Matewan (1987)

[Scottie]

Matewan Blu-ray

Originally Posted by dwk

Home Theater Forum's podcast with Criterion is up and a video demo reveals that they are going to be releasing MATEWAN

A special thanks to dwk for the information.

[Richard--W]

Glad to hear MATEWAN is coming to blu-ray. It's a well-informed historical piece
conveying the political reality of its period setting, and a true American classic.

I hope Criterion will follow up with John Sayle's only other masterwork, the
contemporary western LONE STAR (1996) also starring Chris Cooper.

[Hoke Moseley]

Credit to IanSchultz23, who posted this over two months ago:

Originally Posted by IanSchultz23

I interviewed John Sayles a couple weeks ago and he said Matewan and The Secret of Roan Inish are set for Criterions at some point.

Excellent news.

[Jobla]

SPOILER ALERT:







I managed a DVD store during the last decade. Circa 2006, MATEWAN cast member Kevin Tighe came into the store. I spoke with him about the film, and he mentioned seeing audiences applaud when he gets shot with a rifle. He was very pleased that people reacted that strongly to his performance.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by Jobla

I managed a DVD store during the last decade. Circa 2006, MATEWAN cast member Kevin Tighe came into the store. I spoke with him about the film, and he mentioned

[Show spoiler]seeing audiences applaud when he gets shot with a rifle.

He was very pleased that people reacted that strongly to his performance.

You may want to edit that with a spoiler tag. I have never seen this, but know about the film via it's reputation. That being said, I definitely will be blind buying it whenever it is released.

[Jobla]

Well, a lot of people get shot or beaten up during the course of this film, so I don't consider my remark to be a spoiler. But I added a spoiler alert to my OP, just in case.

[Scottie]

Release Date: October 29, 2019

https://www.criterion.com/films/29461-matewan

[Gacivory]

Can’t wait to get this! Hope there’s more Sayles to follow, want his whole filmography on Blu!

[harpolini]

Excellent news. I've often felt this film fell through the cracks and has been forgotten, even in modern critical circles. Easily among the best American films ever made and truly deserving of the prestige and wider appeal Criterion brings.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by harpolini

Excellent news. I've often felt this film fell through the cracks and has been forgotten, even in modern critical circles. Easily among the best American films ever made and truly deserving of the prestige and wider appeal Criterion brings.

The garbage DVD in the wrong aspect ratio and bad color helped it fall through the cracks.

[bonehica]

October 29th. Just in time for the November B&N sale. Excellent!

[harpolini]

I pulled these screencaps from my R1 Seville DVD (Canada) which is the only digitally anamorphic edition out there and compared them with the pictures Criterion provided.

R1 DVD


Criterion


R1 DVD


Criterion

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R1 DVD


Criterion

[Hoke Moseley]

Probably the most excited I am for any release this year...

Love the cover art too:

[Jobla]

Day One for me!

I do have a copy of the Canadian widescreen DVD release on the Seville label, which is better than the full-frame Artisan release. Its only supplement is a trailer, however, so Criterion's release will blow it away.

My favorite Sayles film remains RETURN OF THE SEACAUCAS SEVEN, but MATEWAN is a close second.

[agenda]

As one of the biggest 70's and 80's fan I have to ask myself: HOW IN THE HELL I've been managed to avoid this film all these decades??? This is literally the first time I hear the movie. I don't understand, I really don't.

Wow, a decent cover from Criterion. Haven't seen that kind of miracle for a loooong time.

[charsi]

Never heard of this one - but i think I'm sold on it already

[captainjoe]

By the looks of those shots and the clip they posted I'm sure there's going to be a lot of hate about the teal

[The Sovereign]

Originally Posted by captainjoe

By the looks of those shots and the clip they posted I'm sure there's going to be a lot of hate about the teal

Probably so, and not that this will change the minds of some, but there was an interesting video clip on the HTF just the other day addressing that very issue for this very release. Lee Kline from Criterion said that Haskell Wexler had created a timed answer print, which Criterion used for their work on Matewan. In addition to that, they had John Sayles also approve of their final version. Kline even says that he found some of the color choices strange; that he would have dialed back some of the cyan or teal push, but in the end, they trusted and followed the Wexler print.

[captainjoe]

Originally Posted by The Sovereign

Probably so, and not that this will change the minds of some, but there was an interesting video clip on the HTF just the other day addressing that very issue for this very release. Lee Kline from Criterion said that Haskell Wexler had created a timed answer print, which Criterion used for their work on Matewan. In addition to that, they had John Sayles also approve of their final version. Kline even says that he found some of the color choices strange; that he would have dialed back some of the cyan or teal push, but in the end, they trusted and followed the Wexler print.

Great to hear that it’s true to the originally intention then. Excited to check this one out!

[MifuneFan]

That clip is very teal. Are answer prints always accurate to original colors?