The Criterion Collection

[nathan_h]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Criterion goes 4K!

Citizen Kane is the first in a wave of 6.

Yeah, I already have too many copies but this will be a day one buy for me, to support this move. And Mulholland Drive, I suspect, and maybe even the Red Shoes.

I wonder whether /when the Criterion Channel might go 4k. That would certainly be a cheaper way to get these improved transfers into homes, if they chose to do so after a window pushing the disks.

Our First 4K Ultra HD Releases
We’re thrilled to announce Criterion’s first 4K Ultra HD releases, a six-film slate that includes Citizen Kane, Menace II Society, The Piano, Mulholland Dr., The Red Shoes, and A Hard Day’s Night. The first of these editions and their special features will be detailed in our November 2021 announcement next week, with others to follow in subsequent months.

The most dazzling debut in cinema history, Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane was Criterion’s first laserdisc release 37 years ago. It now rejoins the library after a long absence, making its first appearance in 4K Ultra HD along with Allen and Albert Hughes’s riveting breakthrough Menace II Society; Jane Campion’s Academy Award–winning The Piano, starring Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in her breakout role; David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., a tale of love and jealousy in the city of dreams; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s singular Technicolor fantasia The Red Shoes; and Richard Lester’s timeless movie musical A Hard Day’s Night, which brought the Beatles’ revolutionary talent and irreverent humor to the big screen.

Each title will be available in a 4K UHD+Blu-ray combo pack including a 4K UHD disc of the feature film as well as the film and its special features on Blu-ray. Select films will be presented in Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos. Stay tuned for more details in our November announcement!

[El Sleezo]

I’m sorry I doubted you Criterion have my babies.

[dvining]

Well, there we are. Citizen Kane in 4K from Criterion.

I guess I'll buy that.

[Jr7936]

imo give me red shoes and Mulholland drive any day over Citizen Kane in 4k

[dvining]

Well, I guess I need to sell the Blu-ray of The Red Shoes I got last month.

[BenOswald]

I'm low-key most excited about The Piano remaster.

[Animatic33]

YES! The Red Shoes! Extremely excited to see that one hit 4k. Hope the release is good

[BurningAstronaut]

Love the low-key inclusion of Menace II Society and The Piano to the Criterion Collection!

[Quake1028]

Citizen Kane - YES!
Menace II Society - YES!
Mulholland Dr. - OH GOD YES!

The Red Shoes - Maybe

[Jr7936]

if I was criterion, i would put together a box set like the Colombia classics 4k sets. with all 6 of the movies together in a very special 4k set.
you know it would sell like hot cakes

[jw007]

I never saw Menace 2 Society coming... really glad The Piano will be a new title too (Jane Campion's greatest film!).

[Surge92]

I can finally start seriously collecting Criterion stuff. If they're smart, they'll use someone like FiM to do their encoding for future 4K stuff, instead of Radius 60 or whoever it is they use at present.

[DimitriL]

Well damn, okay. I’m sort of thrilled I was right about them packaging the UHDs and BDs together. It was the only way I saw this as making economic sense.

[DukeTogo84]

Are all of these being released in November, or just slowly over time?

[dudeabides34]

Just what we all needed. Keitel's wang in 4K

[sacekubrick]

Now you all happy now? Lol

[dvining]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Are all of these being released in November, or just slowly over time?

Reads to me like all in November.

[kwisatzhaderach]

Wow. Pretty amazing news!

[Elvis_Tangerium]

Hope they can include 'The Complete Citizen Kane' (1991) documentary as an extra.

[LPMA]

I’m curious about the price point, my best guess is a $50 MSRP?