of curiosity, do you know/remember roughly when this initially went out of print? Truth be told, my deeper interest in films only began roughly two or three years ago, and I was not familiar with anything of this sort prior to then. By the time I even heard of Melville, this was certainly out of print. I very nearly went for the Melville box set from Studiocanal, but with this reissue, I believe all but perhaps one of the films available there are now available domestically.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by mmarczi

Out of curiosity, do you know/remember roughly when this initially went out of print? Truth be told, my deeper interest in films only began roughly two or three years ago, and I was not familiar with anything of this sort prior to then. By the time I even heard of Melville, this was certainly out of print. I very nearly went for the Melville box set from Studiocanal, but with this reissue, I believe all but perhaps one of the films available there are now available domestically.

Criterion actually posted on their site - it went OOP as of March 31, 2013.
https://www.criterion.com/current/po...t-announcement

The first round of StudioCanal casualties was in Feb 2010 when 16 DVD-only titles, one Blu-ray (Pierrot le Fou), and two box sets (Saura Eclipse and Orphic Trilogy) were put on reduced price before going OOP.

Also worth saying that Kino Lorber's editions of Bob le flambeur, Le Doulos, and Leon Morin, Priest are outstanding. All are maxed-out encodes of StudioCanal's 4K restorations with some decent extras competing with Criterion's editions. The first two were never upgraded

[mmarczi]

Originally Posted by Egbert Souse

Criterion actually posted on their site - it went OOP as of March 31, 2013.
https://www.criterion.com/current/po...t-announcement

The first round of StudioCanal casualties was in Feb 2010 when 16 DVD-only titles, one Blu-ray (Pierrot le Fou), and two box sets (Saura Eclipse and Orphic Trilogy) were put on reduced price before going OOP.

Also worth saying that Kino Lorber's editions of Bob le flambeur, Le Doulos, and Leon Morin, Priest are outstanding. All are maxed-out encodes of StudioCanal's 4K restorations with some decent extras competing with Criterion's editions. The first two were never upgraded

Thanks for referencing this to me. I've never seen them post OOP announcements before (perhaps they haven't had any go OOP since I've been following them), so I had no idea they even did that. Glad to know, assuming they haven't stopped doing that.

I have the Kino editions of the aforementioned Melvilles that you mentioned but I haven't gotten the opportunity to watch them yet, so I'm very glad to know they are of such quality. He's certainly a director who deserves it. Kino also did a very nice job with Last Year at Marienbad, speaking of another Criterion title that went OOP at the same time as the others named.

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by mmarczi

Thanks for referencing this to me. I've never seen them post OOP announcements before (perhaps they haven't had any go OOP since I've been following them), so I had no idea they even did that. Glad to know, assuming they haven't stopped doing that.

I have the Kino editions of the aforementioned Melvilles that you mentioned but I haven't gotten the opportunity to watch them yet, so I'm very glad to know they are of such quality. He's certainly a director who deserves it. Kino also did a very nice job with Last Year at Marienbad, speaking of another Criterion title that went OOP at the same time as the others named.

They only did it that one time. Partly because The Confession is the only Blu-ray to go OOP after 2013. Overall, with Army of Shadows coming back, there's only ten Blu-rays that remain totally out of print. (11 if you count Playtime, which went from a single to exclusive to the Complete Tati box)

[Nailwraps]

Criterion and StudioCanal...together again!

[Monterey Jack]

Hope this means a re-pressing of The Third Man someday.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Hope this means a re-pressing of The Third Man someday.

Something wrong with SC's excellent release?

[Nailwraps]

We are in the middle of the film's 70th anniversary...


Frankly, I prefer a new edition with the 4K restoration and additional extras but knowing Criterion, they only believe in one remastered reissue and one remastered reissue only.

Fortunately, Lionsgate still embraces catalog titles, so if we ever want a 4K Ultra, we go to them.