The Criterion Collection

[kieranx]

I would love to see Criterion release Desperate Living this year. Pretty sure WB has Pink Flamingos, as has been mentioned in the past, but DL is my favorite John Waters film.

I'll second A Place in the Sun, and how about a blu ray of Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing? I have the (very old) DVD but I'd love to see that forgotten gem given the deluxe treatment.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I’m curious as to what their artistic decision making process is for the covers.

...and what they might do for a Kurosawa set.

You mean the one that hope is dimming for?

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by A113

Inland Empire needs to get a Criterion release this year.

Along with Straight Story.

Originally Posted by kieranx

I would love to see Criterion release Desperate Living this year. Pretty sure WB has Pink Flamingos, as has been mentioned in the past, but DL is my favorite John Waters film.

I would love for more Waters on blu, especially on Criterion. Maybe his New Line and Lionsgate titles could get nabbed too.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by mja345

A Peter Bogdanovich boxset must be adorned not with a picture of the man himself, but with a picture of the clothing item that defined the man.

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Aclea

And indeed, instead of the traditional leaflet or booklet, the liner notes must instead be hand embroidered on the finest Ascot Criterion's budget can afford. The discerning cinephile collector would expect no less.

You guys are both traitors to the OFFICIAL ASCOT Thread. I just hope the KINO Insider doesn't see this as it would break his heart!

[nitin]

Originally Posted by Ned Brainard

People Will Talk is certainly one of the quirkiest films made during the production era. Given the combination of the director Joseph Mankiewicz, the star Cary Grant, and the film's somewhat veiled take on the then current McCarthyism (handled in a surprisingly light and dry comedic manner), you would think someone at Criterion would be interested in it. I could be wrong, and again I've never heard anything about about any potential blu-ray for it. It has long been a favorite of mine, and I try to revisit my DVD of it every two to three years.

It’s one of Mankiewicz’s most underrated films in my book. Never really understood why that was.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Along with Straight Story.



I would love for more Waters on blu, especially on Criterion. Maybe his New Line and Lionsgate titles could get nabbed too.

I'd be gobsmacked if we got The Straight Story.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by pikachufan1336

Since there's no new years drawing, here are my new years hopes:

Brining up Baby



Feel free to call me out if any of these are indefinitely happening or which ones are unlikely or just not happening.

Such a vlassic film.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Such a vlassic film.

I prefer my screwball comedies Kosher as well

[Show spoiler]

[dex14]

I know a lot assumed that the Soderbergh set that has been talked about recently would come from Criterion, but it sounds like he is putting it out himself through his website.
Email from his site:

Now, I hate to jinx this, but while I was perusing Mr/Dr Soderbergh’s private email exchanges I saw evidence of its existence and we all need something to look forward to, so I’m putting it out there: I’m PRETTY SURE that in the fourth quarter of this year Mr/Dr Soderbergh will be making available through this site — a limited-edition boxed set of seven films that he now controls the rights to and has remastered in 4K HDR (KAFKA, SCHIZOPOLIS, GRAY’S ANATOMY, FULL FRONTAL, BUBBLE, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE). It appears the KAFKA re-edit will be called MR. KNEFF (both versions will be part of the set), and SCHIZOPOLIS and FULL FRONTAL have been “tightened”. Again, he doesn’t know I know this, so keep this on the DL, yes? Just pretend you never heard about it when he brings it up. Act EXCITED.

https://extension765.com/

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by bergman864

I'd be gobsmacked if we got The Straight Story.

I'm sure it's stuck in a vault until there's a heist to get it.
But Lynch can work in mysterious ways and maybe the stars will align and we'll get it.

[jshaide]

Hmmm, the Bunuel set has spines on the individual releases but not on the box itself. Where to shelve it. . .

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I'm sure it's stuck in a vault until there's a heist to get it.
But Lynch can work in mysterious ways and maybe the stars will align and we'll get it.

Maybe he can use its release on home media as a bargaining chip when they approach him to direct the live action Fantasia.

[traths]

Originally Posted by pikachufan1336

Since there's no new years drawing, here are my new years hopes:

Neko Z Alenky
Top Hat
Cover Girl
Wuthering Heights (39')
Hour of the Wolf
Love and Basketball
A Woman is a Woman
La Strada
Nights of Cabiria
Spirit of the Beehive
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Brining up Baby
The Housemaid (1960)


Feel free to call me out if any of these are indefinitely happening or which ones are unlikely or just not happening.

I don't think Nights of Cabiria will be getting a stand alone release any time soon because it was part of the Fellini set.

I would love a Bringing Up Baby release though.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

Maybe he can use its release on home media as a bargaining chip when they approach him to direct the live action Fantasia.

I'd be down. Only if they let him score it.

[FragnitoM]

Originally Posted by traths

I don't think Nights of Cabiria will be getting a stand alone release any time soon because it was part of the Fellini set.

I would love a Bringing Up Baby release though.

I bet Cabiria and La Strada both get individual upgrade releases this year actually, similar to the Bergman titles that got upgrades.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Hmmm, the Bunuel set has spines on the individual releases but not on the box itself. Where to shelve it. . .

here's a song to help you figure out what to do with that:

Ian Brown - First World Problems - YouTube

[mediocre]

To be fair, that song could be used in pretty much every thread on this board.

It's just another strike against sorting by spine number

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I'm sure it's stuck in a vault until there's a heist to get it.
But Lynch can work in mysterious ways and maybe the stars will align and we'll get it.

It's time for Mr. Lynch and Mr. House to have a conversation.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by mediocre

To be fair, that song could be used in pretty much every thread on this board.

It's just another strike against sorting by spine number

Alright alright, I'm just playin'!

(Probs just gonna put it as the most recent release)

[dwk]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Hmmm, the Bunuel set has spines on the individual releases but not on the box itself. Where to shelve it. . .

Sorry, but you have to buy three copies.